Covid & Cafu: P2P Snacks - Issue #18
Hello my friends and happy new year! Welcome back to another issue of P2P Snacks. I took last week off after Covid hit the Japes household…my wife went down first, then my son, then me, and then my other son…I think I can see the light at the end of the tunnel and hope to have a normal(ish) weekend ahead. That means that I have not been playing a lot of FIFA (see screenshot below from the Tiv App where you can now visualize your gameplay and $$$ and gift cards for doing so 🙂), but that doesn’t mean that EA hasn’t been busy…
There has been A LOT of content via winter wildcards and I’m currently waiting on WW Kimmich to drop to a point where he slots into my team as RB. No…not to play RB…that is only to swap him with Vieira who I regret doing. Currently, I’m using phenoms Kehrer in that spot (who I love), but I feel like I have to use Vieira after that time investment and Kimmich allows me to put Vieira in a spot where he’s useful and perhaps overqualified. As a quick reminder, my RB in my 433 is told to Stay Back and operate more as a CB than a true RB. It’s not like there were any other RBs from swaps that would’ve been better to take??? RIP.
The big news in the EA world is the change to FUT Champs rewards. In Issue #16 “Red Picks Can Go For Good”, I wrote about how the World Cup player pick system was better because IFs are so far behind the power curve. EA one-upped my suggestion and hats off to them for doing that! Not only will you get 84+ player picks, but you’ll get the normal reds as well. In my mind, I thought it would be one or the other. EA went above and beyond and chose both.
On a more personal note, this is the sort of thing I LOVE. Finding ways to operate outside of a traditional “box” (yes, this isn’t far outside but I don’t think anyone was expecting it) gives me great joy in life and is probably why I love working in startup land. Break the wheel, EA…break it.
For a full download on the new rewards, you’ll have to check them out via the FUT Champs menu as EA has not released pitch notes yet, or, search Twitter for "FUT Champs Rewards" and you'll find a host of folks talking about Rank 1.
As it relates to tactics, I’ve seen folks have success with a variety of different formations to date. I’m still sticking with the 433(2) as it brings me the most joy…even if it means I drop a match or two. The only change is I’ve bumped the width up to 5… a big jump, I know, but you guys always get the TLDR.
As a quick reminder, this newsletter will be moving to substack next week. You do not need to do anything as it will automatically port over the email list, just make sure next week’s installment is marked “not as spam” to make sure the new origination email doesn’t get flagged by email providers.
Please feel free to jump in and join the Discord as we move ever closer to TOTY, which I may or may not start saving packs for. I’m always let down when I save packs and don’t get anything, but I do it every year…some things never change.
Talk soon,
Japes