Lost & Full of Regret: P2P Snacks - Issue #17
Hello my friends! Welcome back to another issue of P2P Snacks. Heads up, this will be my second to last issue using the Revue platform (Twitter’s new overlord has decided to shut it down). But fear not, Snacks will be moving over to Substack. I will have more information about that in the next issue as well as plenty of info on Discord, so please jump in there if you haven’t already.
This week is an odd one for me. The World Cup is over. I feel lost. The past month’s combo of real footy and FIFA has given me a feeling I haven’t had in maybe a decade. There is nothing quite like the World Cup, and now that it is over, I’m having a hard time deciding where to focus next…I suppose there is always Pep for inspiration, but club football just isn’t the same.
The power curve on FIFA is also no longer the same. Every single match I play is filled with Icons, Heroes & Mbappes, and I think I’m more or less OK with it. Why? Well, that means I can now switch to a much more casual style of engagement with the game and not feel like I’m insanely behind the power curve. My team is good enough to last a very, very long time. Take a look at my SnackSquad below.
The worst of my recent squad/World Cup decisions was to cash in my swaps tokens for Vieira instead of Cafu. I knew I was going to feel this way and I did it anyway. I bought into the hype. This will be a lesson I’ll take with me in the future: The right player for “them” is not the right player for me.
With that said, my bad decision forced me to go buy 88 Lothar. He’s good (high reactions) but not insane due to his dribbling stat. Importantly, he allows me to use Vieira as a CB. I like him better there, but not sure I like him better than Kohler. Vieira is looking more and more likely to be an expensive mistake—not the dollar kind. He is a time mistake. An opportunity mistake. This is the worst kind of mistake in my book.
As such, no swaps for me coming up. There’s a chance I do a few freebies, but I’m not prioritizing it. The World Cup hype is over and it’s back to casual(ish) FIFA.
In terms of other new additions, I went ahead and added WC Icon Stoichkov. He is good…very good. The boosts that they gave him are truly elite and he can play absolutely anywhere. He’s my type of player. High aggression. Well balanced. A great addition to the squad, and someone that I won’t regret in the future.
The biggest casualty of all of this is King Kenny. He’s put in a shift for us over the first few months but has recently been relegated to an odd substitute appearance here or there. Dalglish *needs* full chem as well. His stats aren’t elite enough to play off the bench particularly well, so he comes in ONLY when I don’t have any other options at the ST position. I find I often prefer a half-stamina Völler to Kenny. Ouch.
That’s all for this week. I hope FUT Champs treats you well and your rewards are plentiful. Congrats to Argentina & have a very happy holiday!
Best,
Japes