Starting out in MLO its all about buying cheap, but capable players, so I thought a thread where everyone can share the dirt on good players would be worth its weight in gold.
We're a small little community in here at Operation Sports PES, so any help we can be, we should.
Steven Naismith, (rated) 69 - Everton, SS/WF/CMF. He is a deadset gun. Scored 14 goals with him in 20 MLO games. He plays every midfield & forward position, has a good shot, pace, 1st touch and stamina. I think I paid about £780 000 for him.
El Shaarawy, 73 - AC Milan, LWF/SS. He plays all forward and AMF positions. Surprisingly strong on the ball and has a nifty array of tricks and skill moves. Great coming in from wide positions and for his ability on the ball at 3 million he's a bargain.
Gaston Ramirez, 74 - Southampton, AMF/SS. I bought him for £2 mil and he is solid. Excellent first touch and good passing. I play him as an AMF and his early crosses, through balls and passing in the front third has laid on a fair few goals for me. Considering you don't get many great passers for under £7 mil he's a bargain.
Varane, 71 - Real Madrid, CB. A really solid CB. Good in the air and seems way faster on the pitch than his 74 Top Speed rating suggests. He anchors my back four (or my back three, depending on formation). Always seems to be in the right place at the right time. I think he cost about £2.1
Mark Wilson, 74 - Stoke City, CDM. If you play any kind of formation in need of a tall strong CDM, Wilson is your guy. He's like an extra CB down back, but he gets forward, he's wins all my 50/50 balls in the midfield in the air or on the ground. Playing with him, you'd swear he was rated 84, not 74. He costs a little over £1 mil, and with 84 for stamina he's a 90 minute player.
And two GK's
Butland 74 - England
Gabriel 75 - AC Milan
My mate has played 75 odd MLO games, and he reckons Butland is a gun and hasn't made a mistake in all those games. He's a 700 rated team with 50 wins, so it's hard to argue with his record.
I use Gabriel, a tall & athletic 20 year old keeper from AC Milan. I've played around 8 games with Gabriel in net, and he's kept 4 clean sheets and only allowed more than 2 goals once.
IMO, you can find cheaper players to play forward, while you build your defense and central midfield early on in MLO ... Spend your first lot of money on a CB or two and a goalie, then build out is the way to go.
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