Follow @FIFAscouting Need a rock at the back to protect your leads and seal out the opposition? Look no further, because today we’re looking at centre backs. Let’s get straight to the recommendations – three very different players, so there should be one for whatever player type you’re after: Fabian Schär John Anthony Brooks Fontàs
FIFA 14 | So You Want A… Goalkeeper
Follow @FIFAscouting Welcome back to this year’s inaugural installment of the So You Want A series! First up: goalkeepers. Here are my recommendations: Gerónimo Rulli Roman Bürki Rubén Blanco Number one on the list is the highest-potential player you can actually buy straight away, Gerónimo Rulli. Playing for Estudiantes in Argentina, he is extremely well rounded. He’s athletic and makes …
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What would you like to see at FIFA Scouting Tips?
Follow @FIFAscouting Over the years, FIFA Scouting Tips has greatly expanded. What was once a single-page WordPress blog with a scouting guide is now a massive site with six article series, various guides for different aspects of the game and a fantastic community always willing to share your experiences and contribute your ideas. I’m always looking to improve what I …
FIFA 14 scouting guide
Follow @FIFAscouting FIFA 14 is out, we’ve all had a go at it, and it’s pretty good, right? Lots of nice changes, some big, some small. Those new skill games are pretty cool. I quite like some of the new animations. But come on, that’s not why we play it – we want to scout. The next Messi isn’t going …
New FIFA 14 career mode video
Follow @FIFAscouting So EA have just released a new video detailing some of the new features for career mode in FIFA 14, which we’ll have a look at in a minute. You can watch it here: It gives a brief overview of how the new ‘global transfer network’ is going to work and, in short, looks very exciting. It is …
Want to contribute to FIFA Scouting Tips?
Follow @FIFAscouting As you may have read in my last post, come September I’m going to be starting a postgraduate course. As it’s going to be a pretty intensive course, I will probably have less spare time to work on this website. I don’t think that’s very fair to you and to everyone who reads FIFA Scouting Tips, and I …
Thoughts on FIFA 14
Follow @FIFAscouting By now we’ve probably all had a chance to look at the new features for FIFA 14. One of the things I’m most interested in – and I’m sure you are too – is the new revamped scouting system, and that’s what this post is going to be about. I want to lay out how I feel it …
FIFA 13 | Lower League Gems – Target men (Winter update)
Follow @FIFAscouting Welcome to the Lower League Gems series for the winter update to FIFA 13! If you want promising players for an absolute bargain, you’re in the right place. These articles aim to highlight young, high potential players that are priced at £1m or less. The pre-winter update version of this series had 76 as the minimum potential, but …
FIFA 13 | Lower League Gems – Goalscorers (Winter update)
Follow @FIFAscouting Welcome to the Lower League Gems series for the winter update to FIFA 13! If you want promising players for an absolute bargain, you’re in the right place. These articles aim to highlight young, high potential players that are priced at £1m or less. The pre-winter update version of this series had 76 as the minimum potential, but …