Based on stats by Mr RVN

Name: Wálter Adrián SAMUEL



Club: F.C Internazionale Milano
Number: 25
Position: CB*
Nationality: Argentinian
Age: 32 (23/03/1978)

Foot: L
Side: B

Height: 183 cm
Weight: 83 kg

Attack: 64
Defence: 93
Balance: 90
Stamina: 83
Top Speed: 75
Acceleration: 76
Response: 87
Agility: 76
Dribble Accuracy: 70
Dribble Speed: 71
Short Pass Accuracy: 75
Short Pass Speed: 73
Long Pass Accuracy: 78
Long Pass Speed: 78
Shot Accuracy: 66
Shot Power: 84
Shot Technique: 68
Free Kick Accuracy: 58
Swerve: 76
Header: 86
Jump: 85
Technique: 72
Aggression: 64
Mentality: 87
Keeper Skills: 50
Team Work: 85
Injury Tolerance: B
Condition/Fitness: 7
Weak Foot Accuracy: 5
Weak Foot frequency: 4
Consistency: 7

INDEX CARDS:
S07 – Man Marking
S08 – Slide Tackle

SPECIAL ABILITIES:
*Marking
*Sliding

In the firsts post i read some positive comments on his long passing,but he's for sure udner the Likes of Chivu (LPA 80) and Materazzi(I suggested LPA 79). Id put him on a LPA 76, i really think that also Bovo (LPA 77) is better than him too.

edit: Added his stars/cards convert.

IMO if Chiellini is on a 7 Consistency,Samuel is at least on the same range. They both suffer twisting players,and both have they (rare) off days...but no big gaffs anyway.

my suggestions

BB 89-90
SPA 74
AGI 74-75

What happend to updating his body balance and agility?

good question looks like everybody agrees with it

Ron,you have problems with BB @89 , AGI @74 and Consistency @ 7 ?

The more I watch Samuel the more I feel he needs at least a 2 point boost in his bb. His small stature and current bb don't allow him to demonstrate the sheer power he has in real life in game.

I agree
absolutely

Why wasn't this updated?

Samuel is the greatest defnder in the world today, no question in my mind.
Could we actually get a mod to pay a little attention over here? There has been multiple agree's for increases in BB, agi consistency.... months ago.

When will that be updated???

Also he's 32 y-o.

I wouldn't go quite as far as saying that he's the greatest defender in the world today, but recently, especially in the Champions League, he (and Lucio) have been trully exceptional.

His BB should be raised and his Mentality should be around 87-88.

I'm curious to see whether his stamina should be raised to 84 as he does appear a lot fitter and less injury prone than before.

Updated him.

what about adding a few more points to curl, attack, and shooting stats? Maybe aggression seeing as he does the occasional forage forward when we're in desperate need of a goal.

IMO

attack @ 64
aggression @ 63
SA @ 64
ST @ 66
curl @ 76

Could agree to those.

About that las-minute attacking, that's more Chiellini's way....what Samuel does,imo it's much more the 'CB Overlap' ,
a tactical choice instructed by Mou.....like with Terry at Chelsea's times.

Hmm, give both CBs 'CB overlap'? Doesn't sound like Mou at all. Samuel is more like Chellini (less in fact) than Campagnaro or Lucio. All he needs is slight tweaking to reflect his willingness to go forward when a goal is needed.

I was actually saying that what Samuel does,in game terms, it's a formation tactic, like Counterattack/Switch Sides/Pressure.....there is also 'CB Overlap',when the team has the ball the selected CB foolow the action up to the box
in the offense. Cause i think it's more an istruction than a 'behaviour' of Samuel.....opposite to Lucio,he really got the 'attitude'( [] Extra-Attacker ).

Probably the best defender in the world right now.

This stats should be standarised.

Attack
Dribble Accuracy
Dribble Speed
Shot Accuracy
Shot Technique
Free Kick Accuracy
Swerve

Standardized to what? I feel that all these stats are pretty accurate for him.