ALEX Rodrigo Dias da Costa

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[BigStu]

updated (and raised JT a point in DA)

[Mr. Evans]

Good update BigStu. I hate to bring this up after you just updated him but I just saw his ST's on a 67. He's easily better than a 67 and could sit on a 70/71. What do you think?
(And on Terry, I'd put him on a 74 tbh. He's better on the ball than Vidic for instance.)

[BigStu]

No he doesn't strike the ball consistently well enough to get a 70, he gets SA70 because he can actually place the ball well

[Kostaz]

Can't understand why his Defence was decreased when he was playing every game to go back to what it was(?) after him missing many months due to injury and David Luiz almost taking his place in the starting XI.

[Mr. Evans]

@Kostaz
Well to give you the short story:
When discussing David Luiz, a member compared him to Alex. I then checked his thread and saw that his DEF was lowered and I made a comment on him being better than the 84 he had. Another member said the same and agreed. BigStu admitted that he was against lowering him and only did it because of popular demand. And then after some discussing he got back to his previous value, as it's deserved (well imo).

@BigStu
I actually think it's the opposite (not exactly the opposite though) with Alex tbh. He's not much of a shooter, because of his position, but when he shoots, his shots mostly go into the direction his body is facing (as in, his shots are very straight). When they don't, it's mostly because of curl, which happens when he uses the outside of his boot. The same will mostly happen with his current 70 of course but with his immense SP, his shot(s) only has to go slightly into the corners for there to be a huge chance of the ball going in. So because of that I have his SA on 68.
While I disagree his striking of the ball is as bad to sit on a 67. Maybe you're right on a 70 being too much but I do think he's at least a 69.

[BigStu]

Hmm I suppose 69-69 is fair enough, and you just reminded me, he should have outside

[Al-bulldozer]

What do you think about his tall ?
There is a site gives him 190 cm . and you gave him 189 in the experimental set . I know that height and weight are questionable terms in every single player's thread ,even the official site doesn't give the right value , however . we should give the closest number .

[Mr. Evans]

69-69 sounds good and yeah, he should definitely have outside.

He's a bit taller than Terry (I think) so 189 cm seems right.

[BigStu]

done

[Alexalibur]

Messi 79 in FKA
Alex 78 in FKA
Is Messi better than Alex in Free kicks?

[BigStu]

Yes

[Al-bulldozer]

Alex shoots the ball with depending on his power more than placing . What makes Alex a good Free Kick Taker is his curly fast shots ، he doesn't try to shoot it over the wall .

Does any one know how to perform shots like Alex do in real live ؟

[BigStu]

Nope,

[Al-bulldozer]

I think Header should come up . i would like to see him at 87 .

[BigStu]

oh fucking great, he's of to Bayern Munich if we get Rolando, I don't fucking want rolando

[Al-bulldozer]

I dislike the new manager and his decisions . I would not prefer to replace him by Rolando .
Also he will be a great transfer if Bayern get him .

[BigStu]

It makes sense tbh not that I agree with it, he replaces an ageing injury prone player with a young upcoming talent, but at the end of the day if its not broken don't fix it, we need midfielders and another CF

[Al-bulldozer]

We need a playmaker .Last season we almost suffer from lack of creativity at the playmaking . About the CF I think we need one . I don't think Torres would be good at the beginning of the season ، also Kalou isn't dependable . Anelka is not that type of CF . He prefer to play as SS more . Drogba may face the age problem ، he could face alot of injuries .

[BigStu]

we don't need creativity, how much did we actually have when we won the title?

[Al-bulldozer]

Why did not Torres score more than one goal ؟
he scored I think more than 8 goals with Liverpool .
The year we won the trophy ، our players were younger . And Lampard wasn't injured as well as Drogba . Also Malouda was great .

What do you think about Increasing Alex's header ؟