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With you for most of that but think you're off on a couple things. Totally agree that a players 'preffered' position/attributes have no effect whatsoever on their performances in game. Also with you that it's the higher rated team that will win you games the majority of time. It's nowhere near 90% of the time though imo. Formations still come into play and so do things like 'attacking down both flanks' if a team is playing a narrow formation for example. There's some great 'counter formations' that I've found over a number of years playing the game (still working on a bunch of them) and although you can't perform miracles by using them, they do increase your chances of getting points from games when your team is out matched

Could be wrong but I thought Hakimi was only playing at LB since Schmelzer's injury. RB is very much his natural position so definitely wouldn't include him in the best 'left backs' under 21. Tierney is a good shout, Hernandez still edges it for me though

I would be intrigued to know who your top 50 LB's under 21 are in that case

Hakimi is a RB and as talented as Sessegnon may be, he can't defend. Don't see any possibility of him remaining as a defender in the long run 21 and under was tough for LB's though. If you were to go up to 22 then Lucas Hernandez and Firpo would both be great choices but for 21 and under I don't really see any other options

Donnarumma Theo Hernandez, De Ligt, Gomez, TAA Ndombele, Aouar Dembele, Havertz, Sancho Mbappe

Duo

Couldn't agree more mate. That's why I don't answer half the questions on here. They are either too obvious to answer, have already been asked 1000 times, or I don't know a player well enough to comment. No point giving an opinion if you've just checked on transfermarkt/whoscored

I don't think anyone said Thauvin was terrible... I said Kimpembe was awful (because I actually watched the PSG-Liverpool game and he had one of his worst games) I'm with @Floodstreet2017 on this. Just because Whoscored gave a player a 6+ rating really has very little bearing on how well they actually played. Their formula is completely stat based and doesn't take into account a number of key things. To use yesterdays game as an example Kimpembe might have played 20 successful passes (hypothetically speaking) back to his GK meaning Whoscored thinks his passing was great. (Mustafi last season is another example of how deceiving WS can be, especially for defenders) However it completely ignores the fact that Thiago Silva came to his rescue at least 6 times and he that was caught out of position on multiple occasions. He also decided to dribble the ball in his own penalty area more than once when he could have just cleared the danger immediately. Whoscored CAN be a great tool but I feel like way too many people put too much weight on their ratings without watching the players themselves. NB: Not calling anyone out, just wanted to put my OPINION out there

Lol, apart from the fact that Kimpembe has been awful

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4-2-3-1b. (if the guy uses 4-3-3b) Tried and tested multiple times. If your average rating is within 2 points you should get a decent result If he is using 4-3-3a then your best bet is 4-5-1b, attacking down both flanks

If it was me I'd keep him

Duo. SMS isn't going above 91 any time soon and Suso has a good chance of a rise

VERY very tough but I'd just lean for team B. Silva is a little magician

They just limit the amount of messages you are able to send when you first join. Can't remember exactly how long it lasts but you should be able to post like normal (and as much as you want) relatively soon