As well as Nuno Tavares Future Stars being available in FIFA 23 by a curious method, today two special versions appeared in the same SBC. And it is that, in the Smalling Flashback Template Creation Challenge, we find Phil Jones Flashback. We can get both until February 18 And now we will analyze the letter from the central defender of Manchester United.
FIFA 23 – Phil Jones Flashback Analysis
We hope you will offer performance acceptable but not remarkable, as most of his stats are correct but unremarkable. Besides the fact that his 81 sprint is a bit low for the current era of FIFA 23, one might suffer because of him in certain situations.
While the 84 in acceleration is more interesting. And due to his body type, Phil Jones Flashback should be more powerful in close combat than we might imagine with his strength of 82 and height of 1’85.
Neither his 83 interception, nor his 82 intelligence, nor his 84 steal, nor his 83 tackle are horrible attributes right now. They are decent and therefore if you are accurate as a user they should work fine in most situations. But These aren’t exceptional numbers either, and it’s easy to find alternatives with even higher stats..
As It’s easy to get DFCs in FIFA 23 with superior dribbling and passing stats. He barely reaches a short pass of 76, a long pass of 73 and a vision of 59. The ideal would be not to get too complicated with Phil Jones Flashback at the start of the ball, play quickly towards his teammates.
Therefore, most of his attributes are acceptable, although he hardly stands out. We value above all the 84 in acceleration, but his 81 in sprint is a little worrying. When the opponent has enough space to run, this can be a problem. It won’t be so easy to catch him in the race. This card should therefore be correct in most actions, but doesn’t seem valuable. There are low-cost alternatives that convince us even more.
So is it worth it?
Although very cheap and correct in many statistics, both in the Premier League and in England we find alternatives that we think are more interesting and they are also affordable. Therefore, we recommend that you only do his Squad Building Challenge in case you want to get Smalling Flashback.
Instead of using Phil Jones Flashback, we’d opt for cards with higher defensive stats or that have higher sprint to perform better over long distances. For example, even though its acceleration is horrible, Van Dijk’s gold is still very useful thanks to a few favored attributes and its wingspan. And it wouldn’t be crazy to choose Koulibaly’s gold either.
Among the special versions of the Premier League, there are other options such as Phenomena of Kehrer’s World Cup. Or Gehi Future Stars if you need it to be English. Even Tomori oro could be useful if you don’t mind him being from Serie A.
So Phil Jones Flashback Shouldn’t Be Awful In-Game, But Still we do not recommend it. In the market we have low-cost alternatives that seem more convincing to us, since they are superior in aspects such as intelligence, flight or sprint.
Recommended Chemistry Style
- dark : Since his sprint is a bit weak for the current era of FIFA 23, we recommend improving him as much as possible. He will reach 89, while the acceleration will increase to 92. He will also combine 91 in interception, 89 in throwing, 86 in intelligence, 92 in flight and 98 in tackling.
CCS Solution
- 1 player min. : Team of the Week (TOTW)
- Minimum team star value: 83
Don’t forget that the SBC that includes the Phil Jones Flashback letter is available until February 18th. Here you have Charles De Ketelaere’s article Future Stars. Also the link to our Telegram broadcast channel, in case you want to know when we upload FIFA 23 Ultimate Team content. Good luck!