FUT Weekly Podcast

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Weak Foot, Broken Chem Styles & RTTF Reviews #W7 Nov 19, 2020

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This episode of the FUT Weekly podcast is a content pod! Your host Ben is joined by FUT YouTube legend AirJapes, Steve (aka The FUT Coach) and the pod's fan favourite pro player Marcus Gomes! They dig into the latest content goings on:

RTTF UCL and Europa Team 2 thoughts
Promes RTTF Review
Draxler RTTF Review
POTM Son worth it?
Market outlook this month
Baby Barnes and Mid Sanchez Reviews
WL struggles - are they down to chem styles?
Much more!

Supporters of the pod keep it going, get double the pod content (for just £3 a month) and can enter the 12,000 FIFA Point giveaway via Patreon over at bit.ly/21podpoints2. This includes a 2nd weekly podcast, which this week focuses on content:

Detailed 442 advice
Using Player Lock to breakdown your opponent
Are attacking fullbacks completely useless?
Recommendations for seeing out the game effectively
Making substitutions
Should you just keep going for it at the death?
Attacking midfielder 433 advice!
Much more!

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Pressing, Beating the Press & Jockey Revelations #W6 Nov 11, 2020

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AirJapes, TheFUTCoach aka Steve Stokes, and ImADuckQuack join your host Ben to discuss:

Diagnosing defensive issues
Important 3 at the back tips
Gameplay frustrations - are they connection?
Game changing information about improving your jockey!
How to press effectively
How to get out of the press
Pressing nerf incoming?
Fun and effective additions: player lock & flair goals

Road To The Final Team 1 Thoughts
RTTF Kounde Review
How RTTF final players look as investments
Tips for Live FUT Friendly objectives
Objective tips
Market going forward
"League SBCs" Return
Much more!

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Ruud Mollet, Reviews & Pre-RTTF Market #W5 Nov 05, 2020

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In this FUT Weekly Podcast, the FUT legend AirJapes, Steve Stokes aka TheFUTCoach and esports commentator Richard Buckley join your host Ben to discuss the mountain of content currently out on FUT:

Something to note about patches
Creativity in the final third without 5 star skillers
Why 3 in the midfield and 3 up top is the way to go
The best GKs this year
Recommended Chemistry Styles in FUT21
Steve's Biesla Tactics
Driven Cross is a must learn
Our camera settings
Rulebreakers 2 Crazy Pricing
Top Player prices going forward
Out of Packs Player Investing
Road To The Final market thoughts
Icon SBCs on their way too?
More active trading methods
Much more

Something to note about patches
Creativity in the final third without 5 star skillers
Why 3 in the midfield and 3 up top is the way to go
The best GKs this year
Recommended Chemistry Styles in FUT21

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28-2 with 352 & #1 Squad Battles Player Tips! Oct 29, 2020

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Your panel for this week's gameplay podcast includes the legend AirJapes, MrAwbery and MattFUTTrading (The Best FIFA Player in the World), they discuss:

Squad Battles tips!
Advice for Coop success!
Why WL might be a struggle now
How to improve at FIFA21 more generally
Risks and rewards of team press
How to stop lobbed through balls
Baiting your opponent
Player switching
Much more!

Supporters of the pod keep it going, get double the pod content (for just £3 a month) via Patreon over at bit.ly/morepod. Including a 2nd weekly podcast, this week focusing on content:

Rulebreakers — groundbreaking?
Rulebreakers Reviews: Benjamin Andre & Douglas Costa
Live FUT Friendlies
Market madness this past week
Important points on chemistry styles
Much more!

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Big Rivals Change & Messi Review #W3 Oct 21, 2020

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Andy AJ3 returns! After a lengthy absence (training to become a pro streamer) the podcast's favourite Toffee returns to the fold! Meanwhile Steve, TheFUTCoach, buys himself a Lionel to rescue his Weekend League. They join Ben to discuss:

Big Rivals Weekly Score changes shake up the modes
All the Everton content
OTW action
Ben's weekly Shadow and fast CB pep talk!
Andy's Jota Review
Steve's Messi Review
The problem (or is it?) with FUT Live Friendlies skill based matchmaking
Much more!

Supporters of the pod keep it going, get double the pod content (for just £3 a month) via Patreon over at bit.ly/morepod. Including a 2nd weekly podcast, this week focusing on Gameplay:

Importance of skill moves
Why they aren't as hard as you think to learn
Marcus on his go to Road To Glory budget players
433(5) False 9 in Weekend League
How to handle the running fake shot
Shots from outside the box
Manual heading and what cross or pass to play
Plenty more gameplay chat!

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Top tips ahead of the first Weekend League! #W2 Oct 15, 2020

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The legend AirJapes, Steve Stokes (aka TheFUTCoach) and your host Ben are here for the second podcast this week, this time focused around gameplay ahead of the first Weekend League of FIFA21:

Defenders — is pace fundamental?
Is Varane better than VVD this year?
What is the 'meta' heading into the first WL
First time shots and shooting tips
AI vs Manual Defending
Gameplans for this Weekend League
Tactics for countering the 41212(2) narrow
Getting your mentality right

Supporters of the pod keep it going, get double the pod content (for just £3 a month) via Patreon over at bit.ly/morepod. Including a 2nd podcast each week, this week focusing on content:

POTM SBCs
Right wing issues - is Bernardo the answer?
Diogo Jota worth completing
TOTW gems
Don't forget about keeper chemistry style nerfs
Duck's Icon trading insights
Is it safe to buy the big boys now?
Pre-WL market
Why OTW value is really different this year
Loads more!

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Special: Insider Insights on Dynamic Images Oct 11, 2020

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In this very different episode of the FUT Weekly Podcast your host Ben is joined by, former main man for Dynamic Images at EA, Bruce. Bruce gives us some extremely interesting insights into the process, impact and decision making behind dynamic images. Here is a link to the images discussed:
https://twitter.com/Futhead/status/1309181781854298114 They cover:

Bruce’s role was at EA
How he ended up getting there
Day to day of Dynamic Image selection
What has been the impact of dynamic images?
Why a random person on the internet was spamming him with Mbappe images
His favourite dynamic images
The Easter Eggs in various dynamic images
Much more

Supporters of the pod keep it going, get double the pod content (for just $3 a month) via Patreon over at bit.ly/morepod. Including this week's exclusive gameplay podcast.

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Crazy FUT Market and Early Game Tips! #W1 Oct 07, 2020

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Ben is joined by AirJapes, Steve (TheFUTCoach) and MattFUTTrading to deliver analysis and insights into the players and market at this early stage of FIFA21! They cover: Huge impact of Rivals placement match coins!

Where does this high market go from here?
The mass meta player extinction
OTW and Weekend League incoming!
Haaland & Lewandowski reviews
Sabitzer's Howitzers
Zakaria vs Kimmich
Sule vs Upamecano
Hazard Review
Did Ibrahimovic live up to Ben's expectations?
OTW Tonali SBC thoughts
The best, and quickest, CB for 800 coins!

Supporters of the pod keep it going, get double the pod content (for just £3 a month) via Patreon over at bit.ly/morepod. Including a 2nd podcast each week, this week focusing on Gameplay tips:

Key controller settings to get right!
Auto-switching: receiver Lock debates!
Contextual Agile Dribbling effectiveness
Good skill moves to try early on
Early 'META' formations
Much more!

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Gameplay Producer Interview: Weak Foot, Shooting Changes, Dropback & more! Oct 03, 2020

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This week your regular host Ben sat down, just before launch, to interview the FIFA21 gameplay producers Kantcho Doskov and Sam Rivera. He put a variety of questions to the pair, including many from listeners:

What were the challenges developing the game this year in particular?
Will there be more effective playstyles in FIFA21?
Will a META always exist in FUT?
Is there a push for a more manual FUT?
Why would it be good to make the game more manual?
Player personality - is it just improved AI?
What has been done to counter low depth/drop back?
How do you ensure a change isn't too effective?
Importance of Weak Foot and tweaks for FIFA21
Why Agile Dribbling is more significant than you might think
What skills should we learn when we get started?

Supporters of the pod keep it going, get double the pod content (for just £3 a month) via Patreon over at bit.ly/morepod. Including plenty of weekly exclusive tips, insights and discussion!

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Roundtable: Starter Squads, FIFA Points & Player Ratings! Sep 17, 2020

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Ben is joined by a very special guest, plus a host of Icon supporters, ahead of FIFA21 as they delve into:

Their approach to starting FUT21
FIFA Points — yay or nay?
FIFA Points — when to use them?
The inevitable storm that is player ratings
Our gems amongst the recently released players
Best starting league/nations
Much more!

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