FUT Weekly Podcast

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FUT Weekly Podcast episodes

October 07, 2020Crazy FUT Market and Early Game Tips! #W1
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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49 min
October 03, 2020Gameplay Producer Interview: Weak Foot, Shooting Changes, Dropback & more!
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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45 min
September 17, 2020Roundtable: Starter Squads, FIFA Points & Player Ratings!
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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55 min
September 12, 2020How to Start FUT in FIFA21!
FUT legend AirJapes, trading experts ImADuckQuackk and MattFUTTrading sit down with your host Ben, to discuss their approaches to starting FUT21. They cover the spectrum from the Web/Companion App to proper launch:
Taking advantage of ‘pre-console’ FUT
SBCs & Objectives
Trading
Importance of Web/Companion App to ‘RTGs’
What player you should bring into your club early
Early Game Access plans
Rivals rewards impacts
FIFA Points potential
Small Value Trading Methods for ‘RTGs’
Market Inflation and when to buy/sell players
Loads 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 the longer, an added Q&A on the above topics, covering:
How will new elements impact the start of FUT
Bronze/silver pack methods
Should you wait to play your rivals placement matches
Is doing Draft a trap?
Most important positions to buy first?
What nationality should you choose for your starter pack?
OTW Investing
Which Rivals rewards should you take?
Plenty of trading tips!
Much more!

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1 hr 5 min
September 03, 2020 Hands-on with FIFA21 & FUT!
FUT legends AirJapes and Kazooie94, plus your host Ben, had the opportunity to play an early build of FIFA21 as part of an early FIFA21 Capture Event. They join up to give their thoughts on this week’s episode of the FUT Weekly Podcast:

FUT Stadium Customisation
FUT Mode changes
Potential significance of Rivals changes
Other new FUT features
‘New Daily Knockout’
Gameplay ‘feel’ in FIFA21
Increased responsiveness?
Park the Bus effectiveness
Is attacking AI improved?

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 the longer, even more insight filled version of this pod, covering:
Is Kroos usable?
Player Switching
Shooting (including timed finishing and chip shots!)
Skill moves
New collision system
Bridge skill move
Much more!

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1 hr 6 min
August 12, 2020FUT Features revealed for FIFA21!
FUT legend AirJapes, Melbourne City Pro Marcus Gomes and market expert MattFUTTrading join your regular host Ben to dig into the FUT features that EA have revealed for FIFA21.

Your panel discuss:
Announcement of loads of new icons
Coop — what can you and can't you do? Where could it be useful?
New "FUT Events" and rewards
Complete stadium customisation
Fairly significant Rivals changes — what do they mean for our FUT day to day?
The new Rivals 'cash reward injection'
FUT Friendlies (A Daily Knockout Tournament alternative?)
Much more!
The discussion continues on your Extra Time podcast — following soon!

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 the Extra Time version of this pod, covering:
New upgrades: 'Player Moments' — the stat boosts we've been waiting for?
Loads and loads of seemingly great quality of life improvements
Taking your FUT club between consoles
Should FUT push towards being more manual?

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59 min
August 09, 2020FIFA21 Gameplay Features with Nepenthez
Nepenthez joins AirJapes, Ben, and The Guide's Tazz, who has played FIFA21 (an early build). They dig into the new features explained in the latest FIFA21 Gameplay Pitch Note article.
You'll find discussion on:
'New' Player Personalities
Creative "Manual" Runs
Balancing attack and defence
Revamped heading and crossing
Much needed passing changes
Contextual Agile Dribbling
Japes finding a Co-op friend

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 the extended edition of this pod, covering:
Low-skill skill moves
Biggest difference playing FIFA21 compared to FIFA20
"Super Cancel" could be massive
Big but low-key: responsiveness changes
FUT becoming more manual?

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54 min
August 04, 2020FIFA21 Gameplay Pitch Notes: Audiobook!
Your host Ben reads through the recently released, very in depth, FIFA21 Gameplay Pitch Note.

From manual runs to improved responsiveness the notes cover all gameplay elements in FIFA21 — including:
Player Personality
Agile Dribbling
Creative Runs
Positioning Personality
Smoother Encounters
Enhanced CPU AI And Competitor Mode
Fundamentals Of Football
Giving Players More Control
Skill Moves Improvements
Gameplay Responsiveness Efforts
Quality Of Life Improvements
Plus 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

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44 min
July 29, 2020FIFA21: Co-op & Leaks!
In this episode Ben is joined by regular AirJapes and, for a second week in a row, Melbourne City Pro Marcus Gomes. They dig into the latest FIFA21 News:
Cantona confirmed!
1st Icon leak
Xbox One to X and PS4 to PS5 transfer
FUT Co-op could be a lot of fun
Leaked Rivals changes
More leaky business

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 the extended edition of this pod, covering:
Agile Dribbling
Positioning Personality
Creative Runs
Competitive Mode CPU AI
Smoother Encounters
Fundamentals of Football Revised

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40 min
July 22, 2020Should EA do 'a PES' & skills that pay bills? #44
Melbourne City Pro Player Marcus Gomes joins your regulars AirJapes and Ben to discuss:
How to get shots off in the box vs a packed defence
Where do should EA go with skill moves?
Marcus's top skills which pay his bills
Ben's favourite fun and effective skill move he's probably told you about lots of times before
Gomes starts an RTG (in July!!!)
Should EA do a PES and pause the annual FIFA release cycle?
Which sides should you have your left and right footed CB on?
Summer Heat Pogba reviewed
The good, bad and ugly of Summer Heat
Best CBs for 3ATB
Japes runs 433(2) and seems to like it a lot

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1 hr 12 min

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