Pace Is Basically Everything

We'd be lying to you is we didn't say that it's extremely difficult to be successful without some speed on your team. However, you simply just can't throw your fastest strikers on the field and expect all your team's problems to suddenly disappear. Whether it's from your full-backs, midfielders or wingers, rapid movement between the lines is crucial to any side that plans to score, and score often.

The mere different in a pace or acceleration rating of 14 to one who reaches 17 or 18 might not appear like much one paper, but it's significant when on the field. The latter of the speeds above can lead to devastating counter attacks, being able to launch themselves on their own power into open space. Unfortunately, Players with this type of speed can be hard to find on the lower-level clubs, so you might have to hold out on a bigger club's academies for loanees.