On the other hand, Team of the Week is beholden to EA FC 24 Coins  the players who performed well this week. It great if Neymar clutches a winner for Brazil, but if the standout performance this week was from Junya Ito things start to look a little ropey. If yoursquo;ve got a Japanese squad, Ito 99 pace will help me skin all those Marcelos and Nuno Mendesrsquo; up top. But for the rest of you? The whole team is pointless.

Team of the Week cards are necessary to complete some Squad Building Challenges, which seems their only use now. It an arbitrary requirement that, more often than not, requires you to head to the transfer market and spend 10k on a random player just so you can complete the puzzle. The only exciting Team of the Week players in FC 22? The high rated ones. They wonrsquo;t make your squads, but theyrsquo;re great fodder for SBCs. 

How can EA change things for FC 24? Bigger upgrades could impact the level curve as the FC cycle goes on, devaluing Team of the Year cards due to Team of the Weeks that are too good. Less frequent promos? I canrsquo;t see it happening. EA wants to keep its players playing, and only the FOMO of constant new chase cards will get people back every week. The form-based selection of Team of the Week players means that EA canrsquo;t guarantee a chase card every week, so leans on promos to do that instead. We can all tell it not working. 

Things are changing in FC 24. It the last EA football sim with the FC name, and rumours suggest it changing up the chemistry system. Irsquo;d like to see it do away with position modifiers too, but could Team of the Week cards be on the chopping block also? It seems unlikely, but they need a serious buff if theyrsquo;re going to stay. 

While FC limits you to regular formations that managers in real-life matches use (your 4-5-1s and 3-5-2s etc.), position changes mean that some players can end up in the most unexpected places. Van Dijk canrsquo;t be played up front without losing serious chemistry (which affects in-game stats), but Fabinho could. Similarly, a notorious poacher like Gary Lineker can start the match as a 6 by applying a few consumable cards. That a man who only saw his own half at kick offs and spent the other 89 minutes of his matches in the opposition penalty box. But in FC, it often  buy FC Coins preferable to switch things around.