Hidden Gemsdays - Week 2

Hey guys! This week on Hidden Gemsdays, I'm going to be bring you some special players from our Scottish Squad Builder posted on Sunday. Some of these players are very surprising and equally cheap, earning them a position in our squad. Ok now the introduction is out of the way, let's get started.

First up, we have our bronze midfielder McCabe, from Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship. This CM put in some great performances and far out-shined his gold counterparts. With 76 pace and 69 dribbling he is an awesome attacking midfielder and for under 300 coins, an absolute bargain too.

Next it's going to have to be Gilks. This beast of a keeper from Blackpool in the Championship saved the team from an undeserved defeat on many an occasion, pulling of reflex saves and coming out on top in plenty of 1 on 1 situations. At only 6'1", he is a little bit shorter than I would like my keeper to be, but in game you can't really notice. For under 400 coins, he is definitely worth a look, and has earned himself the #1 position in this squad.

Next, at LB we have Lee Wallace from Rangers.This guy was fast, strong and always where he needed to be, whether in attack or defence. Assisting a couple of times and putting in match saving tackles plenty of times, he makes it into the team easily with a price tag of around 750 coins.

Lastly, we have Gary Caldwell, the Wigan CB. Caldwell turned out to be an absolute tank of a defender. He is a little bit lacking in pace, but he makes up for it with brute strength and presence. For under 400 coins, I'd recommend you pick him up now and try him out. If you're really lucky, you might even get him for discard value.

Now I would just like to mention two more players who are going to eventually be added to this squad.

First of all, Snodgrass will most likely feature because he was hands down the best player all round in the Scottish Squad, but I would like to pick up his IF version first to compare the two. Secondly Templeton will probably be on the subs for this team, but I need to find a Hearts version of his card for chemistry purposes and sadly there haven't been any on the market over the past few days.

Ok, that's it for this weeks Hidden Gems, but stay tuned for next weeks Dutch players who you will definitely want to go out and buy for your teams. Thanks for reading guys, and as always let me know what you think by leaving a comment. All criticism is appreciated; especially the positive kind. Peace!

*See the team so far HERE*

Hidden Gemsdays - Week 1

First of all I would like to give a quick introduction to this series and what it will be about. Every Wednesday, we will be taking the players from Squad Builder Sundays who are under appreciated and under priced and create a special new team out of it.

So for the first members of this team, we will be taking three players from the Belgian Squad Builder. These players have actually become three of my favourite players of the year and are so undervalued that you probably won't play anybody with these players.

First up we have the only gold player and the most expensive player, and that is going to be Kevin De Bruyne. De Bruyne is a reasonably cheap, Bundesliga in form who you can pick up right now for around 30k. He is an incredible all round player with decent pace, dribbling and attacking play but I think he belongs on the left hand side simply because his five star weak foot allows for the perfect cut inside and shot. He has four star skills for all you skill players out there which is decent for a CM and is able to walk through teams on occasion. His shot is formidable allowing you to score montage worthy long shots from anywhere on the pitch. All in all, he's a great player and his price is on the rise, so pick him up and if he doesn't play well, just trade him for a profit.

Next we have our RB, Ritchie De Laet. This guy has incredible pace and decent defensive stats making him a formidable wing back, but he also has great attacking stats and a tendency to get up the pitch and support the forwards. For around 1800 coins on Xbox Live, this player is a great find and so undervalued, you may be able to get him for under 750 coins.

Finally, we have the beasty Jonathan Legear from the Russian League. This player is unbelievably good and for only 750 coins I highly recommend you stop reading this blog, turn on your console and buy him now because you will not regret it. With high pace and dribbling, this player will run rings around the opposing LB, allowing you to get in that game winning cross/shot. Speaking of his shot, you may remember me mentioning it in this weeks Squad Builder Sunday. Since then, I have played a tonne of games with said team and it has been so fun, but the stand out stat from the whole team is that Legear, on average, scores 2.5 goals every game. I don't know where EA have gotten this 69 shot from because really that should say 100 OP, because if he misses you have done something terribly wrong. So go out and buy him now, even if it means building a team around him, but with the Russian league being so good and so cheap, you can't go wrong.

Ok guys, this is it from Hidden Gemsdays, but please let me know what you think of it and what you want to see in the future. This weeks Squad Builder Sunday I'm going to bring you some Scots and let you know what I think of them. If there are any Scottish players you would like to see reviewed, just leave me a message in the comments and I'll get back to you as soon as I can. So until Sunday, Peace!