Giga-whales are very much not always good players. Don't let them scare you before the match.
Btw don't sleep on these Gravenberch and Gabriel cards. I took 2 point OVR hit to get a gravenberch build i like, but he does it all. Great going forward, with his passes and on the ball ability. And so good defensively with his super long legs and height. Rlly well rounded pace, acceleration, physique, passing, dribbling.
And the Gabriel card is great. If you take away some of his defending and put them into pace, he's faster than a lot of f2p CBs, and still has all 90+ defensive stats. All while being a monster in the air, just like irl. My last goal of the match was a corner he scored from. I don't rlly have any of his missing skills on him and yet he's still going toe to toe with the best cards in the game.
And i keep trying to bench or replace this LB trent, but he's persisted in my squad since i got him, as RB, then CM, then LB. Especially on A or B form, he's such a good card. Great going forward, his passing feels like 100 rated passing. Without his passing my attacking performance would be a lot worse. And on defensive instructions he's very solid, as he has good defensive awareness at least and can intercept well.