L2 goals? What sort are they? Haven't played FIFA in a while. Got rid of BF3 and replaced it with mw3 which i prefer. So next for me is uncharted, assassins creed and possibly batman and that will do me for games.

L2 goals (Left trigger on Xbox) are like, acrobatic goals. If you cross a ball and the player has a bit of room, hold L2 when shooting and he'll do an overhead kick or something similar. They'll also try things like diving headers. I enjoy it because it gives you something to play for, IMO, it adds a bit more entertainment to a game that can get quite boring. Whilst online can be fun, I find it so frustrating with lag.

Lag on FIFA online? It's smooth. The only lag you get is deliberate. You can see the connection quality on the graph before you start, back out if it's not full green bars.

Was very happy to see Skyrim come through the letterbox today, wasn't expecting it for a few days. Just finished my first proper sit down with it, and it's quite simply amazing. The environmental graphics are some of the best I've ever seen and so far the gameplays been very good. Not too far in yet but time goes so quickly when your playing. Just looked at the clock and saw it was one so I though I'd best stop.

As far as I know, you don't get that bar with FUT online games?

I tend not to pay too much attention so I will have to check, but so far, every game I've played has been laggy. It is probably my internet/router or whatever, but I don't enjoy online play as it hasn't been anywhere near as responsive for me as I'd hoped.

I have games on Fifa online that usually aren't lagging, but as soon as I play online on Ultimate Team it is always lagging a lot. That combined with people who skip through their kits just to show which kits they are using when I couldn't care less, they ruin UT online really.

A lot of people have started exploiting lag because they've closed the loops on the other exploits like selecting the keeper instead of defending. They just start the game and start a torrent download or video stream to slow the connection down, with the hope you quit. I really don't see why they do it, if you are cheating, what sense of achievement do you get out of it?

I had a pretty hefty session on Skyrim last night - the game world seems absolutely huge and I've already pretty much abandoned the main quest stories to go exploring and unlock loads of side quests. Managed to kill three dragons so far - they seem easier to kill than some of the other enemies like giants. Also came across an ice witch type person that killed me pretty quickly.

Gonna get some work done this afternoon and carry on after watching England v NZ later on!

Also managed to win a copy of the new Assassin's Creed game in a Twitter competition

Can you perform L2 type of goals from just having the ball at your feet?

Yeah, they'll try a power shot, look-away shot or backheel shot