tricks come after you have all the basic skills down. ppl that play fast and strong will find it difficult to keep up if you play good passing possession football, plus they tend to leave a lot of holes defensively. they also lunge in far too easily in which case you can just do a simple shoulder lunge and take it around them.
sooner or later, they'll learn better and start to stand back. that's when the tricks come.
plus, tricks only come at the precise opportune moments. if you do tricks all the time u'll either look like a dumbass and get the ball knocked off you or be that annoying fucker that never passes when he should.
guys like issy and edje... they are not just good at tricks. they are great players too.