A Tactical Breakdown of How I Won the FM Streamer Showdown
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 มี.ค. 2022
- It took over a year for me to make it back to the Football Manager mountain top and it took the introduction of a new game, FM22, for me to get there. A few days ago we released the ‘complete experience’ of the showdown win, but I wanted to try something a little different a week on from my FM Streamer Showdown title. I wanted to sit down and tactically break down how he managed to skate through each round of the tournament and find victory at long last.
This essentially turned into a tactic guide for FM22. Now playing against people is always different than playing against the AI, but the art of countering opponent's tactics while sticking to your tactical style of play. I felt confident going in, based on my performance late in the first showdown on FM22, but we proved that my tactical style can adapt to any opponent this time around so I’m happy to share it.
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I'd like to make a video like this one day....
That won't happen lol
You'll get your turn.
Learn how to substitute, rotate squads and not defaulting to a diamond then.
I trust you DoctorBenjy FM, i think Zealand just a little bit more lucky.
@@CG_Gaming007look at this hater lol
I like that move your strikers did at 16:40 where they cut the defenders in half with a sword and then ran through their bodies. I don't think mine can do that. Need higher Aggression maybe
"Forwarded: Congratulations! The board is overall happy with your performance in the streamer showdown. However, we must remind you that the league is still a priority and will affect how we rate this season."
Nearly 2 hours of recording cut down to a coherent ~23min video is a thing of beauty. Hats off to the people behind the production.
Your editors and animators deserve a raise
Nearly 2 hours of recording cut down to a coherent ~23min video is a thing of beauty. Hats off to the people behind the production.
My highlight is still ben's meltdown
Masterclass in tactics from the man himself. Love it. Congrats on the win.
This video was so helpful. I've already started to use your tactical principles in my save and won some tight games that affect the title race and CL knockout games.
That is fascinating. Great video. One of your best
I love the fact that in FM22 narrow tactics work as a treat. Also saves on squad building plans (as you only pick 18 players in Streamer Showdowns, not to mention the 7-sub bench you have in most leagues) and is flexible enough to block most tactics from working, which Zealand implicitly shows in this video.
This made me enjoy Z's win even more!
The animations really help. Top work.
Fascinating. Seems like you had the intention all the time to win the numbers game in the middle of the park, which is (or at least I read that it was previously) a key Guardiola principle
Zep is alive and well
These additional visuals are truly one of the best things that have ever happened on this channel.
Your level of tactical awareness is really impressive
it’s fascinating watching you talk about how you think in the moment wtf
Great video, Z! At this rate, you should've gotten a call to manage a real-life football club in MLS😀
we also have FM22 tournament for Malaysian and Indonesian football managers, currently, we having a mini-tournament using the world cup format. BTW thanks for the tactical breakdown, it broaden my insight. :)
Yoi
Hey Zealand love the vids! Was wondering what it would look like to do a Moneyball esk video in FM. Would you be able to try something like that?
What a wonderful video, please incorporate how you think in all your videos if appropriate. Same goes for data usage we all know its there but using it is sometimes not clear. Thankyou.
So wanted to get peoples thoughts, I stumbled across this accidentally when starting a game.
When starting a game u can choose when the game starts and I decided to look at what was the earliest start date available which turned out to be Brazilian league early on like 7/12/20, chose that but managing in England i thought does that mean u get to play out the end of the 20/21 season etc.
Long story short no official games but does come with some benefits as follows.....
1. U can train your tactics, individual training for 6 months prior to actually starting season proper
2. Can do friendlies to get games for your players
3. Get the January 2021 transfer window
3.1 players that may be 19 at normal start time might be 18 at this window so you can bring them in early enough to get them home grown, also takes them 6 months less time to be home grown.
3.2 can start getting rid of players you don't want earlier
4. You get an extra youth intake prior to actual start of game, so can scout and have regens/newgens come in 2021 winter transfer.
5. Having do one where I bought players in January and also just left the transfer budget as was not buying or selling got an increase in transfer budget for winter transfer window. In first one transfer budget was around £40m spent £86m sold around £45m in January got to winter transfer window (between seasons) and transfer budget was £85m. In one I didn't touch any transfers in January was £39m and then £65m in winter transfer.
Cant see any negatives apart from possibly one could argue cheating.
So what do you think cheating or good hack or not interesting at all, also I haven't looked but imagine it would be the same for most leagues in Europe as well.
That’s actually interesting, I think everyone would agree that it’s unrealistic, but the main focus of playing the game should still be having fun and having an earlier youth intake or potentially seeing some regen players play in the first season could be fun
I usually do the opposite and select Sweden, and start in April 2022 to simulate the first season so there's new transfer budgets, new clubs in europa and most importantly players not saying they dont want to move clubs because they just arrived :)))
The only downside is there isnt any regens the first season then, you have to be playing when u get your youth intake report in november/december or else there isnt any regens until next season, besides the clubs that start their season in the winter. But i have never tried this so maybe i will do next save, its very interesting
@@phil08838 ok sounds interesting, if you start then does that mean the club you start with is already nearly finished first season? Or you don't play until the next season?
@@joehunt390 Nearly finished season, everythings simulated but stands like u have played. So there is topscorers and every stats from troughout the season, i just like it for the randomness it gives to each save, plus sometimes if osme obscure team made it to europe i maybe start the save with that team only because of that, so i really like it
@@phil08838 ok does sound interesting
Zealand, Kev and Tom have all won multiple times.
Why? *Trust the system*
Slight correction, it's Clayts that's the other two time FMSS champion instead of Tom. Clayts went back-to-back last year.
@@loonyloser1733 ah of course it is - same principle though
Congrats Zealand
same as i use these days in FM 2008 4132,good cover for central in all lines, only wide can be problem but most of teams have bad full backs
If Kev did this video, it could become a series
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Yo??
Judging by the title he couldn’t wait to upload this one. Flex Z 😂
I need to see Z go against RDF
featuring knap would spice even more !
So when the AI gets a player sent off and still manages to smash your team...it's not just the AI being "scripted". As Zealand shows here, you still have to react tactically.
How do the streamer showdowns work? How do they decide on the squads?
i"ve been schooled!
where do we find this tactic?
Great Vid, really enjoed it.
But my Lord! Did they shoot your barber?
Zealand, do you intentionally release videos in the morning on the UK time zone? Or are you just up really late…? Because these videos often come out at like 4-5am EST.
Intentional.. same reason he streams around 11am est which is like 4pm Uk time. Means basically no Americans can catch the stream live. At least those that are employed
Intentional, it gives the video a whole day of exposure starting with the morning European crowd and ending with the west coast
@@SimersFM My apologies
@@ZealandonYT None taken mate
Is this the first time Zealand has won it or has he won it more? Either way, no one is breaking kev's 4 or 5 in a row and not beating 7 time kev
He has won it 1 other time. 2 times total in like 15 to 18 appearances or so
@@SimersFM 2 in 13
I don't struggle with many tactics other than through balls out wide into the box while I have a back 3. Pisses me off🤣🤣🤣 I've been thinking about picking "stay wider" but I think that may bring too much trouble. Or maybe my tactics are ok and my cwb are just shit 🤣
I usually use a back 3 with 3 wingback in my first year or at least until January. I only struggle against one team in this league (Hamilton). But they are the run away league leaders and my team (Queen of The South) are 2nd with the best goal scoring record (sometimes second) and between the 1st and 3rd best defence. It's January and I've improved the squad with a few players (new cwb) so hopefully we get our revenge on Hamilton 🤣
I was having a similar issue. I've found that playing your most agile centre back as a Libero on support in the middle of the three helps cut out the through balls. Also, using your wing backs as Inverted Wing Backs tends to narrow the angle, especially if you have a DM playing too. It forces teams out wide. I face more crosses now, but I have three centre backs to deal with them.
Sounds like you have it sussed anyway. Best of luck 👍
@@michaelwain58 thanks mate. I feel the beginning of year 2 at the club bringing in my own players should iron out this issue. Thanks for the ideas, I'll keep them in mind☺️
Update ?
You make a very pointed "fullbacks, NOT wingbacks" comment without explanation. What's the distinction you're trying to get across?
Fullbacks don’t run to the byline as much but still offer a lot of support worth and look to cross more. If we had them on wingbacks they would be drawn out of position way more. He likes fullbacks on attack same thing he does with floridsdorfer
when coming back to defend, fullbacks will drop back to their original position while wing backs typically stay further up the field leaving the wings open
Thanks, guys
Damn, this is impressive. You could easily manage a real team. If you dont already. Sorry Im not a herad hunter. :)
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If you want to know how to deal with lack of width just ask my girlfriend 😀
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You’re more helpful than you realize.
12:16 "One of the most important skills you can have is assessing whether you actually deserved to win a game or not" - as he decides (for the 2nd time at that point in the video) despite having ZERO shots on target (in both games combined) and roughly HALF the xG (as well as trailing on possession) that his team are winning 🤦♂️
Now hold your horses! In the game against Tom he scored from a set piece and a penalty, which also inflates the xG. Furthermore Zealand has 4 blocked shots, which could be anything really, from a shot blocked on the goalline to a shot going yards wide. The point is: you can‘t judge a game only based on stats. You also need to consider what kind of shot you / your opponent have. If someone gets lucky with set pieces you yould still be in control of the game.
This is exactly the point he is making tho - you are just bad at assessing the impact of the tactic. Shots on target is influenced by the quality of your players an their mental state, so it doesnt matter for tactics. Possession also doesnt matter as long as thats not something you specifically want to achieve. As for xgoal, 0,77 of that is the penalty and about 0.4 is the freekick, so that leaves abou 0.2 xgoal for 6 shots from open play - basically non-chances. Compare that to Zs 0.8 xgoal and one clear cut chance to none from open play and its pretty clear he was doing great and the tactic was working!
@@thegingerator7886 , yeah, possibly. I was probably being a little harsh since he said the same thing at 5:55 and didn't have a single stat in his favour. That said, who's to say that that 0.4 of Zealand's didn't come from a set piece that DIDN'T result in a goal....
I think a few tweaks to the shot map could do a far better job of telling the story of the game. E.g.
- Checkbox that adjusts the size/shade of the shot symbol based on the xG
- Checkbox that adds lines for the previous pass + dribble to the shot map
It's always an interesting argument, it's just figuring out what chances you're ok giving up and what chances you want to create
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