How to Be Good at Football Manager
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 เม.ย. 2022
- I make a lot of guides and tutorials about Football Manager, but it’s time to answer a simple question in one simple(r) video. How do you get better at Football Manager? Well, look no further! I have sunk my life into playing this game and I have the tactic tips, transfer tips, morale tips, and some other tips to get you from fired to champion. At the very least, you’ll be better after watching this video. It’s really just a lot of tips. That’s the backup title of the video.
Seriously, I felt like I have been making a lot of fun videos about entertaining things, but I hadn’t made a good, hard-core tutorial in a while. These are my bread and butter, helping people get better at FM. I guess I never have to make another tutorial again though because this basically sums it all up. Maybe I should start playing a different game or something, and make tutorials about that. Just kidding, I can’t quit the addiction. Happy FMing.
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Just watched this video and my skill has reached such transcendent levels that Miles just called me to personally apologise for making the game too easy
When you win the UECL in season 2 with mk dons
@@mihneaiordan1813ya right if u edit it all.
@@godseye13knot necessarily. Carabao Cup to uecl
@@godseye13knot necessarily. Carabao Cup to uecl
@@gaffer2602 Yes its possible. But i doubt it happend thats all. Would be one of the best achievements ever on this game. And if u play the game u know thatS ALMOST impossible. Without some sort of edit. You would defo be getting proof of it thats for sure. These days a screenshot does that.
This is why Zealand is my favorite FM guy, he actually puts some thought into very important aspects of the game like tactics, scouting, morale and doesn't just treat it as a clicker game. Even though I don't agree with some of his decisions (mainly on tactics), I respect that a lot.
You’ll never succeed at FM if you just rush through it and treat it as a clicker game. I try my best to treat it like an actual job I’m doing lol
what do you not agree on with Zealand?
@@zebra7578 have you ever seen kev play?😂
@@Moulii no, who is he 💀
@@zebra7578 he's lollujo, Zealand's network game buddy
cheers Zealand just won the ucl with derby county in my 2nd season of fm22
Thats impossible...
@@drew3ism it's almost as if it was a joke
@@drew3ism bro missed the joke and then took it personally after 💀
Followed this advice and just took Woking from the National League to the Champions League in 6 seasons. Hope it doesn’t go unnoticed.
I think you completed it
Completed it mate!
I think it boils down to being aware of what's working and what's not and to create correlations between the numbers and stats on screen with results. That's it.
Just score goals, ya dummy.
Completely agree. I would say that and play to your teams strengths.
I think this might be the single best video I have ever watched on fm. Incredibly complicated and diverse sections of the game broken down simply. Bravo.
Been playing FM since the first iteration and this still felt fresh and informative. Great video!
I literally stopped playing FM for eight months, today I had a tingling feeling to get back on, and boom
How do you stop?
Really good video here, fully agree about the progression timeline. Always find it odd when people ask if they should get players for a specific tactic whilst not having great players already. FM is quite easy if you just take your time and continue to make sound decisions.
I always seem to find a lot of joy playing a big, strong, good header of the ball alongside a very quick forward. It's a classic but I've had more joy with that than a pure pace strike force. That's my experience and likely because of how I set up, interesting to see how many people find joy with just pace up front.
Thanks for the content. I’ve recently just got fm22( I had lots of study so I didn’t buy it until now) I noticed when you start a new game you can’t get rid of all coaches and staff you don’t want, this used to be an option years ago and was handy so you could change everything at the beginning, now they want compensation for termination , suppose it makes sense in real world 😂
Yea, i finally also created some good tactic which keeps the great balance between offensive and defensive. It's asymetrical 4-1-3-2 with wide midfielders on support or attack and inverted wings backs using roaming playmaker in middle on right side as defensive midfielder and central midfielder on attack, and the right back - inverted wing back on defensive, and on left side inverted wing back on support. The other roles don't actually matter too much.
Awesome video, man. You are the best FM PRO!
Oh my god, I have 1200h in FM21 and 400h in FM22, and when praising players I've always:
Right clicked a player -> Interaction -> Speak about -> Praise Player -> Praise Training/Development.
I never knew there was a shortcut. I'm in tears.
What is the shortcut ?
@@florianparish4809 Top right corner of the indiviudal training screen you can praise or criticise players with one button.
Holy mackerel, I need to check this out... Every month I praise every player training above a 7.80 or so, it can get monotonous. This could be a very welcome quality of life change. I still wish you could highlight multiple players and interact with them all at the same time. It would give me outrageously disproportionate joy to be able to highlight 15 players, and praise them all for training well with a couple of clicks. Maybe one day. Maybe one day...
This video was brilliant, thanks Zealand.
My friend, I have noticed that you have a lot of slovakians in your team. For this reason, I want to give you the correct pronounciations, as I am from the czechoslovakia region.
Balaz - Ba-la-sh
Ilko - il-ko
Sestak - She-stak
Simko - Shim-ko
Thanks for the lecture professor Zealand.
I did a save as Southampton (trying to keep them in the league being realistic selling players and negotiating if a bigger team came in) in the first season my main goal was to stay up, and I played the same 442 diamond, with Che Adams playing as an AF/DLF, I went after Julian Alvarez as a striker who could be reliable finishing now as AF, and looking for good young players to develop, but due to the lack of money, other than trying to sell of the many many many wingers they have I ended up not signing many other players as I felt most of the team matched what I was trying to do (JWP on BBM, Armstrong as AP, Livramento as a WB, Walker Peters stepping in when 1 of the fullbacks got tired)
I loaned some young players to get a feel for them but didn’t really sign them, I got Anel because he’s lanky and scored headers
The next year due to success in cup runs, a solid PL finish, and cashing in on some of the options you have (VVD sell on, Mane sell on etc)
I had a fair bit of money to spend, I noticed Barca rejected Demir, so I managed to get him for around 7/8 million, on solid wages in year 2 to play that AP role
I also got Lucca, Omar Richards (baller for 1.5mil) Romo (DM - DLP), Djimisti for cheap, and another young loan for a Mezzala
In the end mixed with Ward Prowses set piece ability, having Lucca, Djimisti and Anel we scored headers and got europe
Update: the next season we got a tycoon and just won the league
You wanna be good in FM? Just watch Zealand’s videos to all of the four sections. 👌
Nice work, love your content.
me too got some playing time issues. i share some of my tricks to avoid some of them got to disagree with their playing time.
1. every early season, try to reduce their playing time, for example, if a star player reduces to a squad player/regular player.
2. I make my training harder or double intensity, so some of them will get injury time.
3. rotation.
cheers.
This seems insanely helpful
Great video thanks Zealand. Do you have a really basic video - what to do the first time you load the game, real beginner basics?
I have been wiating for this. SIUUUUUUUU
Awww, a video just for me, thank you
I love the timeline he gave because it's sooo accurate
Good tips. Especially at the end. I'm finding that playing time is really a big issue in this version of FM Compared with previous versions where you could really rotate the squad a lot more without unhappiness creeping in. I've had to sell a few good players in FM22 due to Playing Time.
Avoid star player where at all possible. Agreed it creeps up a bit middle of the season when you try to rotate so your A team is fresh for champions league matches.
@@SimersFM Yeah seems to be mostly with regular starters who end up rotated out for fitness reasons where I've had the most issues. I haven't had the luxury of a Star Player in my team yet hahah
@@NyctoGaming avoid star player.. literally do anything you can to keep them at important. Star player literally expects to start and play every game which is just not realistic.
Amazing video
praising players match performances and training after a prolonged period of time becomes less effective on morale I think. give them a boost every now and then but not all the time.
I think that system is sometimes broken. The players reaction can be so unpredictable and dramatic.
I found one of the best things was have someone on the coaching staff with a very high morale attribute and take there advise. Sometimes the players don't react well, but you get good results (if you sneak a lucky win against a team, that you should beat by 4 or 5. He may tell you not to give a post game team talk. The players are expecting you to blow smoke up their ass and if you don't, they may react badly. But they will be more motivated for the next game).
That's true for praising performance or form, but praising training always works.
Hi Zealand, not sure if u will see this but I’m doing a levekusen save and I’m running the 4231 with a BWM next to a MEZ as the two behind the front 4, not sure if the MEZ will get in the game as much as I want but I want that midfielder to go forward more and be more of an attacking threat, is this a good role to achieve that goal? And also when playing tougher teams should I change this MEZ to something else
1. Make training intense and challenging
2. Scout effectively for what you need
3. Keep the morale and happiness of your players as good as possible
4. Evolve your tactics
5. Evolve your set pieces
Some homies have played this game everyday for ten years. Will they learn anything new from this video? Probably not. Will they take time out of their day to play this game? Most definitely yes.
Not watched the video but if this isn't 17 minutes of him singing 'loans' I'll be shocked and disappointed
Nah, it's 30 minutes of him singing loans.
My FM history is a tale of two types.
If I am managing a top team, I honestly feel like I have broken the game. I have never not won the league as a top team(Barca, RM, Athletic, the top6, Bayern etc.) and trebles and even invincible seasons are fairly common. But the moment I manage a team in the middling place, I get sacked within a few months.
Be like that
that's the greatness of this game imo. big club in big league/big club in small league and vice-versa, lower league (amateur), international management, almost a infinitude of challenges. amazing
I started my football manager journey with Anstoss in the 90s and EA Football Manager from 2001 till today.They stopped making it after ea fm 2014 but with mods its still good.I am trying to get into Segas FM but its so complicated.Can you make a video how to start FM for Noobs?Greetings from Hungary
shortlists changed my fm life
QQ: how often should you change your tactic. Don't want opponents to get to familiar but don't want to be chopping and changing???
So.. vaguely on point.. is there a way of looking up the promises you made to the parent club for players on loan? That is, instead of just waiting for them to complain?
Thanks Zealand, got to ucl in the first season with Moldova second division Kagul - 2005
I got back to back treble while savescumming but I turned on attribute masking so it’s okay
3/4 isn't too bad for me. I can't be bothered to change my scouting methods though, I still get plenty of good players through agents and scouts
If you're signing players at End-of-contract. Don't wait till July, start looking in December. If you're playing in England, you can sign players from European clubs to pre-agreements, once they enter the last 6 months of there contract. Start by looking at the young fringe players at the big European clubs. They may not be good enough for Real, Barça or PSG, but they will be plenty good enough for your team.Once in a while if you give that young player the right environment and the right system to play in, he will become a superstar.
tbh I wish I had friends who play FM. most of them play fifa which is well you know. some others play wwe and NBA games which I can respect cause they just like those sports better. if wrestling is a sport
Do you have Xbox version at all?
TLDW:
Win
Video Idea: Make a tournament with the best clubs and best countries
I do not play with counter on but I don’t have many defensive players. I find when I play with counter on I get on the break.
I've never played with attribute masking due to the firm logic that if I were an actual football manager I would immediately be loading up FM to scout players anyway. Still need to scout for those hidden attributes, but attribute masking just makes lower league management an absolute slog.
Yep, I started to scout for the hiddens for the same reason due to Redru. Redru on paper with the masking off was an ideal wingback when healthy. The problem is he was almost never healthy and thus the 3K a week was like an albatross of a contract.
if you were a manager IRL you'd use Football Manager to scout? Lol good thing you aren't
@@heberthr.6978 You're probably right, though that's more down to my limited leadership skills and no experience above Scottish sunday leage football than anything. And you know there are multiple articles on scouts using FM as a recruitment tool, right? It's not that wild a concept
@@callummoore6440 They use the FM database for statistiscs, not for qualitative judgements about players. If you are the sporting director of a small English team and get an email from a Norwegian agent claiming that they have a great talent on the roster, you can check them and see for yourself what level he's playing at.
Abel Stensrud, 20, played 25 matches and scored 22 goals for Skeid, a team that promoted from 2nd to 1st division (3rd->2nd tier) in Norway. That's something FM can give you, in English, faster than almost any other tool. You can also see that this was his first season in the senior team, having played for the reserves the year prior. What attributes he's got is largely irrelevant. Maybe you look at his height, but that's not always accurate in fm, and his weight certainly isn't. Occasionally, the attribute spread can give you some clues as to what kind of player he is, but not how good he is.
This info is valuable to someone doing player logistics at real clubs. But it is initial info, not something that will make someone sign the player. It can be the basis for deciding that a scout should watch him, but that's all.
I put playing time happiness on my default tactics view. The second someone is concerned they get games until its back to satisfied
So, basically 1st year is kind of YOLO it right? I mean, I'm in Penafiel 2nd league in Portugal (FM20 20.4.4 or something) and I'm kind struggling finding decent players...
hey does anyone know in what vid zealand explained how the american youth system works so that you can sign their players for free? i remember seeing it but forgot what vid it was
couldn’t tell you the video but in MLS we have a draft for university players to go pro and all the draft players load in on amateur contracts where you can sign them free in the fall (before draft in january)…they’re about 125 potential usually and 18-22 so can be good players in bad leagues
What's the link for the discord. I'm doing an online save and no matter what I do I've never been able to win Premier league or domestic Cup, just europa conference league, could do with some inspiration
4-2-4 is the best tactic every year with inverted wingers. I saved you the time. You can do 4-1-1-3 too
4-1-3-2 is the best
My advice, for what it's worth, is KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid)! Don't input too many tactical instructions!
I operate a simple 4-4-2 with only 'more direct passing', 'high tempo', 'press more' and 'stay on feet'! That's it ... it works a treat! If I'm not winning first and second balls in game, I just instruct 'work ball into box'! I've won titles with it! Simple!
What about player instructions? Also kiss/none?
I really struggle with scouting, for some reason they don't bring in a lot of players for me and it drives me crazy
Hire scouts with high ability and potential stats. Set your scouts assignments or just select whole teams to scout, you should find what you need
does anyone know how i can buy fm for cheaper i have it on xbox but feel like moving laptop
In unit washer dryer. Fancy
don't downplay the zeeland 4-3-1-2 (4-1-3-2 DM def). this tactic with 1, or even better, 2 carrielos is groundbreaking to say the least!! Yes I've used it and damn it works well!
I have a player the playing time is broken. He is playing almost every game even though they have agreed squad player and on different pages it says he is unhappy due to playing time being surplus but on his info page he says he loves the club and he is happy with his playing time. 🤯 massive headache.
Keep getting sacked for no reason, cannot believe. Hopefully you help me akhalam!
What is a Mandunited? Never heard of it. How does it sue?
15:10 Okay Cortana
i thought i knew football, now i have an american teaching me sh*t about it! my world is upside down. jk love your videos man
I just spectate the chaos
me who hasn't even got the game:
interesting
So I've rebuilt Barca and I'm gonna say it... Stick to players from nations that play in a similar style to your club... Kessie was awful for me whilst Tonali is a beast (Italians + short passing works. Even though both players were 4*)
Never underestimate Composure on the strikers too, I've got a wonderkid to 26 goals in 20apps with 13 finishing but 19 comp
Good point! Best game I ever had was with Barca and at least 90% of the players were Spanish
@@michaeldr6070 all the Barca B team come through for you and then nust poach all the other youths?
I wanna see how fast you can win all 5 Champions Leagues in the game
Yes
No
@@SethGD Maybe
I don't know
@@dave21560 can you repeat the question
my only problem with fm is being able to stay in leagues despite your team not being good. like my team is sky bet league 2 quality in the championship I should have like -50% playing ability or something so I get relegated.
No?
I dont think I'll ever understand tactics
I play against a stronger team, I won, I don't know why
I play against a weaker team, I lose, still don't know why
Loans?
0:29 1. I just become "Unsackable".
2. I don't really care about comparing to them.
3. NZ can't conceivably switch to the Asian Conference like Australia did anyway, so there are some constraints, there.
But how should I pick players as a National manager? I can't buy players, and I'm stuck in my very limited pool of players. I can't build around Chris Wood and Winston Reid for more than 4 years.
only way i can think of is managing a team in nz and building up your facilities and recruiting to build the nation
@@timopeters995 I'm on Mobile, it's very restrictive. I already have less roles to try.
@@BrockMak well maybe its just not possible then 🤷♂️
I at burger
You absolutely should not praise everyone's training every week. Do it too often and it'll have the opposite effect and annoy the players. Every two weeks at most seems to be a sweet spot.
Z been doing this for a while now without any problems whatsoever
@@jonssonftw the top 3 in the training email every week is usually fine because they're probably not the same players but every player every week has only ever caused problems for me
@@charlesfairs1427 Z been doing this for a while now without any problems whatsoever
True, but it's always the 3 or 4 players that complain about it, the rest seems to be fine with doing it each week, and the general benefit outweighs the two or three unhappy faces imo at least
I think the "you praise me too much" response has largely gone with the recent updates to FM22. Most players are happy to be praised repeatedly even down to 7.5 or so.
I don't have any friends that play fm :(
I quit this game every game is 3-0 or more
I thought it was the normal thing having attribute masking on, now it seems like it's kind of cheating to have it off
Well considering as soon as you bring a player in on trial you can see their attributes straight away - that's hardly realistic
14:36 and here is why Man Utd suck so badly this season. When Ralf Rangnick and the best player in the world Cristiano Ronaldo can't save you, you know morale is rock bottom.
...what?
Answer: Play the Xbox version
football manager is dark souls of football games.just git gud
Nah, Dark Souls is theFootball Manager of action/rpg's. FM is the older title. :-P
Use the Editor. its how people get good at football manger. they cheat
He speaks alot of sense but he needs some humble pie kevie 7 time lollujo is better at FM
Joe Croston is a snake? Is that like a spoiler because I watch the live channel and he didn't do anything Durantlike?
He wanted to leave to a better division
@@ngoclongle7004 That seems reasonable to me. I thought he did something like Javi did a few transfer windows ago.
i already get made fun of by my friends for playing fm so....
Well they’re uncultured
Football manager 22 is a game that punishes lazy people. Lost a match you should have won? And you feel like rushing the game to play a weak team just to get that W? It's time to just save your game then quit. Play it tomorrow with your head cooled down. Once the game upsets you, it's a snowball and it's over lol
It’s easy, buy better players and play better tactics.
433 gegenpress, you are welcome guys
I made a 5wcb formation because I wanted to try the new positions in November when the game came out and I felt personally attacked when Z pulled out that timeline of save progression because I’m in 2030 and haven’t changed the tactic by more than 20% and probably still won’t because for whatever reason I am consistently making it too the knockout stages of champions league and just beat Man City to get to the quarters
Not broke? don't fix
I’m in my 7th season on my save and have never changed tactic. I just sign players who fit or train the U18 and U23 to play the roles.
I did the same, and I just changed my tactic in the start of the third season. The change was going form SS to AP in the 10 position, changing one DLF to AF and turning off "dribble less". My initial goal was to replicate a 5-2-1-2 my local team plays, which is a very pass heavy and possession oriented team with a distinct AF, SS and DLF trio up top. Double AF looks better and I had an issue with my wing backs getting atrocious ratings (I believe this is because they had low dribbles per 90, since they were told ot pass the ball rather than run with it). The SS only got good ratings when they scored and wasn't as big part of the build up play as I hoped. Now I stumbled across a great AP, that can't shoot, and made the change
I found it hard to start with to work out from the stats and highlights if my team played well or not. Easier now with xg, data centre and post match reviews. Still feels like so much guess work and trial and error (lots of error).