Football Manager Beginners Guide: Tactics
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ก.พ. 2021
- The one thing people spend more time thinking about in Football Manager than anything else is their tactic. Tactics are at the heart of what defines a manager. In real life, it decides often how they are perceived for all history - from Mourinho to Pep. Actually knowing whether to make a 4-2-3-1 gegenpress or a counter-attacking 4-4-2 can make the difference between relegation and promotion on FM. I cannot make this decision for you. But, I can tell you the tactical levers to pull to make a significant difference.
This beginner’s guide to FM is designed to touch on all the basic parts of the game to allow you to actually play the game. A tutorial of what levers to pull to make the game your own. To make that one tactical change that inspires a whole club or nation to the glory they never thought possible. The magic of the game that this series hopefully unlocks. Enjoy our run through the basics of tactics.
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I started my first FM save as Bristol City. I lost to my Under-23s in the preseason. I haven't felt this dumb since elementary school chess club lol
😂😂😂
lmao me too, I started as Man Utd (don't ask why) and I also lost to my Under-23 team in preseason
@@milkorama8870 why did you start as Man Utd?
I spent every money from newcastle and finished 17th in my 1st season and i was sacked in 2nd season....took Plymouth after that...lol
@@heberthr.6978 I can answer that one for him. Or at least, this is my answer:
- I am a MU fan
- MU IRL currently SUCKS
- playing FM and winning things with them is me coping with how terrible we are right now, considering the squad we have on paper.
Zealand: Beginners Guide Tactics
Me having over 2000 hours played: Interesting stuff
Man same, I'm here so interested in it while dominating the colombian league with a one centreback tactic xD
I'm here after winning 2 CLs and 2 PLs in the space of three years on FM19. Fast forward two years and I'm struggling to stay in the division, having scraped into Europe the year before 😂
Even as a very experienced player your videos have bits I know I am doing wrong or missing. Great video really good tempo of delivery
zealand you're distracting me, I'm trying to pay attention on the whiteboard behind you that tells me to pay attention to him. so be less distracting pls :(
How dare you dissuade my fellow managers from the long shot special. 2xDM-VOL-ATK with two inverted wingbacks, and a DC-Libero standing alone with my sweeperkeeper. They DEMAND off-side traps with high defensive lines DAMNIT!
ALL THE TEMPO. ALL THE ATTACK! PLAY FOR SET PIECES! SHOOT ON SIGHT!
So what if they have 18 pace, and 7 stamina ?
uoh uoh uoh i know this, i'm Italian! "Catenaccio" means big chain; it's a tactical style for which we italians were sadly known...super defensive style, like putting a huge chain to prevent enemy ships to pass through
I hate Catenaccio in real life. All over Internet I see people worshipp Catenaccio. All games I've seen a team use this tactic and end winning is because of sheer luck. Either the other team have 2 strikes to the bar or the goalkeeper sabes them. For all being a defensive tactic It surely doesn't serve its purpose.
I cant be the only one that thinks their a tactical genuis despite playing a possession based 4-2-3-1
Haven’t played this game since the championship manager days but this video has made me fall in love with the game all over again. Great guide Zealand 👍🏾
One of the biggest 'hacks' I've found with tactics is if one of your players is sent off, sub in a forward if you can. It sounds counter-intuitive but if the opposition has to mark a forward-leaning player. E.g.: a midfielder with an attack mindset - so they'll sit slightly ahead of midfield and can come back to support if needed but they're also forward enough for the opposition to have to account for. It will keep them honest from just going full-blast attacking. Doesn't always work, especially if you're playing against a powerhouse, but it's worked often enough.
Yup! It works. Always better if he's fast and strong. I take out a winger, play a player attacking who roams with one who stays put, and a ball playing defender. One of those players will often ping a ball forward and we're on our bikes.
That feeling when he mentions Norway in the ninties
I've been playing Football Manager, back when before the Football Manager / Championship Manager split. Back to when you got the english divisions on one disc and the italian divisions on the other.
Despite all of that, this was interesting stuff and I learnt a lot. Thank you Zealand!
Dude... I have learned more in the last hour than in years. WOW. I'm a LLM (masochist, I know). This is incredible. The series is incredible. You (and Reese) should be proud.
Been playing CM/FM for years and I learnt so much from this video. Thank you!
“The other person who’s up there, mixing the drinks...”
Yeah, I think the basketball analogy got away from you there.
Anyway, thanks for the videos! I’ve really learnt a lot from them!
Hey Z! Loved this one. I'll allow myself to provide you with a video suggestion (clickbait warning): 'TOP 10 player roles combinations in FM21'.
Context: I've seen a lot of youtubers doing tactics videos that also explain individual roles and player instructions, but very few talk about how to combine roles so they work well with each other and in what type of playing style u can use them.
Like for example: "In a wing play tactic these are some good midfield combinations you can consider."
I really think this is sometimes the crucial missing piece for a lot people. They know what formation and what style of play their teams want to play, but are struggling with choosing good role combinations.
Have a good one!
Didn’t ask
@@C-Jay7 seethe
@@waterguyroks ironic
You have changed the way I play so much over the last year or so.
Thank you
This was really useful mate thanks
“The skater boy Avril Lavigne was singing to”
Think I gave myself a hernia laughing at that one.
Mind you i find Zealand very funny, but i was not expecting a joke like that.
Fishtown shirt... As in Leland? Nice! Been playing FM for about 11 months and just getting into your videos. Good stuff!
Really Enjoying the beginner series. I just picked up FM21 and its my first FM. I'm following your videos to a T to give myself some structure. I tried one save where i started with the worst vanarama south team(figured climbing up the english leagues would be a blast) but i got confused and overwhelmed so I'm going to give your suggestion a try and start with ole Dinamo.
I did the exact same thing in FM22. Started with Braintree and got half a season in before the economy crashed and I was getting outshot 22-1 every game. Gonna take a step back and learn from this man.
Wow I had no idea you have a dropdown menu on delievering the ball. That will be very helpfull in the future
Wow the distribute option just blew my mind. Would have saved me a lot of headaches after the keeper passes to the wrong centre back on „Distribute to centre backs“ option.
433 is a tactic but it is also Zealand's hat size. Gotta fit all that information somewhere though.
Your head is huge bro! Haha
On a serious note, what an entertainer you are, really enjoying your videos and tips. Thank you!
Loving the beginners guide's Z
thanks for this series, I started playing FM21 last month and I have no freaking clue wtf I'm doing.
Honestly I play more like a director of football; simple tactics and occasional handing off to assistant manager and I focus on recruiting and youth development
And I spend decades on both
Part of me wishes FM added a DoF/GM mode where you act accordingly and hire/fire Managers to get the best out of the team you assemble. Franchise Hockey Manager has a system in place where you start the franchise filling both roles. If you hire a head coach at any point your role changes to General Manager where you are in charge of team building and the coach assumes control of tactics.
Would spice up FM and add a fun little game mode I would love to try out.
@@danlehman4646 There's a blogger who did this at Stade Rennais in FM20. You might find it interesting. It won't let me post a link, but his site is called theresonlyoneball. Follow that up with .com/2020/09/21/football-manager-2020-play-as-the-director-of-football/ and you'll find it.
Read the names, Kids! :)
Thanks for this video, what I really needed!
Now that was a great video.. well done son!!
You said football. I decided to subscribe because of this 😏
I guess it was also because of the awesome content and vibe you got going on here!
can you do the next one about player roles + combinations? Ones that work good together, and ones that don't work
been playing for a while and do my own tactics but this helped because I always assumed highlighted blue were more important than green
Hello I have a question
We all know the preset in the tiki taka style has an attacking playmaker in the midfield
Is it acceptable for me to change the role to ApL support and Chand the DLF to PF based on what my team has right now
Need these guides uploads more frequently,,, or maybe you can even do a tutorial save of 1 or ½ of a season
Plìz
New to the world of FM... FM 2022 will be my first go. I have to say these videos are fantastic and I LOVE the humor with no facial expression! Absolute gold!
btw, do you have a video about what too look after in your team when you start a game to deside the tactics?
"Like Norway in the 90s"
Now that's a reference I wasn't expecting
Nice vid man. Really helpful
is there anything to be done about two players that DON'T perform well as a partnership? ( i.e. they have an orange dotted line instead of a solid yellow one). How bad is it to play them together?
Bad, very bad
I remember there being a Zealand video where apparently mentoring caused players to develop their partnership so maybe you could try that.
Seasoned FM player, popping in because I've got Leeds hovering above the bottom three, after finishing 6th the previous year 😂
I finished off in Europe in my 1st season.
Have invested in youth has asked to, so hopefully my new young prospects gell with the spine of the team for this season, already had 2 close defeats and a win, missing Raphina though injury & Klich went from a 4 star midfielder to 3 star midfielder at the end of last season, does this happen to players when they hit 30.
Catennacio just means bolt in Italian. Its basically the padlock formation
I come from the Future. Vid is still good in 2024. Thank You
Where do I find the INSTRUCTIONS page that you have on the video after 11.34 on the video? I can't find it??
I love you mate
We want more broo please!!
Nice i need this
Orsic. . . Good call 😉
I've played FM for years I don't know why I keep watching these. Some more than once
Also a higher line and a low line of engagement can definitely work if you have decent center backs and fast attackers.
I did that on my schalke save last year, with a 5-3-1-1. Was impossible to play through with the central cb on cover, and loads of space to counter into.
Played this year with low line of engagement and higher defense, worked really well. Makes sense because you compress a lot of pressing power in a small area.
It’s been effective for my Le Havre team. We’re super compact and actually had the best defensive record in the league last season. I like to think of the lower line of engagement drawing the opponents onto you before pressing them to win the ball back
I always wonder why many football pundits categorized 4231 or 3412 as "defensive", while I see those as two of the most balanced (if not, offensive) tactics in football. Because I see wingbacks as more like offensive tools than defensive's.
Mostly cause nearly everyone who plays a 4231 plays 2 cdms rather than a 6 and a 8 in the pivot, David Moyes West Ham, Ole Man United etc
@@curtisamrein5973 I understood, but 2 CDMs means nothing defensive when there are 4 attacking players in front of them (furthermore, plus 2 attacking wingbacks).
@GreenFace Vault it does because most teams aren't playing an excellent ball.playing cdm . If they sit too deep you lose strength in midfield but if they push up you need an excellent ball play CB because most of the time you will need to move the ball past them
@@curtisamrein5973 Well, I don't know... 4231 has always been my preferable tactic, and my teams scored a lot with it (2 goals margin, at the minimum). Always attacking with 6 players, pivoting with 2, defending with 2 (+1 goalkeeper).
@@CaraVerde football pundits arent playing FM22 lol
It's like me trying to Gegenpress out of 4-2-4 wide (well: 4-2-2 wide AM's-2), and it doesn't really work even after I left everything alone. It looks like it works on mobile better than on my old PC, to be fair.
How does this all translate to the mobile version? I find it much harder to get a good overview
Is there a way of getting your winger to cross the ball? Instead of running to the byline and shooting at a ridiculous angle. Iv instructed both my wingers to shoot less, and cross often from deep, still doesn’t work!
Generally this is better in fm21. If you've said "cross from deep", maybe they're less inclined to cross when they are at the byline? I think it's going to happen sometimes regardless, but maybe try that.
How do I know if I'm a dummie?
For example: My Layton Orient save sees me in the off-season,after finishing 2nd in League One. A shit-ton of players that I've tried to sign have snubbed me for being in the lower leagues. I started asking the agents before offering,and one of them told me that their client would only join me if I got promoted to the Championship. Did I SERIOUSLY get snubbed because I'm not considered to be in the Championship until the season starts? Am I a dummie for not being ok with this?
OR how about the Depth player I signed from Shrewsbury who was denied a work permit right before the preseason started. This came out of no-where . Am I dumb because I don't understand why he could play for Shrewsbury, but not ME?
Sorry...I just wanna scream at the heavens right now, because all I want to do is sign a few depth players and its killing me.
Then there is the fact that I signed a bunch of players that were under 18 and won't join the club for a year or two.
I'm gonna get crushed in the Championship....
A quick guide to tactics in the right order.
1. The most important thing: Keep team cohesion and atmosphere as high as possible, you can implement this in training.
2. Choose the right captain, this is more important than most people believe. Leadership, workrate and determination for stats. Age is important but not paramount.
3. Player morale is tied to atmosphere but just one unhappy player in the midfield can ruin everything, so even if atmosphere is excellent you may have a black sheep ruining your day.
4. Sound tactical layout without contradicting factors like your wing back being told to dribble if he can´t.
With the above in mind I managed to win 20 games in a row using a dice for tactics with my Wrexham side. Gegenpress or not .... 1-3 yes .... 4-6 no ... etc. All I did was to adjust a few contradicting individual instructions like f.ex. setting the low technical CD to non-sense and both fullbacks to "don´t dribble and take fewer risks" since they are idiots, just adjusted for player ability to match their respective positions.
Tactical familiarity is a weird one, you can change your tactics to something totally different mid season and go on a 3-4 match run where you beat your opponents to a pulp, then the AI adapts and you need to rethink, this always happens the same way ... their keeper starts saving all shots and their team scores on their only shot after which the games become more equal and familiarity plays a role, you are not familiar and start to lose
First 3 seem more like tips for a team dynamics video. But I totally agree with what you're saying.
@@Roscododger FM places too much emphasis on outside factors to decide how a match plays out and thus I wrote this in a "tactical forum". Those who struggle and try to constantly change individual orders, positions.. etc ... they often fail to realize that the problem is elsewhere.
In FM the outside factors are like in real live the foundation of success, team cohesion and atmosphere is indeed very important, FM just takes that to a new level where tactics at times don´t really seem to matter.
Who?
Goalkeepers: both fullbacks open. Short passing. Build from to he back... Kicks it long to my five foot seven center forward...
Reece needs a raise
I've been playing since 2019 and still i'm here just in case
1:38 - Formation is based on tactical shape
1:55 - Player roles are based on tactical shape( understand it )
Basically every season I visit this video just to confirm my new season gameplay tactics 🤣😂
wing back on attack is literally a inside forward on attack haha :)
I look like the skater boy Avril Lavigne was singing to is probably I reference that will go over most of the audiences head as I imagine they’re a bit too young to remember those good old times 😂
Liked a lot that you explained why players sometimes don't do what they were told to do. Further on, please underline this thing, because very many players think that changing a tactic drastically during the match will help, thing that is usually entirely false. Unless you have another secondary tactic you can switch to, ar at least one that offers familiarity with a different style (passing, directness, pressing, etc), making big changes will eventually screw up the tactic. If you're only familiar with a direct and fast tactic, if you think you can do 2 changes and park the bus and go all defense.....well, that will not work, or it will only work based on luck or based on huge team value discrepancies.
Zealand are you like part Icelandic or something? You have so much stuff from Iceland its curious
Love the hat. Love from Iceland
the intense movie trailer cold open was an interesting artistic choice
continue the series?
Remember guys, football is an art. Everyone starts out mimicking and imitating, it's how we learn, but don't let that stop you from being creative and trying things. Failure is as important a step as success.
if tempo doesn't necessarily mean the pace of the game, how can i make my team to play faster?
depends what you mean by playing faster. quick transitions? getting the ball up the pitch? quick, intricate passing?
Football Manager beginners guide: Dynamics.
Sir I want to become FM . How I start please give me some tips
+ 15:40
All the stuff in FIFa Mobile
First 10 boy!!!!
Thanks man. Football manager can make you feel so dumb lmao
OH MY, I never realised i was this early, damn
6:40 When I compare attributes of two players I always thought that the colors indicate which player is better. Now I look at numbers and I see my mistake. Kinda misleading, they should change it. Thanks for help.
Played fm for few years now and there's only one thing I haven't done and that's use the "be more disciplined" instruction, can anybody tell me how that affects a team/ tactic?
Your players will take fewer yellow cards, but lose more duels for the ball, from what I understand.
@@calaveth you mean stay on feet right?
The players will leave their positions less often and will do things less often, which dont directly fit with their role.
@@skottitohotti oops. yeah, mixed them up.
A draft tournament with the subscribers will be fun
I never noticed how much your eyebrows move haha!
great video tho
I am playing a catenacio tactic but with a high pressing and high lines. It really work well and i almost now beat bayern with red star(crvena zvezda
Lol thats not cattenacio if its high press and high lines.
@@Roscododger its funny but i am playing that way and it is killing.
I've never been THIS early
catenaccio is an italian word, translated probally mean something like "Big Chain," you lock your team with a chain. (my eng is bad LUL)
Your English is fine man.
I get my tactics from Kevvy 5 times
I don't undnerstand the game simulation sometimes. I have my team close to 100% tactical familiarity. I win 3 to 4 games with 2-0 or 3-0 score. Then I would lose to a team from the bottom half of the table 0-3 while dominating possession. And if l look at how other teams win against that opposition, they had the same setup as my formation. I dont even understand how it happens.
Also, the game says i concede more from through balls, is there a way to train that?
Lower quality teams compact the space. That's why you can't score even you dominate the position. You need to drag them and disrupt their defensive shape.
@@NuryPPanaligan i see. And is there a way to train my players to reduce conceding from through balls?
@@allaghendramorgan I think you should train Defensive Positioning to improve Positioning and Decisions. Speed, and Acceleration is also helpful.
@@allaghendramorgan If you're conceding too many through ball goals through the middle, I think you should instruct the defense to play narrower, and also maybe try to lower the defensive line so that they can deal with the forwards making runs through the middle.
That way you're pushing them outside to the wings and you give your team more time to get organized on defense.
@@allaghendramorgan You can also try pressing and harassing their midfielders by either telling your players to specifically mark, press or tackle them harder.
If that doesn't work and they're still getting open then instruct a guy to specifically mark this playmaker so that it make it as difficult as possible for him to make plays and impact the game.
Me seeing the title: Hmmmmm seems interesting
Me after watching the video: I'm going against the tips
Oh well I guess it's time to go into my next game with the same tactics before I watched the video
If you could speak at say 50mph rather than 100mph it would make your excellent videos even more excellent, if you get what I mean. For instance, I've had this game since 2012 but have been able to understand how to download a skin! So I don't because I can't do it. For instance because I play on a good macbook pro, I fiddling around with a skin that I don't even know if it should work on a macbook. Love fm but so frustrated at times, we are not all computer nerds!!!
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Can't put everybody on attack eh, says that after Ben gets 100 points with Chelsea with his whole front line on attack
Yeah having a front line on attack is completely fine but what Zealand means is having the front line plus both full backs and midfielders on attack will mean you get caught in transition a lot. I play with 3 attackers on the front line but I have players in support and defend to balance it out.
Please do training next 😩😩
Don't forget to say 'we've outtacticted them' like Big Sam in your press conference
Love that he baited people with that. He has many faults but banter isn't one.
What is the difference between tempo and mentality?
Mentality is how urgent the players will be mentally to start a counter attack and how many players will commit to it. Tempo is just how quickly the players will progress the ball up the pitch by passing.
This is why I love FM:
Still today, we have videos on how to create tactics. You'd think someone would have "mastered " tactics but we still havent. I don't think anyone ever will
Litterally every time I look at the pay attention white board I can’t stop laughing I do it every video
Weirdo
@@fez.930 ???
Is North Iceland an Old Zealand tribute act?
He has visited Iceland three times, but how can you tell he likes the place ?🤣
mate put that hat back on pls
No slp?
Beginner's tip: If you use a striker with the "hold the ball" instruction, make sure to have at least one midfielder making forward runs.
First viewer!
Yes I am a dummy help me oh powerful
“There’s a lot of ways to win”…. Or lose bro, there seems a lot more way to lose than there is to win… fm22 has some of the most frustrating ratshit atm, go to a lower league and just watch their goalkeeper score end to end goals all day… cause that happens all the time… oh you’re tall you better score the craziest headers I’ve ever seen even though you have a heading rating of 4 cause that happens…. I get that they want a bit of upset potential and that’s true of real life, but conceding the same bullshit goal every 3 games does start to feel not so random or simulated
where are you from btw?
Florida, US.