The comment about the lack of academy talent is valid, always thought it’d be fun to see a Bilbao style save. Youth only can be a bit much but limiting yourself w signings and focusing on developing players that have grown up with the club makes the story building so much better
Im convinced Zealand is currently in Andorra to watch Inter D'Escaldes vs AEK. 100% no doubt, I saw that shine in the eyes when he mentioned a team from Andorra was doing well
@@FootballFiasco-6 I mean the first game finished 4-3 to AEK so maybe they can pull it off? If they do there'll be riots in the streets of Athens, of course, but that's just a normal Thursday these days.
@@FootballFiasco-6 You can, but it still requires Escaldes to take the chances gifted to them by piss-poor defending, which a bad team can't really do. While AEK may well get their act together, the Andorrans will be fired up. I'm just hoping it'll be another good game.
I've been playing Football Manager since 2008 (that's actually half of my lifespan, I'm 32). After 16 years, I think I am experienced enough to hand ALL press conferences and ALL friendly matches to the assistant manager.
I've been playing for about as long and my experience means I don't trust my assman to properly give everyone the pre-season run-out they need. I want those fringe players fully match sharp just in case, getting a good start is everything. Sod doing press conferences though, with you on that one.
@@zizou00_ it depends. I always set up the starting XI before the match, not the assistant. If it's early preseason or a weak opponent, the 2nd unit plays, but if it's a bigger opponent, I play the ones I consider as starters for the season, in order to get them in shape (for example after a WC or a Euro).
That South Shields one is brutal. I had a couple of bizarre ones recently. Not as extreme as that thankfully. Two seasons at Barrow. Finished 11th and should have finished 1st. XG Conceded at -16. Following season finished 6th but again should have finished 1st. XG Conceded at -29. Scored 126. Thankfully went up through the playoffs!
that box tactic is one of highest scoring tactic on that site that tests fm formations. z should do a video analyzing those "best" tactics since some are a bit weird.
3:48 - If you look up Undefeated Football Club Seasons, 22 of them did not win their league. And some of them are big name teams/leagues. Benfica in 77-78, Perugia in 78-79, Galatasaray in 85-86, Red Star Belgrade in 07-08, and my personal favorite for WTFing: In the 1977-78 Brazilian season, Atletico Mineiro AND Botofogo BOTH went invincible and NEITHER won the league that year. If you want a logistical nightmare, look up how that league was run, with multiple levels of group play that just went right into a semi-final.
As an Italian, I think Perugia is more of an "underdog", rather than a big team, but I agree that the ending of their 1978-79 campaign was extremely heartbreaking... Especially considering that no one in that team was a genuinely "world class" player (except for Salvatore Bagni, maybe), and so winning the league would have made them a "Montpellier before Montpellier"!
@@pierfrancescocosta6336 Yeah, I originally had just "big name teams" but then with Perugia, I had to switch to "teams/leagues", because a team going invincible in Serie A has only happened 3 times in the last 100 years, and the fact that an underdog did it is amazing... but that they didn't win the league is utterly heartbreaking.
3:50 It happened to Perugia in 1978-79 Serie A. They went through the season undefeated, although due to their number of drawn matches, they finished second in the league and Milan won by 3 points.
3:56 strange enough that was also my favourite team, never forget when I carried them from a newly promoted team to 2 KNVB Beker titles and then Eredivisie runners-up and then Champions League football I really miss that time
That Kvaratskhelia one is ace. I watched Turkey vs Georgia with my gf and got her to read out the team sheets for me and I laughed for a solid 5 mins 😂
- Got insane offensive capabilities - Plays deep, defensive, counter-attacking football, with a worldclass striker that’s slow and goes deep, when you need a fast paced striker for that sorter style and they’re sitting on the bench.
5:55 When making a database with competition rules you have to manually add goal difference as a deciding/tiebreaking factor, otherwise after points its instantly going to jump over to random choice. In other words: that's 100% on whoever made that database that this has happened.
i must say raphael lea'i could have helped us beat that andorran team, but we didn't offer the contract extension. i mean the manager resigned after a successful season by getting us to europe and then he went to manage a team in serbia, while he is croatian... football...
4:00 this happened to me in my Chelmsford save in Fm24 TWO SEASONS IN A ROW. I literally didn't lose a game for 3 seasons and came 2nd in the League twice and won it once. Bonkers stuff, too many draws.
On the last commentary- the reason I play friendlies at the start of the season is so I can control match fitness. For the most part the team plays the same year on year, but having the entire squad close to match fit at the start of the season is really helpful in case of injuries. I know you can make match plans but in my experience they don't have the level of precision that I have. And every once in awhile you get a preview of what a specific new player will bring to the team. The lack of home grown lads is a pretty big sin too.
6:25 and of course it's Netherlands/Spain, so there's probably 13 more cards incoming 9:44 also Ayal trying to get Zealand to pronounce names correctly
it's my tactic, I must say that I don't have too many problems, unfortunately he didn't show the instructions I put to the various players and how I set the tactic etc
5:59 it's not Malta, is San Marino. Tre Fiori was the final team where Aldair plays in early 00's...when he was actually 40/42 or something like this. And he was signing just for Champions Laegue qualifier
I'm not up to date on the Zealand lore and I had a South African wonderkid named Brent Philander with FCSM in France in FM23, so the Philander meme threw me off for a sec. Maybe there's just something special to the name
Granted it was just a mid-season low stake derby I played a couple of days ago, but my guys stepped in the ring instead of on the field, because after 9 minutes I had 3 red cards.
that san marino league table is why you don't just download league files but make your own. Takes 10 mins in the editor. (Remember to add league sorting rules.)
Two playmakers is one team being bad is a little overstated, IMO. I've had much success with systems involving more than one playmaker. Not with two 10s as APs though. I usually have a 6 as a DLP and a 10 as an AP.
Imho it's just redundant to give them the hidden playmaker focus play instruction when you can achieve creative play with other roles such as a Cm on support with a wider passing range and risk.
it's my tactic, I must say that I don't have too many problems, unfortunately he didn't show the instructions I put to the various players and how I set the tactics etc
@@maymunity7942 I won't argue that there could be better options and I certainly don't consider myself to be an FM tactical genius, but I think it's generally thought of as a bad idea when it can actually work quite nicely. I think it's a bit of a myth that came from someone at SI, maybe a developer or someone involved with the making of the game saying that you should never do it.
3:44 I made into an Memes video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The last meme I shared was a banger in December, but instead of looking at the top memes for the month of December, Z looked at the top memes of the year
Zealand - main channel, various guides, memes, and interesting videos Zealandism - talk-at-the-camera style thoughts videos on a variety of soccer-related subjects Zealand Live - Compressed twitch streams FMBase - what the channel used to be, though it was run entirely by Z for a while, before they gave it to him and the name was changed. No idea if the old FMBase website is still a thing
2:26 is my tactic! , if you want to try it, write me below, I'll try to write the instructions (I'm writing this comment for the third time because youtube doesn't show me the other comments I've made)
Thanks for the informative video,your information is incredible, however, knowing that everything related to investing. I advise traders, especially beginners, to research the market before entering it.I have to say there are more benefits to trading than just holding. Big thanks to Evelyn's Infurna who always keeps me updated. I am so glad I started her program.
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Has this series lost the original sense of the word "meme" some time? Screenshots with one sentence are not even true memes. Sorry but this is the worst edition of this series :(
Hi Zealand, im just going to boast abt how i have managed to complete 2 trebles with man united, im the best fm player in the world and i challenge YOU to play against me, think ur tuff? We'll see😤
He's on the run, this was pre recorded in order to convince them he's still at his disorganised background house
Zealandism confirmed he was on the run again. Not sure if he's acrually running or not, though.
i just turned 18 where is my man city offer?
Chelsea will get to you first
Dr. Disrespect is not interested
How does it feel to be too old for Drake?
Or Chris Tyson
BSC Young Boys affiliates are on their way
The comment about the lack of academy talent is valid, always thought it’d be fun to see a Bilbao style save. Youth only can be a bit much but limiting yourself w signings and focusing on developing players that have grown up with the club makes the story building so much better
Im convinced Zealand is currently in Andorra to watch Inter D'Escaldes vs AEK. 100% no doubt, I saw that shine in the eyes when he mentioned a team from Andorra was doing well
Escaldes gonna get cooked ngl
@@FootballFiasco-6 I mean the first game finished 4-3 to AEK so maybe they can pull it off? If they do there'll be riots in the streets of Athens, of course, but that's just a normal Thursday these days.
@@leaguesmanoframsgate you can argue that aek pretty much scored 6 goals, even my local amateur club don't make such bad defensive errors
@@FootballFiasco-6 You can, but it still requires Escaldes to take the chances gifted to them by piss-poor defending, which a bad team can't really do. While AEK may well get their act together, the Andorrans will be fired up. I'm just hoping it'll be another good game.
I've been playing Football Manager since 2008 (that's actually half of my lifespan, I'm 32). After 16 years, I think I am experienced enough to hand ALL press conferences and ALL friendly matches to the assistant manager.
I've been playing for about as long and my experience means I don't trust my assman to properly give everyone the pre-season run-out they need. I want those fringe players fully match sharp just in case, getting a good start is everything. Sod doing press conferences though, with you on that one.
@@zizou00_ it depends. I always set up the starting XI before the match, not the assistant. If it's early preseason or a weak opponent, the 2nd unit plays, but if it's a bigger opponent, I play the ones I consider as starters for the season, in order to get them in shape (for example after a WC or a Euro).
Same, but I've only played FM08 since then 😅 can't let go of the good ol' times
So Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark is the one spelled like that, Zeeland (literally means Sealand) is the one that gave New Zealand its name!
That South Shields one is brutal. I had a couple of bizarre ones recently. Not as extreme as that thankfully.
Two seasons at Barrow. Finished 11th and should have finished 1st. XG Conceded at -16.
Following season finished 6th but again should have finished 1st. XG Conceded at -29. Scored 126.
Thankfully went up through the playoffs!
It's 2024 and Zealand still can't pronounce his favourite player's name (Lehlomela Badboy) 😂😂😂
that box tactic is one of highest scoring tactic on that site that tests fm formations.
z should do a video analyzing those "best" tactics since some are a bit weird.
if you are referring to 2:26, that is my tactic, in the league I scored 193 goals, the GD is 175, I am too strong compared to other teams 😂
3:48 - If you look up Undefeated Football Club Seasons, 22 of them did not win their league. And some of them are big name teams/leagues. Benfica in 77-78, Perugia in 78-79, Galatasaray in 85-86, Red Star Belgrade in 07-08, and my personal favorite for WTFing: In the 1977-78 Brazilian season, Atletico Mineiro AND Botofogo BOTH went invincible and NEITHER won the league that year. If you want a logistical nightmare, look up how that league was run, with multiple levels of group play that just went right into a semi-final.
As an Italian, I think Perugia is more of an "underdog", rather than a big team, but I agree that the ending of their 1978-79 campaign was extremely heartbreaking...
Especially considering that no one in that team was a genuinely "world class" player (except for Salvatore Bagni, maybe), and so winning the league would have made them a "Montpellier before Montpellier"!
@@pierfrancescocosta6336 Yeah, I originally had just "big name teams" but then with Perugia, I had to switch to "teams/leagues", because a team going invincible in Serie A has only happened 3 times in the last 100 years, and the fact that an underdog did it is amazing... but that they didn't win the league is utterly heartbreaking.
My meme made it!
I was the guy who missed my chance to see Zealand LOL
The wildest part of that invincible Willem II team not winning is they were in second for the last 12 games running
3:50 It happened to Perugia in 1978-79 Serie A. They went through the season undefeated, although due to their number of drawn matches, they finished second in the league and Milan won by 3 points.
Zealand: I dont know, where this is, maybe Malta?
San Marino Academy at the bottom of the table: Am I a joke to you?
😂😂
3:56 strange enough that was also my favourite team, never forget when I carried them from a newly promoted team to 2 KNVB Beker titles and then Eredivisie runners-up and then Champions League football
I really miss that time
0:40
Domino guy..... you good?
You need someone to talk to?
I think i could watch like 6 hours of this without a break without getting bored. Cheers Z
I was gonna go to bed, but this changes everything
WOAH I was not expecting to make this video
That Kvaratskhelia one is ace. I watched Turkey vs Georgia with my gf and got her to read out the team sheets for me and I laughed for a solid 5 mins 😂
Theres also a village called Zeeland, in the province right next to Zeeland
- Got insane offensive capabilities
- Plays deep, defensive, counter-attacking football, with a worldclass striker that’s slow and goes deep, when you need a fast paced striker for that sorter style and they’re sitting on the bench.
1:40 Boys we made it.
Also the one shot was a Sabitzer free kick lmao
That reading was dramatic...but that's how I do pre-season too 😂
5:55 When making a database with competition rules you have to manually add goal difference as a deciding/tiebreaking factor, otherwise after points its instantly going to jump over to random choice.
In other words: that's 100% on whoever made that database that this has happened.
omg the focus play on the left meme sent me
i must say raphael lea'i could have helped us beat that andorran team, but we didn't offer the contract extension. i mean the manager resigned after a successful season by getting us to europe and then he went to manage a team in serbia, while he is croatian... football...
Mom, we made it into a Zealand video ❤
1:58, yay i made it to one of his vids 😃🎉
The xG table caused me to laugh in pain. That one hurt my soul on a deep, deep level.
That one Dutch guy kicked an opponent in the chest in the opening minutes of a WC final. He tried.
Imagine FAC v Taunton at FAC Platz and Z managing both teams, that would be an experience
5:58 "I don't know where this is, maybe Malta?"
San Marino Academy: *"Are you blind!?"*
It was in San Marino, my dude. Not Malta.
4:00 this happened to me in my Chelmsford save in Fm24 TWO SEASONS IN A ROW.
I literally didn't lose a game for 3 seasons and came 2nd in the League twice and won it once. Bonkers stuff, too many draws.
Bosnia got mentioned twice in a Zealand video!
Wait I didn’t realise Leai went to Adelaide City. Hopefully he gets picked up by Adelaide United on a pro contract and follows Irankundas path
On the last commentary- the reason I play friendlies at the start of the season is so I can control match fitness. For the most part the team plays the same year on year, but having the entire squad close to match fit at the start of the season is really helpful in case of injuries. I know you can make match plans but in my experience they don't have the level of precision that I have. And every once in awhile you get a preview of what a specific new player will bring to the team. The lack of home grown lads is a pretty big sin too.
The San Marino one is because they didn’t set Goal Difference as a divider in the pre-game editor league sorting rules.
It was either Torquay or Taunton so I’m Glad we stayed up 💛💙
Zeeland is also a town in West Michigan (near Holland, unsurprisingly)
6:25 and of course it's Netherlands/Spain, so there's probably 13 more cards incoming
9:44 also Ayal trying to get Zealand to pronounce names correctly
Raphael Lea'i has already played his first game for Adelaide City is well.
If Zealand only could say goodbye or something before ending his videos so that I could have time to click the like button while watching yt on the tv
Two advanced playmakers on support will follow the ball around. Lots of overloads at the cost of being vulnerable to the counter.
it's my tactic, I must say that I don't have too many problems, unfortunately he didn't show the instructions I put to the various players and how I set the tactic etc
@@andreanecchi5930 yo do you have both APs set to stay wider?
@@karthikcv8104 they roam from position and move into channels
@@andreanecchi5930 ah ok i thought with fullbacks on support you'd want some width I guess.
@@karthikcv8104 if you contact me I will send you all the screenshots of my tactic, the nickname should be seen in the video
Andorra takes about an hour to cross into France from Spain, or vice-versa.
5:59 it's not Malta, is San Marino. Tre Fiori was the final team where Aldair plays in early 00's...when he was actually 40/42 or something like this. And he was signing just for Champions Laegue qualifier
I'm not up to date on the Zealand lore and I had a South African wonderkid named Brent Philander with FCSM in France in FM23, so the Philander meme threw me off for a sec. Maybe there's just something special to the name
Granted it was just a mid-season low stake derby I played a couple of days ago, but my guys stepped in the ring instead of on the field, because after 9 minutes I had 3 red cards.
2:32 dude plays a guy with the german name for wing "Flügel" in the center. Of course the opposition is gonna be confused and thus lose.
that san marino league table is why you don't just download league files but make your own. Takes 10 mins in the editor. (Remember to add league sorting rules.)
So this is why Z went on the run again
Playing Pre-season games and doing all the media handling, it's part of the salary you get paid, it's your job, gotta to it!
Love your vids mate❤
You can technically go invincible and barely stay up
Sure, but you can't realistically go invincible and barely stay up
I went invincible and finished 3rd in china a few FM’s ago
07:04 Always do that with my hometown squad and those close to it. Got to get the some $$$ you know.
Two playmakers is one team being bad is a little overstated, IMO. I've had much success with systems involving more than one playmaker. Not with two 10s as APs though. I usually have a 6 as a DLP and a 10 as an AP.
Imho it's just redundant to give them the hidden playmaker focus play instruction when you can achieve creative play with other roles such as a Cm on support with a wider passing range and risk.
Yeah, if they're in separate levels then it's perfectly fine. Similarly, I've run a 4-3-3 with a DLP at the base and an AP as one of the two CMs
it's my tactic, I must say that I don't have too many problems, unfortunately he didn't show the instructions I put to the various players and how I set the tactics etc
@@maymunity7942 I won't argue that there could be better options and I certainly don't consider myself to be an FM tactical genius, but I think it's generally thought of as a bad idea when it can actually work quite nicely. I think it's a bit of a myth that came from someone at SI, maybe a developer or someone involved with the making of the game saying that you should never do it.
@@Ninjapanda042 Yep, also done that one, and it worked well enough for me not to see a reason to change it.
I'd have thought San Morino U21 as a club would let you know which league it was....
3:50 Mikel Arteta after the 2024/25 season.
Petition for Z to start a save with Rafael Le'ai team
I feel like getting wasted is a proper way to "celebrate" going unbeaten and not winning the league
1:47 0.02 xG doesnt necessarily mean bad shot. 0.02 xGOT means a bad shot ( or a keeper blunder)
There’s also the continent of Zealandia.
Ireland won the world cup in 2026 on my recent save. I'm Irish but I'm not the manager 👀🤣
Hey @Zealand ! Do you know how to build strong partnership between players ?
3:44 I made into an Memes video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The last meme I shared was a banger in December, but instead of looking at the top memes for the month of December, Z looked at the top memes of the year
ORLANDO CITY KIT
Brother at 3:30 clean your screen man 😂😂
Love you zealand
Is there any proof the player was the Dortmund manager for the Mourinho one? Seems to me it’s usually the game that does the FMing
5:10 bad goalkeeper!
named my son Zealand well surprisingly my partner said the name and i was like oh i like that 🤣
I once lost a game against a 0.01 Funny ha ha.
3:50 Imagine achieving it in RL. Am I right, Perugia 78/79?
Imagine Lea'i on FIFA/EAFC one day
www.reddit.com/r/FifaCareers/comments/1e6fibn/first_look_some_of_the_new_countries_available_to/
please start a build a nation save
England literally won the WC in my save
they do it in every save any of us have ever played
Can someone please state the difference between the channels of Zealand, Zealandism, Zealand Live, and FMBase?
Zealand - main channel, various guides, memes, and interesting videos
Zealandism - talk-at-the-camera style thoughts videos on a variety of soccer-related subjects
Zealand Live - Compressed twitch streams
FMBase - what the channel used to be, though it was run entirely by Z for a while, before they gave it to him and the name was changed. No idea if the old FMBase website is still a thing
@@Ninjapanda042 Woohoo thank you 👑
HELP I CAN JUST CHOOSE A FEW LEAGUES TO PLAY AND THE PLAYERS IN THEM ARENT REAL AND I DONT WHY
Adolf was far left lol, not far right Z
2:26 is my tactic! , if you want to try it, write me below, I'll try to write the instructions (I'm writing this comment for the third time because youtube doesn't show me the other comments I've made)
Thanks for the informative video,your information is incredible, however, knowing that everything related to investing. I advise traders, especially beginners, to research the market before entering it.I have to say there are more benefits to trading than just holding. Big thanks to Evelyn's Infurna who always keeps me updated. I am so glad I started her program.
Any specific guide. I'm from Georgia how do I go about this? I think I'm interested how can I get in touch with Mrs Evelyn
SHE’S MOSTLY ON TELEGRAMS APPS WITH THE BELOW NAME.
@Infurnaevely1
Evelyn Daily Signals Were So Profitable…. I am also looking forward to another successful month.....
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Oh god. This Pitbull edit with your face was... confusing...
I wont forgive you for neglecting Badboy! As soon as you made it he was a second thought =(
Why doesn't Zealand get his badges.
FM'ed
10:01 nah really who th is that?
Why do you have Pepe the Frog in your background?
Im from Devon in England and just a heads up the pronunciation of Taunton is said like "torn-tun"
17th
Has this series lost the original sense of the word "meme" some time? Screenshots with one sentence are not even true memes. Sorry but this is the worst edition of this series :(
12 seconds and first let’s go
I thought he was going to say person of colour not person of culture.
I'm very tired
Hi Zealand, im just going to boast abt how i have managed to complete 2 trebles with man united, im the best fm player in the world and i challenge YOU to play against me, think ur tuff? We'll see😤
This is a comment.
this is a reply (i think)
I categorically dont believe you.
16 views in 1 minute bro fell off
This comment is soooo funny the 10,000 times ive seen it 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I cannot believe people have to shove in unnecessary Nazi jokes and references even in a Zealand meme moment
womp womp i posted that meme
Love your unique style, never change!