@@Michael-zd2le really? because as a Spurs fan, your lot haven't looked this scary since 2005.. I know Chelsea are on the up but they're still finding their feet. Hate to say it but thanks to Arteta your boys are one of the best organised teams currently kicking
One day there will be a football manager game where the gegenpress with fast attackers isn't completely dominant. Set pieces aren't just big boys at the front post good strikers edge of the box. When that day comes Kev will struggle. But it's been 20 years and that has not changed. Maybe in 2050 when FM25 is finally released.
@@MarceloAlahid-vm3if I was thinking that the pressing needs to be a little more nuanced than just press high or don't. Using the correct pressing traps or systems with smart players to execute it correctly or back off when it's not on.
Something I often do when I have no one I feel I can mark the fullbacks with, but when I have 2 strikers (which I very rarely have these days, admittedly), is I use the strikers to do the marking. By pulling them out wide on defence, they actually find themselves in some interesting positions if you can counterattack quickly enough. Especially if they have the 'Move Into The Channels' trait, they can make it really pay off. They need extra fitness, though.
ive just started using a similar tactic and been dominating every competition so far. only differences are bpd cd and two cwb attack in the back, half back instead of a dlp in midfield and af and f9 pairing upfront. IP instructions are quite similar too but i made it even narrower with dirbble more and be expressive on. I have never scored this many goals in my entire fm journey. in 2 seasons i've scored almost 300 goals in total. so from now on i will stick by this tactic in every career until fm 26 release.
I love the Hidden Ground series. It’s like Copa90 but more raw and personal. I feel like you definitely need to do more of them and even dedicate more of your time to them. As a Brit - I know you’d be travelling to Europe to find some interesting content but I think it’d be amazing if you did a North American Hidden Ground series. It’d show how great North American football/soccer can he
I always play with a friend of mine, we are both ac Milan fans so we fight to who gets to play with it. 1 time I had liverpool and in the 3rd season we faced each other in ucl final I beat his ass 9-1. And this was for both of us an unbelievable run. We both had like 3 4 for comebacks during quarter finals semifinals. I had Ajax beating me 4-0 at the half time and won 5-6 at the end. He had barca up 5 goals in the first leg and and finished 7-0 in the second leg. It was a roller-coaster of a season. One of the best we ever played. We still talk about that season
I feel that most people, me including, would put that 8-1 on getting the red card early on, and not really looking more into it. So a good video on the subject for sure. I do wonder if this is something you'd do every time or if the fact that it's in the network league make it more "damn, that was in front of thousand of people AND real people, I need to do something" ? :P Cus again, I definitely think me and many others would feel more "embarrased" and go drastic to change something against a real person instead of losing 8-1 against AI. I guess I'm just curious about the mental behind it/you :)
8:05 the pain of seeing my newly promoted side being bullied by title contenders after a miracle run of form getting us to the top of the league, I felt it today...
Similar happen to me in Czech league. I lost Viktoria plzen 6-0 at the top of the league because I changed tactic against a better team in paper. I beat Slavia Prague next game. Currently 2nd with Olomouc 1 point behind Slavia in a close title fight
Hey Zealand, I need a tip to help me understand why my team creates so many chances, has such a high XG, and yet score so infrequently while the AI seemingly scores with ease with the handful of chances they create. I literally just drew with Brighton 2v2. We had an XG of 4.34, they had an XG of 0.54. We went down to ten men and I tried to shore things up. For the first goal Micky Van De Ven just ran away from the striker he should have been marking (not assigned, just, you know, obviously he should mark the man on his own in the middle)to close down a player with 3 of my players around him. Easy pass across goal and then goal one. Goal 2, my "world class" regen keeper with 17 handling and reflexes just missed a shot that was straight at him. 2 goals from 3 shots on target. Meanwhile Evan Ferguson gets a 6.3 after we have 27 shots, 16 on target and only 2 goals (1 a pen). My biggest hate on this game is when my players do ridiculous shit that allows the AI team to score. It happens time and time again. I had a 6 game run where I didn't win but totally dominated all 6 games, easily, and yet the AI completely "FMed" me. What is the reason that this happens? If you try and explain anywhere what's going on, you get lambasted but it feels outrageously scripted. I can take the odd game, bit when it's all the time, how do you go about fixing something that the ME shows ain't broken? If I'm dominating every game, yet my keeper can barely make a save or my CBs just wonder out of position or my strikers seem unable to score or EVERY AI keeper I come against becomes prime Petr Cech, what the helll am I meant to do?
Like when Walsall lost 6-2 at home to Fleetwood Town, I'll say the same thing here. For me it's better to lose one game like 8-1 or 6-2 then it'd be to lose 4 games like 2-0, 2-0, 2-0 and 2-1.
Would it not also have been viable to pull back Chillwell and Dumfries next to your central defenders and have them man mark the wingers? Additionally, you could have moved Nkunku and Palmer to play as Wingers, with the one on the side of the DLP being inverted. The WB on that same side could even remain on attack to add width and provide overlaps while the other could stay further back on support or even defend. I understand that this idea would have meant a massive shift, but I can see that It'd've (can't not contract that) had the chance of going well with the talent you have on the field.
2 things to consider: "There were a thousand people watching". Imagine how Scolari felt while getting thrashed 7-1 by Germany at home in the World Cup. Whenever you're in trouble, switch back to the old 4-3-1-2 and its variations. It never fails.
good video and tsun su in art war says to use your oponents weakness against them , andy robertson is a fab player in real life as a liverpool fan 50 yrs met him but on fm24 hes got longshots 10 or 11 i also noticed he had trent in the position that andy would take up so pushing trent back and denying him space would also worked in mho there are lots strategies from art of war able to use in fm24 and college football 25 and madden 25 both which i have
Hi Zealand. Loved the Network save series you guys did, shame you couldn''t beat WTS to the title. Just a quick one.. I was interested in trying out your tactics but both the links download the Redemption tactic and not the 5 at the back
Picked the game up again now. Remembered why I swore never to play it again. It's so unrealistic in many aspects. Literally 2/3 games you have 20 shots on target vs 1 and lose 1-0.
I wonder if it makes sense to do subscriber online matches. Get 10-20 people together and just play a full human league for a season with your subs as a different league.
have your tried your tactic with pass into space off? it feels like your 2 af's will get those balls anyway and your wingbacks are already wide and creating the space to run into.
Zealand keep telling everyone that he won 2 Streamers showdowns, just like some baldy that kept reminding us that he won 2 cups in 2 years with some mid table club in england
You're overfiddling until your fancy positions and instructions basically equal a standard system again and then you're taking credit for it. It's alright, we know hun
Hopefully someone can help me cause Ive spent so long trying to fix this issue with no luck so far. I tried to install a face pack for fm24 and all it’s done is get rid of the silhouettes so now it’s only the name of the player with no image. It has also removed regen images and replaced it with silhouettes. I have noticed that a very select few players have images. Someone help me pleasssseee 😩
I've found that a back three is never good against exceptional dribblers. The agility, speed and dribbling of the opposition wingers always drag your centre backs apart.
Transfer listed the entire team, retired, deleted the game, threw the PC out the window, burned the house, went on an alcohol rampage, posted commentaries on the internet
Got FM'd again. Deleted the gane. Lost de CL and the Premier League on consecutive marches, 45 shots on goal, 1 goal. 4 shoots against, 4 goals. Total rubbish, inexplicable shannanigans
Did you fix it by not over complicating nearly every freaking thing in the game lol. If not, you should. Its a game and you should know how it works by now.
the biggest crime is that you've been playing a 5-2-1-2 for this entire streamer series and it pains me to see it. (im not against defensive tactics or anything but having that as your main goalscoring tactic as a big 6 club is disappointing)
If you need me to save your save let me know
Don't bully him anymore 😂 JAJAJAJAJ
Lol. Over complicating it all. Period. Bros been playing for years and still thinks you need a 900 page book to be good at it. lol
😂😂
Love it 😂😂😂
you made poor man shake
This is not the kind of omen I need when Chelsea play Arsenal IRL this weekend
As an Arsenal fan, I genuinely have 0 faith atm and think we're losing lol.
@Michael-zd2le May fans of all clubs come together and bond in universal pessimism ✊🏻
@@stokerino1905 to hate man city together as a family 🫡
@@stokerino1905😂😂😂😂
@@Michael-zd2le really? because as a Spurs fan, your lot haven't looked this scary since 2005.. I know Chelsea are on the up but they're still finding their feet. Hate to say it but thanks to Arteta your boys are one of the best organised teams currently kicking
Watching Benjy watch you during that 8-1 loss was one of the best moments of the network game so far
Jack resigning will always be the best
The next Hidden Grounds episode looks to be another certified Zealand classic. Can't wait.
I love the hidden grounds series, I'll be here next week for sure ! Can't wait to see how my football knowledge would expand this time
Here before Zealand’s Hidden Grounds becomes a Netflix series
One day there will be a football manager game where the gegenpress with fast attackers isn't completely dominant. Set pieces aren't just big boys at the front post good strikers edge of the box. When that day comes Kev will struggle. But it's been 20 years and that has not changed. Maybe in 2050 when FM25 is finally released.
I hate using dominant tactics so i just make some diabolical combinations like 6-2-2 and i try to build a perfect team for that
No way it can coded that every year in virtual fm that a another system philosopy will be a meta.
@@MarceloAlahid-vm3if I was thinking that the pressing needs to be a little more nuanced than just press high or don't. Using the correct pressing traps or systems with smart players to execute it correctly or back off when it's not on.
It used to be like that in the early 2010's, defensive counter attacking tactics were actually playable
I feel like the editors took special joy in cutting in the scenes of Zealand's pain 😅
Great video. Also, there's a moment in the trailer at the end where I went, "hey, that dude in the crowd looks like Zea! Oh, wait."
The always cut to Zealand accepting his fate of the blow out is just hilarious and sad.
I've always been a big fan of the 4-4-2 diamond to flood the midfield against superior opposition
The biggest tragedy is that you didn't score once more so we could say: 'I'd 'ate 2 be you right now(!)'
Something I often do when I have no one I feel I can mark the fullbacks with, but when I have 2 strikers (which I very rarely have these days, admittedly), is I use the strikers to do the marking. By pulling them out wide on defence, they actually find themselves in some interesting positions if you can counterattack quickly enough. Especially if they have the 'Move Into The Channels' trait, they can make it really pay off. They need extra fitness, though.
Cannot wait for the next Hidden Grounds in Gibraltar 🎉
Loved this kind of tactic video, especially the visuals on the tactic screen.
ive just started using a similar tactic and been dominating every competition so far. only differences are bpd cd and two cwb attack in the back, half back instead of a dlp in midfield and af and f9 pairing upfront. IP instructions are quite similar too but i made it even narrower with dirbble more and be expressive on. I have never scored this many goals in my entire fm journey. in 2 seasons i've scored almost 300 goals in total. so from now on i will stick by this tactic in every career until fm 26 release.
Hyped for Hidden Grounds!
How do u lose to a guy who doesn't even use custom tactics? let alone 8-1? Shocking. Zealand, go sit in a corner and think about what you've done.
Wonderful ending mate good show Zealand 💯
Excited for the hidden grounds
Hi Zealand, this is all great but have you considered just using auto pick?
You never fail to surprise us!
I love the Hidden Ground series. It’s like Copa90 but more raw and personal. I feel like you definitely need to do more of them and even dedicate more of your time to them. As a Brit - I know you’d be travelling to Europe to find some interesting content but I think it’d be amazing if you did a North American Hidden Ground series. It’d show how great North American football/soccer can he
I always play with a friend of mine, we are both ac Milan fans so we fight to who gets to play with it. 1 time I had liverpool and in the 3rd season we faced each other in ucl final I beat his ass 9-1. And this was for both of us an unbelievable run. We both had like 3 4 for comebacks during quarter finals semifinals. I had Ajax beating me 4-0 at the half time and won 5-6 at the end. He had barca up 5 goals in the first leg and and finished 7-0 in the second leg. It was a roller-coaster of a season. One of the best we ever played. We still talk about that season
Great video. Good to see tifo level of analysis on FM. Only criticism is you forgot to use kev on the thumbnail.😊
I feel that most people, me including, would put that 8-1 on getting the red card early on, and not really looking more into it. So a good video on the subject for sure. I do wonder if this is something you'd do every time or if the fact that it's in the network league make it more "damn, that was in front of thousand of people AND real people, I need to do something" ? :P Cus again, I definitely think me and many others would feel more "embarrased" and go drastic to change something against a real person instead of losing 8-1 against AI. I guess I'm just curious about the mental behind it/you :)
8:05 the pain of seeing my newly promoted side being bullied by title contenders after a miracle run of form getting us to the top of the league, I felt it today...
Similar happen to me in Czech league. I lost Viktoria plzen 6-0 at the top of the league because I changed tactic against a better team in paper. I beat Slavia Prague next game. Currently 2nd with Olomouc 1 point behind Slavia in a close title fight
Hey Zealand, I need a tip to help me understand why my team creates so many chances, has such a high XG, and yet score so infrequently while the AI seemingly scores with ease with the handful of chances they create. I literally just drew with Brighton 2v2. We had an XG of 4.34, they had an XG of 0.54. We went down to ten men and I tried to shore things up. For the first goal Micky Van De Ven just ran away from the striker he should have been marking (not assigned, just, you know, obviously he should mark the man on his own in the middle)to close down a player with 3 of my players around him. Easy pass across goal and then goal one. Goal 2, my "world class" regen keeper with 17 handling and reflexes just missed a shot that was straight at him. 2 goals from 3 shots on target. Meanwhile Evan Ferguson gets a 6.3 after we have 27 shots, 16 on target and only 2 goals (1 a pen).
My biggest hate on this game is when my players do ridiculous shit that allows the AI team to score. It happens time and time again. I had a 6 game run where I didn't win but totally dominated all 6 games, easily, and yet the AI completely "FMed" me. What is the reason that this happens?
If you try and explain anywhere what's going on, you get lambasted but it feels outrageously scripted. I can take the odd game, bit when it's all the time, how do you go about fixing something that the ME shows ain't broken? If I'm dominating every game, yet my keeper can barely make a save or my CBs just wonder out of position or my strikers seem unable to score or EVERY AI keeper I come against becomes prime Petr Cech, what the helll am I meant to do?
Petition for Zealand to change his numbers to normal numbers 😭THIS ISNT ITALY
Like when Walsall lost 6-2 at home to Fleetwood Town, I'll say the same thing here. For me it's better to lose one game like 8-1 or 6-2 then it'd be to lose 4 games like 2-0, 2-0, 2-0 and 2-1.
You needed to do a football. Hidden Grounds next week is going to slap
Would it not also have been viable to pull back Chillwell and Dumfries next to your central defenders and have them man mark the wingers? Additionally, you could have moved Nkunku and Palmer to play as Wingers, with the one on the side of the DLP being inverted. The WB on that same side could even remain on attack to add width and provide overlaps while the other could stay further back on support or even defend. I understand that this idea would have meant a massive shift, but I can see that It'd've (can't not contract that) had the chance of going well with the talent you have on the field.
This is the longest I have ever seen someone huff the Copium, godspeed good sir
2 things to consider:
"There were a thousand people watching". Imagine how Scolari felt while getting thrashed 7-1 by Germany at home in the World Cup.
Whenever you're in trouble, switch back to the old 4-3-1-2 and its variations. It never fails.
Failure is the mother of succes.
good video and tsun su in art war says to use your oponents weakness against them , andy robertson is a fab player in real life as a liverpool fan 50 yrs met him but on fm24 hes got longshots 10 or 11 i also noticed he had trent in the position that andy would take up so pushing trent back and denying him space would also worked in mho there are lots strategies from art of war able to use in fm24 and college football 25 and madden 25 both which i have
Thanks for the video it solved a problem I was having with my save
Hi Zealand. Loved the Network save series you guys did, shame you couldn''t beat WTS to the title.
Just a quick one.. I was interested in trying out your tactics but both the links download the Redemption tactic and not the 5 at the back
Picked the game up again now. Remembered why I swore never to play it again. It's so unrealistic in many aspects. Literally 2/3 games you have 20 shots on target vs 1 and lose 1-0.
I wonder if it makes sense to do subscriber online matches. Get 10-20 people together and just play a full human league for a season with your subs as a different league.
have your tried your tactic with pass into space off? it feels like your 2 af's will get those balls anyway and your wingbacks are already wide and creating the space to run into.
Zealand keep telling everyone that he won 2 Streamers showdowns, just like some baldy that kept reminding us that he won 2 cups in 2 years with some mid table club in england
You're overfiddling until your fancy positions and instructions basically equal a standard system again and then you're taking credit for it. It's alright, we know hun
Magpies in Gibraltar
Let's go Zealand!
Good on ya' on finding a way on your tactics. 👑✨👍
Oh... #HiddenGrounds 💎✨👌
Just a small thing , both files are the same tactic. But great insight into the thought process behind the changes!
Triggered at a 41212 being called a 433
Been playing this game since 99
You must have been hungry, you just 8-1 goal, one after another.
Took torino to uecl in my first szn and did the doible over inter and roma and my lst 8 games were the top teams in the table (7-1) and then Juve
20:23 truly, wise words while addressing the election results
Downloaded tactics*
I really need a gif of that 8-1 sigh lol
I would get destroyed when using 4 defenders against 2 striker. I now switch to 3 cb's when I face a formation with 2 strikers and it works for me.
Love that tactic :-)
Does anyone have an idea what is the 5 at the back killer tactic?
Back 3 = LEAKY GOALS! 😔⚽
Hopefully someone can help me cause Ive spent so long trying to fix this issue with no luck so far. I tried to install a face pack for fm24 and all it’s done is get rid of the silhouettes so now it’s only the name of the player with no image. It has also removed regen images and replaced it with silhouettes. I have noticed that a very select few players have images. Someone help me pleasssseee 😩
You need "THE BOOK OF ICHSAN"
I've found that a back three is never good against exceptional dribblers. The agility, speed and dribbling of the opposition wingers always drag your centre backs apart.
Can I train multiple tactics on console ?
Transfer listed the entire team, retired, deleted the game, threw the PC out the window, burned the house, went on an alcohol rampage, posted commentaries on the internet
Lollujo may be the most insufferable person ever
Got FM'd again. Deleted the gane. Lost de CL and the Premier League on consecutive marches, 45 shots on goal, 1 goal. 4 shoots against, 4 goals. Total rubbish, inexplicable shannanigans
I've never been this early.
Anyone got the link to that 8 - 1 defeat looks entertaining haha
Spoilers for us Zealand Live watchers 😫
Lollujo number 1 as always. You will never as good as Kevin. Kevin is him.
It was Chelsea, what else did you expect? :D
Brunos
So your master plan is to tell them your master plan.....not good
no shame losing to the goat
So instead of subbing one of your strikers, you replaced your Amc...
Well played 😂
Dont like losing what? Your hair? Hahaha oj zea
Sack Zea. Disgrace.
getting 22 mins out of this video is impressive I guess...
Did you fix it by not over complicating nearly every freaking thing in the game lol. If not, you should. Its a game and you should know how it works by now.
You can’t call yourself FM Senpai ffs
i lost one time 20-1 to real
WTS is the cheat with download tactics yet you all pick on poor kev
Copium is hard in this one😅
Hi I'm first comment 😅👍
the biggest crime is that you've been playing a 5-2-1-2 for this entire streamer series and it pains me to see it.
(im not against defensive tactics or anything but having that as your main goalscoring tactic as a big 6 club is disappointing)
First!
Should of used forest mate ⬜🟥⬜🟥