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  1. Zealand

    Zealand Why Weird Tactics Work

    I get a lot of people that will come into the stream for the first time, see my tactic, and ask why I go asymmetrical. I would like to say I do not always use an asymmetrical tactic on Football Manager. I just happened to use one this year. I also have now made a video about why these are the...
  2. Zealand

    Zealand Why I Sold My Favorite Player

    It can be a tough decision to finally let go of a talisman in the squad. But, how do you know when that old wonderkid you’ve fallen in love with on Football Manager is more valuable to you sold than in your squad? Not only is this a difficult FM question to answer but the emotions involved can...
  3. Zealand

    Zealand Are Star Ratings Right? (With Workthespace)

    Star ratings are the guiding light in Football Manager before you know anything else about the game. You look at those golden beauties and think they are a good indication of overall, but Workthespace and I are here to tell you star ratings on FM are there to fool you! Not really, but we both...
  4. Zealand

    Zealand Beginners Guide to Money

    Perhaps the biggest difference between Football Manager and other big soccer/football games *cough* FIFA *cough* is the fact that money is incredibly dynamic and realistic. As we all know, everyone reading this is a master of making money in real life and in FM, but in case finances are...
  5. Zealand

    Zealand Get Out of Debt in FM

    Football Manager is a lot of fun, until it reminds you of real-life and puts you in tremendous debt while you’re trying to play! There is no easy way to fix your finances in FM, but these are the things you can do to fix your finances so that tactics are your biggest concern. I cannot stress...
  6. Zealand

    Zealand Which Player Should You Play (with Doctorbenjy)

    It’s one of the most common questions one asks themselves while playing Football Manager, which player should I play? You have two wonderkids for your striker position, but which one has the attributes you need? It could come down to which one fits your tactic more - but in a basic sense, who...
  7. Zealand

    Zealand Your Burning FM Questions I HAVE to Answer

    I have cornered myself here. How to play FM? How do you win the Champions League? What’s the best tactic? Whatever was on the mind of a few people in a voice chat on my discord, they got to ask and I had to answer. No questions asked on my end. I have to dig in and use my Football Manager...
  8. Zealand

    Zealand Is Your Wonderkid Improving?

    Get 20% off @MANSCAPED Stuff + Free Shipping with the code ZEALAND at Manscaped.com #ad #adstuff #hashtag I learn new things about Football Manager almost every time I play it. A small tactic tip, a little training thing, a small scouting trick perhaps - but recently I discovered something huge...
  9. Zealand

    Zealand Spot Top Players on FM

    I was asked on stream the other day ‘what makes a player good on football manager’ and at first I laughed. Then, I thought, wow what a nice challenge to try and explain that in a video. So, here I am trying to boil down what makes any individual player on FM actually good in the game. We throw...
  10. Zealand

    Zealand Make Players Better on Football Manager

    The big basic stuff in a tactic is the easy part. The fine art inside Football Manager is getting the best out of your wonderkids (and other players but they are less cool) with small tweaks to your tactic and player instructions. In this video, we dive into a bunch of tweaks I make to player...
  11. Zealand

    Zealand My Worst Signing & How to Avoid it

    I am usually very good at Football Manager. At least, that’s what people say (sometimes). But, sometimes, I sign a wonderkid and they turn out not to be a wonderkid. Then there are sometimes when I sign a wonderkid and they turn out to be average at best. Then, there is 50 feet of dirt. Then...
  12. Zealand

    Zealand Crazy Tip to Get Wonderkids First

    I give a lot of sound advice on how to sign really good players on Football Manager. This is the scouting equivalent of crossing over to the dark side. To say this is ‘taking a chance’ on FM would be accurate, but it is also how I’ve added multiple wonderkids to my team at Oriental Dragon that I...
  13. Zealand

    Zealand Zealand’s Greatest Miracle: The Lisbon Dragons

    Simply put, this was the most miraculous experience I have ever had on Football Manager. A run down to the end of a season with so many ups and downs that I don’t even know how I managed to survive - how we managed to survive. There were tactical changes, sure, but this was about keeping the...
  14. FM Trequartista

    FM Treq GET YOUR NUMBER 10’S AND STRIKERS DEFENDING | FM21 QUICK TIPS |

    Get your numbers 10’s helping your team out defensively in Football Manager 2021 (FM21) with this simple player instruction change Big 💗 to all my Patreons on the channel absolute legends thank you for your support💗 For monthly shirt giveaways, Entry into the FMP Super League, to be a regen in...
  15. Zealand

    Zealand Stop Getting FM’d

    Get 20% off @MANSCAPED Stuff + Free Shipping with the code ZEALAND at Manscaped.com #ad #adstuff #hashtag There is a plague in the FM community that has haunted it since Football Manager was released. It is the FMing. To get FM’d. To have received the FM cheese. To be Fm’d. The painful...
  16. Zealand

    Zealand The Most Common Tip for Football Manager

    Football Manager is a game with a lot of layers. Yet, somehow, some of my tips for FM become active, unkillable memes. I would like to thank my Reddit for keeping this sort of thing alive. The ringing bell to alert that one person who has never played Football Manager in their life to the...
  17. FM Trequartista

    FM Treq CLINICAL SHORT CORNERS ON FM21 | TUTORIALS AND FREE DOWNLOADS

    FM21 short corner routine used in my Athletic Club series. Lots of different variables with this one set routine. Check it out leave a like on the video and let me know how you get on with them. Download links Steam- https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2545061168 Direct...
  18. Zealand

    Zealand I Wish I Knew THIS When I Started FM

    I was watching my old Football Manager clips on stream recently and a thought hit me - oh how much I sucked at FM back then. I was really dreadful at it. Naturally, I then set out to make a list of the biggest FM tips I didn’t use then that I do use now. The sort of stuff that takes you from...
  19. Zealand

    Zealand Is Tifo Football’s FM Guide Good?

    It turns out there’s a new kid on the block when it comes to Football Manager guides, freaking Tifo Football. I love this channel, they make amazing videos breaking down the soccer/football topics from tactics to the stories behind moments and players. Their animation in particular is amazing...
  20. Zealand

    Zealand Why You Start Losing For No Reason

    If you want to grab a cool shirt like I got, here you go: https://www.mysteryfootball.co.uk Football Manager is a tricky game, but what exactly is happening when you run into a wall of terrible form out of nowhere? A question older than my Twitter DMs in the annals of FM lore. There are a lot...
  21. Zealand

    Zealand Get Goals From Wingers in Football Manager

    I’ve made a tactic video about wing-backs and forwards, but what about the most exciting players on the field. The players on Football Manager that can change a game with one long galavanting run through or around the opposition. The tactical equivalent of a spark plug. The winger. How can you...
  22. Zealand

    Zealand Potential Lies to You

    I wanted to test potential for some time, but it took me a long time to get the brain cells going to come up with a way to tease the info on potential stars out of Football Manager. I am fully aware I get dumped on for not controlling variables so I’ve set out to do that when talking about...
  23. Zealand

    Zealand Is Football Manager Too Hard?

    Sometimes, when you are playing Football Manager, it is like running uphill, in the snow, both ways, carrying a sack of rocks, into a strong wind. Other days, FM is great, but when your team starts to lose, the dynamics can slip away fast. This is not necessarily a how-to stop losing in FM...
  24. Zealand

    Zealand Football Manager Beginners Guide: Club Improvements

    Football Manager exists in a dynamic universe where everything can change over time. This includes stadiums, facilities, training grounds, owners, youth recruitment, and even youth intake quality. This means that over 10’s, 100’s, or even 1000’s of years FM can undergo massive changes just the...
  25. lollujo

    Tips & Tricks MORALE Is The ONLY Thing That Matters In FM21 | Football Manager 2021 Champions League Final

    Subscribe 👉 http://bit.ly/subLollujo Join 👉 http://bit.ly/joinLollujo First time here? 👉 http://bit.ly/newToLollujo Morale and dynamics in FM21 is something we talk about a lot. We all know how important having a happy dressing room atmosphere and good tactical familiarity is in Football...
  26. Zealand

    Zealand Football Manager Scouts Are Not Good

    Identifying and signing potential wonderkids is my favorite part of Football Manager. It felt a little more hit or miss than usual on FM21, with the transfer signings I made on my new FM save sometimes falling by the wayside as soon as they arrived because, well, they’re not wonderkids. They...
  27. Zealand

    Zealand My Biggest Transfer Mistake (and How to Fix It)

    As we made our way through my save, I ran headlong into a problem I have over and over trying to rush to the top of the game. This transfer market issue has followed me through the years on Football Manager, making this video is my promise to myself to have a new transfer tactic in the coming...
  28. Zealand

    Zealand Best Personality in Football Manager for Anything

    Fine, you caught me, I like making tier lists for FM stuff. It gives me a reference point for when I get asked about my opinion on something like a football manager personality I can say ‘oh, it goes right here and then point people to this guide. There are a lot more personalities than you...
  29. Zealand

    Zealand Why You Hate Certain Players in Football Manager

    It is time to take a dip back into the Reddit pool. We talk tactics, football manager being amazing and being broken at the same time, with a few wonderkid finding methods in between. The Reddit is now my favorite source of FM memes and I am only allowed to look at it once a month, so you best...
  30. Zealand

    Zealand Best Way to Play Your Striker in Football Manager

    The most important position in soccer or football is the forward. They make the most money, the tactics are built around them, they score the goals and they have the coolest hair. Football Manager is no different, except for maybe the hair part, FM and the Newgan facepack are still trying to...