One underrated thing is nationality. I recently looked for a right back in one of my saves. The choice was between two guys where yes, one had better attributes, but the other guy was from Turkmenistan. The choice was rather easy...

@inmysoul7

2 жыл бұрын

Yeap pick the fastest.

@jamespringle7408

2 жыл бұрын

Why not both??

@greyMvtter

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao so true 🤣 unique nationality always wins

@Minerikus

2 жыл бұрын

Easy Choice. Turkmenistan guy!

@f1help613

2 жыл бұрын

I needed a central midfielder and I dug up some guy from Samoa. Everybody said he'd be a bust and the fans lambasted me but in his very fist game, in Champions League groups against Juventus, he scored the only goal after coming off the bench.

The intro has put forward the possibility of a Zealand Reading Club, and I am not opposed to this

@Dreamer105-6

2 жыл бұрын

First book: inverting the piramyd

@shaunkobrak5354

2 жыл бұрын

@@Dreamer105-6 holy grail stuff that one

@kirkbrasier

2 жыл бұрын

would not complain. will probably enjoy thoroughly lol

@xericscrub4795

2 жыл бұрын

I read that as the English city of reading because my brain is is in football mode

@walrous7054

2 жыл бұрын

@@xericscrub4795 up the ding

Let’s act like we didn’t see Barrientos complaining to his teammates cause he didn’t get to go to Real Madrid. That’s a big problem for the team atmosphere Zealand since he is a Team Leader.

Strength really can carry sometimes. 39yo Akinfenwa was still scoring 15 goals a season in the Championship for me

@Cos_Why_Not

2 жыл бұрын

Zealand did a video on the best attributes, in almost all circumstances I believe strenght was the best

@verbfrombonsai8852

2 жыл бұрын

Who needs dribbling and pace when defenders can't even stay standing after you bullrush them

@deeznoots6241

2 жыл бұрын

Strength is so important for winning the balls in 50/50 situations

Genuinely thought you were talking about what makes a “user” player good. Cue next Zealand video 👀

I had one striker who was awesome when looking at his attributes. A lot of green, maybe 2 white attributes. He scored 2 goals a season. My defenders scored more.

@alvaroazpeitiamontes4342

2 жыл бұрын

The other way around happens to me, i have sacha Hamache in my FC united of manchester since the first season in the isthmian league and now i am top of efl league 2 and he keeps scoring +30 goals with 13 acc 13 pace 10 finishing 10 dribbling

@inmysoul7

2 жыл бұрын

Makes you wonder if attributes translate into the match engine correctly.

@Dunsie

2 жыл бұрын

I have this *terrible* but huge and strong striker that - for some reason - doesn't stop scoring in the CL for me.

@pwalmsley9

2 жыл бұрын

I've got a 19-year-old Argentine wonderkid AM who is, attribute-wise, the best player in my squad. Single-figure assists for the season and avg rating of about 6.66. Doesn't matter what position and role I give him, he just doesn't perform.

@inmysoul7

2 жыл бұрын

@@pwalmsley9 i have the same issue with the AMC whatever player whatever formation or role this position cant perform! It must be a fm21 issue

I always learn so much from your videos. Only been playing a few months but haven taken Southampton to the Champs league and win it in 4 seasons along with a consistent top 4 league finish. Any time I have an issue or are confused with something in FM21 I can find a vid you have done to explain it for me. Thanks so much!!!

My two book suggestions are “As you like it” and “Money Ball”!

@wolfgangoppenheimer2905

2 жыл бұрын

My pick " Operant conditioning " By BF SKINNER,

You also need the Bible, the Quran and the Art of War. Read all of those and you might just learn what makes a player good

@mrartdeco

2 жыл бұрын

You forgot all the motivation and business books to cope with modern era

@simmo3171

2 жыл бұрын

Industrial society and its future helped me make my 4-2-3-1 gegenpress

@cvetomirgeorgiev9106

2 жыл бұрын

@@simmo3171 I read the communist manifesto, animal farm and 1984 and they taught me to use Inverted Winger/Winger combo

@IzzulFitri

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Mein Kampf.

@cvetomirgeorgiev9106

2 жыл бұрын

@@IzzulFitri that one taught me how to use a false Nein. Also translated Raumdeuter for me

Zealand you are too good man. New to the channel but you are funny and extremely relevant. Keep up the great work!

This video is worth its weight in gold. A fantastic breakdown on how to evaluate players in the game. Only addition I would add is that for playmakers as Zealand said its passing, vision but also technique. No truly great playmaker has a technique rating below 15

@AagoMcFly

2 жыл бұрын

what does a video weigh?

@alymohamed9947

2 жыл бұрын

@@AagoMcFly it's weight in megabytes

Im playing since the CM era. My best striker was a mediocre newgen in stats but he was a scoring machine total career 286 match 232 goal. My other world class striker struggles to even find the target.

@BlueWoWTaylan

2 жыл бұрын

I swear, finishing can be such a lottery. I see many top goalscorers in top leagues that have 11 or so finishing. Feels like the rest of the attributes matter more which I can understand but still finishing needs to be a bit more important.

@inmysoul7

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlueWoWTaylan yet the fact that a player with low stats is a killer and a player with super stats is a loser kinda makes me wonder how the fuk they coding those outcomes. I have tried over 20 world class strikers and yet no one could surpass my mediocre newgen on performance.

FM19 Xavi was the ultimate passing merchant. He had like 7 speed/acceleration, but 20 in passing, 20 in vision, 18 in technique

@hananidrisi6436

2 жыл бұрын

FM20 David Silva was also class

Speaking of new born Spartans, when are you going to do more history podcast episodes? That was excellent.

Watching these just reinforces so many gaps in my FM knowledge. I had no idea you could train players in other roles. I'm still scared off by transfer negotiations.

@Londronable

2 жыл бұрын

You can NOT train roles. Only positions. I'm talking about the thing you find in individual training. Selecting a role merely tells you what attributes that person will train. For example, if you have a young winger you might want to train him as an advanced playmaker on the wing because he will train more attributes. Again. Players train familiarity with positions, NOT roles. A person is a natural in center midfield. Not as a box to box midfielder.

Hey zealand, and everyone, im portuguese, and tomorrow, at 11 AM (portuguese clocks) oriental dragon Will play LIVE in Canal 11 ( TV channel) against Alverca, cheers

@georgetsoumas6417

2 жыл бұрын

Alverca is the team that I currently manage so this should be interesting

@duartesantos9559

2 жыл бұрын

@@georgetsoumas6417 are you pt ?

DAMN! Your extremely good @ explaining simple things 👌🏻👏🏻💪🏻

Really useful video - although the main thing I took away from it was Zealand needs better board games. No one should have to suffer through monopoly these days! 😄

Intro is a bit longer this time, skip to 15:19 and thank me later guys!

@ZealandonYT

2 жыл бұрын

Lol yeet

At first glance I thought this was What Makes Player Good "AT" fm, as in a real person playing FM. The intro kind of backed that up; maybe you wanna use that stack of books to make that video as well.

Isn't 20 strength only the best attribute IF everyone else on the planet is 10 strength like in the test?

@Roscododger

2 жыл бұрын

Yes but it still shows us that strength is very important and helps a player a lot for the match engine

@BlueWoWTaylan

2 жыл бұрын

I wonder if it also effects the shoots with Power trait. I mean if you have such strength, you should be able to hit the ball harder :D

@inmysoul7

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlueWoWTaylan and the long shoot atrribute ? The accuracy?

That intro was so good :)

Really these things come from experience, you get a feel for it, attributes you like for roles, how you play etc. Like I won't sign a player with sub 10 work rate, it's just a no no for me. Like I'm not having full backs that can't contribute offensively, Strikes with low finishing, seen many an AI team playing strikers at like PL level with like 12 finishing, that is just a no.

Niceeeee super helpful thanks! Where do GK’s fall it to the mix?

@lebronjohnson6735

2 жыл бұрын

He posted a video on that too. IIRC agility was the most important attribute.

It would be interesting to do an experiment where we compare attribute categories (Technical, Mental, Physical). Have a league with identical teams but have all the players on one third have max in 1 category and one third in another etc. Set the other attributes to a nice low-ish neutral value. I am expecting team physical to crush.

@frederikbrandt424

2 жыл бұрын

I am expecting physical to get destroyed because the goalkeeping will be awful

@WaariGaming

2 жыл бұрын

@@frederikbrandt424 strength is one of the best goalkeeping stats.

@Zombie1Boy

2 жыл бұрын

@@WaariGaming not sure what strength does for goalkeeping, Illan Muelier does fine with 9-10 strength.

There's nothing more powerful than a strong towering striker that seems to turn every set piece into the goal. Especially a high potential young player that you just know is going to be a world class complete forward.

Also important is how well the player is performing(stats from previous seasons and international). I found 2 17yr olds playing from 🇯🇵 playing in there full national team. The striker had 20 goals in 7 apps for his national team and the cm was insane. Signed them up immediately for less than £8 mil combined.

Super solid tutorial, very helpful for a relative noob

How useful are player traits?

My trump card for a striker (AF) is: Finishing 16 or higher Off the Ball 16 or higher Acceleration 16 or higher I can regularly sign 18 year old talents with these stats and make them have a 0.8-0.9 goals per game seasons as a striker. Use ‚pass into space‘ and train them on ‚try to break offside trap‘ Voilà, you‘ve got yourself a money printing scheme

Adama Traoré is a beast! Speed, agility and strength!

3:55 should have done Liam Nesson voice... should have done it

5'3 Korean with 14 Heading that is pretty impressive imo.

very very new to this game. im still on my downloading the basics of the basics of the game, and im already 30+hrs into it. another big problem with that? im only 5 games into a season AND im still doing crash courses with the in-game tutorials and the accompanied crash course into fm youtubers. so far, i've only latched on to yours and demand's, and all that DL & crash coursing still needs time for the 2nd phase, the processing, and the 3rd and final phase, the WINNING.

I think as I have a level 1 scouting badge I think it helps a lot cheers Zealand

Rule number one. Atleast for fm 21. If the player doesnt have high pace and acceleration or can evolve those two stats then move on to the next.

Omfg.. I have been thinking the BLUE ones are more important then the GREEN highlights on positional attributes.. for years and years. Good god..

number bigger than other guy isn't always the best metric. Dominic Calvert-Lewin has good stats nothing outstanding, but he has averaged like 24 goals a season over his 8 seasons in this save. While I have an Argentinian wonderkid who scores very sporadically. It's a lot more than 17 bigger than 14 oonga boonga. While there is traits, personality and size also, its a lot more nuanced and in impossible to tell sometimes. Thanks for the vid Mr Zealand

@kylehilts06

2 жыл бұрын

Me best ever striker pair was Calvert-Lewin and Lys Mousset for sheff united. No amount of wonderkids could ever peform at their level

@dantespina7398

2 жыл бұрын

@@kylehilts06 thats incredible, very unexpected. must have been elite elite

Hey Zealand, one thing that I'm trying to figure out more in detail is the Captain of a team? All I read about it is a speculation based on real world football, but I would love to understand, what a good captain really influences on the field. Does his position matter a lot? Does he make the players around him better? Which attributes do really impact the captain? I'm not so much looking into the off the field things (e.g. player development), but really what he does to the team on the field.

@Zombie1Boy

2 жыл бұрын

Captain is a good way to handle issues with players, like a new contract or reduced playing time. Aside from that it helps establish a player within the team hierarchy faster due to well, being the captain -- good way to get a model citizen to start mentoring players.

As with everything, it DEPENDS. You can have great players for the locker room and mentoring that are only reserves 4th choice in talent. There are superstars that you build everything around that WILL decide to leave you for PSG ( Still hurting because of that, Luiz Antonio... ). Personally, I like the players that are not exactly World-class but close to it, that are loyal to the club and in your team grinding year after year. And WHEN they leave, they give you a healthy profit and you part ways amicably for both sides. Jakub Moder was that guy for me. Bought him for cheap as he was unhappy. Played great for me and raised both the teams and his own stock. Bayern came and offered 50m for him and I let him go to a bigger club for a good profit. Still plays there for meaningful minutes. I got a Brazillian wonderkid BBM that can be world class but it is not the same :P

Okay, not going to lie but I laughed a lot at 2:50 😂

Which test was Zealand talking about with passing finishing above strength in hard carry attributes? Here I thought passing was underwhelming when tested as a solo attribute...

Man, i got Enzo Sauvage in my Leamington save back in FM20, can't fuck!!!ng sell the guy cause he just keep on being the best player on the pitch despite his 2 and half star rating said so.

3:35 Green?? It's clearly yellow!

I have some rules when looking for players. Must have highish work rate (at least 12). Preferable high strength but definately dont get a player with like 7 strength because they might have great attributes but they wont be able to use them if they are being thrown off the ball every 2 minutes. And finally passing has to be decent, I play control possesion with high tempo so I cant be losing the ball with incomplete passes and still suceed.

@KurisuKun

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget Determination. I don’t even sign anyone under 15.

@mateuszstepniewski5954

2 жыл бұрын

@@KurisuKun didnt zealand actually make a video saying determination isnt that good. Since then i havent paid much attention to it.

@KurisuKun

2 жыл бұрын

@@mateuszstepniewski5954 Tbh I've seen various opinions like "only cranked physicals matter" etc. Hard to say really.

@mateuszstepniewski5954

2 жыл бұрын

@@KurisuKun I guess thats because it also depends on the playstyle of the team

@youtubekullancs5530

Жыл бұрын

Messi has low workrate will you not choose him?

I am the person who sees more green and then signs someone over another player always 😳

Zamudio is the Odonkor of ODFC

I just saw your tactic and im just wondering how do you make a tactic like that and how does it work?

@whyjustwhy4400

2 жыл бұрын

I think he has a video on the channel about his tactics

@Roscododger

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/omp-rNtylrDAhMo.html Here's Zealand's video on his tactic. It's changed over the months but the core features and base idea is very similar

@jamiemontgomery6963

2 жыл бұрын

@@Roscododger thanks mate 👍🏻

How do you choose the right affiliate club? Do you go off purely what league they are in or should you factor in their facilities?

@obscene.

2 жыл бұрын

Reputation + facilities are all that matter

@obscene.

2 жыл бұрын

Reputation + youth facilities + HOYD personality is how the game determines what clubs are producing on average the best youth players. So, clubs in big leagues will generally have higher reputation than elsewhere, pair this with good facilities and they will bring you strong youth players.

the thing i undrstood on my tests is attributes are more important than current ability i created a team full of players with attributes that matched my tactic and the current ability of all players was between 95-110 just one striker had 130 ca all of the potential abilities was as same as current ability so the players cant improve and the team won italian serie a in first season with a wining streak and the striker outscored everybody with40+ goals as a false nine which i use always in my tactic i should mention all the hidden attributes were same players had 20 consistensy and importent matches and all the players were supporters of club and loyal and one footed so the current ability isnt as important as many persons think

I think footedness is also important, an either footed player will play better than the same player who is only one footed

@DOLamba

Жыл бұрын

Personally, I've actually went away from looking at either-footed as the holy grail. Same with players who can play a lot of positions. The more things a player can do, the more CA it takes away from abilities. I'd rather have a guy who can only play CM, but who can fill "all the roles" as CM, as someone who can cover the field, but only so-so. Obviously there's exceptions and everyone loves a good backup fullback who can use both feet and play either side. Those are absolutely golden. But I'd overall rather tailor my team to what it does well, than take the top off by having them do "everything" better. Like if you have a left footed AMR. You'll typically use him as inside forward. It's really either train his foot or train his position to me. Either footed will help him be better at AMR and AMR only. Training AML let's you have a best IF on the right and a, likely, great left winger. And they can of course play more roles to a less effect. So it's about what kind of versatility you're looking for. :)

@stevenmohlmann9999

Жыл бұрын

@@DOLamba A two footed striker will play better than a 1 footed striker because they can shoot effectively on both feet, Only for Strikers and Center Mids and CAM's do both feet being good really matter, though I have had good experiences with two footed FB being able to cross with both feet. I agree being two-footed does not really matter for FB, CB or Wingers.

Gonna start my first FM save I’m not expecting much

@ZealandonYT

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck

@Ewooxkami

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZealandonYT got fired

So size does matter

Other question to look into: What is the effect of body language?

When I glance over to one of these attribute lists, I don't see letters and numbers, just some blurry mess.

CHAMELEON! I thought I was the only one. Great game

The real question is, when did Oyiriwoth go from Ugandan to danish?! Who pulled that off?!

Can you do a save on ligue 1 for next fm,i want to see how you beat psg

@SimersFM

2 жыл бұрын

Get a team that is about as good as them. It just takes time depending on what club you start with. Dunkerque 3rd tier to winning ligue 1 took 8 or 9 seasons. Once your beating psg you can win the UCL.

@ranng6817

2 жыл бұрын

@@SimersFM i also want to see how zealand deal with psg taking all his wonderkids

What’re the exceptions for “the higher the better”. Like I know injury proneness you want 1

@kaivolax

2 жыл бұрын

Dirtiness and controversy. Also eccentricity, rushing out and punching tendencies but are more related to your tactics and personal preferences.

Hey Zealand when do you think FM22 going to be released?

@frieza2235

2 жыл бұрын

Mid November

@joeymacaroni4498

2 жыл бұрын

@@frieza2235 yaaay almost there

@joeymacaroni4498

2 жыл бұрын

I'll just wait for fm22 I guess,

My favourite ever player was an Argentinian-born Portuguese striker that I bought for 5.5M from Newell's called Hernán Graziani when he was a teenager. Developed into a good striker (not elite quality, but good for a Champions league side) but hard carried my team for YEARS, even winning the Golden Boot one season. He had decent pace but his dribbling, vision, off the ball, first touch and composure were great. He single-handedly carried me to a CL semi-final, scoring all the goals against Juventus and Benfica to knock them out. I saved a few matches throughout that saved and most are just Graziani taking my team to where it really shouldn't have been.

No mention of decision making?

12's and 13's in everything, So James Milner.

Seeing He Xin in this video 😢

Oi this may seem rlly dumb but like how do u shithouse a win against the big six or big teams In top domestic leagues on FM21 because low blocks don’t rlly work so it’s hard to restrict the quality of other teams

5:39 gooder

The more greens the better

Hidden attributes are very important and we rarely take them into consideration.

@DOLamba

Жыл бұрын

PA and personality/hidden is all I look at. If they're good, 90% of the time, rest can be fixed and you have a solid player at whatever he'll become. Like some nations can give just as good talents as South America, but the CA when 16 is rather low. It takes more effort, but you can shape those guys much better.

I hated Zealand's intro in the first video I watched. I didn't liked it in the second. From the third onwards, I loved every single one of them

Funny guy

He Xin is pronounced "Her Sin" not Hee Shern

I had a barely 2.5 star player in a journeyman save at Southampton, was a originally a winger/forward but couldn’t finish so I converted him to a centre mid. He made team of the season 3 years running. The first season he came of the bench more than he started. Was a local lad had a few loan spells, I gave him his debut and at his peak 2.5-3stars as a mezzala he consistently bossed midfields and helped me win a champions league and several pl titles. Attribute wise wouldn’t have looked out of place in the championship yet he was a god, consistently 10 goals and 10+ assists in all comps.

@SimersFM

2 жыл бұрын

Was he your set piece and corner taker? My guess is yes, these players get a major boost to average rating from assists so it’s hard to tell how actually well they are playing.

Just use the god damn Curent Ability Calculator

@ZealandonYT

2 жыл бұрын

At that point you might as well use the editor, but even then some players are better for certain situations

Third question: How do you determine that a player has a bad day and you should sub him? Do you simply go by his game rating?

@Roscododger

2 жыл бұрын

Partly, and his body language. If he's apprehensive or complacent on top of already having a bad game, sub him.

how can you play without attribute analysis polygons? that's crazy to me. I've played since FM05 and the attribute analysis polygons are something I cannot play without.

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FM 21 is so F*&%ing hard, I watch your lips move but sometimes I look away...

@SimersFM

2 жыл бұрын

It’s not though. Once your familiar with the game and continue to stack good player decisions on top of one another it’s actually quite easy to win.

What makes a player bad then 😂🤔

Tried to stay on the video but the intro was so off putting I left

3rd

First?

really dislikes the intro everytime... so cringe