Glad you enjoyed it! I think there is far more fun in looking at the actual ideas behind coaches and then seeing whether it works in FM, rather than picking a formation used by a manager, selecting all the same overpowered instructions and claiming it is a recreation! Out of interest, what made you sceptical about the thumbnail (and which thumbnail did you see - there's one with a black pitch & club badges, another with the familiar FM green tactics pitch)? I'm always looking for feedback

@mustermannfm it wasn't the thumbnail itself, rather that I haven't enjoyed your international videos as much as your other great content. Kutgw!

Thanks for getting back to me. This is definitely quite different to the Moneyball Clinic looking at Denmark, for sure!!

Given that Moneyball is all about finding players undervalued by the market (in an attempt to compete on a smaller budget), it would be questionable to then spend wages on players that aren't going to play. In terms of the channel, though, there are no plans to do testing outside of the main areas I focus on. I can only put out 1 video a week, and have plenty of future episodes planned, so I very much doubt it will happen. At least, not in the short-term.

I always have the first transfer window disabled in regular saves (after all, the squad you start with has already been assembled from a transfer window). For future seasons, I create a save point before the season rolls over and reference back to it when I need to.

@@mustermannfm Thanks, also one last question. Is necessary to fully use the skin and the moneyball approach to export the players to a excel file to compare when deciding to buy new players? Or does the skin gives some ways to do a more n depth comparison in game?

@@yurireis8794 no you can export using any skin; that is an FM feature.

@@mustermannfm Oh yeah. What I was asking is if to fully use this skin and the moneyball approach, should I export to a excel the data? Or just using the skin gives me enough.

You've got to just admire it!!

All it took was hiring a German. Should've been done years ago.

Not just everpresent, but consistent. I'm yet to bemoan the sideline for not doing it's bloody job!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Glad you enjoyed it. There are more planned like this, and I'll add Inzaghi to consideration!

Glad you enjoyed it, dude 🙏 You know me, exploring ideas is one of the things I love most about FM - and I think it's always more enjoyable seeing whether something works (or not) than just throwing together the same set of OP instructions and claiming it's the best thing in the world.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. There are more planned, and I'll add your suggestions to the list of considerations.

On the squad page? There are no custom views for the squad page as part of the skin, and you can configure these to your desire. If you're talking about the pizza charts on the player profile, then these are based on the Smarter Scout pizza charts that provide the same metrics for every position, as it provides a high level overview of the type of player they are, and splitting these between the different phases (attacking, defending, in possession) allows for this. This is explained in more detail in The Athletic article linked in the description. To change this, you will need to perform a series of single season tests, which for consistency with the rest of the metrics gathered should consist of the top 20 leagues. You will then need to export the data until you have around 80,000 players who have played above 900 minutes in those leagues. Identify the value for each percentile boundary (every 5 percent) and create a new set of classes in the classes/pizza folder for crossing with these boundaries set. Once done, you can edit panels/player/mustermann/overview/performance pizza.xml (there is also a similar xml in panels/player/mustermann/profile and panels/player/mustermann/popup) so that the slice you want for crossing calls the new classes that you've made.

@mustermannfm Thank you for your reply. Cool skin. It must of taken a lot of work. When i use stats, i download to a spreadsheet and compare for example, my full back specific stats to those of someone I want to scout. Usually only have a spreadsheet of players in my scouting range. Much smaller size.

I do have a few managers queued up already to look at in more detail, but I'll add Kompany to the list for consideration!

Glad you enjoyed it. Was really fun to put together.

That is the intention. Of course, time is finite, and there are a few other video series on the go (Moneyball Clinic, Tactics Zone, etc...) so these recreations won't be a weekly thing.

I'll be looking to do more recreations for sure, and there are a few already in consideration. One of those suggestions is on that list. I'll add the others to it.

I'll be looking to do more recreations for sure, and there are a few already in consideration. I'll add him to the list.

Glad you enjoyed it!

To me, too. He kind of came out of nowhere right towards the last few friendlies.

An opportunity to explore the theory behind something...count me in!

Great to hear. This was ultimately the purpose. I think it's really interesting to delve into the manager's philosophy and see what actually makes up their tactical style. The end result, in many respects, is kind of an afterthought!

An interesting suggestion. I'll be honest (I don't like to give false expectations), I will probably try to avoid International management if I can. Tuchel was only the choice because it's a recent new hire.

I'll be looking to do more recreations for sure, and there are a few already in consideration. I'll add him to the list.

It's been a pretty rough time for Brazil national team. The Diniz situation, the Ancelotti situation, a lot of things to harm the appeal of the job in the long term.

I've got some stuff already written about it - probably about 5 minutes alone on the idea of ball movement to move the opposition - but my ambitions for how to visualise it are far beyond my skill set, sadly.

@@mustermannfmMourinho and/or Zidane’s Madrid sides would be nice to see as well. Honestly, a 2012 Barca team, trying to recreate Messi’s F9 would be nice to see as well since that’s arguably the hardest position to replicate in game.

@@mustermannfmYour skillset is already far beyond many many others. I’d say just go for it regarding the Barca tactic. Don’t want to step on anyone’s toes ofcourse because everyone puts in their time and effort to make content, but your content has been a breath of fresh air for quite some time now

@@KevinV90 thank you for the kind words 🙏 Videos are always going to be some kind of compromise between ambition and ability, and the hope is to keep learning until I can finally put some of my ideas into existence 🤣

@@mustermannfm Being a perfectionist can certainly be both a blessing and a curse no? 😂

We did indeed. Tuchel is particularly interesting because the reputation that surrounds him seems a little misleading, so really thought it was worth exploring more. There are a few others planned (depending on the reception to this one)

It is exactly the same. To change the scheme, copy the file you want into the Mustermann Iconic/settings folder, then delete the file named Mustermann Iconic settings. Now you can rename the file you just copied over to Mustermann Iconic settings. Once done, you’ll need to head back into preferences and reload the skin, turning off caching just like before.

@mustermannfm thank u mate worked a treat

and also ruben amorim at united

noted! I'm glad you enjoyed it, and I certainly intend there to be more recreations, perhaps including one of the managers you've mentioned.

@@mustermannfm perfect please do enjoy your videos do you have a team in mind in England to do a serious project I’ve been playing fm since fm13 but I’ve done a lot of project challenges but finding it a struggle on this year fm to do a serious project to enjoy in England

I always think team choice is personal. Which teams have you enjoyed doing it with before? What did you enjoy about it?

@@mustermannfm I’ve done Burnley last fm done the undefeated season with with winning every single trophy I’ve done a bath save a few years back also a Watford winning everything aswell

Thank you for the kind words 🙏 greatly appreciated!

The end of the video provides examples of two different ways to approach passing directness. One short system, one direct system.

Make Your Own COUNTER TACTIC covers a direct system: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nV7Lhqtsg7V4pc0 As do a number of the Moneyball Clinic videos for teams where it is suitable, like Wolves & Metz.

I was transported back to my puberty for a brief while there

Are you referring to the view titled "Not Available Publicly - It Breaks Sh*t"? Because beyond that name, there is also an explanation in the description: CLARIFICATIONS The squad view in the skin in this video is not part of the public release. This is because it causes a number of issues elsewhere - including, but not limited to, being unable to see players out on loan or international squads.

@ ah, apologies, i wish i paid attention to the (not so) finer details, my bad.

@@jameshunt2589 it's all good! You aren't the first, and you won't be the last!

Lucca is a great player. Not all that undervalued, though.

It was sensational. I can't even complain.

Glad to hear it's been useful!!

That's great to hear that you've found it useful. I think it's really interesting to take a closer look at those areas that people take for granted. Like "Passing Directness" is such a self-explanatory term, that it's easy to miss some of those knock-on effects.

oh that's interesting. Never experienced that in 2 years of this layout. If it ever happens again, are you able to screen record and send me a video (to the email on this account, or upload to mediafire and send me a link)

@@mustermannfm looks like it is not an issue with the skin but my game itself. I reinstall the game and the issue is no more.

Never!!!!

Very true. The 4-3-3 might be more suitable. But is very boring. We'll have some systems that are themed to the opponent, and some which are based on suggestions from the comments of the original video (which was published after the first few games had been played)

Good news!! The answer was in the description! Mustermann Iconic Skin: bit.ly/46zPxAP

Now that'd be fun. Although I worry that makes João Félix the Cruyff in this system

@@mustermannfm When in doubt, get a Portuguese on the pitch

The original Mourinho approach

Just play 4-4-f***ing-2 and lump it up to the big man!

I'm glad you enjoyed it!! It is a labour of love for sure, but FM isn't the prettiest of games, so I think it falls on us to do something about it 😂

@mustermannfm yeah but i think it's important for us to tell that we realize the amount of passion and work you make to entertain us, and it's very appreciated 😁

@@Mevdu92 as are your kind words 🙏 thank you, my dude!

That all looks fine assuming that without the transfer values those columns match up across the two sheets (e.g. the heading for column K is the same in the Comparison sheet as it is in the Data sheet). If not, you just need to align those accordingly, so if Clr/90 is column K in the Comparison sheet and column J in the Data sheet, then the formula for that little section would be: (Data!J:J=K8*B3) Otherwise the only thing I can see is the semicolon (;) in the filter. I believe this is commonplace in a lot of European countries, but in the UK we use a comma (,). Maybe worth checking the language settings (File -> Settings) in case this might be the cause.

@@mustermannfm Thanks for helping, changing the language was all that was needed. Again, I love this, brilliant work, can't wait to see how this will impact my scouting.

You are too kind 🙏 thank you

If there's one thing I'm good at, it's making up-to-date references!

Sorry to disappoint, the next will be pressing intensity; but we may get to pass into space eventually

Now that's a different video altogether!