FIFA YouTuber Who Switched To FM Is Actually Good

[@ryan_lmao]

i honestly think what nick is doing for the fifa community is so so appreciated, he’s trying to make the game so much better, which will hopefully drive fm forward too if it works

[@sm0iks698]

he made a statement on twitter announcing he wont play fifa, hes making a "boycott" movement where alot of his fans uninstalled the game, so he naturally just switched to efootball/football manager

[@an-gl1zw]

@@sm0iks698not what’s happening lol

[@jonesbily9505]

@@sm0iks698 he's not kurt who got banned by EA dude

[@mmkvat]

"He’s trying to make the game so much better"😂😂😂 No, he likes playing computer games and doesn’t mind making a living out of it.

[@crappycrane7325]

The fact the fifa doesn’t have a tenth of the simulation content is just blatantly laziness from ea. I only get fifa every 2 years cuz it’s exactly the same and never change career mode

[@amangaer]

In Nick's defense, Z, I've been playing since FM08, and I still do my conferences haha

[@sm0iks698]

ive been playing since FM23 and within 2 weeks of playing i started to just send my assistant haha

[@applethe9645]

Why though,it's boring and doesn't even make a significant difference

[@LiamGervaise]

@@applethe9645IMMERSION… and 100% attendance

[@ArsenalFC-hp7xr]

@@applethe9645immersion

[@Thanos1908]

@@applethe9645 cause we like to talk trash xD

[@Benpepejamin]

That's genuinely impressive for a first ever season of FM. Full respect coming from someone whos been playing manager games for 20 ywars

[@bynamscott5564]

Did he had his twitch chat with him whole time to ask what to do and what not to do? Still impressive achiv

[@Honk7TV]

@@bynamscott5564 ofc he asked about advice sometimes but nick the type of guy to play the way he wants to play and rather beef with his chat over what is the right thing to do 😂

[@top100amonguspro3]

@@bynamscott5564He did ask them about some things since it’s his first time playing the game, but he mostly made his decisions on his own like player signings or tactics

[@spinyslasher6586]

@@bynamscott5564 I mean most of us also look up online guides for help.

[@Zapper101light]

@@top100amonguspro3tbf you can tell he gets football

[@tsonny1104]

nick's reaction to this reaction now loading

[@The28studio]

Did he react to the first video?

[@top100amonguspro3]

@@The28studiohe did

[@VantommHD]

im here fotr the link

[@fnordywings1344]

Can't wait for Nick to react to this as well

[@YevOnegin]

I'm 15 years in and I still do my press conferences. ....probably why our losing streaks and morale collapses happen so often. I Conte it every time.

[@blackmojoking820]

How do you get yourself to commit to a save for so long?

[@daAnT1990]

I don't think that's the interviews but more your team and player talks that backfire on you. Also: if you're winning you can [magically] *practically say whatever the fuck you want in interviews. Or just storm out 😂

[@futbol6505]

Kinda a random question but y’all seem experienced so how do y’all beat teams that you always seem to lose too. Like I’m manager of Tottenham and I can never seem to beat Liverpool. I know their a better team on paper but I thumped city 3-0, beat United and chelsea 2-1 so I feel like it’s only a matter of time but after like 7 games I’ve only beaten them once and that was in the first season where I parked the bud at anfield and got the luckiest last minute winner ever.

[@David9LUFC]

​@@blackmojoking820I'm playing since 1998 and never do them

[@yourwrongloserhaha]

@@blackmojoking820I usually start so low down in the english pyramid that it forces me to play the same save for so long to accomplish anything noteworthy

[@jesperpetersson6698]

I've played FM for years, i also still do press conferences, you can get opponent to get complacement, or triggered by mind games, some of your players morale will be boosted. It goes fast as well

[@craigbuckland6584]

Never big yourself up though, the game loves to humble you

[@jesperpetersson6698]

@@craigbuckland6584 Truth. Always answer like "i'm not sure why i've got a positive record vs X manager" usually goes well down, both with players and the FM gods.

[@David9LUFC]

U have have an assistant manager for a reason. That's his job. Never do them

[@jesperpetersson6698]

@@David9LUFC When do you see the Assistent Manager in real life? You're just a FM casual, do the grind!

[@KT-ki6gz]

Licha eating at the Spurs cafeteria before the final 🤣 Also Rashford being perma offside is so realistic 😭

[@Phatboino1]

5:54 real definitely purchased the dodgy lasagna

[@nitsuj0]

that's what I was thinking too 🤣

[@ryanofficialyt4998]

That was honestly brilliant work from him still tho. Bloody premier league with Manchester United in the first season. It wasn’t like he made many HUGE signing and trusted in his squad.

[@chisokugaming]

I'm a few years into swapping to FM and I still do most of my press conferences and make sure I'm doing team talks with every sub for that morale boost

[@batuhankocaali403]

a❤😊😊

[@fpsoccer9791]

Christ, I was watching the highlights of the highlights and I was still invested.

[@MrMultichris234]

In my save I was also constantly losing to Real Madrid. CL quarterfinals, CWC semifinals, and when I finally somehow beat them in CL final for my team to go back-to-back, it was ultimate glory

[@Poussyeater-w5e]

Which team were you using and how did you beat them? They're also a pain in my save😂😂

[@MrMultichris234]

@@Poussyeater-w5e Beat them with Porto. 2034 so team was pretty stacked with top talents. Tactic was ol’reliable 4-2-3-1 gegenpress with 2 inside forwards and target forward at ‚9’

[@ThisIsAter]

For me his semifinal (the episode before this) is truly what fm is all about. Very entertaining from him

[@vasilijefilipovic1761]

Lore accurate Rashford

[@breekicheeki]

now we need a video of Z reacting to Nick reacting to Z reacting to Nick play FM to complete the circle.

[@Benfica38-xt7de]

Zealand, I moved to fm from fifa a couple months ago and lead Kyng’s Lynn to premier league champions from the 6th division, I feel like I had too much luck throughout 😂

[@rogervanaman6739]

I got king's Lynn to the championship, though I have played FM for a few years. I ended up moving on because my computer is kinda crap and the time to simulate days was annoying me. I think i finished lower mid table in the championship. They are fu. Team to

[@rogervanaman6739]

I can't seem to edit that. Tried to say they are a fun team at the start, very solid team but not a lot of money so things get tight fast going up.

[@h3nder]

5:57 The fact that this happen to Manchester United is so funny considering what's happening at Old Trafford irl.

[@Gui_Fontoura]

That third offside from Rashford at 15:49 was brutal. EVERYONE who has played FM recognizes this feeling

[@khemrajbudha7955]

same as me playing first cl fina like al decade ago. He is more of a deep player doing everything himself, training to opposition instruction to press is just wow! Best of luck mate

[@jopearson6321]

I've been playing since CM 00/01 and I still do all my press conferences, and play all matches, including friendlies, on Comprehensive

[@HumanRaisedHer]

5:42 my exact reaction when I see food poisoning 🤣😂

[@geisterfahreruberholer2171]

Dont worry Z, I used your tutorials

[@dennisgodman9732]

Oh dope, I remember this dude from a video you posted a few months ago. Glad to see he's still going, I love people that play this shit with passion! Oh shit this might not actually be the same guy lol, still dope

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

That was a great follow up to the first video and I was fully immersed in both your responses. Great stuff :)

[@Somerandommark1]

That was an unbelievable final, I love that Nick picked up the game and is having fun with it

[@ultimate7131]

3:46 Jack just got hit by a stray bullet

[@rutger7452]

You’re such a cool guy man, still having time for your fans after probably you’re toughest run ever

[@tvojemanka]

That WTS TCS skin is the best, it allows you to see transfer budgets of all the teams 🤣🤣🤣

[@alejandrobatistatejada1826]

This is one of the funniest and most relatable FM videos ever

[@Stryth]

I think the transfer negotiations and contract renewals is more indepth in FIFA so it makes sense how comfortable he is with negotiating

[@GDNachoo]

I like how after a successful premiere league and champions final season he was so pissed he wanted to destroy united from the inside out

[@lordjustinian2913]

I think you can say though that he started as an already pretty good club in a pretty good league, Man United in the Premier League, that is an easier save than say winning the Champions League as a club from Romania or Belarus or even Switzerland or the Netherlands, so for me I think the difficulty discussion is more "You create your own difficulty, want an easy mode, Real Madrid, Barcelona, PSG, Bayern Munich, Liverpool, Arsenal, Man City, Man United, Chelsea, AC Milan and Inter Milan are all easy mode saves, normal difficulty would be a North American save or an A-League, J-League, K-League save while hard saves would be Singapore league, Romanian league saves and so on and so forth.

[@MingOfMercy]

Did you watch his reaction to your first reaction vid? He wasn’t happy about the thumbnail but enjoyed it overall. His chat mostly wanted your blood though! 😂

[@bloody_sais]

2:25 Career mode players have been doing that for years so it's not necessarily a FM exclusive trait to have

[@Theultimatejereon]

watching zealand just glazing nick just makes my day man

[@jhawk889]

Oh if Maguire up top worked I could only imagine his reaction

[@cjwhits9813]

We need a Zealand and NickRTFM series

[@Sledgehammer003]

I said the exact same thing you said at 1:40 . I wouldve sold half the team and it wudve taken half the year for the new one to gel, most of the subs coming in a january window... He just played with who he had ! Only big thing id tell him is to save his subs for more attacking outlets rather than defensive ones (unless someone is rly shitting the bed like 6.4 or below when every1 else is a 6.6+), but he has got it down!

[@Poussyeater-w5e]

As someone who lost back to back UCL finals a couple of times in FM, I felt that man's pain😐

[@jamesomara3361]

Rashford putting on his Vince Carter Hawks jersey: "I got another one in me"

[@tilfofficial1780]

I also won the league in my first season with Milan .. board was so pleased they increased my budget.. I think FM is the most accessible game after you learn the attributes

[@spodermoose7401]

I had the same experience as nick, Have played fifa but understand football well so decided to get on FM. Played as man u in fm 22 and in the first season managed to win the champions league and the FA cup. I genuinely thought i must have been cheesing something

[@muhammadjonburiyev903]

It was a rollercoaster man

[@some105]

Nick is a great dude. I hope FM helps him not lose his sanity like fifa does but I doubt it haha

[@ThomasCro]

KZbinr: *breathes* Z: oh my god, the way he breathes in, he knows what he's doing

[@Freddyzo]

I love the fact, that you stress about the whole WTS thing. It's obviously a skin that has collabed with WTS :)

[@viperswhip]

I also won promotion for Oxford City FC in my first ever season of managing them way back when.

[@JustChewitt]

Am currently 3 years deep (going into 4th season now) into my save with MFK Chrudim (founded in 2011) in the Czech Republic league! I won the 2nd divison first season, beat relegation in the top Division 2nd year and finished 7th but won the "UECL Playoff tournament" to get a place in the Europa conference! currently spending hours on transfers to make sure I'm ready. Marquee signings has been Oli Mcburnie and Vincent Aboubakar who I got on frees and are on 1.8k wages (my highest earners) I just missed out on the next Busquets from Czech as Arsenal signed him because I didn't have any money to buy him in January :( ON WE GO

[@DequaLB]

Haven't touched FM since 2020, but what i do when things get bored is take elite players like say mbappe and just dump them into your rival team or when i was playing, dump them to real/barcelona/liverpool etc. Just makes them stronger to give you a challenge when you're unbeatable by a big margin

[@lungabiyela9081]

I'm 25 years in on my FM save with Manchester United and I have never lost a Premier League title. It's easy when you know how to use players.

[@milok9599]

The true farmers league

[@aussiemilitant4486]

@@milok9599 It's FM you can turn any league into a farmers league.

[@RacingAtHome]

That would get so boring, so quickly for me.

[@lungabiyela9081]

@@RacingAtHome I'm a United supporter. Every time we lose a game in real life, I fire up FM and win the league. I treat the game as therapy.

[@ANITA.WYN.]

@@lungabiyela9081I do this in fifa

[@szym3000]

This video is pure gold XD This is Zealand peak form. He won't be as good as in this video ever again. It's done. Everything best has already happened.

[@ZealandonYT]

Challenge accepted, just let me know the next time I reach my peak

[@TheeDelusionalOne]

15:46 REALIZING RASHFORD IS OFFSIDE AND JUST WAITING FOR HIS REACTION HAHAHA

[@anonymusperry9026]

15:50 that rashford shout took me out LMAO

[@agent-liam6399]

Nick Just reacted to your last video its crazy

[@jaygotgame1731]

Trust me when i say this, Nick still had no clue about FM all the way until the CL final😭. He was still changing tactics every other game, or ever other match week so his team never had any familiarity. He was using anything from a 4-3-3 to a 4-3-2-1 to a 4-2-4 and the penis formation against City😂. It’s honestly great

[@yb3604]

that was absolutely hilarious you two should link up

[@mattleebull473]

The WTS KZbin thing is part of the skin👍🏼

[@FuzeBash]

You seen that video on twitter about the guy who announced himself as an animator with some Insane level of 2d animation??? This is him if he was playing fm24

[@inaudibleterror4247]

Bro I'm a Nottingham Forest fan, we start the season on FM24 with a 4pt deduction and a transfer budget of 0 with pretty much the entire reserves loaned out. I'm 4th in the league in my first ever game/season, halfway through January. Winning the league with United should be easy!

[@rickybuhl3176]

Intra-KZbinr banter appreciated.

[@tallesmagno201]

Any excuse to put the Work the Job Center clip in is a good one.

[@SamButler22]

If I had chat trying to backseat manage for me I would be like "this is not Twitch plays FM, fuck off"

[@jobin118]

In press conferences I gave found that if any of your former player is playing against in you in the next match and the press ask you about it, just have a go at the player saying he is useless against me. Each time he reacts badly and has a bad game.

[@kevingoldie8825]

This made me laugh so much - thanks

[@Cdeaton56212]

I love the back and forth of the reactions we need a collab soon

[@frantisekhajek2496]

As someone whose last save was Málaga, I can confirm that the Real Madrid voodoo is real.

[@headshot100]

zealand you need to do a rebuild club series

[@wuxiagamescentral]

Shout out to the guy who got Food Poisoning the day before the biggest game in their life 😂 Bro said YOLO with pufferfish

[@darrenohairtneide1494]

Why is my youth intakes always shit even tho I’ve food faculties and good staff and decent rep

[@tmage23]

Bad luck. Also, what's the rep of your HYOD?

[@tommyy9679]

​@@tmage23 i always had the same problem too, but I never thought of the hoyd rep, I'll try to find someone with a better rep, thanks

[@tmage23]

@@tommyy9679 I can't guarantee results but I've done very unscientific (1 save) experiments that resulted in going from a 3 star to a 5 star HYOD led to an average 30 PA increase in youth intake. Since then I've always taken rep into account when choosing staff at any positio

[@CH33KYiZninj4]

honestly Z, you should get nick involved in your adventures, hes got a massive following and could really use a break from fifa haha

[@jpiggles9146]

starting a new series tomorrow too 😍

[@SamButler22]

I don't think he was struggling to find extended highlights, I think he was asking chat if they were up for it

[@ryanhammond7730]

Has he played other sim games before? I just got FM24 yesterday for the first time and I’ve played out of the park baseball so while I’m still learning some mechanics, it was pretty easy to get the gist of it for me coming from there. You basically just explore the menus and see how different stuff works for a few hours and it’s kinda easy. I just don’t know shit about soccer so I’m going to have to learn how to interpret the ratings quickly. They seem to be less generous than OOTP.

[@dopeyramone]

Just started my first FM game a few weeks back. Taken Derby County from League 1 to the champions league final in 7 years. Won Europa League last year the first time I entered it. Is it always like this?

[@michaelh878]

The AI managers always play their favorite formations and tactics.They don't take into account their squad at all. If you tweak a formation in any kind of way that makes sense you have such a massive advantage over them.

[@Popmycherryyo]

07:48 weird thing is...and I'm 100% sure I am NOT the only one here. I'll do the same...like not change settings, but it's because fucking superstitions! If I've gotten to a final by doing X or Y or using A or B settings, that's how it's gonna go until it makes me lose! Hell, I remember on one of my saves back in I think it was 05 or 07 versions, I always cheered for a goal with my left hand by making a fist and rocking it back and forth 3 times, and I was playing with like Molde or some shit, and managing them in CL. Had to do that shit the whole freaking season until I was beaten in the semis by Roma. I'll never forget....how the cheering, rocking back and forth left hand made me lose when it mattered the most! Screw you, left hand! :P

[@NotSoNarrowCast]

The offseason after that first season is when it starts getting more complicated though

[@FeyTheBin]

Nick has that Wondercoach archetype.

[@netking767]

I'm loving this!!

[@vidinaxio]

Thing with FM24 is, if you score in 4 mins, expect to concede 2.

[@hatsuhioki9361]

kinda reminds me of PES 13 sometimes, i remember when you score or conclude goal, next chance for the one that concluded goal is 60% goal xD

[@MrBadson.]

I don't have money to buy fm24, but I'm playing fm23 in my 7 season, which is still unbeatable with no draw. I'm actually the best in football manager game I wish I could cross play and neat people around the world

[@reuben3218]

How many random football shirts do you have Zealand😂

[@xisckillerx7578]

He just reacted to your vid lmaooo 😂

[@TonyHavenMusic]

Relying on Rashford to win a CL final is wild 😂😂😂

[@AD0de]

My first save was PSG, I bought Wirtz in the first season and just stuck with that, Beat Bayern in the UCL final 2-1 and won the French Treble in the first season, I didn't get the full FM Experience.

[@RealHamzBurger]

10:40 04 SPOTTED COLDDDDDD

[@igalbensabatlevi]

rashford's offsides even made me angry over here haahhaahahah

[@benbrotherston1681]

So I’ve watched Z’s content for years but have only started playing FM (console) in the last few weeks.. in my first 2 seasons with Celtic I won all domestic trophies and the Europa League, in my second I won everything including the UCL. No consumables used, no save scumming..is this insane luck/skill or is console easier?

[@Anfon10]

Have you got mod for real club badges? If yes please answer, I’m new in FM

[@DanteDn1]

Check fm scout or fm base

[@marquisiosgame7060]

Such a good video😂😂

[@kakaisclass]

to be fair, you can win the league and champions league with any big club almost immediately in FM

[@Bobby_Sapp]

17:30 lolol during the season the training coach kicked Anthony and injured him so thats why nick hated them

[@benh7983]

Can someone who knows FM more then me please explain something to me? I am new to FM (This is my first FM game I have played) I have about 50 hours into FM24 so I still do not understand everything. However, I have done a few saves by now, in EVERY SINGLE SAVE I do my team starts out fine. All of the sudden around November/December my teams cannot win a game to save their lives. No injuries, no upset locker room, nothing that I can see. I am talking like losing 11 out of 13 games in a row. Zero wins once this whatever ( I do not even know what to call it) starts happening. I legitimately have no idea what is happening, nothing that I can see is going on except my players randomly just start sucking. I have not changed tactics ( I did eventually to see if this would fix it, but not until I went like 10-12 games winless) and even after changing tactics I cannot win a single game. First 10/12 games of the season we are 7-2-2 something like that. Doing very well, last 15 games I have 1 win and 13 losses with no injuries or any players missing. I currently have a +10 GD and I am sitting in table position with teams at -10 or worse. Is this just being "FMed" or am I missing something?

[@Krofna]

10:39 that's hilarious lmao

[@StewartEvans52]

Have to say the way he insta smashed anthony and rashford on the transfer market was amazing hahahaha,i know those feels

[@MbuguaHarris-sv3fl]

It's the skin Zealand, don't feel cheated 😂😂😂

[@Patrykowskipilka]

He makes Fc 25 content AGAIN!

[@dylanyeomans1202]

I need a Kurt, Nick and Z online save 🤣

[@EdemDesmond-w3f]

I was second place with Newcastle in fm23 in the 1st season, 1st in 2nd season

[@valeriopagani9899]

Let me say, this guy for being a FM rookie seems already good and valid to the game specifically coming from that shitty Fifa game. He has good potential on becoming a very good FM player in the future. Anyway I really enjoy your gameplay Z and wanna try organise a 1 vs 1 with you and see if I can beat you. I'm also a FM veteran so I feel I could easily win 😁