FM, But with the Best Team Ever

Football Manager can be hard, so how easy can we make it. We put the best team ever together and simmed it forward to see just how dominant a team can be in FM and the answer will not surprise you. It is a very dominant side. What will surprise you is how the game mechanics actually break it up way faster than you would think.
Also, the numbers and the goals are hilarious. It proves that Erling Haaland is apparently actually the perfect player already, but you have to watch this to see how.
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[@HairyOgres888]

Interesting how it seems every perfect player left in that 3 point season, not just the reserves that never play. Perhaps the ai rotated the team a lot, and nobody got the playing time that they wanted.

[@tajj7]

Yeh interesting they didn't manage to renew any contracts, you'd think some of those players reputation wouldn't be high enough to demand all those wages.

[@HairyOgres888]

@@tajj7after 4 years I’d assume that their reputation would have grown to match their ability, but you would think with prem money you could afford some of them. Maybe got held back massively by very bad grey players

[@afasia2341]

Leeds reputation is too low to retain the best players in the world so they all felt like they deserved a bigger team, regardless of playing time I think. Rep for teams rises slowly. Still quite a plummet for having so many perfect players they even got relegated lol.

[@WERTYUIO821]

​@@afasia2341 If you win the Champions League twice, your reputation is among the best in the world. Three times and you are the best in the world. Tie it with winning every title during those 4 years, Leeds had perfect reputation when the players left

[@afasia2341]

@@WERTYUIO821 I wouldn't be so sure about that but I might be wrong. Also might just be more about money than reputation but I think Leeds is quite rich already and selling any of those players will net you enough to resign the others. But it's the AI...

[@SeedSnatcher]

It would be cool to do a "where are they now?" of all the perfect 20 players 10 years later

[@boralapah]

yeah I felt like the monkey asking where banana

[@MarianoGallicchio]

Godrigo finnished with 49goals. A little perspective of the 52 goal in la liga from Messi

[@nananou1687]

50 goals in a season. To be precise

[@ethantasti2521]

Fm 23 fg sake

[@Pepi-dw9zi]

Yeah an Ronaldo hit 48 goals in 35 games, he would have beaten the 50 goals of Messi

[@mewtwo87]

​@@Pepi-dw9ziYeah and Messi hit 46 goals in 32 games in the next season, he would have beaten the hypothetical record of Ronaldo

[@Pepi-dw9zi]

@@mewtwo87 Ronaldo had 48 goals in 14/15, Messi in 15/16 had 26 LaLiga goals. What are you waffling blud

[@lewisinho]

watching this as a leeds fan after seeing that literally everyone from your first starting 11 isnt with us anymore is so painful

[@suicune4363]

bournemouth fan here: i hope Jadon Anthony treats you well and that you come back up quickly ⚪️🙌🍒

[@lewisinho]

@@suicune4363 fair play, took lewis cook from us, snatched iraola from our grasps and now sini, the leeds takeover is impending 🙏

[@xxNATHANUKxx]

@@lewisinhoThey also hijacked the Aaron’s deal

[@lewisinho]

@@xxNATHANUKxx why do you remind me of this, don’t you think ive gone through enough pain already?

[@xxNATHANUKxx]

@@lewisinho And they bought adams too :)

[@IRBaron]

as a leeds fan, i appreciate someone taking charge who actually knows what they're doing

[@ChrisHockman]

As a Leeds fan I can confirm we need something good in our lives (although honestly it’s been worse not that long ago I’d have killed for what I consider bad now)

[@PirateDrive]

Zealand picking McGurk for the Taunton loyalty.

[@showstealer1829]

I did this with a create a club in 2022. Started off in Vanarama South and we ended the season with a 500 goal difference. We allowed one goal. To the side that finished dead last. I resigned immediately.

[@Curbotron]

lol

[@bipolarminddroppings]

6:30 you do a better, more natural British accent than 99.9% of non-British actors who get paid millions.

[@ryanjacobs3089]

that first game was very therapeutic as a leeds fan Zealand so thank you very very much.

[@Ringer_Fran]

Leeds fan here, thoroughly appreciated this experiment, incredible to see what I believe is called a "good" football team👍

[@Jef_Vermassen]

Had a good laugh with the first half, did utter the words: "Z, be patient the other team needs to get tired first.". Done this little experiment before, after a bad run and just wanted to see if FM would still bullshit me (it did once or twice with a 1-nil match but no losses).

[@matthewcorrigan6450]

My main fm23 save is Leeds 🤣 4 seasons in we’ve played UCL for 3 and won a carabao cup, fa cup, and community shield. Made UCL semi-finals as well, striving for the giant trophies now

[@lufcfocus8971]

As a Leeds fan, this brought me much joy. 10/10

[@stephenhowe6282]

Win the prem 4 years in a row, get relegated the next. Leeds, that!

[@esteban.bernal]

I see that when you look up Sinisterra's height he's judged as 5 stars. Now, if all your players are the same, wouldn't he ve an average 2 and a half stars? Or is it just that they are the best in the league and cannot possibly get any better so the assistant goes with 5? It's kind of like a paradox given how the stars work generally haha

[@MankiBoi234]

Another video idea: You put yourself up AGAINST the perfect team in the league and see how long it will take you to beat them to the title

[@LordPiddlington1912]

I thought that this video was going to be a bit different. Maybe taking the most successful tactic from FMBase and putting the best players in the world in each role in one team - a superteam?

[@csorrell07]

Astonishing that Haaland still came second in the golden boot

[@ccityplanner1217]

Challenge: you're at a rich club, but you have to increase to the maximum all their attributes which make them more likely to foul, concede penalties and get yellow & red cards. You can sign anyone you like, but whenever you sign someone you also have to max out their sinfulness. Your challenge is to win the league despite going down to 10 or even 9 men practically ever other game & conceding penalties left, right & centre.

[@johnlestart3677]

Next episode: "The Gibraltar Second Division, But With The Best Team Ever"

[@haloway7462]

Nice nice,am expecting your video am the just concluded transfer window

[@emamule23]

They leave because you put the Stat "current ability" to max, you shouldt touched their current ability Stat and instead just freeze their numbers. The game judge more the "current ability" instead of his real stats. So a player with all 20 but it has 80 in current ability will suffer low self-esteem for eternity even tho he won every trophy you can possibly imagine

[@TTGHAST]

Liverpool had 55% possession lol

[@Blockhead-lc6fr]

This is pretty much what i do in my career mode lmao

[@Pattonator14]

Is that not insanely boring

[@Blockhead-lc6fr]

I would be if I could play the game skillfully

[@hruikan]

Learn the ropes with a lower league side where the teams aren't great and you're not expected to win - try the Championship to begin with@@Blockhead-lc6fr

[@nunoneto8242]

Its your game you do whatever you want

[@torpedo2005]

​@@Pattonator14 Sometimes it's boring but is so fun Imagine playing career mode with a goated player and try to break football record like messi calendar year goals 94

[@lukewwfc503]

Love it Z❤️❤️

[@theamatuerarchivist]

i tried this and FM made it so I had matches over the world cup where all the players were away on international duty

[@TapdotWater]

The Leeds experience recently truly can be summarized in those early statements: "I'm sorry, Marcelo, they failed you," and "This is not what I thought being the best team possible would look like"

[@twakilon]

I personally did this in FM 22. I think I won the average game like 13 or 14-0

[@MarianoGallicchio]

Did it on Fm16 or 18. With a club from Sarajevo. Every Match was 12 or more. Dont remember if a got to UCL or just give up.

[@matthewmason8982]

So they sold none of them and they all left? Quality Club management again, Leeds 😂

[@donkosaurus]

is there a way to test which traits are the best? or if theres a combination of traits that turn decent players into ballon dor printing machines?

[@mellow_yellooo]

i think it all depends on how you want to play tbh. for example i like my wingers to hug the line for width. i also add look for pass rather than shoot

[@lorenzomommaerts4635]

Ay, Ted Curd from Taunton Town is now loaned out to Hashtag United irl !!

[@FatNeckStan]

Zealand yessss

[@ohagwasidavid8182]

Zealand you Legend

[@martinbrndgaard564]

Have you only edited the visible attributes or have you also edited the hidden attributes aka. Consistency, important matches, dirtiness and injury proneness? And what about the personality of the players? Did you just keep the original player personality or changes those attributes to make them model citizen or something similar?

[@JeremiahAwe]

The best part is Phillips scoring…. Fm gonna fm 😂

[@popoolamayowa8971]

What is the name of the 2nd tune playing in the background? Very catchy

[@donaldleroi9544]

Did you max out the good hidden attributes as well?

[@Grabarz23]

This is how I usually play the game, picking up Millwall since I like their logo and making them as high as possible with 20 on every Stat expect injury prone. Next I edit every single coach to be best of the best with minimum wage and 99 years on contract, then I enjoy watching beating Barcelona at final of champions league final like 23:0 every single year ruining their reputation to the ground

[@mofasa9847]

top 1 zealand video

[@deciodasilva3960]

Sup man could you please upload a video about best role combinations...

[@Schattenfaust2]

You can freely edit player stats?

[@nath9k]

liverpool were cooking 🔥

[@NIDELLANEUM]

Knowing that Gnonto is easily one of the fastest players for Italy, I wonder what he'd be like with maxed out speed. He'd probably be the fastest Italian alive, even faster that the guys who won the 4x100 at the last Olympics

[@davidsands351]

I see this experiment a lot. I have questions. If a player has 20 for every attribute their CA should be higher than the max allowed of 200. I wonder how the game handles that. More importantly did you edit the hidden attributes? In some cases 20 is bad and 1 is good. Eg injury proneness Also did you make them all both footed. 20 for each foot? That increases CA too.

[@DaFifaKid]

thats not how CA works lol, its not a simple addition of their stats, its more of an average, so a person with a 10 for everything will be 100, if they have alot of 15s they will be 150, etc

[@nostalgicisaac4657]

Additionally some stats don't count for certain positions. Crossing is not counted for a CB, whereas tackling isn't for a striker

[@Liam-lr4lu]

Wow what an unreal team flawless in every way... Liverpool are just that good 😂

[@chergohland]

Not even a mention of Sean McGurk?

[@hdtube7]

Was this just changing the attributes or did it also change their current ability to match presumably?

[@tajj7]

I presume they just locked their attributes because 200 CA won't get you anywhere near that many 20s. They probably had 200 CA though.

[@VolcanoYT111]

McGurk.... TaUnToN TOwnS tHe BeSt iN ThEB WOORLD!1!

[@jaygotgame1731]

I’m glad I’m not the only one that feels like Liverpool are the hardest team to play against in the Prem. No matter how good the team is, Liverpool find a way😂

[@pimvanvalkenburg1257]

Zealand you know this is a function in the game it’s called managing PSG

[@aristeia71]

Yeboah!!!!!

[@AndreyChichagov]

Perfect Southampton comment after getting rocked by Sunderland 5-0

[@WillLUFC1919]

This is how I imagine Bayern in the bundesliga

[@AK-lq8ig]

Perfect team could only beat City 2-1. Yeah boi.

[@connordelaney6254]

Did they win the champo

[@tomasm7696]

Now try switch all of the players to unnatural positions. Think goalkeeper as a striker. Go.

[@KFR]

Average Leeds gameplay🤜🏻

[@Lankofski]

As a lifelong leeds fan this is far too much success an awkward nervousness of not knowing what to do took over ............ Until the relegation ahhhhhhhhh mediocrity hello my old friend also 🐍 on the lw watch out

[@kieransimpson410]

But did Philips celebrate??

[@greenhalo8810]

Glad to see that zealand finally got tired of playing with pot-bellied amateurs in lower league saves lmao

[@jwatsss453]

???

[@jaclias-oy6iv]

How can I get you to save my save

[@saveukrainenow1451]

Can you try make the Philippines win a World Cup

[@cober8226]

dissing saints must be a crime

[@stevenrussellhaime6626]

All 20s can be a bad thing because 20 for pace and 20 for first touch and aggression

[@bogomildimov6360]

Go and check for some kind of a point deduction penalty. It doesn't matter how weak they were without the perfect players, there is no way a 4 times in a row champion will not gather a team good enough to win a couple of games in the Premier League.

[@FishKing004]

Wdym Leeds is not the best team. We literally have Bamford. What more can you ask for?

[@niceboy7208]

Wouldn’t the best possible team is the tallest player in every position with perfect stats?

[@MrRowntree27]

"We're about to get 5 red cards... aggression is on 20" Umm sarcasm? I hope Unless you maxed the hidden dirtyness stat and set sportsmanship to 0 as well, this comment makes no sense. A player with 20 tackling will commit hardly any fouls, even with 20 aggression

[@mattjames6349]

This will be chelsea!

[@blazefazbear]

here early

[@theqaz1828]

I prefer these FM related videos to the political ones Z has been doing recently

[@adaldi_]

You mean his football essays on Joselu and Obed Vargas? SYS? Reddit Memes? That women assaulter Luis Rubiales? Putting Messi in every country? Other FM experiments? I don't know what you mean

[@PirateDrive]

Did Z recognise an independent Hong Kong in the Messi video and I just missed it?