He's Playing Football Manager in Real Life

[@Rakettivuori]

Wait... He left Reims to join Liege to complete his licence and when done he went back to Reims. Did we just see... A coach get LOANED??

[@Rosen_dao]

Loans you gotta have loans

[@Eesa8]

You gotta have loans

[@GTSilvano]

What people forget to emphasize is his IMMENSE EFFORT that he put ind studying and working to become this good. Its not just as simple as most of articles write about him, that he played Football Manager and just strolled to success. This man works like hell, he puts its so much effort that you do not see covered in press. Please try to acknowledge this critical part as well

[@miguelangelsepulvedaatenas8446]

that's true, football manager made him realize his coaching passion, however, the game itself didn't truned him into an actual coach

[@zp5808]

It's always easier to sell a story if it seemingly is closer to a miracle and tell one or two, maybe three key points of success. But the struggles aren't usually highlighted by the storytellers. No one really cares about Elon Musk's struggles when average people talk about him. They only see his twitter takeover, the layoff of the most lazy and useless employees, and how wealthy he is. But we as a species tend to take the aspect from where we don't necessarily have to think a lot to come to a conclusion regarding a specific topic. Then we just go nuts and believe in the pertinence of our thought process and we procect it even though only our ego could suffer damage should we change our minds.

[@hikingsalf3191]

@@zp5808 What were Elon musk's struggles?? His dad owned a large share in an emerald mine that exploited the labour of the impoverished in South Africa And then he buys PayPal and Tesla and pretends as if he founded the. Companies. The man's a rich grifter who loves to keep his employees wage's down through union bashing

[@TheFriendlyNeighbour]

@@zp5808 what on earth has elon musk done that is beneficial

[@AiyukIsHim]

@@TheFriendlyNeighbour PayPal lmfao why you mad

[@demba_dd]

As a fan of Reims, I love this guy we were 15th and now we may fight for a top 10 place 😍

[@Luca_Amaral]

Je suis pas rémois mais je vous le souhaite, c'est génial votre jeu depuis qu'il est là

[@SuperThompson63]

Garcia a pas fait du si mal boulot que ça si ? J'suis pour Clermont et j'ai toujours eu une bonne image du jeu de Reims, même avec Garcia, juste l'impression que le début de saison était très malchanceux et un gros manque de réussite. Vis à vis de joueurs comme Ito,Balogun,Agbadu etc je vous voyais même finir mieux que Lorient cette saison

[@iLhikiGunz]

@@SuperThompson63 En vrai Garcia à plutot posé les bases mais il n'as pas pu continuer de travailler avec ces soucis familiaux.

[@Priority76]

Qu'est ce vous aller au pain au chocolat?

[@lukegallagher3052]

@@FrozenSavage Reading comprehension isn't for everyone.

[@eamonduddy3466]

Worth mentioning his older brother Edward is 32 and is currently managing Eupen in the top division in Belgium

[@darsam_]

now 2024 he's unemployed hope he can find good teams.

[@glede9377]

This is crazy cuz he was my assistant manager throughout my longest ever save in FM

[@mariachipotter6875]

You got lucky you didn’t get the axe while he was there.

[@joaopedroportugal]

I cant wait for Will Still to become a top manager. His language skills are crucial honestly. Few people have native sounding accents in three languages like Will does. He will be impeccable to team cohesion.

[@johnathenjencks4356]

What’s his third language?

[@lolnyanterts]

@@johnathenjencks4356 Dutch

[@romiarkan450]

Can confirm being able to speak the language in a foreign country is a crucial skill, even if your native accent is as subtle as a brick

[@danielsantarosa101]

Then there's me, born in 1996, got into the coaching aspects of the game because of FM and am now starting my level C badge at the Argentinian Football Association.

[@bkak2245]

Goodluck bro, gonna see u managing Riverplate soon

[@joaopedroportugal]

GOOD LUCK!!!

[@ivanrojt1862]

Dónde lo hago bro, soy de 1997 y estaba pensando en hacer carrera de dt después que este estancado en mi trabajo, tipo dónde me anoto y eso

[@TheAelaryn]

I'm three days late but you got this dude! Can't wait to see you become a manager of an argentinian team in a few years! 🤝

[@paularkins6039]

Good luck.

[@IlManaka]

Kind of reminds me of André Vilas Boas, who got into football the same way (Championship Manager, now know as FM). Then he met his new neighbor...non other then Bobby Robson. After various friendly conversations, he began to show him analysis of the games. Robson was so overwhelmed that he brought the 17 year old kid to Porto. André was quite crítical about Robson not putting the beloved Domingos Paciência as forward and convinced Robson to do so. Domingos scored two goals after he gave him that tip and Robson who already was convinced about André's quality helped him with an internship at Ipswich Town. After years in the ranks at FC Porto he met other student of the late great Robson...José Mourinho. André again learned and after being the assistant manager of Mou, went on to manage the oldest club in Portugal, Académica de Coimbra. Académica were bottom at the time and were fighting not to go down. The kid ended the season in a respectable 10th place. After that he went on to win the Europa League with FCP and the league title. These last years he is a bit of the grid, but there is a reason...he wants to be the next FC Porto presidential candidate after Pinto da Costa retires. Zea here you have another cool story. 👍

[@OrangeBananaPear]

Solskjaer used to play FM an awful lot too.

[@gm2407]

​@@OrangeBananaPearI remember watching him talk about it in that Football Manager Ruined My Life documentry.

[@iLhikiGunz]

Fun fact : the owner of Reims use football manager too for scouting guys like Rajkovic or Itô.

[@toskiemail1371]

So Reims is as of now a real life FM save.

[@jordank1489]

@@toskiemail1371 champions league in 3 years, you heard it here first

[@Sasquatch10]

I guess Reims are now my favourite French side.

[@zulucruz664]

Let me guess Rajkovic and Ito are hidden well-established players in FM22? (Considering this season is the fruit of their “scouting” effort?”

[@kaiserfloppaiii5214]

treble five years from now and most successful club in europe in seven years from now

[@KFR]

The Mile Jedinak Slander will not stand as a proud Australian im very dissapointed in the once Great Zealand

[@6thdim]

Never missed a penalty in his entire career

[@KFR]

@@6thdim fax

[@PolakInHolland]

@@KFR Palace legend,we loved him here. What's Zealands beef ?

[@AshManTV92]

I didn't hear slander, I heard praise for the majestic as fuck beard

[@KFR]

@@AshManTV92 He was James Harden before James Harden

[@ewie6040]

I'd love to see his team talks, just throwing water bottles at people while saying "Don't get complacent" before turning to the one player who didn't respond well ajd saying "I have faith you'll improve"

[@5minutemovies977]

Imagine him talking to his players after training, praising them one by one, saying the same thing over and over again...

[@benjammin9471]

I'm wondering if he attends press conferences or just sends his assistant

[@wespicedmemes]

💀💀💀

[@romiarkan450]

And if shouting "Show some passion" and "Demand more" from the touchline actually gives instant results

[@5minutemovies977]

@@romiarkan450 It doesn't for me 🤣

[@patrickwilliams6143]

Fair play to the lad he's living the dream. It does make me wonder how my life might have turned out if I'd have studied coaching at uni instead of geography because lets be honest here, if his FM sessions were ending at 4am he was a bit of a part-timer! Loving the new content Z, keep it up brother.

[@smnomad9276]

Study coaching on the side and play football manager and get good at it. Plus read some books, it's never too late. Do it on the side for years until it becomes your main job.

[@dghfth7]

Spat out my drink when I heard Myerscough College - it's really near to where I live and has a reputation for catering to specific career paths. It's amazing what Will Still has been able to accomplish and I hope he becomes one of Europe's premier managers.

[@owencollins5396]

There’s actually a few managers in Ligue 1 who don’t have their license yet. I believe Montpellier’s manager Romain Pitau is one of them causing his clue to be fined €22,000 per game as well.

[@toskiemail1371]

Of course Montpellier also owe the league 22k every game week

[@homasas4837]

strasbourg too

[@owencollins5396]

@@homasas4837 yes that’s the one, couldn’t remember which other club it was

[@homasas4837]

@@owencollins5396 its pretty common here. Especially during winter season. There are not a lot of good coach available and when coach are fired, teams prefer to leave the assisant manager in place until the end of season

[@Sam.Gaming]

They shouldn't allowed to be a manager until they get their license

[@thargoff]

Beerschot got relegated last season after he was replaced finishing 9th in the (half) season before ...

[@neilharris7105]

Will Will Still still not have a Continental Pro License for a while?

[@gianfrancoguevara5636]

Nerd

[@hamhotpocket3788]

@@gianfrancoguevara5636 Nob.

[@SonglyWryt.Bon-Burr]

Maybe maybe.

[@user-gs1gs3jl3e]

He said it takes around a year to get it

[@strfxfilm1942]

​@Gianfranco Guevara how did you misspell Neil

[@5tuartGuy]

I think their will be more & more Will Still's coming through, I know football leans on older managers or former players however their are loads of great young coaches, the reason I say this is I went to a uni that has a top football coaching degree where they even pay for your UEFA A/B licences & I was friends with a couple of them who were incredibly bright & some who have gone on to very good coaching jobs. An example who I didn't know personally myself was Joao Sacramento who became Tottenham assistant under Mourinho, hopefully with their sucess football will give more chances to these kind of people instead of just a guy who played in the Prem

[@ahmedinho10a]

Which uni is this?

[@5tuartGuy]

@@ahmedinho10a it was the University of Glamorgan, now known as The University of South Wales

[@mancunioner]

They won't. Because unless you go via a University that won't happen, and that's not organic coaching growth. Also the English FA are now only running 1 course a year for UEFA C, B and A licences. And preference is given to ex-players, coaches coaching the women's game as they're trying to improve and grown that, and coaches from BAME backgrounds as the FA feel they're under-respresented. So actually going forward, in England anyway, it will be more difficult for people like Will Still to appear as the door is being closed on them with the reduction in courses and more specific requirements to get on the course. Some lads I know now are having to go to Wales, Scotland or Ireland to do it, which is inconvenient and expensive, so a lot of them are just giving up coaching completely because they can't progress.

[@samvangelder4201]

To add to it, there are 3 brothers - Edward (1990°), William (1992°) and Nicolas (1997°) - who are all kind of on the same page. They all seem to have given up on playing early and chosen to go for it as pro football staff. All of them worked at STVV as staff early on. I think another link to STVV is that as teenagers Will and maybe the others as well played in STVV youth teams. Edward and Nico were in the staff of Croatian manager Ivan Leko in STVV (Sint Truiden), Club Bruges, Antwerp. Edward managed Belgian top flight clubs Charleroi last season and Eupen this season. He has a 40% win rate for now, although his job at Eupen was basicly avoiding relegation which he did. So Will is the one making more off a name for himself, but there is a family effot thing going on.

[@58288888]

Awesome. One up for all FM addicts out there. 👍

[@kieronparr3403]

Myerscough college is part of the University of Central Lancashire. Based in Preston. I'm guessing that's how he got the PNE U14 job

[@michaelewing8395]

Absolutely loving the new content, keeping it real Z

[@CarlosRamirez09]

In Will Still’s own words “football manager awakaned my passion for coaching but I’m not just a kid playing a game, I went to the university to study coaching and got the, still today, highest degree you can get as a manager”

[@jamesh2587]

And his top scorer is Folarin Balogun loaned from Arsenal with 14 goals (must have watched the loan song 😂)

[@Ratzy1614]

Belgium is not France, wow thanks Zealand i learn so much here

[@waynehough13]

living the dream of every FM player 👏🏼 would be great to see Reims rise to the top of French football again too, one of the most historic clubs in the country and were even one of the best in Europe during the 50s and early 60s

[@brianbru]

Good on him and good on Reims for being willing to put up with the fines while he gets his coaches because clearly he's worth the wait.

[@coachrd22]

FM truly is a blessing

[@IvorMorris]

Hope he stays there for as long as possible to develop himself. Many coaches and players hurt themselves by chasing the big move right away

[@yenscallens]

We have another great coach in Belgium, you will hear from in a couple of years. Wouter Vrancken. Loving your football break downs. Especialliy the one aobut Roberto Martinez. That was the hard truth.

[@KT-ki6gz]

In a couple years Wrexham hire Zealand to be their coach for content and he leads them into the Premier League 😂

[@benbamforth7381]

itll be interesting to see where he takes his career in the next few years, because at 32 he can spend 5-6 years just gaining experience before making the leap to top clubs who undoubtedly will be after him but he could also decide to go straight to a top club or maybe he jumps around mid table clubs for a few years . honestly I hope he goes to like a ajax or porto, like a big team but not top 5 league, and pulls a mourinhio and wins the ucl. whatever he does, I'm sure he'll be a talented manager that we'll be talking about for years and I wish him the best of luck.

[@yingghit97]

I realize I learn so much about other underrated players from around the world when playing Fifa Manager mode. Also alot of NBA players use the 2k video game as a form of film study to prepare what their opponents tendencies and strengths/weaknesses

[@KillerKane131]

Balogun is my hidden gem I found on fm21. Glad to see he still puts in work.

[@bossman5370]

hidden gem mate he plays for arsenal

[@horscanigunger5098]

@@bossman5370 Hidden Gem when you know where he is coming from. Alberto Mendez played Arsenal too. Also for Unterhaching. It is like changing from Barnet to Arsenal straight! 😁

[@JMEAUS22]

Cases like this show the coaching system needs to be re-assessed. He clearly knows what he's doing, despite what his qualifications say he knows.

[@bkak2245]

I feel like if u win a certain amount of games, UEFA should just automatically promote their license, or at least let the coaches get their license without paying

[@maviarab]

Proof that certificates, diplomas, degrees are utterly meaningless and just a business to make money. You can either do something or you can't, a piece of paper proves nothing.

[@JMEAUS22]

@@bkak2245 100%

[@cakeorrdeath]

I watch some of zealands fm videos. I watch all of these “crazy stuff happening in world football videos”

[@colourmegreene6761]

I was JUST researching this last night, thank you for making a video on him!

[@bstbst8233]

As a Belgian I can say this video is surprisingly enough about 90% accurate , which is respectable as a foreign person that doesnt keep up to date with the Belgian Leagues and news around it

[@houstonunderrated5715]

Thank you for acknowledging he's Belgian because most of the media just say he's English when he's clearly not only English

[@PAINNN666]

He is Anglo-belgian. He looks like englishman

[@sinistermephisto65]

He is English, English blood, English name

[@johnathenjencks4356]

@@sinistermephisto65 I guarantee you that he’s bilingual in French to the point where he could fool you

[@houstonunderrated5715]

@@sinistermephisto65 he was born in Belgium spent all his childhood there and started his career there so he's more Belgian then English

[@matthewvaughan8192]

@@sinistermephisto65 If he is English then Raheem Sterling is Jamaican, and half of the England team aren’t English for that matter.

[@iliasVoolgaris]

Gotta say, i love that you tackle random Football topics with videos like these, in the main channel, Z. Great idea for a departure from FM content

[@irvincools5042]

His brother Edward Still was a video analyser for Royal Antwerp FC and is now head coach of Charleroi in Belgium.

[@samuelschonenberger]

Nice to see. Junya Ito plays at Stade de Reims

[@lofoten2223]

At first i tought this video had to musch padding. But then i realized that his rise was so short and fast that it needed it.

[@Kingmark53]

i am a massive fan of these types of videos. great work Z

[@nurulhadiabdullah84]

I just like the editting

[@zahreel3103]

Amazing story

[@TheNotoriousNemo]

Damn that's impressive. Just subscribed

[@Hyde_Hill]

Also featuring Balogun who could be the solution to the US's striker problem.

[@SeriousBartYT]

I highly recommend people to check out his light-hearted interview on Talksport with Andy Goldstein and Darren Bent where he spills beans on his journey, favourite team in the PL, tryst with FM and also how to pronounce the name of his current club.

[@SuperThompson63]

as a French, i absolutely love your pronounciation of Reims Fantastic, really

[@ostrol1590]

Fantastique, almost!

[@5minutemovies977]

But that was horrible 🤔

[@SuperThompson63]

@@5minutemovies977 yes ,but i never heard it before like this, i was truly amazed

[@5minutemovies977]

@@SuperThompson63 Okay, comme ça, ça me va 😆

[@SuperThompson63]

@@5minutemovies977 le mec le prononce "Rime" quand même mdr

[@v35tan27]

He should be on the cover of the game next season. What a crazy story.

[@dennisrossonero]

Really like these little article pieces. Keep 'em coming! :)

[@TristanBailey]

This season arsenal young forward is helping just a little being on great form 😊

[@kk7324]

Tbh, FM got it pretty nailed down when it comes to scouting talents and management. I used to play for pub team and trust me with just 2 days training a week it is usually a team with simplest strategy yet highest familiarity to the system wins.

[@Urlotti]

What a story this guy is! On my FM save in 2035 he's the assistant manager of Huddersfield having been assistant manager at Standard Liege from 2021 to 2033.

[@HaStylez]

It helps having one of the hottest strikers in Europe but fair play to him. He's obviously putting him in great positions to score. Hope he keeps it going.

[@Mr__Frodo]

Great video man. Football Manager 4 life ⚽

[@TheStuartGibson]

Great story Zeland, hopefully more to come

[@mohamad6090]

Balogun the arsenal loanee has been exceptional for him

[@RB-hz2bf]

Will still makes me want to get my badges, I’ve been playing career mode and fm for soo long

[@miikkavalimaki]

This is the greatest football(manager) story of all time!

[@jakodasd]

It's so fun that as I'm watching this video, Stade de Reims is currently playing Auxerre.

[@DuffMan.]

Hopefully, he WILL STILL be there at the end of the season....

[@The-Yid-]

The AD transition completely sent me 😂

[@madebymonkeys5641]

Balogan a big part of the success.

[@paulleach3612]

Hey! Myerscough is one of my local colleges. Lots of (very old) football clubs here in the North West which the college has links to; useful if you want to learn the coaching side hands on... (Yes, sports and farming is an odd educational mix. Shurrup.)

[@shaneg9081]

I'm not surprised that that a FM player got a position such as this, I'm surprised there aren't more. It's literally a training simulator for the job.

[@ethanparker324]

I'm a longtime PSG supporter and I will say this- as long as we still win the league (which I'm sure we will as Lens's away record is bad and Marseille is Marseille), I'm happy that Ramos's all-time poor marking led to Balogun's 96th minute goal which prompted the football world to learn who Still is

[@Kawamoto84]

the info is correct, he coached my team Beerschot for a short time (which now plays in the 2nd division again) but with Losada and Still great football was played. we were even first in the standings at one point, but after New Year the coach left for the USA and our key players were sold.. we know the result..

[@kylestansfield2642]

Knew this was coming hahah as soon as he said managing is like playing fm I thought to myself Zealand will do a video about this guy for sure hahah

[@goldytwatus1674]

Balogun definitely helps at Reims too

[@Theo-fp2oe]

The media want a good story, thus leave out the part that he was a decent youth player, playing for 1st and 2nd division clubs in Belgium. This is how he got his start. In other words, he was already in the industry and switched jobs, doing the necessary work to get there. Also he learnt from European coaches; dudes that actually know their stuff, unlike muppets from USA and Australia - if you're from here, and have similar aspirations, you're at a real disadvantage.

[@fbf1sports206]

Perfect future England manager

[@alexandre526]

we're paying Reims in the french cup this week, I hope we'll break his unbeaten streak but it will be difficult, Reims looks so much better since Still took over, and Balogun is on fire recently, being the top scorer in Ligue 1 (yea, Mbappé has one less goal)

[@marquisiosgame7060]

This video is top tier

[@joshualiley]

As well as he is doing at Stade de Reims, I don't think he should get plaudits for keeping Beerschot up in 2020/21 as manager. In the first half of the season, before he came in, they were 4th and 5 points off top. When he came in, the team were 8th, he got 18 points from 14 games to take them to 9th by the end of the season. The squad was already performing well (albeit in a bit of a dip in form just before he joined) and he kept them around the same position in the table.

[@elasticater8429]

Actually that just makes me feel as old as I actually am. It does however make me stare at a wall and make me realise i've achieved comparatively little.

[@matthewdaisley9996]

3am last night for me, I made the mistake of taking over a Brazilian club. Time flies 😂

[@HDiCurse]

I feel your pain im trying to win the Liberatodores in Brazil and the 50 game season is killing me. Season is soo long 😭

[@matthewdaisley9996]

@@HDiCurse I don’t even fully understand what’s happening with the league, u play 20 games in something before the seria A league kicks off 😂

[@luizarthurbrito]

@@matthewdaisley9996 and I'm watching those 20 something games before the actual season starts in the stadium in real life. Boring as fuck.

[@HDiCurse]

@@matthewdaisley9996 I googled it a while ago because I was confused also lol. Its the state league. So Brazil is split up into states like the US except their bigger. The state also has divisions so you play 10 state games plus playoffs before the whole countries leagues start. Mine is bascially pre season since there's only 1 other good club in my state rest of them are like 2 star clubs.

[@matthewdaisley9996]

@@HDiCurse I both that the most teams were shit we scored 14 goals in the first 2 games 😂 Fk it I’m in it to win everything 🏆

[@goofysgobstopper]

Will Still and Balogun is going to send Reims to Europe 🐐

[@mahomednaheez9862]

and here I thought this was about Steve Cooper at Forest

[@JiggyMiggytv]

"Belguim is not France" I felt that

[@CherryBakewell21]

honestly he should be given the pro license by UEFA themselves

[@NanobanaKinako]

The guy studied at Skillshare, the sponsor of this video.

[@JuanCanuck]

That "hi rhys" was great

[@gmuzz]

Only 4am? What a part-timer!

[@SkeledroMan]

We at PSG need to hire him now and let him lead a reconstruction.

[@_DeadBeat_]

give him 1 more year with reims

[@JasonAitor99]

After the video they are now 14 unbeaten wooow what an achievement

[@JakeLandau]

Interesting video... would be a shame if someone did the exact same video a few days earlier...

[@nilsbruneel7331]

Fun fact: at the beginning of this season, he was offered the job as the head coach of the Standard Liege U23, who play in the second division in Belgium. He rejected, went to Reims to be an assistant. Safe to say he made the good decision.

[@pwalmsley9]

Guy is literally IN Football Manager now. That has to be the goal, right?

[@sinjboy1]

FINALLY A VIDEO ABOUT MY TEAM WOUHOUUU

[@chradikaali]

Will Still sounds like a name generated by FM

[@gm2407]

I wonder if Zeeland can start a Twitter rumour that Will Still is to replace Graham Potter at Chelsea and if Bohley would actually do it.

[@pfortner9699]

I am also born in 1992 and that shall make me feel old, how dare you 😢.

[@thorbenvanglabeke4549]

Beerschot legend

[@GIBBO4182]

Was wondering if you were going to talk about this! Maybe you could be his assistant? Send him a link to your stream 😂

[@cosmotheumbreontrainer]

Dream team! Brian Clough and Peter Taylor 2.0

[@andreaakimanzi5182]

4:35 definitely got me to subscribe 😂

[@tinfoiltwin]

great presentation!

[@anthonytesla8382]

This guy should manage PSG

[@RefreshedBroccoli]

Yeh mum drawing to Man City with Norwich on legendary difficulty will help me in future life

[@Insan3_0din2]

Beerschot got relegated finishing rock bottom the next year