How Mentality Works in FM

[@NobletheSavage]

No , please don't go back to the " stupid videos " as you described them . Your analytical videos on the game engine have been fascinating and helpful. These types of videos are truly unique in an already niche part of KZbin

[@ZealandonYT]

What would be your favorite of each of the different types of videos I've done?

[@houdini329]

I second this. Love the infotainment. I would love to see more actual gameplay, where you can see the differences. What i mean is, that i would love to see, what like the changes in mentality look like during a match, although i know, this would be a lot of work. Like, a lot.

[@Hephaestion96]

Show us more chest hair. Guaranteed subscriber spike.

[@NobletheSavage]

@@ZealandonYT I thoroughly enjoyed your B Team and Mentoring videos . Out of your " silly " videos , I enjoyed the map one as it was something we can all play along with . The Messi video was a bit of a miss and your video talking about every Premier League team wasn't that funny . You're hilarious on Twitch and that's where I go for my dose of Zeiland Mania . Please don't get me wrong , you're funny , highly intelligent and charismatic in many ways but I just prefer your videos talking about the mechanics as they are well presented and they are deep enough to keep new players and veterans interested and involved .

[@hawarir]

It's exactly the reason why I've subscribed to this channel. I've been playing FM for years and yet I feel like newbies whenever I watched your video man, keep it coming!

[@TC1599Fifa]

Honestly every time you upload I just think "oh I'm still playing it wrong" 😂

[@ZealandonYT]

Same

[@DRock7977]

Haha so true ive learned so much these last months since i found this channel. But there is a silver lining no one can play this game perfectly, what works with 1 team and 1 specific type of players might not work with others even if you do everything right. A example i had just a few hours ago in my game that i havent experienced before, all was going well i overperformed the first 10 games i had good dynamics and moral all around. Suddenly like lightning from the sky one of my influencial players descided even though i was giving him playing time and he did not perform to say that moral somehow wasnt good. This crashed my entire team moral aswell and i went on a 4 game losing streak and draw the next. I cant imagine i actually did something wrong but here i am at risk of getting fired and thats just FM it happens. Now ive sold him in hopes this will help, i had a team meeting that boost my moral aswell but i have no confidence in that player again because behaving so badly for no reason so hes gone with the wind.

[@nicros6163]

Just watched the video and while I do agree with most of the stuff I wish you'd show examples from the match engine, stuff like heat map, average position etc. Replay the same game 7 times without changing the mentality the whole game and see how that influences passes, dribbles, positioning, pressing

[@XxLgrande77xX]

I agree that it would be mad useful

[@TheMiskalo]

Yes!!!

[@hardarmy2379]

Part 2 with example Z

[@KiNASuki]

I follows Bust The Net's advice regarding mentality. Its actually risque taking. With Very Defensive as "Dont take any risk!" to Very Attacking as "Go forth my players, Take EVERY SINGLE risk!"

[@ZealandonYT]

That's a solid way to boil it down

[@danielrobinson8042]

That's how's I understood it as well. Which means that you would actually use cautious mentality if you wanted to recreate a Pep team, even vs much inferior opposition.

[@StreetSoulLover]

100% this - BTN has this nailed years back - love that guy!

[@viniciusrestelli1110]

To be fair, when you play as "very defensive" you are also taking a lot of risks, but different kind of risks.

[@paulobrien6978]

The best description of mentality I ever heard was during a forum conversation in FM16, where I was discussing a defensive 4-4-2 I'd created that had wonderful attacking movement and flair (and was the first 'defensive' tactic I'd ever created even though I've played since CM01/02). Mentality was described as a risk assessment based on how adventurous your players would be within their role on the pitch, which when combined with tempo changes (which we know is all about how fast your team wants to get to the opposition box) can be used to control how safely you want your team to play. Anyway, great videos!

[@olafurjohann3941]

Problably the greatest intro of all time

[@Dionach]

On FM20 one of my favourite tactics has been a "defensive" direct narrow 433 with 3 strikers. It is highly aggressive despite the mentality (which is set to keep the other players back while the forwards handle scoring). Player position and roles matter as much as mentality in how attacking your tactic really is.

[@jamiecalder9291]

I'm surprised someone else has had this experience !! Using this formation at Leipzig I rolled over the league and got to the final of the CL in the first year (got a fairly easy run tbf)

[@spartacist101]

Officially the best FM channel on KZbin

[@apatheist89]

I generally put my mentality as positive to start the game because i like to have teams that are good in possession. But if i’m losing the possession battle significantly, i will change to cautious and try to counter. If i’m dominating a game possession wise but not getting many chances, i will switch to attacking mentality. I never go balanced, because i like to have a game plan not just feel out the opponent. It’s better to fail trying to be positive than fail being balanced. Like i said, if it’s obvious positive isn’t working, you can always just go cautious, but if the risk is working, you have the opponent pinned back in their half most of the game.

[@IxCoLTzxI]

I think I've scored one goal on very attacking so far in fm20

[@wolvewick4414]

no way dude, you can tie and win the match with very attacking and fast tempo.

[@IxCoLTzxI]

@@wolvewick4414 well yeah that's 2 of the 3 possible outcomes of a football match

[@wolvewick4414]

@@IxCoLTzxI i meant, sorry my bad emg, you can with very attacking score goals. if you losing 0-1 or 0-2 with very attacking and fast tempo you can win that match 2-1 or 3-2. i have been using very attacking even in champions league big game where i losing and get that tie or win vs bigger team than me. is all about the moment. you know at 60 or 70 minutes you tell them you want more, and put very attacking and fastest tempo and they will play alot more .

[@IxCoLTzxI]

@@wolvewick4414 haha no problem mate! I'll give it a try. My Serie C Palermo team can't score enough at the moment so I will try this 👍

[@awildhumanoid5436]

Attacking is so much more effective for me I can’t lie 😂

[@chrism4254]

This is amazing. I never touched the mentality before. Now it makes sense. I have been playing since 00-01 :D

[@saoirsedeltufo7436]

I know I'm a year behind but this was a really informative video! In my first proper save I went cautious on my main tactic vs a far superior RB Leipzig team (Europa League group stages) and we somehow won 3-2 away - 2 counter-attack goals and one from the set piece despite being the worse team. Love your more analytical videos, it's making me a far better player

[@LydsTherinNotamon]

Cautious and Positive are always my favorite mentalities

[@rafaeltrivino4333]

You are an awesome communicator! It's really impressive.

[@Silentfeety]

In 2020 Almost every tactic I play is positive with all on support. Worked great for me. With positive a focus more on players role and so far I had great success

[@danielmessi1092]

Bro I don't even play fm and I watch these videos bc they are entertaining and amazing. Other vids like this are just boring dry low quality boring voices.

[@DRock7977]

You should play just a warning it takes up a lot of your time.

[@philaaaron]

@@DRock7977 true... On epic games it says 13w 4d 19h 26m

[@JimmysTheBestCop]

Loved the dual CK3 stream so much fun

[@joeltarnabene5026]

I've actually started using the bland roles (CM, WMF, FB, AMF) way more. They allow all the different setting to be fiddled with so you can really tailor a role to a players strength. That way you can force that Advanced playmaker of yours with a high Long shots score to actually try a shot every now and then. Also Inverted Wingbacks is my new obsession. Love experimenting with a 3 man midfield (2 CMF, 1 DMF) where the two CMFs are set on attacking duties and two inverted wingbacks take their space while they go for goal. You need pretty good wingers since the backpass home from the wing gets harder when the Windback stays inside, but it really allows you to send more people forward through the middle without sacrificing your wings. Another one Ive been trying is 4-1-4-1 with low wingers. The 4 in the middle line all set on attacking, a sitting DMF behind, a Deep lying forward on support up top and 2 inverted wingbacks taking the space in the middle on support.

[@joeltarnabene5026]

@Junjun CB has some hardcoded instructions, though, if I remember correctly.

[@gavelkind7506]

Great video, thanks Zealand! Love it when you actually try and back up the things you are saying with articles and other stuff. The problem I usually have when you make statements about soft factors like mentality etc. is "How does he actually know?" Of course you have a lot of experience, but e.g. there are a lot of people with experience out there still thinking work rate affects player development and other FM myths. It would be awesome if you could back up up what you say with SI quotes and fan articles even more or at least tell us about your specific experiences. You are already going in the right direction, feel free to kick it up a notch

[@ZealandonYT]

I want to even more

[@waynekeebler6755]

Great tutorial video! I really enjoy all of them and has really made life bearable during the Covid pandemic.

[@sean02williams]

Great video again. I generally use Cautious, or Positive depending on opposition tactics and form.

[@jonpaul3868]

FM mobile is more simple and not as muddy as the PC : defensive, contain, counter, balance, control, attacking, overload. Defensive: more on safePlay, play more positioning on the lower third, doesnt care bout ball posession. Contain: ball posession with more cautious passing, defense mentality (great for wasting time). Balance: switch the focus between attacking to defensing, vice Versa. Control: ball posession based, attacking mentality. Attacking: more vertical positioning, taking more risks to score, less ball posession as "control" mentality. Overload: ultra vertical attacking, tries to out number the opponents in the final third.

[@petrvuska6618]

Holy cow I didn't even notice that this was released today up until now, I might've never been so early.

[@seb_pt]

I just press play and love this guy man. He's cool.

[@ZealandonYT]

I love you

[@seb_pt]

@@ZealandonYT do your thing man 👊

[@Hyde_Hill]

For me very attacking does work, I think it is in part because I deploy it earlier then other people do. Opposing team purely defending and succeeding? Very attacking sometimes even in first half. One /2 goals down with 20 minutes to go? Very attacking. You have to give it time to have enough dice rolls so to speak for one to fall your way. Against the first example once you have that first goal you can tone back again as now you have forced the opposition to attack more and give you space.

[@poppa0h]

Wish I’d seen this 20 min ago. May not of lost 8-1 at city with a 5-4-1 😂

[@philaaaron]

I was playing with ipswich and faced city in the carabao cup and we only lost 2-1 with the cautious

[@ytbgamer9380]

I once lost 16-0 to city with a non league team

[@taniamurphy6094]

Love watching your videos. You explain things so thoroughly. Thank you x

[@A_n_y_t_i_m_e]

When a player has a balance mentality, the decision attribute in conjunction with possible PPM's play the main role.

[@V8Murder]

What the actual... players have their own mentalities... are you kidding me? Mind blown again.

[@andresgirardo8481]

Great video! Zealand, explain linking team mentality with player duty, please. How to combine them is the key! (and very difficult).

[@bryant3060]

Great video! For ideas could you try show how important in match tactic decisions are? Might be a hard one to do but I’m not sold that it affects the game as much as it should

[@LordEdmund1973]

Today: Zealand gets catastrophic encephalitis

[@andreaswong8829]

Zealand turning into Megamind in that intro

[@mindandmuscle7679]

love your vids man keep it up!

[@robbo8074]

great video was thinking would be good to see a video on if/how much team fluidity really impacts on the tactic and how different fluidities have different impacts? also why when team pressing goes up it goes down on the individuals and what really has the greater impact on how they press?

[@jonnygriffiths7668]

Team instructions like play through the middle and overlap also affect/alter player mentalities which I actually only realised the other day 😅

[@daniellyra9008]

Go Canaries !! Our season peaked right there.

[@joeltarnabene5026]

Zealand, one thing that's bothering me right now is when a player's traits are conflicting with their role instructions. Do you mind researching how that interaction works? If my Winger has the trait "cuts inside from the left" and his role says "runs with the ball down the left", what happens? Will he ignore the role instructions? Will he do both? Will his Decision score take a hit or something?

[@mattylamb9194]

I'd say how good his decision making and teamwork ratings are will help decide what he does. For example, igf he has high decisions, he will probably do the thing most likely to work in that passage of play. If he has poor teamwork rating, he will do what he is inclined to do anyway; ie: cut inside from your example.

[@joeltarnabene5026]

@@mattylamb9194 What are you basing those conclusions on? Have you done testing?

[@priyankanayak9291]

Hey Zealand, can you make on how to prevent injury?? I have getting lots of injury in my saves even though I am doing normal training intensity and regular rotation on matchday.

[@waynekeebler6755]

I forgot to mention that although Syracuse University has a great Broadcasting School, you should have ventured about 50 miles south and matriculated at Ithaca College! I grew up in Syracuse, but went to school at good ole IC. Good luck with your studies.

[@Raphael1185]

You should do a vídeo talking about changes you want to see coming to FM21 since it's getting closer to its release.

[@casteri]

On the topic of Merch, when are we getting a Zealando Escobar plush?

[@vitorarsenio4105]

The team mentality only works properly on both defensive and attacking phase if you adjust the team lines (line of engagement and defensive line) according to the mentality you set-up. If you put the mentality on very attacking but you set-up your lines lower (or vice-versa), the overall effect on the team´s play is null.

[@mdwellington]

I almost always play balanced all the time and it's very successful. I only change if I'm losing or drawing and time is running out. My tactics do lots of things that shouldn't work but do.

[@mdwellington]

I play retain possession, work the ball into the box, very short passes, very high tempo and run with the ball often. Crazy, I know. But it works. I've got to these tactic by trial and error, adjusting the tactic to whatever is successful most often.

[@mdwellington]

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that I also have three playmakers!

[@luismachado4945]

Actually changing mentalities its just a quick way to play rather than moving players positions or changing instructions..if you have a right back atacking is primary goal is to defend and then go atack when in possesion if your in ultra he is no longer going to be a right back he is going to be more of a wing back etx..but it prevents you from losing time changing positions..obviously this is just if you want a fast gameplay of fm..

[@markillingworth4836]

Great video, thank you.

[@felipegoncalves4925]

Great video. It really blew my mind. I like to play patient football with a lot of possession. So what if I'm the better team but I want to keep like 70% possession so I want to keep a lower tempo. From your video, I think the message is sacrifice a little bit of possession and go for positive or attacking, right?

[@AzakielRuns]

Can you make a video of how to get out of a losing streak? Because I quit FM alot because of a poor form. When making a new save I always start great but I suddenly can't win for like 5 to 10 games. I am tired of using much time to make a tactic which only works for 10 games.

[@dr_jamie_ranger]

Very defensive mentality with a tiki-taka side with a lot of green triangles can lead to goals when you're winning and the other side tries to push forward.

[@peterwaite8653]

Such a useful video!!

[@GreekScouthd]

Great vid

[@boezerdieser]

2:58 , my mind is already blown, this is huge news

[@alexssanderliesenfeld7573]

Positive to Attaking is not the same. It makes littles changes on individual mentalities

[@OllyPotts]

Zealand, I wonder if using San Marino against Spain on both Very Defensive and Very Attacking would show some conclusive evidence. Whether they concede fewer/score fewer on VD and score more/concede more on VA. And vice versa, I wonder if Spain would score more on VA compared to VD. Because the team is so strong, and the opponents are much weaker, I wonder if there's anything than can be drawn from that.

[@lynxerax7011]

wait you played ck3 my other favourite game franchise, holy shit!

[@whenachefbecomeahobo9731]

These happen to me be4 ,sometime I put very defensive mentality on my team when we lead one goal to a big team. Surprisingly they score 1-2 more goal. Now I confuse when you said “very defensive” mean they really don’t try to score.

[@taterosenhagen3442]

Can we have Reece put together a blooper compilation video?

[@pedrolero]

oh I had no idea u liked Crusader Kings, nice, similar tastes, we have.

[@DaniCoDplayerESP]

After watching this interesting video I've got an interesting question for you... Would you please make a video about how to set up a Counterattacking tactic?

[@TheBigAntbowski]

The majority of the time I play on balanced. It has worked well for me 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@Pipeskii]

Has anyone had any success with counter attacking tactics? I want to go against the norm (Gegenpress) and play counter attack football but still use it to have success. I have looked up Simeones tactics and other counter attacking coaches but struggle to have success with the tactics across all opponents.

[@PALIO770]

Ηey Zealand,when will you do another episode for Wonderkids? I have some crazy Newgens to send you!

[@TheBarnsleylad1995]

How about a test to see how attributes impact over a season. So a team of 20’s in every attribute, team of 19’s in every attribute etc... would be interesting viewing!

[@Spokeism]

Babe wake up new Zealand video

[@Woudo010]

I love ur videos man, I have a question actually over the course of all my fm games (playing since 07) for some reason alot of times in cup competitions I draw a team which I have a game against in the week I play that same team in the league. Is this just the FM algorithm?

[@Woudo010]

@@zainashfaq7329 for real in alot of saves this happens so made me wondering hehe its just a small thing. I just don't like playing the same team 2 times in a week.

[@ZealandonYT]

Random yea

[@joelmatthews3255]

Great video. Just a personal preference and most might disagree with me, but I think Reece went a little too hard on the choppy edits and zoom ins on this one. It's a little jarring.

[@ReeceTheEditor]

Thanks for your feedback Joel, I can see what you mean. Feedback has been noted & I hope you still enjoyed the video!

[@Lunch_at_Marcos]

My team is struggling so much in my second season in the prem, we are mostly decent prem players and I just don’t get how we can’t score goals when I have a complete forward who is Norway’s no.1 striker, it just leaves me bewildered

[@liviuemanuel82]

What I know is that Very Attacking (All out attack was named in early games i think) was never good for me. But after this video maybe I'll do better (thing i found the error :D)

[@robertpowell3634]

I beg to differ, I created a mourinho style tactic using very defensive and won the league scoring a lot of goals

[@ZealandonYT]

You're a mad man

[@robertpowell3634]

@@ZealandonYT I like to create tactics that shouldn't work... I've done plenty with 0,1 and 2 defenders, others with 8 players on the wings and many other stupid sounding formations lol. I find the game easy so I like to make it challenging 😝

[@stephenharwood381]

I have never been able to have any real success playing on any mentality other than Positive/Attacking. Even on Cautious, I still concede as many goals, but just can't score any

[@apatheist89]

if you play cautious, you need fast attackers and a deep playmaker. Having strikers who run into channels and a playmaker who plays long balls helps as well. Also, set your lines to be compact, low line on offense but normal on defense. That will help with the defense and give more space to play long balls on the counter

[@tomwarwick6416]

Do you think your shipping would be available for people in the UK?

[@ZealandonYT]

Of course my guy

[@tomwarwick6416]

@@ZealandonYT count me in then:D

[@tomwarwick6416]

@@ZealandonYT count me in then:D

[@herodotus7]

CK3 and 2 are good games.

[@BenMcManus]

I had no idea people didn't know this.

[@BenMcManus]

For anyone who didn't know, what did you think it meant?

[@hahahaha2000]

actually very attacking and attacking are the only 2 options work well in FM you can barely win matches with defensive option against stronger team................................................

[@JoeyKneecap]

Zealand, what's the intro song called?

[@tupacb.2943]

lol I won everything playing balanced most of the time xD

[@misbah4269]

i lost 3 matches to Liverpool (I'm playing as manutd) i tried to change my mentality and it didn't work as I was using very attacking hope I can beat them next time

[@HCMCDrives]

Oh, thank god. Having seen the thumbnail, I thought Zealand had gone incredibly racist for a second.

[@JoeMercersWay]

I play balanced at home and defensive away. All but 1 save I dominate results wise. Always felt too exposed on anything more positive

[@greeneeman]

I am pee man, I have come to bless this video with the pee.

[@weiraymond2249]

Can we get the best wonderkids in every position back plese

[@mateusgapski1327]

Thats, it... gotta make San Marino beat Spain in a save!

[@weiraymond2249]

I’ve scored two goals on very defensive lol

[@itamarbenor9840]

Is it possible to play as a real manager? Lets say I want to manage Inter, but I want to do it as conte?

[@gokhulmanikandan7689]

If you name yourself yes

[@itamarbenor9840]

@@gokhulmanikandan7689 ?

[@gm2407]

very attacking, aka give the ball away then concede lots of set pieces and fail to get out your own half, then lose.

[@АскарТуребеков-ж2н]

Can I ask where are you from?

[@Mombot_z]

He was born in Tampa, Florida

[@maxinist]

"when you have an attacking doodie"

[@Craig_B]

Ok Zeal I have a confession.... I'm playing both my wingers as advanced playmakers, I'm sorry if I have failed you dad :'(

[@DRock7977]

You better pray he doesnt see this comment ;)

[@IslamicTalksPodcast]

Zealand you are a furry bear and I want to cuddle you

[@dominik--]

send shirt here bro to Poland i veri por and no food. I cant get trainer license because budget too smoll plspls

[@1lacas]

Start fm with Hajduk Split

[@Silentfeety]

All you need is to read in the game,but players don't!

[@sallagjanos7288]

Loool

[@dann.segara6813]

early gang

[@AJ-rd4ng]

Can't you just stop waffling and talking bs and just get on with it?