How to Assess Your STARTING SQUAD in FM23 | Guide | Ajax | FM Oneshots

[@tomiburic8167]

It's like learning a Philosophy of FM!! Love it! Respect!

[@witu_low]

Awesome video. It's what I've been looking for. The way you explain the thought process and the visual explanations really help those of us that are starting FM. It's helped me understand some tactics and roles alot more. Keep it up man this is really good.

[@mustermannfm]

Thank you 🙏 I'm delighted to hear that it's been helpful

[@RobFera]

That's one of the best content I've seen about FM. Really nice and puts in perspective the thought process of managing a team

[@mustermannfm]

Thank you very much 🙏 I'm glad you enjoyed it

[@gamestellstories]

Top quality once again. I love the way each of the one shot series have a different style. Looking forward to part two, and congrats on 1k subscribers

[@mustermannfm]

Thank you, dude 🙏 Who knows...by the time FM24 is out, I might've settled on a single approach!

[@nwabuobiugonna]

Well detailed as always! Can't wait for the next episode.

[@mustermannfm]

Ta very much, dude! Really appreciate the support 🙏

[@mattcarlisle373]

So good! Thank you for pulling this together, really like your approach

[@mustermannfm]

Thank you dude 🙏🙏🙏

[@gamestellstories]

Holy Spanner just made me laugh out loud on a train

[@mustermannfm]

Hahahaha...brilliant! I know it's not good form to laugh at your own jokes, but I genuinely laughed at "There is no saving you from your dogma"- because I completely forgot I'd even written that.

[@acquij]

This is so well laid out, going to catch up with the series now. :D

[@JustHowiez]

looking forward to the next one

[@mustermannfm]

Appreciated dude 🙏 The staff one I hope will be super interesting, because on my personal version of the skin I've hidden ALL staff attributes, as well as the staff search screen.

[@GhostFitzKilla]

Really looking forward to this series, chief! Congrats on the 1k subs!

[@mustermannfm]

Thank you very much 🙏

[@acbeard91]

Four seconds into the video and loving the Las Ketchup reference!

[@mustermannfm]

My manager is a man of culture 🍅

[@lenni5615]

amazing video

[@mustermannfm]

Thank you 🙏, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@FMTechnicalArea]

This is quite a fascinating perspective and completely the opposite of my approach. I'm more stubborn like Pep were it's my philosophy or bust. I appraise my squad based on my tactical philosophy (not tactics) and playing style. Its a bit deeper but I have a way of weeding the players out and deciding what players to bring in. It involves using core attributes and minimum value. This way I have players who share similar mentality. I could show you if you want. Top stuff though. I love videos that have basis in real world analysis. This is just coaching like Ancelotti.

[@mustermannfm]

Apologies for late reply, apparently the comment got held for review (no idea why). Having your own vision is important, but you aren't always going to have the resources to implement it straight away. That's why I specifically talk here about the starting squad, and why being tactic agnostic is valuable so that you can understand what your team is capable of in the short term. Player development and transfer plans will shape my future plans (although not in this series, as these are all single-season challenges).

[@FMTechnicalArea]

@@mustermannfm it is a tricky balance, I admit. For one, gamers would more than likely or eventually, forget the club direction they'd set out on. Two, it takes a consistent....aaargh, I can't articulate my thoughts properly over text, plus there are factors involved especially training but it takes a season or two to get players buying into your plans. I'm not talking about overall tactical familiarity although it's one half of it....arrrgh, I am making a video on similar topic. It will be nice if you had a look at the perspective behind it. PART-1 is already live. Forgive me if this comes out like a criticism or ill-mannered, believe me, it's not my intention. Having conversations about FM excites me.

[@mustermannfm]

@@FMTechnicalAreaDon't worry, doesn't come across as ill-mannered at all. I watched Part 1 the other day. Shoot me a message on Twitter, and we can discuss it 😀

[@FMTechnicalArea]

@@mustermannfm I will. I'll have to create a twitter handle for this channel first. If you see a Michael Buikem or Nerdify, that's me.

[@BrasilianFury]

>find a corner to cry in Relatable. Fantastic stuff, amigo!

[@mustermannfm]

Thank you, dude 🙏 Let's face it, that's the real reason for all the weird presentation styles...I just want to find ways to force stupid jokes into the background 😂

[@nevski142]

What a great video this is 👏🔥🙌

[@mustermannfm]

Thank you very much 🙏 I couldn't find much on YT touching on the subject specifically, so hope it is helpful!

[@dorian8047]

Bo egregious war crimes as of yet, altough your pronounciation of Youri Regeer and Jorrel Hato, both names you mentioned, sounded rather like a cat struggling to spit out a furrbal 😂, looking forward to the next one. btw, the skin is looking really really good

[@mustermannfm]

I'll take that. I felt like a cat struggling to spit out a fur-ball! 🤣 I became acutely aware that if the only time I'd heard their name was in commentary after they scored a goal, there's a few problems. 1) I don't know if the commentator got their name right 2) Commentator's tend to get excited when goals are scored, and put stress in weird places.

[@coxiefm2315]

Subbed and liked the video

[@mustermannfm]

Much love dude 🙏 Although this probably shows why I'm biased in saying there's plenty of time for a new career!

[@seandevenney1530]

Loved it again mate, enjoy the difference in the different series' you have done! Look forward to more, also Kudos for explaining your skin to people who maybe don't know what's going on! As someone who plays using your skin I know it can be really daunting at first but so much more fun without numbers😁

[@mustermannfm]

Thank you, dude! And yeah, the no numbers approach can be scary, but genuinely I think downloading sebastian_starttrbts non-numeric attribute skin a few years ago was the best thing I've ever done. Completely transformed the way I play. I've checked back after I've finished saves and there's players who have been amazing for me, but I probably wouldn't have brought if I'd known their exact attributes. I do plan on doing a proper detailed look at the skin for FM24, too. Show off all the sneaky, hidden things!

[@seandevenney1530]

@@mustermannfm I agree totally with the unexpected performance in relation to what their numbers actually are, I find I'm way more likely to give players a chance whereas previously if their numbers weren't perfect I would over look them! Awesome, would love that been playing it for a while and there will still be things I don't know about lol

[@mustermannfm]

@@seandevenney1530 it's crazy how we become so conditioned on looking for certain minimum numbers!! In my head for a EPL team it was always 15+ for key attributes, 13+ for the rest. Anyone that didn't have that was rubbish 🤣. Now all I care about is whether they can tie their shoelaces!

[@CubaSmileSauce]

I'm curious to know why "Teamwork" att' is only in the leadership part of your skin. Don't you think teamwork has more weight into the possession part?

[@mustermannfm]

Attributes are grouped by the training focus which trains them. There are two exceptions: the Tackling subset, and the Leadership subset. These are attributes that can't be trained using Additional Focus, and the groups have been created based on those which have a relationship. Teamwork, as per the game tooltips, relates to a player's cooperative ability - not just their tendency to pass to one another, but their willingness to follow instructions.

[@CubaSmileSauce]

@@mustermannfm Gotcha, thought it was grouped together just for " its fits together" sake in order to evaluate a a player faster :)

[@omaid482]

Aserejé is a classic

[@mustermannfm]

Classic is certainly a word 🤣

[@ojoyemivhick4772]

Tell me the truth, you’re the voice behind Tifo (the athletic)

[@mustermannfm]

I wish! I would love to have Joe Devine's voice. And whimsical demeanour!

[@iondelic5967]

Amazing content man! Just a question, your skin has a different view and the attributes are not grouped into 4 like you have here. How can I change it to mimic the player view on this video?

[@mustermannfm]

It's the MPGD version, as available in the dark mode download at the link in the description. The publicly available version is slightly different, as I make tweaks to my personal version for the sake of presentation on the video. For example, the pizza charts/statistics have been hidden for the purpose of this video (as it's before any games have been played).

[@iondelic5967]

Is it possible to change the MPGD version to numerical?@@mustermannfm

[@mustermannfm]

It would be something you'd have to do yourself. The starting point would be to change every instance of attribute_circle to attribute_label using a find all & replace function on the skin folder. There may be a significant number of individual files to go into and adjust sizes and alignment, but I annotate the files so it should be relatively easy to locate the relevant sections. That said, it's unlikely to be quick.

[@ashrafwashere]

so thankful stumbling over this video and this great skin. looking forward to use it in FM24. however, i couldn't edit the attributes colour. it stays the same after i changed the colours. can someone help me?

[@mustermannfm]

After you edit, you need to turn off caching (it is an option in the preferences) and then reload the skin.

[@ojoyemivhick4772]

What’s your current color scheme, please

[@mustermannfm]

I've replied on Twitter 😁

[@lordwaleane5397]

sorry, i cant follow youtubers that play without attribute numbers.

[@mustermannfm]

No need to apologise - it's entirely your discretion who you do and don't follow