I Watched A Huge FIFA YouTuber Play FM, It Was Painful

[@TaskBot09]

as a true pick supporter and zealandism fanboy, this crossover is what my soul needed

[@hyperxedits1394]

Yes. Couldn’t agree more

[@wfcjosh]

same fr

[@TheAquaSolution]

I have been thinking about it the more I watch the series on YT. Love seeing Nick get into it!

[@corkak]

Literally my two most watched humans in the past year i couldn’t be happier either

[@jameswagner8881]

Never be sad that a youtuber got a Raid sponsor, be happy because Zealand eating good tonight

[@DanTheBizeps]

Yes!

[@rhealize]

true

[@kieronparr3403]

No raid are a disgrace

[@IntelCorei-KProcessor-go2to]

Will he run tonight though?

[@Bmajor9799]

raid is a scam

[@Joey_Freshwater]

I checked out his twitch. He wore a suit for the UCL final stream 😂

[@MagicXR]

Pick is an amazing entertainer you'll enjoy him

[@jamesomara3361]

Hahaha ONE OF US!!

[@_mercedez]

And lost😂

[@AagoMcFly]

WAIT, he made it to the champions league final? I am still playing my FM22 save because I'm failing again and again!

[@Carsa-is6vb]

I swear guys, watch that guy's series. I'm loving every chaotic second of it and once you'll get to the episode where he plays the "Penis formation" in the most crucial moment of his season you'll be happy you watched it. That guy's throwing random bullshit at his tactics hoping for the best only with Twitch chat and RNJesus at his side.

[@ihicccup9446]

Love Nick, the penis formation and penalty shootout are some of the most iconic FM moments I have seen and Nick doesn’t fully realize how special they were yet

[@materekpl6032]

@@ihicccup9446 nah rashfords 15 offsides are clear, the antony pen is close

[@addollz6192]

@@materekpl6032 Bro those offsides were crazy LMAO

[@michaelh878]

Bs tactics and formations are probably better than realistic ones.

[@hrvosic7130]

I love how paid shadow legends sponsors a fm KZbinr whos audience have nothing to do with these kind of games

[@KrackerUncle]

I like how he said it's not p2w and you can reach the endgame without paying and then he says he reached lvl 13...

[@BawdyBadger]

@@KrackerUncle It's probably like "welllllll technicalllllly if you live to your 90s you might make max level"

[@theentitledsiriowlsx]

Bro, Raid SL even paid an IRL KZbinr, which traveled to Japan and mostly talks about their culture. 😂 Even he wasn't English-speaking guy.

[@JJJackson777]

Let's be honest, nobody's audience is remotely interested in raid shadow legends, that's why they have to pay through their teeth for waterboard-esque advertising

[@thejamesonthestreet]

The game is ass, but you'd love to see your fave KZbinr got sponsored by them since they pay good money.

[@ryany6776]

I'm a long-time viewer of Nick, and once he started playing FM I found Zealand's channel and started watching. Please Zealand you have to react to his whole season!

[@ZealandonYT]

Hey thanks dude - I’ve been watching, he’s cooking

[@killerjames33]

coooooold donation cooooold

[@CookieWithACat]

I've loved Nick's series, because he's genuinely thrown himself into it, at the start was reading every single email. Not been put off by the sheer amount to learn, just got on and made it really enjoyable to watch too.

[@isaacchan2763]

I was so addicted to FIFA for years and heartbroken because of the lack of realism and freedom. This year I finally started to jump into FM and this is so far the best decision I have made in 2024.

[@buckythrash]

Same here! If you on PlayStation I’d be down to chat and play separately if you’d want 🤝

[@giuseppeaprile3628]

100% I’ve played fifa career mode since fifa 07 and I’ve wanted more from the experience. FM was a crazy transition at first but now I can’t play anything else

[@visioncaremirkin8467]

I feel sorry for you. You’re about to be addicted. Don’t do it. Sincerely person that has been addicted since CM2.

[@DK-nc9wr]

I also did the same a couple years ago. I tried fifa manager mode again and wow was it depressing compared to FM.

[@sarahparkinson3021]

Me too isaac!!! I loved fifa soooo bad, but I couldn’t bring myself to try fm it looked so hard. Played for like 200 hours straight hahahaha was so addicting.

[@earnestjonahdaniel3802]

Watching a guy whos adicted to Football Manager watching a guy who has never played Football Manager get addicted to Football Manager while playing Football Manager. Wheww

[@spinyslasher6586]

Seeing the diamond wingless formation fills my heart with pride and joy. It has been my bread and butter formation since I started my first save with a Serie B Palermo ☺ Wingbacks are love, wingbacks are life.

[@purplevendingmachine1762]

top pick won the league and made the ucl final don’t diss

[@thomag2119]

The goat

[@GapiSlo10]

He lost in the ucl finals

[@Billboswaggings]

He's ass😂

[@EyebrowsGaming]

I'm still laughing that he fired all his fitness staff because half the squad got injured in the week before the final

[@mlfoons9571]

@@GapiSlo10 well fuck your spoilers

[@Mallemartinnn]

So glad such a huge FIFA KZbinr is turning to the best football game in history. More will undoubtly follow.

[@Migadakis87]

I play FM for like a year. Due to exams I barely play now but in my free time I watch videos so I watched this dudes FM series and it was more painful that studying 5 hours a day

[@smileyweb1901]

We got Pick and Zealand in the same video before GTA VI

[@Suckwhamfarts-bled]

Shahahahah picks gunna be fuming

[@Carlt0nBankz]

Been watching the series and the difference from game 1 to the end of the season is crazy. I also think deep down he might be addicted 😂😂

[@Rishi26007]

This reminds me of the time when i first opened FM after watching you and TomFM for a while. Because therw are so many options and I like discovering them all in one, I just jumped in with 0 badges and unemployed. Took me 2 hours to get to an actual competitive game lol😂

[@Hyde_Hill]

2 hours? That's quick. I tend to spend around 10 on day 1 lol.

[@RacingAtHome]

Another of the 0 badges brigade. Except I went to Saints. In the Premier League. They hated me so I got sacked quick.

[@Rishi26007]

​@@Hyde_Hill I got lucky cause I joined when the pre-season was almost over and I had to move forward even if slowly😂

[@CJKhaos]

2 hours. Did you rush?

[@bignosegamer4328]

You should look at some of his other videos from his first season the amount of youth he plays and wild formation switches he does is mental. Enjoyable to watch tho

[@barackobama5152]

I played fifa career mode a lot growing up and football manager sounded like exactly what I wanted in a game so as soon as I was able to build my first PC FM was the first game I got. It took me three tries to get addicted to fm. The first two times I got intidimated by all the different tabs and information and gave up. The third time around it clicked for me and I played from when I got home from work to 11pm for 2 weeks straight. I had to place limits on myself so that I didnt become a hermit.

[@Popmycherryyo]

12:00 definitely.. The joy and enthusiasm you feel watching/when you watched this is 100% how I feel whenever I see a new player play ANY of the SoulsBorne games (Dark Souls etc) .. I used to LOVE this game, but hell, haven't played actively since like fm 14 or 15 I think. Wish I could get addiction back in a day..

[@Spire1324]

Loved this! Used to watch Nick back in my FUT days, but I had to chuckle at the comments from his high-strung FIFA audience being bored with FM lol

[@biggregharper]

For those of us who have been playing FM since the days of Championship Manager, it's easy to forget how much easier the game was to access back then and the sheer number of extra details that have been added over the years. I can't imagine how I'd fare if I tried FM for the first time today!

[@h2ohydrox]

I regularly go back to CM when I want a simpler life.

[@Zekiyeah]

Never having played FM myself I could see he understood the game better as the season progressed. Of course, if you are not into FM you don't know what "The best" way to play is. But I feel that he wouldn't make specific mistakes in the next season he will play. And on top of that I think it is great to see such a big EAFC KZbinr make the switch to FM. It made me enthusiastic of playing it too and there are probably countless of people making the change and exploring a completely different breed of a football simulator game

[@MatSjo]

To be honest Martial is actually pretty decent in FM24, signed him on a free in my Nîmes save once we were promoted to Ligue 1 and he bagged like 15 goals the first season as squad player mostly coming off the bench to play inside forward on the left.

[@budou2323]

I knew you are gonna react to Nick FM gameplay! MADOORR

[@erasmusj.rothschild6802]

Nick did play division 1 college football, so I’m not surprised he has more tactical knowledge than most Pifa players

[@Quan367]

Speaking spanish to Case was hilarious. He’s into. He a naturalc😂😂😂

[@ava0003]

COLLLLLLABBBBBB Let's go!!!! Playing this game for the first time feels like school. You can feel your brain expanding to process all the information.

[@burneduplikefire]

Well, some reminders of my beginning at FM. I attend every single press conference at the beginning. :) And so many other recognizable things when you start FM.

[@Oliviben]

Yeah I was going to say, Heidenheim would be painful

[@wuxiagamescentral]

Whoever told him to go Heidenheim was trying to give him a full FM baptism 😂

[@Plupert]

@@wuxiagamescentral They wanted him to manage Heidenheim bc they have a player named Florian Pick. And Nick is called Pick by his chat as I'm sure you've noticed. He's actually made a video with Pick before lol.

[@lordfizzz]

My therapist: blonde zealand with a hairline isnt real he cant hurt you. Blond zealand with a hairline:

[@teodornaumov9138]

Hi Zealand, I've been watching you for a couple of years now and I want to say that this is your BEST VIDEO YET! I couldn't stop laughing - don't stop this content because we are loving it!

[@ZealandonYT]

Hey I really appreciate this dude, glad you enjoyed it

[@Beckzyy]

Pick could really bring over a HUGE number of people from the fifa scene to the FM scene. FIFA is the worst it’s been in years and people are genuinely leaving for good, and him getting into FM a is a huge thing. This is only the start. More will follow him

[@etry]

We need a podcast with Zealand, nick and Kurt, would be cold

[@lloydyno1]

"There's so much going on in this game, this is worse than bingo" whilst putting his glasses on to concentrate harder killed me 🤣

[@Ronaldihldo]

Please do a video teaching Nick the ins and outs of FM. He is a super chill dude and welcomes collabs with other creators

[@pl-et2nx]

It's a great series. You can see the addiction slowly grow, the hook getting deeper as he heads down the beginning of a dark path that will ruin his life.

[@CJKhaos]

6:55 honestly sounds like a good night

[@SacheinMoon]

can't wait for you to see how far he's come

[@SamButler22]

FM has so many mechanics. They were all added gradually though, so starting from CM99/00 has made it a gradual learning curve... over 25 years. I can't imagine how overwhelming it would be to jump in blind

[@Hukekane]

Please watch the rest its such a blast and Pickholas just finished his first season.

[@MegaUMU]

Me: recently found nick and saw he was ex fifa playing FM, pog Zealand: making a video on it Nice!

[@mrbismarck]

Seeing Z fall to the Shadow Legends people is like watching the end of the 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers and Zealand is Donald Sutherland.

[@MrJagger112]

Going to FM from FIFA is like doing brain surgery after an apprenticeship in Playdoo doodling or getting a job at NASA without even a grade school background.

[@PaulRoneClarke]

To be fair, I feel for him. I'm beginning to think life's just too short for this game I learned Dwarf Fortress 10 years ago - when it was all ASCII characters and a user interface from hell - MUCH quicker than I'm learning Football Manager Just seen some FM KZbinrs putting up an hour+ video on when and how to press. Another 45 minute video on what individual instructions to give attacking mid-fielders. I want to play the game - not have to go on a 3 year degree course on why my Under 21s central defender is having a strop because we gave him the wrong colour shoe laces. I miss Championship Manager. Wish there was a game like that these days

[@allanwhittle2904]

football manager can be what you put in to it but in all honesty you dont need to do all these things to have a great experiance and enjoy the game i personally pass over a bunch of stuff to staff that i cant be bothered to do myself and i never fell like im missing out. Not unlike real life managers dont have to do every task and rely on staff to help them out. Dont put so much pressure on yourself and enjoy the ride you'll pick up bits as you play and then suddenly you'll be obsessed with the latest and greatest taatics and such have fun my dude!

[@PaulRoneClarke]

@@allanwhittle2904 Whenever I hand things over and we lose. I'm really unhappy about it. When I don't understand the process and I don't understand what the AI is doing or why the AI is doing it. It's really unsatisfying I just see we are losing and feel like I should find out what the AI is doing. Once I understand the process, fine - I can delegate. But just handing off a process I don't understand to an AI I don't understand? That doesn't do it for me. Feel like I'm just helpless. IRL if I did that as a CEO and someone asked "Why did you fail?" And my only answer was "Dunno. Handed off a process that I have no idea about to someone I also have no idea about and crossed my fingers and hoped for the best" That wouldn't fly. If I don't understand the process I can't tell if the AI is doing a decent job. That makes for really unsatisfying gameplay for me. I get some can deal with that - but for me that disconnect makes me either need to learn the game inside out, or play something I can get properly involved in in less than a few months learning.

[@timmyjoshua276]

​@@PaulRoneClarkeyou aren't a C.E.O in this and what exactly do you hand over,

[@PaulRoneClarke]

@@timmyjoshua276 anything… whenever I hand anything over, and we lose, my thought is “was that the problem?” I don’t know what the function is, so I can’t tell whether the AI is doing a good job at it. Training, scouting, tactics, team talks. Doesn’t matter what it is. If I don’t understand how FM does it I can’t tell whether the AI is doing a good job or not. So in my mind I need to take over. Once I know a job and “know what competent looks like” from an FM data presentation pov, the. I can delegate and not worry about it. Till the. I find delegating anything I don’t understand to an AI I don’t understand is frustrating. I know many don’t have an issue with that. But for me it’s a deal breaker.

[@hijisfriend9030]

Brother, just play. Learn the other thing along the way. You aren't doing college assignments 😂

[@bensinclair7263]

4:37 I laughed so hard at the instant regret when he sees that page. Like wtf is this GET ME OUT!

[@XaviersBonsaiRetreat]

Probably the best bit of recent FM content I have seen. Typical Zealand brain storming :)

[@SoManySoLo]

Never would’ve expected this video but I’m super glad it’s here cause I just got into FM too.

[@lolhiyoko7832]

New to FM: "There is way too much going on in this game" FM Savant; "New features when?"

[@vMidwayDK]

I wish you watched just a bit more cause Martial had a great start to the season and then Porto wanted him and Nick forgot he had him transfer listed, so Martial got angry because he didn't want to sell him to Porto and then Martial's good form ended😂

[@theonlycynnick]

Know what, fair play to Nick as he didn't once give it up. He applied logic and went for it

[@chrismeeks809]

Zealand and pick fans are eating today, COLDDDDDD LOANNNNNNNN

[@B00G1964]

I started on Epic games when they gave out FM19 for free all those years ago but made the Steam switch a year later. I still have Epic games for the free games they give out each month

[@Yjbli]

For the context of the bingo comment, he plays this football bingo game that can have some extremely niche categories on stream sometimes. It’s good fun you can check it out

[@markkajc]

My biggest gripe about set pieces this year is that the OG creator is only available once per club

[@seakos16]

nick and zealand might be the greatest crossover

[@ansaz14]

That prem debut! He's hooked. He's playing FM forever.

[@lanwish]

I still remember the days i first found FM2005 after TCM. Good memories

[@BlakeOneOne82]

As a new convert from FIFA; This resonates with me and Ive made ALL the same mistakes and more. OMG, I feel so justified now in my confusion. lol

[@KFG13]

That moment when you press like and it jumps from 33 to 37000 😂 Well done, Z, 37k after 5 minutes is impressive 👍

[@bhvillaman4401]

1k likes and 9k views so far

[@GamerFrisco]

What you on about? This video is fire tho

[@KFG13]

@@GamerFrisco I was here after 2 mins and pressed like, but instead of going from 33 to 34 likes, it went to 37k, then back to 34, but it was still funny to me 🤷‍♂️

[@victorantonsen7787]

My fav fifa youtuber and fav fm this is the dream

[@Plupert]

Pick was a D1 college soccer player he definitely knows way more about tactics than your typical FIFA player. Also, he went to Columbia University so he's super smart.

[@SBarrettM]

About a month or so before the new version of the game comes out, they put the old version for free on Epic. That’s how I got into the game. Thousands of hours later, I’m def buying it for FM25

[@Bakibenz96]

Loved everything about this video. Wholesome!

[@Hmmhattricker]

Oh my god, this was fun. I enjoyed it!

[@ronnieplonk]

His second XI has got crime writer Jessica Fletcher in midfield. You go girl!!

[@sonbuffio8043]

I just got into the game with this fm24 due to friends and without them helping me my head would have exploded cause there is so much going on but yeah…. Addicted now ….

[@deathb4dishonur]

Man I loved this video. I'd lost my love for FM after not being able to get my team working properly. This video has made me want to just jump straight in again.

[@baitkin5546]

the crossover I never new I needed

[@tornado2137]

truly cold video Pealand

[@samnjami5500]

I’m loving the Top Pick series. Makes me want to boot up FM again. I have played much this year. Also never knew that playing fm on Epic games is a bad thing 😅

[@Djiehh]

"Yes, transfer value is going up!" After scoring in an intra-squad friendly. 😂

[@mikehudson537]

This . . . . This, was brilliant to watch! More of this please Z

[@GarratMcCullough]

I played FM22 on Epic Games because it was a free game of the week and I was getting back into FM after a long hiatus

[@mugenjean7944]

You can tell from his reply to the guy saying its boring that he is already addicted. As a manager addict the first snort of overwhelming data is just the hook we need and we black out. The next thing we know its the next day and we need to sleep lol

[@stephanlunden4318]

You should do a "Boot Camp" for some of these guys.... could be really fun and hook some massive content creators to the best manager out there.

[@justsomedude759]

My favourite moment was when he said that the player that can't play cb will be playing in that position. Always do that in my games

[@Rallarberg]

"Even worse than bingo" should be SI's slogan for the game going forward.

[@MohabWali08]

The Transition to FM is the greatest transition i have ever done

[@MrAkabane1]

You either die a hero or live long enough to be sponsored by Raid Shadow Legends. Who at Raid said "You know who would love this game? FM players"?

[@CJKhaos]

9:50 I’ve always wanted a throw teacup option

[@OGCrick]

Zealand and Nick collab would be so good!

[@sdumo59]

Whenever i feel like i messed in FM24 I watch your videos i realize i am actually better than the people you spectate. i love your videos

[@sirajdandashi2313]

What addiction?!! I am playing it continuously for 7 years now

[@nottodaybro12]

watching nick play fm was more fun than most these fm KZbinrs tbh

[@leroyrosenbohm9136]

The fact that he came in first time and beat Liverpool AWAY with United makes me question if I know anything about FM 😂

[@SorenRingholm]

this feels like observing a species from afar get to Space-Age.

[@Pwngineer]

Started my first time of FM on Epic Games when FM22 was the free game of the week

[@SchadenfreudeUY]

>Becomes Manchester United head coach >Immediately transfer lists Martial >Refuses to elaborate Already better than 10Hag in my books.

[@HarriMuhindi]

I was in his corner the whole way but when I saw Bruno BBM I shed a tear

[@qBeYcarpet]

I've not watched much FM content but this guy reminds me a lot of Zealandism

[@sanflux]

RAID SHADOW LEGENDS! Great video Zealand!

[@shawnduffy279]

RTFM Read The F**king Manual. Loved this video. I can honestly say that I do not currently have the time to start FM but I have definitely applied as much as possible to my FIFA/FC that I have learned from here. Thanks for making me laugh out loud as I watch you suffer similar fates of The RNG Gods. 🤝🏻🤣👍🏻

[@KL4W047]

Z casually rocking that Stallion Laguna shirt

[@LiftandCoa]

i genuinely need more of this haha

[@Phatboino1]

He's too late to save United...... I'm in 2040 with them 😂😂😂😂

[@Oi-mj6dv]

Football manager is that one game you dont really know why you play it until that sweet moment a tactical change, some mid match tweak makes a big asf imapct or you get that one signing right that help you change your season 180 degrees around or after the kid you put your faith into starts having a bunch of vertical green arrows and skyrockets into stardom playing abilities. Then you cant escape. Its worse than crack cocaine

[@samcampbell7231]

I don’t know if I’m envious or sympathetic that he is just discovering the game for the first time 🤣

[@jacobpgood724]

Just goes to show how blinkered the Man U research team, and the guy in charge of the UK scouting for fm are

[@nytstalker1380]

This is actually startling how hard this game must be for new players, I kinda knew it, but it is ridiculous

[@microplasticsrule]

0:56 the only time of my life i didnt play FM on steam was when microsoft was letting people get free/99cent trials for the gamepass, sometimes up to like 90 days. id just keep making new accounts until they cracked down on that lol