MONEYBALL Success in Football Manager

[@Clayts]

Thanks for watching team, love you guys! ❤ Please subscribe if you haven’t already… I’ll get cracking on part 3!

[@David.Maughan]

This save is great. Knowing that the entire business model is selling star players when you recieve a substantial bid and replacing them for profit would it not be worth while starting to focus on the development squads so that you have replacements already at the club ready to step up?

[@morepork281]

Thanks, really enjoying it. The Saudi thing is a little annoying, not because you are selling btw. Just the amount of interest you're seeing 3 seasons in when IRL that activity has kind of already dissipated to a greater extent. Hopefully SI get the balance right in FM25.

[@mrmagicalwaffle6630]

Really think long form content like this suits you, you can really see how much you love talking about the save and building the narratives and making the story your own. That enjoyment really comes across in the video itself ☺

[@aryandongaonkar2839]

You should do more of this content because it's really fun to watch it in this format.

[@feva6774]

I actually think it would be more interesting to do one 10 years into the future, where regens run the world and you can't abuse previous knowledge, but maybe that's just me

[@Clayts]

Yeah I agree. Not convinced the wider audience would agree though. Catch 22 with content.

[@brono7777]

Agree 100% Buying players we all know means no real jeopardy

[@Marc_Hancock]

Or alternatively do one with a team lower down the pyramid.

[@Atikusiuuu]

£200,000,000 budget? No wonder everyone was accidentally calling this the Moneybags save on the stream

[@alexisphade4486]

I have a save with sporting where im maybe 15-20 seasons in doing moneyball, up to 20 year olds transfers in only, where i set my own rule to not buy anyone over 30mil. My transfer budget is about 2 billion, the economy in general is about the same amount, and my board is increasingly frustrated with me not spending it all.

[@dannytilley4878]

It started being called moneybags because I entered a typo in chat I put in moneyball but predictive text changed it to moneybags lol

[@TheS3cretGamer]

@@alexisphade4486that’s my kind of save

[@Ben-e9u4d]

​@@alexisphade4486 How boring

[@alexisphade4486]

@@Ben-e9u4d Not for me

[@Jman125]

Longest week waiting for this episode. Such elite content

[@kibzie23]

I've paused the video at 1:32:15. As a Burnley fan, I'm shocked and appalled that my club being interested in your player is grounds to bin him. It's also hilarious. Great series, Clayts.

[@philsblogs8527]

The £60m signing, I'd still say are money ball.. Brentford have been signing young undervalued, unknown players for years & then practically broke our record signing by signing big (at the time) for an aging Pontus Janson, who came in and lifted the play off trophy with us

[@david-isaachowell-jones4813]

It's not money ball at all haha, but that's fine, most teams don't do moneyball exclusively, so like many i'll let him have this one

[@joshbaugh3782]

had no idea who you were before this series. love it. subscribed, enjoying the long-form content

[@drizztthedrow2525]

I think this is your best series yet. The longer vids are great, the attribute less moneyball is awesome and your explanations etc are fantastic

[@Clayts]

Thank you mate ❤️

[@fojizgabriel]

Great video mate u really squeezed the talent threshold in the game by excessively scouting....kudos. My bargain moneyball players costed around £75 million in total 1. Jonathan Asp Jensen 2. Joao Veloso 3. Marton Dardai 4.Luca Podlech 5. Nicolas Capaldo 6.Oscar Gloukh

[@BenningsWhu]

Anything you upload I’ll watch. Great once again hopefully you can make this a full time job soon mate!

[@Clayts]

Legend ❤️

[@johnmclaughlin7897]

Love how you edit and summarise your seasons great format. New subscriber earned!

[@SamT150]

Can‘t wait to binge the whole episode! Absolutely love the concept mate

[@omosolaosobajo5947]

Another great video! To be fair, the teams around you are amazing and improving every season - there were 5 EPL teams in the quarter finals of the UCL. Loosing Ryan was massive, and 6th place is not disappointing. Gutted it's Conference League, but I am sure the Bees would love a European Championship!! Up the Sadius and please continue till you money ball the UCL or EPL!!! £$

[@johndoe2769]

Good start. Youll learn more then next year do a much lower budget team. Forign with little money so you have to sell one of your best players each summer like Portuguese teams .

[@ZoeDS]

Firstly… love this new series! I’ve always been fascinated with Moneyball so seeing you do this has helped me understand the way it works. Regarding Gyokores, I think it’s fine as he’s in Portugal and is a mature player on lower wages compared to other players of a similar age.

[@BrokenBaculum]

Love this long-form content, Clayts! Keep it up! $$$

[@dikkemelvin8001]

Watched this in one go. Absolutely love this save Clayts! $

[@jmb8200]

To see the GK stats, try changing the view format on the settings. Other formats like pizza display them normally.

[@Clayts]

Thanks - I did get there in the end!

[@jmb8200]

@@Clayts Yea ahaha just saw it now :)

[@pedrocruz7948]

Keep up with the great work! For those o like the movie and the strategy itself, it haas been a wonderful experience! Thank you for what you are doing!

[@miarqjosesoares]

Agree with you 100%. Attributeless FM is exponentially more fun!

[@kenttimothy]

you can always buy gyokeres now, get a few years of goals, sell them to saudi with PL tax, easy breakeven or profit even

[@Clayts]

Yeah agreed! In all honesty, I’m only trying to sign him so much because it’s been a hyper focus of mine since the start… 😂

[@07Meredith07]

Such an interesting watch going from stats so heavily

[@neileo1540]

💲💲💲💲💲💲 looooooove these long lengthy saves, great stuff

[@leonhughes9014]

great job!!!!!!! love this content!!

[@Beyondultragaming]

Another episode of the Moneybags Save. Love to see it.

[@benrichardson4973]

Love this content, being a Brentford fan too is just even better!

[@_m1nimaamdaplus762]

yo , clay dont feel bad if you spend a large amount, moneyball is the means not the end,keep up!

[@lyonkennedy4892]

Loving the moneyball stuff so far. Your double advanced forward tactic at the end really triggered my OCD tho😅 $$$

[@paulgibbon5383]

Loving the series Clayts

[@BlackBoye]

Inspired me to start my own moneyball save! Went on Holiday for 6 months and took over Villarreal in January, having an absolute blast! Such a cool way to play and i'm signing players I never usually sign

[@elliotmead3630]

Loving this save! When it’s done would love to see you do with with a club further down the pyramid like league one or two, perhaps afc Wimbledon or Leyton orient!?

[@Sgeeeeeee]

Belive the CL Slot for winning the Europa League goes back to UEFA if the team is already qualified through their league

[@jhplayz298]

it'd be interesting for you to look at the end the attributes of your final team, see whether any of them surprise you, where maybe they've been effective but not amazing attributes

[@Clayts]

Yeah that’s a great shout

[@ScandinavianFlik]

Keep up the good work!💲

[@johanbrentola8459]

Really enjoying this series.

[@harrywills6168]

You inspired me to download this skin and I’ve just started with FC Utrect signed a cb from Slovenia because of the data and he’s doing really well!

[@martinhamilton9378]

Love this series!

[@xdemogames9390]

The victor signing reminds me of when Liverpool signed van dik seems a lot but because of what they achieved after and him become world class, it now seems like a real good price

[@chrishaynes-zd2fk]

Another great series, Can you do a Director of football save where you start in the lower leagues and work your way up to taking over a top club?

[@liampeverley9603]

Watching this series inspired me to finally give a moneyball save a go. Got Sunderland promoted in first season

[@ethanhutchinson4413]

love these longer vids mate

[@BellsyNUFC]

This and OmegaLuke/Dad youth to gold are my 2 favourite FM24.5 saves currently, after a month off my love for FM is back, currently doing a 2013/14 retro database with Newcastle, the nostalgia!

[@dannymack2242]

🤑🤑💵💵💰💰 where do you even begin with that amount of money 🤷🏻‍♂️ Lovin the series so far 😁

[@elvisbreadley7712]

Money ball in league one or two would be an interesting watch. Liking the long form content.

[@Zehn272]

really loving this save 💲

[@SidkielFM]

Great series $

[@reshiramex1399]

Borza is a beast. Become a world class LB for me and was a stalwart for my back to back to back Prem titles. I bought him for 2.7 mil and sold him 5 seasons later for 125 mil to Barcelona. He pretty much bankrolled my team in the Prem.

[@CapitaoBarbosa21]

This series is awesome you should do a moneyball save in a league with little money next

[@alexandersprot-wq5nd]

loving these vids, definitely do more than 6 seasons 👍

[@MultiDigre]

I truely enjoy the long stories. Good watchingl, The only thing I miss, is getting to know and love the players. We dontget to feel the heart ache of the fans in the moneyball system.

[@Clayts]

Yeah I get that, I think we might still get a bit more of that in upcoming episodes as I’ve bought so young that we should have a slightly more settled squad for a few seasons

[@habibi_zub6299]

Great video 💵💲

[@joefairs2240]

$ Loving the series!

[@kenzoko501]

started my Moneyball with West Ham after watching you’re videos just finished my 2nd season, first season was a ropey 12th place finish i think and lacked a proper goal scorer, decided to sign Jonathan David as a striker to try bag some goals and he’s failed so decided to sign Pedro from FLA and he’s also failed in my 2nd season however got a 5th place finish in the Premier League which should’ve been 4th and qualified for the champions league, signed some really good cheap youngsters who have developed nicely and values have shot up but the Saudi teams love paying big for my players so far the only remaining player is Lucas Paqueta but it would be cool to do the form, think it’s a good idea

[@LeDoude]

You could squeeze some stats from tweaking the roles. AF to CF for VG for example or HB instead of BWM as I see you concede a bit. Maybe only one BPD. Knowing the players you have you could tweak their roles. Something has been bothering me with the winger roles but I cant put my digit on it. But amazing content I love it. Will try this skin with a JLeague save I feel will be peak especially with the db update mods of lately.

[@Lupothemanager]

I agree with using the Moneyball approach to create a sustainable transfer market strategy that can turn a profit while maintaining or even improving results. You could even set a target, like earning a billion pounds by 2030. This doesn’t mean avoiding investments in the transfer market or in infrastructure; it’s just about tracking how much revenue you bring in through this method.

[@Clayts]

Yep - that’s a really nice way of putting it. My idea is also that I’ve now invested in quality, high potential young players that can take us to the next level, so we can still flesh out the squad with pure moneyball signings.

[@Lupothemanager]

@@Claytstrue! this is a great content by the way, thanks for keeping me company on a long train trip ♥️

[@jallypeno]

Started a moneyball save off the back of this one. Went with Nottingham Forest, approaching end of first season mid table so keen really dive into the data in the summer window!

[@bristolcityfm]

Best series since the OG DOF save!

[@adrianfr05]

It would be cool to have a way to see past season's stats since you are always looking for them when a player changes clubs

[@bentarbuck6161]

5th gets champs league through the coefficients. Each year the top two countries in coefficients get an extra champs league spot. All that doesn't change until after the champs league is played. You'll bump up to the Europa league then. More often than not England is one of the top two teams

[@DamnitDutch]

Incredible video once again. I've been playing a Moneyball save Aswell with Vitesse in the Eredivisie doing ok so far but i find it really difficult to find players in the offseason. Mostly because it seems to only show me players from Scandinavia as that's the only leagues still going during that time and i have a minimum set of minutes played in the player filter. Do you have any advice on how to find players after the season has concluded?

[@sugardubby9858]

The last season - Fulham. My money is on them getting relegated but yet qualifying for the UEFA league due to loss in the final to CL team. Love the series 👍

[@sugardubby9858]

💲

[@olipegley4484]

You should be allowed one big money wildcard signing a season perhaps, Gyokeres fits the bill!

[@icecreamjelly9453]

Emegha got 2 ACL injuries that costs him nearly 2 years out of the pitch in my everton save, glad that he can perform like haaland

[@omosolaosobajo5947]

Let's GO!!!

[@f1_skiddy149]

Fancy starting one of these with barnsley we brought it to England at the sane time brentford did

[@y2132]

I know there are affiliate clubs, but I’m sure this is now an affiliate league (Saudi). Toney paved the way!

[@Clayts]

😂 make it stop!

[@dazza1889]

Think the Gyokeres signing is actually semi realistic. If you look at our history we started off buying players for 500k and selling for 2-5m, then the signings were more like 4-5m and selling for 10-15m, then after promotion to the prem the signings were like 10-15m with sales of 20-25m now we're buying players for 20-30m with sales for 40m etc so think if we ever had back to back seasons in the Champions League a 60m signing isn't that extreme. Plus can always sell to Saudi for 80+ in a season or 2 and you're in profit!

[@Sansface.]

Lets goooo 💸💸💸💸💵💵💵💵

[@mrmagicalwaffle6630]

Genuinely debated unsubbing and resubbing when you said it makes you feel good inside, how wholesome

[@ViceroyIcarus]

💲would you be interested in doing a deep dive video on your end of season squad analysis? going into how you look for holes or under performing players in your squad vs players popping up in scouting and how they fit into your tactic? perhaps i'm just over thinking my scouting and analysis.

[@Clayts]

@@ViceroyIcarus I can see it if I can include a little more of that in the next video 👍

[@bertjuh05]

There's a lot of misconception to "will we get a champions league spot if we place fifth". The 2 competitions that have gathered the most coefficient points during that same season will get an additional spot. If a team in the top 4 wins the Europa League or Champions league, this will not generate an additional spot in the champions league. Also, if a team wins the Europa League of Champions league and haven't directly qualified for champions league they will get a champions league spot. If they qualified for another European competition, this spot will go to the next team in the ranking

[@KieranDevanny94]

60m!? The moneyballer has become the moneyballee!!

[@PasOdMater]

The extra CL spots go according to national coefficients, not who won it or the EL.

[@adamcraig8854]

Nice video mate, but I feel like you are getting away from the moneyball aspect that was the most interesting part, buying cheaper players based on their stats. I think buying known quantities like Moore, the Arsenal boys and Gravenberch goes against the moneyball aspect of the save. It would be great if you could find gems based on their stats alone and keep it as close to moneyball as possible. Really enjoy the vids, but it was just a thought as I was watching.

[@Clayts]

Yeah, as I tried to explain in the video. We can buy players based on the stats, but we will literally just finish 4th-6th every season from this point. That’s where the game aspect doesn’t allow for true moneyball because anybody that will move the needle isn’t low value, whereas in the real world they can be. I’m still looking for those signings and trawling through the stats but we just need to recalibrate slightly and look for other examples of ‘moneyball’ as well - for example Gravenberch being transfer listed and available for below his true value and signing young players before they’ve blossomed. Fully understand what you’re saying, as it’s the internal tussle I’ve been having myself too.

[@adamcraig8854]

@ yeah, as I watched on, I sensed that. Gyokeres is definitely not moneyball, but as you say, were you just going to be mulling about in the same positions otherwise? I think the likes of him, Hedl and Gravenberch are more “typical” signings that people make in their own saves, whereas the Japanese keeper and getting so many goals from Emegha seemed much more moneyball. It’s great content regardless and have really enjoyed both videos!

[@GerS1182]

After watching the first vid and the signings you made there values shot up but this vid is just going for known players that you know are good,still going to watch to see where this goes.

[@BenSilver10]

💲 I think even in a Moneyball type of administration, they wouldn't sell Gravenberch for 81 million pounds. He had potential for more, even beyond the 100 million mark.

[@jordanbright4887]

Anybody know if the spreadsheet works on google docs?

[@simonhart536]

Spreadsheets sounds like work. It's a game. I do write some stuff down but I draw the line at spreadsheets. Enjoying the stream.

[@ladmclad6319]

$ cheers for the video

[@rasocker]

Hype is real

[@Beuteltier91]

Not sure how far I would call it a Moneyball, I mean yes, you are using a data relevant skin but it seems more trying to bring in all talented players who are already known and hope they make the cut and develop to me. Way to high transfer fees, in my way of understanding Moneyball as well. Would love if you show us how you scout and how you pick a player more in detail. But anyway a great video as always.

[@Marten-gm7ds]

Is it a setting, that the statistics are still there after a season? I loaded up the musterman skin in my current save and ended the season having a lots of fun. But after the season i wanted to recruit players but all of the stats dissapeared. Is that normal?

[@cl8931]

Yeah mate, stats reset at the end of every season. After your last game of each season, just do a save, then save under a different name. Then you will have last seasons stats to go back to when needed.

[@adrianfr05]

how is fulham on the europa league final but last on the premier????💲

[@Sgeeeeeee]

First of all, I love this series! But i feel like your moving a bit to fast with these Transfere Fees, obviously at some point you have to take steps to move forward, but FM allows you to do this, but spending 50-100 Milliok every Transfer Window is to much for me, maybe in the future you could add some Restrictions, for example that you can only use 50% of the transfer revenue you generate

[@Clayts]

Yeah I see your point, but also at the time of writing this I’ve spent £399m and raised £640m, so 62%, I’m not sure that’s so bad really. I understand not spending £50m per window but I think that’s sort of offset by the huge sales to Saudi every window. Have to also consider the content angle too, lads I’ve signed nobody and we’ve finished 5th again realistic but not very interesting. I completely get you, and it’s something I’ve thought about too.

[@Sgeeeeeee]

@Clayts yeah fair point, i wrote this after beeing throught the 3rd season and then you go on to spen only 4M xD. Also the aspect of Squad deapth you talk about later is mportant for me. If you spend 60M on Gyökeres in FM you know its a good Deal but irl i feel like that Kind of Deal is much more risk tan spending 60M on 4-5 players, because even if 1 or 2 Flop you dont catch as much of a loss. So I feel spending the momey on more players would be more realistic

[@Juju25118]

💰💲

[@khangbato]

May i know what type of skin you are using?

[@Clayts]

Of course. It’s in the description

[@Siddiskongen]

The best moneyball move is to sign players on free and sell them for pure profit.

[@fredericateather8249]

Favourite fm2(5)4 save 💲

[@jonathanj3806]

Are you actually playing through the seasons or simming?

[@lucasbenson4626]

Can you show your scouting set ups for home grown players

[@Jordanpurpl333]

I think splashing the cash a bit is fair, I mean look at Brighton IRL they have been spending a fair bit after selling big.

[@Juju25118]

YAYYYYY

[@tommkyroz8193]

Commenting for the algorithm

[@crisspanda1]

Why don’t buy vini if money is the only reason

[@EzeBall1710]

😹😹

[@meekarl]

Love the video, but would like to see maybe 2-3 more ‘’played’’ games $

[@Clayts]

Noted 🫡

[@meekarl]

@ Great videos though! Keep up the work, i sat for almost 4 hours watching both moneyball episodes

[@seanconaty1144]

Who is the player in your thumbnail?

[@chonktonk]

Does anyone else's stats for players reset every season? I've just gotten into my second season in sweden and now all of the player stats are back at 0, not sure how to find players once it flicks over to the new season if all the stats have reset :(

[@Clayts]

Yeppp, tip: do save points before the tickover for each year!

[@chonktonk]

@@Clayts Good plan, thanks Clayts

[@burner8959]

💰

[@timmoore8623]

Still not signing free agents?

[@Clayts]

I did sign one in this video. I have been looking, but finding that I can’t justify the wage demands on the ones that will actually benefit the squad 👍

[@timmoore8623]

@ I saw the one free signing, wasn’t clear it was an end of contract (Jan pre arranged) signing. You can always justify someone without a transfer fee. Now you’re pushing for titles the team would be increasing the wages. You’ll never sign a Ronaldo but you could sign a decent wb on decent money