Saving a Save That Ran Out of Players

[@yomaso1134]

I'd like to see SYS Reviews where you go and look at previous saves you've saved and see how much you're advice helped.

[@Rakettivuori]

There was one video where they had the results in it

[@AoLi0315]

SYS where are they now

[@cheeriosd4879]

Like what Gordon Ramsay does in kitchen nightmares

[@shangyhinoon]

Only in a kitchen where the sous chef, pastry chef and executive chef have to be swedish; leaving you space to sign a highly rated potential chef de parties from south America ​@@cheeriosd4879

[@fpsoccer9791]

Would be cool to see you go back to old SYS videos and check on their saves.

[@Whunderbar]

To be fair to the Roma save, Pablo Dybala starts with a $12 million release clause and it is difficult to keep him

[@lewisjenkins8928]

I slapped him in the face with a new contract the second I could. Ended up selling him the following season for 120 million to Saudi.

[@masterchef9023]

just use paolo Dybala instead, I feel like this Pablo Dybalo guy isn't that good.

[@thegamerspandan6899]

​@@masterchef9023😂😂 good one

[@tommyrobb6090]

Set asking price $10m, no one will offer above it 👍

[@JackMorris-uw3tz]

@@tommyrobb6090kinda cheating tho using a glitch in the code to prevent players leaving for a release clause

[@Ninjakiw1]

As a Dane I'm sad you said the Norwegian league, at least you didn't say Sweden.

[@Wojtinho]

why am I chuckling at this

[@blitsjesda]

Do you live in Stockholm or mälmo?

[@Wojtinho]

@@blitsjesdame? no. Not even close. Poland

[@Ninjakiw1]

@@blitsjesda haha damn, the only thing worse than calling Denmark for Norway, calling it Sweden, tbf the Swedes would likely say the same thing about Denmark

[@filipaxmer4286]

As a Swede I can Confirm this is true!

[@JLABTV]

Oh boy, that save in Sweden. I got some flashbacks of my time managing Örgryte IS in FM 22 because Malmö FF managed to do the same thing to themselves, and whenever I faced them, they could only have 1 player on the bench every single time. So while Albert might not be able to field a full bench, at least they didn't screw themselves over to such an extent that they could only have one player on their bench like Malmö FF did in my save.

[@lv26ks]

So the AI screwed themselves? That's quite something

[@simonpeyton-n3h]

the main tactical instruction ive remembered since playing at 7 yr old is something that runs true for all football whether in the real world or FM,it is that its impossible to play a high line when there is no pressure on the opponents midfield,i know its obvious but alot of teams fall foul of giving creative players far to much time to pick out a long or thru pass to a speedy striker when your line is high

[@peterdue7676]

Nordsjælland already dont compete in the norwegian league, maily because they are located in denmark...

[@michaelwoods8299]

They all fucked vikings at some point in history, same difference

[@martincsajbok]

Having so much fun with my Roma save this year, this guy did them dirty. Gotta obey the law and use a 3ATB formation in Italy though. Finished 2nd and won the EL in the first season, now in the second season leading Serie A so far with Scalvini, Baldanzi, Scamacca and Joao Neves on the team. Highly recommended save!

[@pangopango3939]

How much did Joao Neves cost you?

[@martincsajbok]

@@pangopango3939 £60M (£75M) in January 2024, not sure what was the exact structure of the deal. Funds were generated by selling Pellegrini to Newcastle for £40M in the same window.

[@YerMawIsMySeggstoy]

Any team of mine will not use 3 defenders 4 or 3 CBS with 2 WBs

[@meesterpitta]

seeing people run the standard 4231 on a team with a 3-at-the-back heritage hurts me so much. I've seen people play it with Atalanta, they deserve to lose

[@shawnmason5551]

The SYS series is my favorite, absolutely brilliant. It’d be nice to see some short updates of how submitted saves fared if they followed your advice or if they didn’t.

[@ryangilhooley13]

Thanks for the help with my Sampdoria save, i actually tweaked some of the things you pointed out before i saw this video (such as regrouping when i'm trying to press) but hadn't clicked on to the trap outside as it was something that seemed very effective for me the previous year. Thanks again for the help.

[@macario8836]

We need an update after a couple seasons, mate... did it help or no?

[@ryangilhooley13]

@macario8836 the end of this season that I sent in we ended up finishing in 8th and qualified for the conference league. AC Milan won the league and Cup so managed to sneak in.

[@xlotus09]

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[@roman_godx]

@@ryangilhooley13 hows the save going so far?

[@Phontoz]

hey a swedish save, my main goto for the last years. The 9 player rule isnt tricky at all, just sign for the youth team and move em up after a year or two, takes 3 to get em trained in sweden. Though "real" wonderkids are out of the question for a couple of "decades", the tricky part is the reputation and making real money (getting paid anything that makes a real diffence takes a while) forever building up the club for the future. Had a real fun lower league save a while back with the very local team, i can hear them if i open a window, playing CL but not beeing allowed to build a new arena for zoning restrictions and such. Only took in 1900 something, very challenging

[@AdamPersson]

Decades!? Nah, you should have people classed as "wonderkids" within 5 years of reaching Allsvenskan. Just look in the right spots! Find some good Spanish players in their 4th division, some african dudes perhaps, a sweet dude from Peru etc. Europe is everything to a save like that though, so you have to get into a group stage every year if you want to progress. I did a save with Älmhult at the start of FM24. Pretty fun, but it becomes tedious after a while when you're reaching the quarter finals every year but never the final etc.

[@Phontoz]

@@AdamPersson yeah i know what you mean but i was counting the climb from the 4th tier and building up of the club in to that very loose timefrime and i also thought i used the wording "real wonderkids" so what would count as a wonderkid in a top 5 oh yeah that not having your players in matchform for the european playofs was a wierd bug in both 10 and 18 ( my favs) is it really still an issue in 24?!?

[@AdamPersson]

@@Phontoz You can get them into shape fairly easily.

[@MattyMadderzz]

I think we need a series where he follows up on the teams he tried to save to see how their future went 😊

[@amesomeumoren9581]

YESSSS

[@jonhawke2305]

Your content has made me a better manager. I adopted one of your FM24 tactics for the 2032/33 season and its carried NAC Breda from Eredivisie relegation fodder to Netherlands Treble champions (in 36/37). We're now perennial title favourites and not looking back. Keep it up Zealand!

[@aydenstephenson1351]

the editing on this series has just continued to get better and I really commend you for making it more engaging! Props to Zealand and the team!

[@kradria]

Your first analysis in this vid was your best ever, great stuff!

[@sem_7015]

That intro is so close to being a fever dream…. Love it!

[@mattjames6349]

thats a very good point, registering players doesn't work the same as england for example. i had a guy come back from a loan and another got injured for the rest of the season. no problem, unregister the injured player and register the guy coming back from his loan. no feelings got hurt. :) don't really know what my plan is for next season when he's fit again but that's a problem for another day!

[@ducenfame7614]

as a Roma fan that save is digusting

[@erpekito]

I'd like to share my success story. I went with Guijuelo in Spanish 4th division and torpedoed my way to 1st div. I made it out of 2nd div thanks to an amazing good run at the end of the season winning basically all matches even though I felt I wasn't ready to go up. I was sure that my first year at the top league would be terrible, but now I'm finishing the season in 3rd thanks to a couple amazing signings. I actually feel that this year the game is too easy, as this wouldn't be possible at all with a total wage of 6M € while Madrid is paying 252M

[@danielsantarosa101]

Regarding the Gonçalo Ramos save, I always feel like Deep Lying Forward gets way more shots at goal than Pressing Forwards.

[@PvtVallen]

PF just feels absolutely garbage, I havent seen it work for any player since like FM18.

[@ebhnielsen2012]

​@@PvtVallen PF(a) is my favorite role, banging them in..

[@chrissharp460]

That last Swedish team was my team on FM11 - you could just play triallists in the league which was an insanely wonderful to constantly have better players than I should at the club.

[@higgnkfe]

I've been on a longterm save in FM21 in Sweden, and you definitely have to buy players before they are 18 get them the 3 years before they turn 21 for eligibility. I have heard it has gotten much harder to sign under-18 players, so it seems like the country has gotten a lot harder to build in.

[@AdamPersson]

You basically have to find good 17 year olds and wait for them to turn 18 so they'll be willing to sign. So you have to keep track of a couple of birthdays every year. Other than that it's fine.

[@thargoff]

They become HGC at 21 if bought at 18 (or: 18 when joining the club). Don't need to be under 18.

[@bdelsouza]

The dude in the Roma save completely destroyed his squad, and I can't understand why

[@Humdrum955]

I get what he said we trying to do. The recruitment just was not there

[@bennettr9218]

some FM players are just simply OBSESSED with immediately selling the old guys and signing tons and tons of wonderkids. Except in this guy's case he replaced them with wonderkids and also Anthony Martial for some reason. Real ones know you need a good balance of old/young players for success.

[@Humdrum955]

@@bennettr9218yeah for sure, think we have all made the mistake of trying to sign an army of wonderkids. The balance is key.

[@bentn13]

@@Humdrum955 I'll totally do army of wonderkids, if i'm not expecting to win, not expecting to have the best dynamics and leadership, if all the old guys are on massive wages or want to leave, if they're just not the quality of the team, like all good reasons to make that kind of squad. Not with the situation Roma has though, and not like that. Those sales were so bad, such low money gotten for them.

[@Humdrum955]

@@bentn13yeah that’s completely valid man for sure

[@lkdgamingchannel5219]

This SYS felt more educational, especially the first part. I loved it

[@arimarismacon]

Gonzalos Ramos as a CF on attack with wingers on IF Attack. The team would become a nightmare to any defense because four very talented players are all looking for opportunities to create and score.

[@DoubleK98]

Gotta love a SYS video

[@sparkomarco6447]

For the guy in Sweden, start signing foreign players who are 18 with potential and better than domestic players, if you can get them to join as back ups or youth players then you don't need to play them all the time. In 3 years time they will become homegrown and you can start building a decent group of homegrown players. This is what I'm doing in Gibraltar to meet the 5 homegrown in the playing squad rule, nearly all my homegrown players originated in other countries, lots were released by English premiership clubs at 18.

[@luscorpio3679]

I've been doing this for France too because of European competition registration. My youth teams haven't produced that many good players (and usually, I send the good ones on loan as soon as they need it) so I've actually struggled once to meet registration requirements, because I was bringing in players on a free from Spain or Portugal who made my team better in the short term (and who I could flip for huge profits a year or two later) and they were taking the spots of my French trained players

[@happyfatkid22]

This feels like when you have a question about something during a test in school and the teacher puts you on blast cause she sees how horrendously off you are on that question so she makes an announcement to the class saying don’t do that

[@hammeruk5831]

you know what would be cool, maybe in like 2 IRL week, we have saving saves review where the people from this video send Zealand an update with an updated save and Zealand share the good news of how things have changed.

[@ethanseldiakov7551]

I learned so much from these videos. Im currently in season 29/30 and 3rd in league 1 with blyth Spartans. Thank you for everything Z

[@ahert3627]

That intro looks like a dream I would have when I was 5💀

[@lmcl6805]

shoutout the sweden save teaching me about the homegrown rules in sweden before i joined trellesborg

[@mattsmith5421]

That sampdoria guys problem is he's replaced the entire team and half the bench in 2 and a bit seasons plus del monche is an absolute gem not in the team, and also I've forgot his name but the kid you buy from Barcelona when his loan finishes is probably the best player at sampdoria and he's nowhere to be seen. I found out how valuable del monche was in the first season in div 2 when Brighton were offering 38 million for a 1.5 star guy in the reserve team.

[@joeridewit1822]

Havent watched a vid for months. But these always bring me back.

[@EstariaValens]

Nice! I consider myself pretty good at the game, but you gave a few tips I can use in my save!

[@mattyzucks]

Jelert is awesome in this game, that was a good signing

[@matthewcross8555]

I have played various football manager games since CM01/02. I watch these as I can't inderstand how people can be this bad!

[@enviousshade1770]

Great video I've been binging from 2yrs ago till this point

[@nabri-nfg3262]

These videos are perfect. Example of why companies need on outside inspectors

[@ousfraton435]

would u say the same defensive advice is appropriate for a 5212 (with cdms) as the first one? always been scared of trap inside as when u watch any good team irl they almost always try and trap teams outside, even in a 5 back

[@ssbooth]

Zea, I love the hexagonal lights you have in the background, where did you get them from?

[@AimanPF]

KL MENTIONED HERE WE GO 🔥🔥🔥🔥🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾

[@ebhnielsen2012]

Gonzalo Ramos can easily be a world beater and topscorer as a pressing forward, but you need to have another guy to support him in the box and players facilitating those guys.. I won everything on FM23 as Rayo by building my offensive line around a PF(a) and a IF(a), with the PF being my main guy..

[@joaopires1761]

7:27 "You're not competing with the Norwegian league" - well, you definitely got that one right! Mainly because they're Danish.

[@juanz5230]

Hey Zealand i love your channel, what do you think about a video making a Run in FM24 For new Players?

[@pascal6871]

I think the hints and explanations for narrow/wide and trap inside/outside are just completely wrong inside the game and the assistants often tell you to do the exact opposite of inside/outside you should do. Hopefully your explanation helps other players to make the correct decision

[@phatbi971]

I always love SYS 🔥

[@donaldleroi9544]

The Zmobil is not something I thought I needed till I saw it

[@PunnyPanther]

Really Understandable Ntactics you got there

[@TheSchmolke]

Talking about FC Nordsjælland competing in the Norwegian League Hurt. Thought you had ball knowledge.

[@eliasweber7498]

7:27 average American moment

[@willmena96]

I'm curious, does Zealand send them an email or something with his advice or is the video the advice itself? I mean, I suppose the video is mostly for us to see what's going on, but idk lol

[@livwake]

Based on comments I’ve seen from people who’s saves have been saved I think this video is the advice

[@willmena96]

@@livwake thanks for the clarification 👌🏻

[@ousfraton435]

would dispute the fact that adamo nagalo and elias jelert are “other players” both of them are absolutely class in my nordsjaelland save. nagalo is my captain in 2030 and has led us to conference league glory and ucl semis and jelert is kobenhavn and denmark’s (who i manage as well) best player and is world class

[@celestial1924]

Best FM creator

[@reverendroar]

Z you’re our FM therapist

[@Volunteer.27]

I've watched so many of these that i can predict Z's "saves" for each save.... and make the exact same mistakes as soon as i turn on FM

[@davidmackenzie9899]

I always try to make my goalkeeper and the back up a homegrown player. Especially if there are limits on foreign player registration, I find that having 3.5 star goalkeeper but a 4.5 star striker is a bigger difference maker than the reverse. So why spend the homegrown squad spot on a goalkeeper, even if you have to spend a big more on the homegrown tax it's worth it. Also I always get a wonder kid goalkeeper come through the youth system within a few years.

[@matoCC14]

That was some awesome intro lol

[@indorexy6831]

Your Videos Are so good!

[@Just_a_second-l2sn]

We see the jersey ❤😊 Morocco is playing today 🎉🎉🎉 Literally watching this video minutes before the game starts 😂🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦🇲🇦

[@Topav05]

Dybala might have left due to his release clause

[@aronaranyossy]

I would LOVE to know what happened to that Swedish save!

[@antwnzrr2]

I am a diamond user in Serie A and never ever ever instruct my players to trap outside. With it I basically tore apart Liga MX with Atlas and now I got Torino flirting with Champions League as I prepare to step them up to the next level with some wonder kids wrapped up.

[@MrSteelisblue]

The Moroccan shirt looks so good on you

[@adamtouil8055]

ikr

[@omnipotentcheese6359]

this 1st tactic is actually a carbon copy of Jesse's time at Leeds

[@marktalbotmusic]

Lmao the intro is classic Z

[@masnun1217]

Never knew Harry Kane had a youtube channel

[@PvtVallen]

I dont know how people can lose in this game anymore honestly, you just load up a default 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 gegenpress, keep dynamics good by balancing playtime, and just sim through as you win every game. SK(A), CWB, BPD, DLP, BWM, MEZ, IW, IF, AP, AF. If you are using any role other than these, thats why you are losing.

[@ameen2664]

im playing fm20 and managing fulham in 2029 like 9 years into the game and matches against big team like man utd and others especially untd what ever defence i do i get completly doomed by 4 and 5 goals . any tips for a team avoiding relegation

[@TheSealDribble]

That intro was so dumb I laughed sooooooooo hard 🤣

[@luscorpio3679]

I thought Sverre Halseth Nypan didn't develop that much in my save with Strasbourg, but he still developed a lot more than in this Nordsjealland save. I wonder what happened there.

[@thargoff]

Real players, especially young ones, have a potential ability (PA) range in FM. As even FM scouts can't really know how good somebody can become in real life. This is shown as negative number in the database, like -10, -9,5, -9, etc., where -10 is the best. -10 stands for a potential ability range of 170-200 out of 200, etc. Halseth-Nypan has -9 which is 150-180, where 150 is decent Prem level while 180 is world class. So, he can be 150PA in one save, while 180PA in another. Usually somewhere in between. So, the ceiling can be very different in different saves. It is locked at the start of a save. And development is determined by a lot of different other factors as well (playing time, facilities, level of league and club, injuries, etc.) anyway.

[@sm42941]

hold the PHONE 2:28 does every fm save also include match replays in the save data?

[@MrSnakepowder]

I want to know what position to use for Lamine LMAO. I use him as Winger but I think he can do more. Any advice?

[@BJPFFC]

To the guy who signed Jelert at Roma. Go for Augustín Giay. He literally Trent for 8 million

[@jonathanlang7294]

No wonder the second save is having issues he needs to play in the Danish and Norwegian leagues thats harsh 😂

[@knappster1754]

Kinda feel like asking you to save my save, I've got 4 injured goalkeepers! Luckily my 16 y/o goalkeeper decided, despite his attributes, he was amazing.

[@Accion_y_Pasion]

Completely roasted that Roma guy. As soon as he said got rid of Dynala and signed martial I said nah

[@Sledgehammer003]

Everyone uses TOO many tactical instructions. Tactic mentality (set attacking even on defensive tacs because of press/pass direct/tempo/attack width options, balanced and counter suck) player roles , player traits , individual player instructions... You only need to set formation specifics. Attacking Width / Passing Directness / Tempo / Approach of play ( as few as possible) / Final Third (as few as possible) then in transition :When Posession has been lost ( something relative to ur pressing/line/formation) / When posession has been won (same as previous) / GK distribution and in out of posession: keep it as basic as possible and adjust. Example: if you use counter and counter press - High Line / High Press on graph / midpoint press intensity (attacking mentality makes it slightly more often pressing) - Get stuck in / stop crosses( OPTIONAL). Example if you use hold shape and regroup : High Press High Line , Slightly Less often press (one click down from middle with attack mentality), NO GET STUCK IN(important), stop crosses (optional). Its still a sit back formation even tho u dont have a mid or low block and its attacking mentality!

[@diogorebelo21]

Good job Sir

[@songoku-bt7gt]

Nice Morocco jacket

[@Popmycherryyo]

Do we ever get like "feedback" or like future videos/updates if your recommendations worked etc? Like especially for the goncalo ramos guy, it would be interesting to see if it actually made him score more, or not. Edit: lol, didnt even read the top comment before I pressed enter, but I guess I was late to the comment section :P

[@walliali202]

I get the find wonderkids before big teams do thing if you’re competing in europe, but what if you’re in a league like Ireland where even winning the title every year and getting to the knockouts in the Duropa league still doesnt give you a big enough budget to even scout outside of the UK let alone buy someone for over £300k?

[@Amine-yo6ov]

love the moroccan kit

[@JoeMercersWay]

Having the same problem with Ramos even though I have a Meta tactic

[@darkwillow1451]

For the guy at 5:00. I'm also doing it in Denmark. And i'm vastly in the same place as you are. Our real long term problem isn't caused by things we control (you will eventually be like 7 season in a row champion), but by the other teams in the league. To compete at higher level means keeping onto the wonderkids Zeeland talks about, which is quite hard if the 3FSuperliga doesn't move up in the hierarchy. I am currently dominating the internal league, and i have just beat Real Madrid... which is funny because half my players want to leave my club to go to Real... because they are a 'better' team. Being a single player game, you could cheat a bit. Save your game before your rivals Europe matches, and reroll it until they win. That will eventually bring them more money and status.. which will raise the League. Depends on how 'purist' you are and if re-rolling rival's matches feels like cheating to you or not. Lets face it, 95% of FM players reroll their youth intake at least. And i wouldn't rule out matches either since the engine is complete bullshit and you either lose 5-0 or win 3-0 without even changing tactics. That level of rng is damn stupid. its like the engine itself has a rating of 1 on Consistency :))))

[@timmyjoshua276]

Wait we could do that with youth intake?, same method save a day before the intake right?

[@charleslucas911]

The easiest way to raise the standard of a lower ranked league is to be the best team in that league for 10+ years and sell/loan to some of your rivals

[@darkwillow1451]

@@charleslucas911 probably loan strategy. Sell them a player and they will sell it further for like half the money u could milk from Real Madrid. I gave Kopenhagen a DC that was a surplus on loan with the option to buy it, they didnt.. and i was giving him almost for free. A DC that a foreign club eventually bought for like 7mil. The managerial AI in FM is still pretty much dumb. Im watching teams decay. The 2nd placed danish team in my save right now is worth less than one wonderkid that i bought 2 years ago. Furthermore, all teams seem to decay... just eliminated Man City in Ch League Quarter finals (and yes, without rerolling a match 50 times). Now im playing Inter in the Semi Final.. and media says "similar size" team. Drew the away game (a big fat 0-0) and now im expected to win the home game. I do have a very strong team though. I have like 5 or 6 wonderkids. I rarely buy established players (and never from Premier League). I just scout South America and make a profit.

[@darkwillow1451]

@@timmyjoshua276 yes. (Im on FM24) The only things that are set at intake preview are name, position and date of birth. The CA, PA, Mentality, Attributes are set on intake day. There are a lot of things you could do to improve your chances. I recommend searching for the youtube channel "evidence based football manager". The guy has a 6 episode long analysis on youth intake. You will learn a lot from it.

[@charleslucas911]

@darkwillow1451 yea you aren't wrong Even further than the management AI I've just seen Liverpool finish 20th in the league with Osimhen up front due to them sacking their manager at the end of the previous season, and simply just didn't replace him, choosing to play the season with No Manager/ assistant or director of football Upon relegation they gave the job to Stevie G

[@youngtuggaaa6424]

For the one with registration issues, just go on vacation and somebody will reg some youth players for you it's been incredibly useful to me 😂

[@gafferrrrr]

😂😂 best intro ever

[@gameplaytv1374]

6:39..... did you just say Sverre Halseth Nypan is NOT going to win him the CL? If anything, that's because he's nordsjaelland, but Nypan in 90% of my saves is too good from the start to be bought by lower clubs. He'd immediately be a starter for PSV, Lyon and the likes and often rejects any move till he's 18 and then moves to PSG straight away. The guy is the best talent in the game

[@gameplaytv1374]

and then the same about Jelert? Z, you are disappointing me now. All your lower league saves have made you oblivious of the FM24 meta. Jelert is one of the best RWB talents around. PERIOD.

[@luisho43]

19:47 😂

[@dynimitedonohue]

Would there ever be a sys for fm console

[@Saltiren]

Do recruiting focuses cost scouting money?

[@dontcareifitstaken]

Did I hear Z describe the signing of Luka Vrbancic as '"really good"?

[@joelharrop2056]

HOLY FUCK IVE SWAM IN THE POOL AT THE START

[@scottbrown3732]

My scouting budget gets drained quickly all the time, I assign all my scouts and keep getting scouting reports from my chief scout for South American players even thought It’s outside my scouting area, how do I fix this ?

[@filipaxmer4286]

Omg my local club J-Södra❤🎉

[@Zabijak426]

How do you go about submitting one of these saves? Dont want to spam different chats :D

[@TiimoTiimo]

nordsjaelland isnt in norway dude :D its close, but not quite lol

[@davidw6458]

Can we get feedback from these guys to see if Z's advice actually helped?

[@Marley14415]

love these

[@msn_hey]

Zealand where do i submit my save for help