Be a Scouting Expert on FM

[@willybob7384]

Thanks to you, Zealand, I’ve become a better man; a better husband; a sensual lover and a loving father. And it’s all down to your fm tips. Cheers from GB.

[@skganno7771]

I second that!!

[@COYBIG1967]

😂😂😂 brilliant

[@2xAcTiOnXJaCkS0nx]

Lmfao 😂

[@digitalT83]

you have fm and still manage to have a wife and kids?

[@elitacilan891]

Hahaha

[@benashe72]

The sad thing is that the people who didn't watch Zealand record this live will never know how many takes that chair fall took.

[@Britonbear]

I think he should have done the reverse film thing to come back up.

[@fmgamer1894]

Love all of these. You’ve helped enhance my game so much

[@KianJustSux]

Actual data analysis is really helpful in signing players in real life It is really under represented in the game and the stats that you can get for a player is really limited You see channels like Tifo Football and how you can use data to find gems is surprising I hope in FM 21 they revamp this

[@allisonwilliams958]

Zealand, you are my Senpai! After listening to the tips you gave on scouting on your Twitch channel I overhauled my scouting. Hiring scouts with knowledge of Africa and Central & Eastern Europe to try and find cheap wonder kids and it has taken probably about a year in game but it starting to pay off. I've just signed a 16yo attacking midfielder from Liechtenstein with 4 star potential who was on non-contract terms with a club in Liechtenstein. All I've had to pay is a 19K signing on fee and his basic wages.

[@davidmorris3861]

Please can you do one on Affiliate clubs?

[@lewisblackwiththenicehair]

The people asked, and the man provides, what a legend

[@frenchbanditi5971]

Having spent the past 2 seasons with Chesterfield in the Sky Bet Championship; My primary field of scouting is for sustainability in said league (As well as moving forward). We play 46 god damn games in the league alone, never mind Fa cup, Carabao cup etc. As you have eluded before in one of your videos, (And by watching Leeds - Take me home (Amazon), it is a VERY expensive league considering it's not top tier. Don't really know where I was going with this point but, I need to balance the books, AND have a BIG depth chart to keep player turnover for fitness etc. As ever, awesome video, keep em coming, can't wait for your fm21 videos :) Lyl from the U.K

[@NotesfromtheBenchRWDP]

For those who weren't there for the live stream, it took sooo many takes to get his chair to actually give way xD

[@benfleck576]

You are a legend in the FM community. U have sorted my saves out no end. Stay safe pal. We need u to lead us. Plus ur funny to boot

[@26Winti]

only 5 min in the video and the first thing I learned had nothing to do with scouting but that there is an option to filter only realistic staff members for your reserve and under 18 team. That will make it so much easier looking for good reserve staff by myself.

[@OuvinteAmigao]

How do you filter the staff that will like to join your team??? must of my searches comes with staff that dont want to come... :'(

[@xxEyelessificationxx]

Someone has to cut a compiliation from your intros. It would be magnificent.

[@Roscododger]

Reece! This would be a great video for your channel!

[@stefanmirkovic1840]

I swear these intros are getting better and better

[@lordwaleane5397]

Zealand, Director of Football is also great of finding players. Can ask him for regular transfers, loans, expiring contract and free transfer players. Much useful on lower clubs. Need to have high attributes for Ability, Potential and Negotiating. Try do a video for that.

[@casteri]

When you stay up until 2 am twice to see it made and the end product

[@pandaplaysgamess]

relateable content

[@mikeofpompey6146]

The one I’ve been waiting for! Great work again!

[@maxinist]

enjoying more and more your videos... good info, good jokes... pleasant person

[@apoelineuropa9156]

Could you please make a guide on mentoring players? Big fan btw.

[@ZealandonYT]

I already did this if I remember correctly

[@apoelineuropa9156]

@@ZealandonYT Ok, thank you very much.

[@Roscododger]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIfOZ4uiit6KkKc This is it.

[@danlehman4646]

I somehow just noticed why I recognize the faces you have. They're NHL players.... I feel dumb.

[@dhanarputra555]

Scouting, the most frustating and exciting part when playing FM (for me).

[@tjarkvos7847]

36 seconds in and you deserved a like already

[@fuzzykeuh]

Scouting a specific match can sometimes be used to unsettle a player you want. This works best when he plays for club with less reputation then yours. The presence of scouts might unsettle him if you already showed interest, and make him more likely to want to leave, or at least prevent him from signing a new contract. Not scientificly proven, but it can also be a good test, to see how good he performs under pressure.

[@Roscododger]

When are Reece's videos coming out on his channel? I've went and subscribed anyway 👍

[@ReeceTheEditor]

Won’t be too much longer! - just got a few hurdles to jump and we will be good to go. Thanks for the sub!

[@Roscododger]

@@ReeceTheEditor Sounds good! Look forward to it.

[@nicholasgiles500]

You forgot the time length section. I normally assign them to 'ongoing' too... Mainly because I send them each to their own region around the world. This way it just keeps looking for wonderkids all the time. (Obviously after the first 3-5 years in a club)

[@Jensvanfmc]

Thanks for your video! 'ijs' in 'Verlijsdonk' has to be pronounced as 'ice'. Greetings from the Netherlands :)

[@TylerGutwein]

Awesome work

[@lewisblackwiththenicehair]

If you're a few years into a save and want regens then I can't recommend Peru highly enough, there are so many fantastic cheap players around every save, I go in and look around the teams at the start of every season and scout anyone under the age of 20, obviously there will be a lot of duds too, but you'll find a lot of good players in there. Scotland is also quite good too, again the players are just so cheap, you should be able to pick them up at almost any team

[@iamdodzwardo3433]

Subscribed because of that intro..

[@saadniazi8110]

Video starts at 2:32. You're welcome.

[@1grobare]

Great video as always! Also your intros are great, dont ever stop doing them!:D So a question if anyone can help me. How to prevent my director of football to keep sending me every single transfer news about every single player that I have ever scouted in the past in my inbox? I got like 20 news in inbox almost every time I continue, especially during transfer window.

[@Roscododger]

Not sure what that is. If they're in your shortlist, they will send you updates on that player. Go in Staff>Assignmets>Scouting and it says "When scouting a player, shortlist him (for 1 week, 1 month etc.). If you turn that off, they shouldn't be added to your shortlist and if you clear your shortlist, you shouldn't get updates on them. Hope this helps.

[@1grobare]

@@Roscododger Ohhh I owe you big time! Couldn't find a solution anywhere and it was really annoying. My spacebar was hurting as well:D I had It set to add them on shortlist indefinitely so whole world of them in my shortlist default shortlist. Thank you!

[@Roscododger]

@@1grobare No worries mate.

[@blackhorne]

Great video Zealand! Have one question though, how about Duration of the scouting? Is this relevant? Should it be "Until Finish", "Ongoing" or set time frames, like 1 month? Are there benefits on any of the choices? Thank you

[@Roscododger]

That depends. "Until finished" is discouraged imo. They just scout for a while and stop. If you want, for example, for a scout to just keep scouting Germany for prospects, use ongoing. But, for example, if you want a new Goalkeeper and you need it quickly, use a certain timeframe.

[@blackhorne]

@@Roscododger Thank you, for your explanation. It helped me understand better the scouting duration...

[@Zeerse_Chef]

I didn't know about how to set a package, I think on one save I'd even put no package to rely on scouts only and couldn't work out why I couldn't see world famous players on the player search

[@tdegraaf1990]

Congratulations on the `Verlijsdonk´, im Dutch.. our pronunciations are horrible and I would be very proud if I were you! For a non Dutchy, great interpretation :D

[@xanthipposs]

i found whenever i have players on trial they instantly get offers from other clubs so when managing a small club who prob can't compete with those offers i find them to be more detrimental

[@2xAcTiOnXJaCkS0nx]

im not gunna lie i've only ever owned Fm Mobile but watching this channel is making me want to go buy the PC version lol im getting the itch

[@googleforcedhandle]

Don't know if you already did it before, you can you make a video about those red flags players could have like injury prone and stuff like it? Just to know how bad can those really be, maybe some sound bad but actually don't change much

[@vishnuj8375]

Why Don't I have the create new assignment button?

[@ggregor123]

"I am me" was actually really funny

[@emmettshea]

Lol you're saving me in quarantine Nice shirt btw

[@wildmanmountainjack3725]

Another great video. Did you mention the ongoing option?

[@ZealandonYT]

If I didn't, it's there! lol

[@ruebenquick6653]

I always wondered, what is the difference between what you see with low presenting data and how that is different from high presenting data?

[@TheLongHorn4LIfe]

One scouting question I can never get a clear answer on is if newgens are generating in regions like West Africa depends on league and database settings? For example, I usually just add the recommended leagues as playable and all the rest view only with a large database. I don't mess with the custom database settings, am I wasting time if I send a scout to West Africa or do newgens spawn there regardless? Clarifications on which regions are spawning new players in that set up would be appreciated.

[@Shaunography]

Any tips for international scouting? It's a mess and I can't seem to get to much of my national pool to be scouted

[@keinzasta8399]

I don't have the choice between delegating it and doing it myself. In fact I can only switch between doing it myself( but without any additional options) or let my staff do it. Help?

[@alloutfootball1686]

Hie Zealand hope you're good. Could you please make a video about player traits and which is best suited for each position and role. And also for respective attributes.

[@Roscododger]

This kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZ6QqmupYrqEnsk and kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGnOYndqjp5lf7c should help.

[@מישלקגן-ח2ש]

3:56 it was this momen he knew he fucked up

[@LogicalBS]

For me I can’t click the new assignments?

[@fightevil2507]

Thanks. I need help I have old player like Mane and Salah who are 33 and 34 How can I utilize them they are lacking in pace and acceleration

[@Jur1_00]

Use them in roles that don't rely on pace for example the enganche

[@bv2623]

Use them as poachers in games you expect to dominate/spend a lot of time in the opponents box. Or like Darj Azorji said, use them as playmakers (if they have the mentals and technique). Or get rid of them, as their wages are probably too high to justify their niche role in the team.

[@rasmusjensen291]

Help I keep getting players that want me to sign them. I don't know how many times I've pressed ''Discard''

[@Jur1_00]

They shouldn't come up again once you've discarded them unless they are in your shortlist for some reason

[@brianp993]

When your scouts are looking for players, will they find players that are not in your scouting package, or will they only find players that are in the package you're paying for?

[@kobiequevedo5255]

Question: How long does it take for a scout to finish scouting a place / region?

[@JayB_Cnt]

How I scout for wonder kids set the age 14 to 18, then potential very good and keep it ongoing.

[@Szymanski52]

Please help me, ich have some trouble to acutally see the american youth players. I got a staff member with knowledge about the USA, but nothing shows up. Im a doing somthing wrong? Btw i got the worldwide scouting packet

[@WizoIstGott]

This could be up to your database setup, if you have a database that doesn´t include those players they won´t show up no matter how you scout

[@Szymanski52]

@@WizoIstGott So i have to select the MLS as a playable option?

[@WizoIstGott]

@@Szymanski52 you could also go to where it says small/medium/large database and go to custom and add players from nation players based in nation

[@Szymanski52]

@@WizoIstGott Where i can find this? Is it possible to do that in a running savegame?

[@WizoIstGott]

@@Szymanski52 no that is for when you set up the database, in a running game your best bet is to add the league and hope your database is big enough to cover youth players. I just mentioned it because if you are only interested in players from a region and not interested in managing over there, adding a playable league will slow down your system way more than just upgrading the size of your database will

[@radiusone216]

Regarding scouting competitions, say if a scout is looking for players in the UK, aren't they finding players by watching matches? So if they are looking for players in the premier league is that any different from just asking then to scout that competition?

[@ZealandonYT]

I scout a whole country so that smaller league players do not get overlooked

[@radiusone216]

@@ZealandonYT thanks, but in your opinion are the scouts only using the games they watch to find players? So if for some reason I ask the scout to look at premier league, championship, league 1 and 2, reserves, youth, both cup competitions is this the same as selecting "scout england"? Reason is that im wondering if you ask the scout to look at just a couple of specific competitions like premier league, championship, fa cup, reserves, youth instead of the lower leagues and that weird cup where premier league reserve teams play league 1 and 2 teams if this will speed up finding higher quality players as they don't have to watch more lower quality games where they are less likely to find better players? Not sure if the question makes sense but there doesn't seem to be a way to exclude certain competitions for the scout so the only other way would be to specifically tell them to only watch certain ones Btw, thanks for the videos they are always useful and Ivre found out useful information like the stars and scouting numbers being relative to your team etc which I never knew

[@charlesmeyrick1219]

Wondering if anyone knows this - when I tried the demo, I wasn't able to turn off player attribute masking - is that a feature of the game now, or can you just not turn it off in the demo?

[@greghoward9303]

I just started a save with vitoria guimaraes in the portuguese first division and am in the winter transfer window. Huge emphasis on developing youth and i have good depth of potential in my youth team. I dont really have enough funds to warrant a star first team signing. What type of players should i be scouting and looking to sign in the next couple transfer windows?

[@Roscododger]

You said it yourself. You aren't the biggest team in Portugal, so you should be signing players Under 23 for the future. Dont spend more than 6 or 7 million on each player. Keep doing that until you start winning the league and getting in the Champions League regularly. Then you can afford to buy first team players.

[@EL-tl9xx]

FM is built to make you succeed. You dont need any particular tips to be good at FM.

[@BillyJuddd]

Can scouting attributes change over time?

[@tobedahl5464]

I'm kinda stuck on my current save where i'm winning the league without any problems (i'm FC Copenhagen) but can't take the next step and perform in europe. Any advice on how i take the next step?

[@ZealandonYT]

Have to invest intelligently in youth to reach the next level

[@greghoward9303]

How many scouts is excessive to scout brazil?

[@Vesper2]

3:57 it was at this moment he knew

[@antw4065]

Can someone answer this for me? Is there any point in scouting a nation/competition if, when you started the game, you didn't select that country as playable or visible? I tend to start as a premier League team and don't move clubs so don't bother selecting other countries at the game start as it slows down my computer. Does this make scouting other countries pretty useless?

[@Roscododger]

There will still be a database of players outside the Premier League I believe but it will be small if no other countries are simulated.

[@Leiwen168]

You got my sub. Simply to great videos to not subscribe.

[@ДрВилијамЛутерПирс]

Can you share you bate save? tnx

[@fitzmetzger5831]

Where did Jordy Verlijsdonk come from, can’t find him in my save

[@ZealandonYT]

He’s not real unfortunately, real faces on regens pack

[@petermoore5676]

Why is the opposition scout so important?

[@adrichiro]

How is your coaching staff can be 19?

[@s999x2]

Is there a way to force the scouts to scout players of my list before showing me new players?

[@Jur1_00]

Yes, you go to "player search/assignments/scout priorities" and move the players up the list so they get scouted first

[@s999x2]

@@Jur1_00 thx. I do this but my scouts always bring new players to scout. I would like to stop this until listed players are fully scouted. My list has 60 players at the moment and gets bigger with every interesting Player they show me...

[@tullster21]

Holy Mackerel.

[@Asimovicc]

JAJAJAJA loved the intro

[@riko_z9962]

You sound like SSgt. Adams in Arma III

[@Hoodie3]

I like when Fedex handles my package

[@emrinho2894]

I have 20 Scouts (21 with my Chief Scout) and i never won the Champions League. (im playing with Rennes in France)

[@Roscododger]

Haha scouts dont win you games. Not directly anyway.

[@DajoDeep]

Scouts help you look for potential players that might help you. Of course finding a good player is one of the things that help your squad to be much better, but there are a lot more factors to consider other than scouting such as your tactics, team cohesion, training, affiliates, other staffs(coaches for better trainings,physio and sports scientist to help you reduce injury risk and for injury to be healed faster) Try to improve on a lot of different ways to see what makes your squad play better. Good luck on winning again 👌🏻

[@alexwatkins1931]

1:58 why did that scare me? 😂😂

[@jibberism9910]

Dude. I'm about to leave, still not knowing anything.

[@psychospin1]

If you have the editor, you can easily see that even 20/20 scouts are useless

[@dontevenlook]

This video is so sickeningly KZbin. More cuts than a Michael Bay film.

[@ZealandonYT]

Less explosions tho regrettably

[@eelco_de_haan]

verlijsdonk = fair-lice-donk(-ey).

[@nickfury8973]

Bro, I thought Andrea was a guy. Then I searched Andrea Vos and found her on LinkedIn. 🤦‍♂️😂

[@shyuezhengng2183]

wasnt he beardless?

[@joealdridge5621]

lad

[@iurifilipe8750]

I am currently doing a save in Portugal, in season 4 at the moment and James Maddison was just released by Leicester. He has gone down to 2.5 stars? He his still youngish but can any one explain what could have happened? Can this be caused by injuries? I signed him any way but he is still 2.5 stars and so is his potential. Edit: Can also some one tell me how to find Messi’s regen because he has just retired in my game but I am a month in or so but still cannot find him? Thanks

[@RagingAggron]

First regarding Maddison - the stars is a representation of how good the scouts think he is compared to your best player. So lets say that you have a player like Pogba on your team, then Maddisons star rating would be compared to him and then it would be fair to say that he is a 2.5 star. It could be injuries, or that he somehow didn't develop correctly - or that the scout is bad at his job. Second - There are no regens of existing players in FM. Instead there is new generated players that comes through in the youth intakes of all clubs. You could find the next Messi with a bit of luck, but you wont find a copy of him like you would in FIFA. In my current save, the next Messi is an Italian. In my last save it was a South African. In my main save last year it was a player from Andorra (which just sounds crazy, but he was a beast lol. 60 goals in one season when he was at Bayern Munich)

[@iurifilipe8750]

Raging Aggron Thanks for the explanation, my best midfielder is a guy by the name of Lewis Baker and he is only 3 stars and my best player overall is my goalkeeper who is a regen worth £43 million and is 4.5 stars. Most of my team apart from my goalkeeper is around 3 stars. Thanks for explaining the regen process and thanks for the explanation on what could have happened to Maddison.

[@bebz59]

@@iurifilipe8750 bad injury?

[@iurifilipe8750]

David Clinging Just check and it seems that he did have a injury which meant that he only played 26 after the first season in the game, 20 in the second season and only 6 in the 3rd. Well 2.5 stars is still good for my team and I am training him in a different position for depth. Just signed Mount from Chelsea so he will be my main man in the middle. He was transferred listed and got it at half price for around £20 million so it is all good. Thanks for all the info guys. Thank you very much.

[@christopherfers1569]

This fucking dude makes me laugh.

[@gurhanosmanoglu4743]

20 minutes are too long to watch men.. will be great if you can explain the things as short as it is possible

[@ZealandonYT]

I rewatched it three times looking for more things to cut, it's all info after the introduction -- sometimes on these overviews of sections you have to just let loose a 20 bomb. I promise the newer ones will be shorter

[@n00bma5ter69]

That voice does not look like it comes out of that body

[@BenChowdhiry]

Absolutely love these videos First FM was 2018, which I played but not really properly and let the game carry me most of the way Next one was 2020 and I thought fuck it I need to take this shit on, so these videos are super super helpful, and it's so much easier that you're entertaining to watch 😅 Keep them coming!

[@petertr2000]

Questions! 1 - How does asking for scout reports interfere with the long term scout assignments? Does it really drag someone back from Brazil to watch someone in England for a game? 2 - Does having no assigment allow a scout to get through that backlog pipeline faster?

[@Jur1_00]

I'll start by answering no 2. So when ever you click on "get scout report" you idle scouts are those that gets the report done because they currently have no assignment. Linking that with question 1; when your scouts all have assignments and you click on "get scout report" on a player, that player is added to a waiting list until a scout is free. Go to "scouting/assignments/scout priorities" this will show you all the players that are currently being scouted and you can move a player to the top of the list so the report cones in faster and you don't have to wait for all the other players to be scouted first

[@jackpastor7147]

I remember watching the intro the rest I think I watched it don’t know at this point

[@mathijsa5153]

18:35 if you want to try that pronunciation again, its ver (which you did correct) ijs ( pronounce it as "ice" , this sound is almost impossible for people unfamiliar with Dutch) and then donk (which you nailed). Oh and btw, you are named after a Dutch province as well. Just a fun fact imo.

[@thespongemonkey]

*Rips off Mask* It was ME the whole time!

[@KingLamink]

Scouting's the one thing that actually get, still gonna watch this video and inevitably find out I'm doing it completely wrong

[@adamwebber419]

Your definitely the best FM youtuber

[@DigiRulesTheWorld]

I'm a huge fan of the Offer Trial. Especially with low budgets.

[@Jur1_00]

Getting a data analyst report is important when you're not sure about 2 very similar players to sign. You could find out that maybe one player has a way better conversion rate than the other one

[@Jur1_00]

@@williamcross210 oh yes, I'll blame that on autocorrect

[@mickeyjupp1]

How do you MANAGE to SPEAK by STRESSING EVERY SINGLE WORD? Just asking

[@ZealandonYT]

Exactly like that actually

[@iainvos5534]

Also since you didn't mention them, Croatia, Slovakia, Czech republic, and Serbia are great places to find talented players on the cheap that are not restricted by the foreign player rules of say Spain and Italy. After finding that one out I always make sure to turn those leagues on at the beginning of each save. Also if the scouting report is below a 75 I don't even bother taking a look unless they are in the 16-19 age range. Everything ranging from 75 to 85 goes into a separate short list, then everything 85+ goes into a separate shortlist, and the youth players go into a separate one as well. And then when the transfer window comes around I have a list of players that I can browse through to see which player fits my needs the best.

[@kevincampbell256]

What I do is manually at the start of my career is to look for players based on the position and attributes I need and filter to see how wanted they are from other clubs and negotiate for them. I found this channel yesterday I must say I like it. Keep it up Zealand.

[@apzgaming5861]

Love the intros!!!

[@nealm6764]

You can pretty much just leave your chief scout to do all of that by leaving him in charge, and then just manually send the scouts out on the same searches by clicking on the focus and then making short term assignments, assigning scout to search specified areas for the players based on the same criteria you used, and the chief scout automatically assigns the best scout to do the job. If you want Columbia scouted he assigns the scout with the most knowledge of Columbia, so you don't have to look and find which one it is before giving the assignment. That way you don't have to deal with all the other micro managing with your data analysts etc. Unless you want less playing and more micro managing with your game.

[@lalocar37]

I always gotta skip the first 2 minutes of his videos

[@Roscododger]

Mate you are missing out on the best intros on KZbin

[@chepachem8351]

You got the best intros. Lol