10 Ways to Improve at Football Manager 2020
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Күн бұрынI kept a notepad by my side for two weeks and wrote down 10 things I WISH I knew when I started playing that have just made me better. Tips, tricks, tactics and training are all covered trying to plug the loopholes in your gameplay and help you simply win more in FM20.
The improvements are both small things and big things, whatever I noticed while playing. Let me know if you like guides in this format, because I’m happy to make more of them! Other things people might not know are welcome in the comments, ooor which of these tips you didn’t know before so I know what part of the game we should talk about more often.
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@cyphi474 4 жыл бұрын
As 11, i would say: "Communicate with your players. Alot." Praise/Criticize performances and training(loan players aswell). Even if you sometimes piss them off, its good way to build bond with them and spot troublesome players you might want let go for better good. Getting player morale down by harsh aftermatch talk isnt that bad if its player that tends to be complacent in every match and doesnt respond to demanding feedback. Just show him who's boss here, then build trust slowly again. Bend or go.
@epmcgee 3 жыл бұрын
Bro, I watched my friend doing his conference live. I hadn't done much in the way of speaking to individual players, maybe just one or two. He influenced 5-6 of them positively and my effort only got 1 and that was from the team talk. xD Checking for the team meetings as well is important.
@cyphi474 3 жыл бұрын
@@epmcgee Having assistant with high motivating gives you better advice how you should approach teamtalks, but you should build up knowledge of team. Its sometimes difficult to predict, but there are points you should consider like pre-match odds, average team morale, match importance, assistant feedback(pre-match, because it tells you what players are potentionaly complacent, players that are new to team and need gentlier handling because they are nervous), match score, players ratings, players body language, etc. Thats were personal bond between players and you helps, as they will react better if they like you and vice versa.
@bz2886 4 жыл бұрын
Match review session is a great hint. Played this game for 20 years and never noticed whenever this entered the party. Like button just for that one!
@Searchingforgod-j7u 4 жыл бұрын
Were is it match review
@bz2886 4 жыл бұрын
@@Searchingforgod-j7u Training >> Calendar >> Select any slot the day after a match >> Match Preparation >> Match Review
@Searchingforgod-j7u 4 жыл бұрын
@@bz2886 thank you very much pal 🙏🙏 hope your well
@adambooth3113 3 жыл бұрын
“Welcome to 2020” can I go back please🤣
@martinfrench4890 4 жыл бұрын
I do a couple of these already, but the ones I haven't been have blown my mind - PROGRESS GRAPHS! This is great, and even the "obvious" stuff is always worth repeating. Top marks for this vid!
@jamesyeabsley9187 4 жыл бұрын
The only thing i might add, if in pre season you train 3 tactics (especially first season) it takes an age to get familiar, so start initially with one then add another, once thats a bit more familiar add another - by the time you add tactic 3, tact 1 should now be close to fluid. It's the best way to split your training time during pre season.
@JayB_Cnt 4 жыл бұрын
Even thought I've played fm for years you're never too old to find out new things, liked your scouting 1 and enjoying this 1 too. Subscribed👌🏾👌🏾
@charlesmeyrick1219 3 жыл бұрын
The stay calm note is something I had to learn myself and it helped SO much. The most important thing to remember. Back in the day of discs, I sent a copy of FM flying down the bottom of the garden like a frisbee. Still worked the next day. Robust.
@TheGroundHopper 4 жыл бұрын
first video i've watched from you, great summary and covered well, good luck!
@AndyTheBulgarianDude 4 жыл бұрын
Just watched this. "Gonna be a great decade" made me laugh so hard.
@joshuawalker8469 4 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣😭😭
@mistermet214 4 жыл бұрын
Wait for it...
@gustavtandy8867 3 жыл бұрын
NIceGuyWIthAnAXE we are not even 1/10 of the way through the decade. It could still be good
@randomguy2033 3 жыл бұрын
@@gustavtandy8867 what are you saying only 3 months of the year is left
@gustavtandy8867 3 жыл бұрын
Random Guy not even 1/10 of the way through the DECADE
@samrhodes9352 4 жыл бұрын
This helped me a ton, ever since I've started football manager which was yesterday I've been using your videos to understand and help me even more, thank you!
@samrhodes9352 4 жыл бұрын
FM Base it was great thanks, even better cause I used your tutorials on how to download the logos, faces, badges etc. Made my experience even more fun!
@JayB_Cnt 4 жыл бұрын
Ever since I started football manager which was yesterday 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 killed me
@DigiRulesTheWorld 4 жыл бұрын
Very well done. Sometimes I feel that I'm a decent player then I will watch one of your videos and realize I'm not really. You make it easy to understand and I'll take some of these tips with me.
@jankaiser7725 4 жыл бұрын
Happy new year too my friend...as always, useful tips
@evangarber8212 4 жыл бұрын
You’ve got a great voice I’d highly recommend starting a podcast
@craigjames14 4 жыл бұрын
Should definitely look into voiceover work!
@Roscododger 3 жыл бұрын
This aged well
@hamedjabbari5883 4 жыл бұрын
Nearly every single one of the tips was useful for me. Thanks a lot man!
@ivanfed 4 жыл бұрын
Solid content! Thanks for the tips 👍
@moose50gaming 4 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Glad I found you, you have a new sub. I think someone mentioned earlier that the progress bar is only relative to their rating in the first team, so I tend to use attribute progress to see how a player is actually progressing :)
@moose50gaming 4 жыл бұрын
@@ZealandonYT yeah, my only issue is if I bring in a new better player, my current players relative rating will drop, even though they might be improving, so I prefer to look at it stat wise. Great video btw, didn't know about Match review either haha
@Kaspisify 4 жыл бұрын
@@ZealandonYT It can also depend on whether or not you've gone down or up the leagues recently. Some of my top players had a massive drop on the progress bar without any attribute changes due to us going up into the swedish prem from the first div.
@B.Dorin1 4 жыл бұрын
Great about the Match review !!! I thought i had the training all covered :) Seems not - thanks a lot !
@syox3667 4 жыл бұрын
Really good video! You should definetly do another one of those :)
@chazfrancis8148 4 жыл бұрын
Used nearly all of these tips, thanks 👍🏼
@g.g.baxter4868 3 жыл бұрын
The very first thing i always do on a new save, as soon as it lets me on to the screens. Is sort out my staff, everytime. I dont look at my players or transfers. I sort my staff out. Sometimes im halfway through a transfer window before i even start looking at signing players because ive been focused on bring in staff
@AgentZeb 3 жыл бұрын
loved your video, and would love to hear more to improve my play x
@Searchingforgod-j7u 4 жыл бұрын
Your the only American playing football manager....that makes you my best friend 👀👍
@zacwoods 4 жыл бұрын
Ive heard that using multiple tactics is good from others as well but Ive created my own tactic w/ position action adjustments that I use 100% of the time and its been pretty successful.
@philliptaud9464 4 жыл бұрын
really great video! Very helpful and in depth. For someone who plays FM regularly there still was a lot to think about. Can you share what tactics you are using for the underdog role? I am looking for a 4-1-4-1 or a 4-1-2-2-1 but everything I find is very attacking minded.
@Pedro-mm8wt 4 жыл бұрын
Happy new year man!
@kinito992 4 жыл бұрын
Not sure how valid it is, but something that helped me increase my win percentage was looking at the assistant coach's scout report of the opposing team. It would help find either players with low match sharpness, injuries that would tell me that position was prone to mistakes so I can exploit it, or would tell me things like the goalkeeper is error prone or defense isnt great at heading so I would focus on more crosses for example. Also, match sharpness was ridiculously important :D
@Adobomonster 3 жыл бұрын
played a total of over 9000 hours of FM and I've learned something new - match review. Thanks
@MrMeoow91 4 жыл бұрын
Wow thanks for the "match review"
@RicardoFreedom59 4 жыл бұрын
I just bought the game for free and I am a newbie of the game. Your tips are informative and useful, thx!:)
@xilefton 4 жыл бұрын
Love the videos and channel! For videos like this one it would be very nice if you'd put a list of all points in the video description or comments
@colonelcle1t0n 4 жыл бұрын
Great video man, thanks
@nairnfrail416 4 жыл бұрын
Great video! 👍
@fangool 4 жыл бұрын
Happy New Year to you too! Thanks for all the tips! Also: NOTIFICATION SQUAD, WHERE' YOU AT?
@SuperDannyboy1983 3 жыл бұрын
I cant believe I haven't been using match reviews! I've been playing fm since it was cm, what an embarrassing oversight. Thanks Zealand
@Silentfeety 4 жыл бұрын
Great stuff.good job
@joaomacdowell5227 4 жыл бұрын
Very Helpfull, specially the trainning part. not very clear about finding the right staff profile
@monolog4527 4 жыл бұрын
Best youtube vid opening i've ever seen
@Matchew010 4 жыл бұрын
Ah a fellow Kiwi, good lad. Subbed
@dominickilgallon7427 4 жыл бұрын
I'm an extremely experienced player but I have never even heard of the match review in training! Thank you.
@Zeromix 4 жыл бұрын
That's now two of us.
@zyadmohamed5360 4 жыл бұрын
@@Zeromix three
@mikelaker8400 4 жыл бұрын
Great video sir
@TeamTrumpCGN 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you mate !
@aldren707 3 жыл бұрын
Your Videos are GREAT. that's it :)
@JamesLawrenceAllcott 4 жыл бұрын
Great vid
@ChristGS 4 жыл бұрын
18:26 that escalated pretty quickly
@footballtotheedge7464 4 жыл бұрын
good tips man but i think that everyone has his own way to play the game althought i agree with most of em!
@tomwarwick6416 Жыл бұрын
This was the video that got me into Z, never looked back. Up the hammers 🔨
@ytubepaul 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!!
@The04Damian 3 жыл бұрын
so weird watching your older videos without a beard and being a new sub and recognising you only with the beard
@jhbBouwmeester 3 жыл бұрын
Do you take the philosophy of the staff into consideration, when you pick your staff? I do. I found a lot of problems when I had opposing philosophies.
@joemonk1994 4 жыл бұрын
i still carnt make the harvey elliot photo to work is there a facpack out with his photo in it
@footballfumb5495 4 жыл бұрын
I`ll try these, thanks, I`m just getting used to your wry sense of humour !
@RightHookBoxing 4 жыл бұрын
Sweet! Thanks for the tips
@theperformancelocker744 4 жыл бұрын
Nice mate. Liked it. Question, do I need two computers to record this (assuming using game capture?) Or do you do all this on one computer? Thanks
@theperformancelocker744 4 жыл бұрын
FM Base sorry mate. What’s discord haha. I’m a professional football coach. Really want to start a series on this game.
@zimtran5575 4 жыл бұрын
Hard core FM fan here since '08! Great video! I've never heard of the "match review" until now. Playing FM is like watching the series FRIENDS, anytime you re-watch, you'll find something new. Could you share any tip on this problem I've been having: Too many times my team's attempt-shot on goal-goal stats are like 27-14-1, and the other team's: 2-1-1 ... it happens regardless what team I play.
@messismo1058 3 жыл бұрын
I remember buying Lewandowski in FM08 and wondering if he would be good, ah, those were the days
@TheJohanhoglund 4 жыл бұрын
Is this video on fm base in text form?
@alexh8388 3 жыл бұрын
How do you have bits of information on screen during highlights like that? Is that a mod?
@miloogfreskus 4 жыл бұрын
I was wondering, because when you go in a save, all the players are set to a potential ability, no matter how you train them, play them or even if the determination is like in close 18-20. That kinda ruined to fun for me, because now i know, that i can have a great 17 year old with good personality and decent determination and his current ability is 110 and his potential is 120. How do i find the motivation back?
@vintage1701H 3 жыл бұрын
This guy is fantastic. I wrongly thought "there's nothing an American can teach me about football, or FM". Totally, 100%, WRONG. Great videos. 👍
@gurditsinghsachdeva5419 3 жыл бұрын
Hey, so if the team thinks that positive mentality is not good for an upcoming match, do *you* change the mentality?
@johngorny8306 4 жыл бұрын
Swapping tactical roles for players in a structured formation for a certain style of player. I.E can't have a limited central defender playing out from the back as a ball playing defender, 60% of the time he'll just pass it to the opposition.
@johngorny8306 4 жыл бұрын
@@ZealandonYT If you need to compile a more in dept top 10 tips like stuff above the beginner radar, chuck me a msg, ill be glad to help out.
@epmcgee 3 жыл бұрын
I come from the FIFA mindset, but what I would do is start spending money creating youth staff. I would set up scouting networks, with specific instructions on the type of players I wanted to play with. I would only make my player buys once I knew what I wanted. The youth players would end up becoming major highlights in my team. 3-4 of my 1st team squad, with some rotation players, came from the youth I had invested in.
@nunya2587 3 жыл бұрын
I've had my general manager sign a world class player on a free when I wasnt paying attention. Ended up selling him for over 200 million some seasons later. They can honestly get you some gems
@erselosman1380 4 жыл бұрын
Good vid
@elboy19_80 4 жыл бұрын
played Fm for years and I've never looked at the progress... or the match review. Have to start up my save again...
@wownaldal 4 жыл бұрын
Could you plz make a video going in depth with the tactics you choose to use in different situations and player instructions etc. Would be so helpful!
@wownaldal 4 жыл бұрын
FM Base yea i’m curious how you like to play yourself and yes also if you like to use the tactics from the tester or not. I just like watching tactics videos. So just a suggestion for a video - much love
@gm2407 3 жыл бұрын
the attributes are horrendous, how can we track player progress if nothing shows in the final number, we also dont know the vertical scale units as to how much progress has been made, I feel like players arnt changing and I have excellent staff and training as well as playing players regularly in position. how many attribute numbers should change per year? I need to see the numbers go up.
@ByFeuer 4 жыл бұрын
What skin are you using?
@Yavul85 2 жыл бұрын
I've just got into FM2020 (Yes Late) But noticed at the time of recording Faisal Al Badri was declining behind the scenes possibly due to him being noted as the worst at training at the nedt screen. Maybe older lack of work ethic starting to let him down and inturn decline him as a player?
@Chengyuan79 Жыл бұрын
Finally, someone who is still in FM20~! LOL~! 😄 Have been typing long essays in other Zealand youtubes, so let me (try to) keep it short here. Many good tips here. For a long time save, getting the best possible staff is the most important indeed (my saves are usually for decades. My current Milan save is into 2043 or something.) But anyway, just answering your (and Zealand's) point of training players, etc - Ermm, I am a simpleton. To me, the game has not changed from it's core from CM97, which is just about getting good players, and letting them run riot. All the micro-ing doesnt really matter, if your starting 11 (and the bench) has players with damn high CA/PA (aka 5*-s in the current FMs). Which, yes, includes training. My current Milan team has more than half of the players who are "Fairly" something, and they win all the same. Because, well, 4*s and a 5* SC who scores despite a Finishing of 13 (15 at 31yo though. No idea why. Nothing has changed, hmmm ...)
@Sqhuacky89 4 жыл бұрын
Nice video! Regarding the mentoring section.. Do you use one mentoring group for attackers, one for defenders and one for goalies? Or do you use one group with a mix of players from different units?
@ReeceTheEditor 4 жыл бұрын
Sqhuacky89 turns out, this question is answered is Zealands latest video on mentoring!😅 check it out!
@Sqhuacky89 4 жыл бұрын
@@ZealandonYT Thank you :) Will try this out:)
@jallen1504 4 жыл бұрын
Happy new year? Gosh
@chickenpotpieboy4108 4 жыл бұрын
One thing I found when taking a team to the next level is that you need a squad of hard working professionals. If they work hard, no team can beat you
@TheHoldenmcgroin 4 жыл бұрын
Great video, some excellent advice. Bit weird not hearing it from a British accent though. lol. ;)
@luizeventos6414 4 жыл бұрын
As a Flamenguista this tumb brings me bad firmino memories
@phd_angel4192 3 жыл бұрын
Handle Briefings is a pain. I deactivate it. Great video though.
@dudzi30 4 жыл бұрын
I'm not happy at all about learning football from an american but this is a good guide😂😂
@gokhansari6500 3 жыл бұрын
Did you ever regret saying 2020 would be great ? Thanks for the info by the way :)
@epmcgee 3 жыл бұрын
"Slow-mo so you can see what's happening" Since this is on 1.5x, thank you.
@xDriger 3 жыл бұрын
Watching this makes me realise I don’t even play this game, I just spam continue. Although I have won the league 3 times in a row so fk it
@cellyszn20 4 жыл бұрын
I had an Home Grown Youth player called Matt Bell (gen) for St Albans and he has been in the first team since 17 every year great seasons from league 2 to prem but my staff were telling me he needs to be sold now ASAP whilst he had a 12 mil valuation for his prem apps, they were showing he is not improving in fact, he went down from championship current ability to league 1 and basically found that he had reached his potential but his arrows were always up so I played him ignored the coach till this guy was making so many mistakes in a match, he just went bad but he was a worker, anyways I sold him to zulte waregem for 11.25 mil absolute bargain. Fans hated me though cos he was loved by them. Point is he is right defo those arrows are arbitrary by nature.
@lalalalallabxhshsb 4 жыл бұрын
Why my player morale down after match review?
@messismo1058 3 жыл бұрын
If you lost that match it could be the case.
@panic_seller 4 жыл бұрын
This game has sooo many bugs, can you believe goal difference bug has never been solved??? And you want me to look at the progress charts?? LOL, All my players kept switching in between 4 and 5 stars every matchday. I had a player who had very bad training week report and he scored a hattrick, while the best player in training performed poorly on the match, a striker with all the best attributes like finishing 18 missing clear cut chances while my winger who had finishing 8 was top scorer. So many wierd stuff happening in this game i don't even bother playing it the way I used to. Sometimes we concede very funny goals they look forced, like all the teams scoring their only shot on target. Things like training, press conference, staff, scouting are all broken. So is the Match Engine, and that's how I can go over 2-3 Seasons Unbeaten. Man City manager wins Champions League but gets fired because he finished second in the Premier League. I LOVE THIS GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@Cosmonaut1337 3 жыл бұрын
15:33 haha so true
@joshbennett6852 4 жыл бұрын
God I miss 2019
@lukaluka4868 4 жыл бұрын
My biggest struggle as starter is navigating throgh menu
@lukaluka4868 3 жыл бұрын
@bernd lauert i dont understand but ok
@TheDrewmike 4 жыл бұрын
Watching this video because I got sacked and need some motivation
@jovicaduro7204 3 жыл бұрын
How improve?why you loosing?...sometimes mistake is "puzlle out of picture"..wrong PI..and win again..follow of effect from PI ..PI helping do change formatio .how?like roam from position player go forward if ypu playing 4-4-2 tell you wingers roam from positom and formation is 4-2-4..
@Bmajor9799 4 жыл бұрын
!notepad
@MetaBrainX 4 жыл бұрын
The " progress graph" is just about CA and reputation/form. It's the same as the Current Ability starts the Assistant Manager gives a player. If he plays a couple of bad games, they stars will go down. If your club improves massively (better players elsewhere, massive increase in reputation due to increase, re-evaluated reputation), the stars WILL go down. And NO attribute changed a single point. Because the players are rated relatively, so this graph, for me, is useless. Use the attributes graph.
@MetaBrainX 4 жыл бұрын
@@ZealandonYT Yeah I agree, but I believe the star graph is flawed because it might go down (or up) regardless of how player is doing. I would love to be proved wrong however.. Example: Player X, static CA of 100 - no stat changes whatsoever, zero. Club massively overachieves and is promoted to the top flight league = less stars for player in the Progress Graph so it looks like he regressed, when its only the club that got better. Club compeltely tanks, relegated when it was expecting a fight for the tittle = player stars go UP because now club is "worse" compared to the player. I'll do some quick tests using the in-game editor to validate my hypothesis when I get home however, I would hate to be leading you and others here into false truths!
@809Alan 4 жыл бұрын
Im so fucking shit at this game, I went from qualifying Dundalk United to the Champions League group stage all the way from the second qualifying round, winning league titles like Manchester City did it in 18-19 (Behind in the final league games and end up going over 10 consecutive wins to win it) Beat A GROUP STAGE CONTAINING BAYERN MUNICH, FERNEBAHCE, LIVERPOOL by using Zenit. I don’t understand 😭😭😭🤦🏾♂️ now i can barely muster up a promotion challenge from Serie C to Serie B. Before I used to do it in only 1 season now I feel like it’s hard asf, my tactics don’t work it sucks.
@jamesmcdevitt5327 4 жыл бұрын
Get on with it .
@b----d 4 жыл бұрын
Sorry but 1st one u are completely wrong bro. The progress depends on the stars, stars depend on your team strength. So probably this second guy (gromyko) progress curve dropped just in the moment you bought/got a way better player in your team. Check it out n u will see ;)
@b----d 4 жыл бұрын
@@ZealandonYT ok thats interesting, i will put more focus on that. Thx ✌ Btw thank you, your other tipps are very nice too, i am veteran player since cm3 and some i didnt know yet 🤣❤
@b----d 4 жыл бұрын
@@ZealandonYT so true man, even i play now at 4am 🤣
@kevinikeonu3844 4 жыл бұрын
Gem
@resotronarchives 4 жыл бұрын
Don't actually use the progress bar to show that a player is getting better. That bar is nearly entirely broken. A player can have lost serious attributes for years and that bar will suggest that he's improved.
@connorsutton 4 жыл бұрын
Who calls the dof the “general manager” 😂😂 it’s not a supermarket. 🤣
@kierantuvkey4911 4 жыл бұрын
wtf a loan manager?
@DennisBmg98 4 жыл бұрын
Hair Loss gang, where you at? :D
@lewisblackwiththenicehair 4 жыл бұрын
@@ZealandonYT know the feeling
@Manj3nkins 4 жыл бұрын
Progress graph is super misleading, considering it’s based on player star ratings and not their actual attributes. If you have an influx/ exodus of players it can cause a massive change in the progress graphs across the board for all of your remaining original players
@MC-kq6ds 4 жыл бұрын
It's only 6 months later how come he looks so much older now
@stephenreader2049 4 жыл бұрын
Over the holiday period? to most, it was the Christmas period. Shocking.
@stephenreader2049 4 жыл бұрын
@@ZealandonYT lol, only the loony left and the pc brigade call it the holiday period. I work within a multi-cultural environment and no one calls it the holiday period apart from the uptight loony left and the political correctness idiots, normally weak, middle-class white folk. Only 32% of the world is Christian? what the hell is that got to do with it? Any other spiritual, religious or faith beliefs haven't had to change their names for their celebrations.
@WizoIstGott 4 жыл бұрын
@@stephenreader2049 It´s called the holiday period because there are a lot of religious and cultural festivals and holidays in a short period between December and January. You got Bodhi Day, Hannukah, Kwamzaa, Various Muslim and Pagan Holidays and Christmas, which itself has different dates between the sects of christianity and different additional holidays like Boxing Day depending on where you live. Since you can´t expect everyone in your audience to celebrate the same event and it would be tedious to list every single one you say happy holidays to include all of them. If you know the person you are talking to is christian its completely fine to wish them merry christmas, same as with every other event. This has nothing to do with being left leaning, this is just common sense.
@stephenreader2049 4 жыл бұрын
@@WizoIstGott lol, alright snowflake. If you truly believe that, good luck in your bubble life.
@WizoIstGott 4 жыл бұрын
@@stephenreader2049 I just gave you a satisfying explanation of why i disagree with you, and you seem to be unable to respond with anything of substance. Calling people snowflake instead of engaging with the arguments they offer is pretty childish and shows your inability to engage with different views. Have a good day
@stephenreader2049 4 жыл бұрын
@@WizoIstGott You are so up your own backside fella. Jump down from your high horse and take a good look at the real world. Because you think you wrote something all deep and meaningful, it does not mean one thing. Snowflake, all the way
@jovicaduro7204 3 жыл бұрын
Fm is not game likes another it is problem wich many peopls dont unerstand..your rules dont for me..and my team
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