that Garnacho Picture 😅👌

The scariest thing when going through the coaches was that two of the ones you picked up were formerly Alex Ferguson's assistant managers and you didn't even realise

11:00 “this guy” that’s Brian Kidd a Utd legend who won the European cup in 1968 with them as a player!

Music is giving me vlog vibes

I'm at 11,364 hours since 2015. However, I estimate 1,500-2,000 hours of "waste" (forgetting to shut down game, or leaving to go shopping for groceries and such. Still. Both proud and extremely not-proud.

The fact Antony has such high stats is criminal

Zealand - I've been trying out a Head Coach challenge on my save; basically you only handle tactics and training; you let the DOF deal with the transfers in and out (with your minimal input). Be interested to see how you find a challenge like that one!

What is that music ? sounds like the ending to a really good TV show you just finished watching as the main character walks into the sunset

'The team isn't big enough to need 2 fitness coaches' - bro didn't watch United IRL this year 😁

Lo-Fi Zealand Beats to Relax/Study to

Zealand axing basically the whole coaching team is insane. As a Manchester United fan I loved it

Interesting to see how you do your coaches. In my Gladbach save, I have a majority English coaching team bc I am English managing in Germany. I like to imagine it helps me communicate with my coaches (it makes no difference realistically). My assistant manager is also the same age as me and can speak fluent German. I like to imagine we are good mates and he helps me with German words. Little things help immerse me lol

10:45, wow what an insanely useful tip

Best Tip is when your looking for new staff at the start of the save search for HOYD without a club, with a min of 15 for tec-tac-def-att there you will find newgens that you can sign as coaches for the first team or under18/21 coaches ( your welcome)

I was todays years old when I learned that even Z has delegated his press conferences by now.

The hold shift technique is goated, 10 years playing FM without knowing. Thanks for that

Is it just me or why do i now want a zealand study video where you study while zealand plays football manager with this backing track.

I been playing these religiously since 97/98. I’ve spent literally years of my life on these. On steam I tend to get 1000+ hours a year and I’m sure I played more when I was younger than I did before steam

Your next save should be a youth only save or 1 nation/region like Basque. Makes it interesting being limited to what players you can use and more to do with development, tactics and management.

You definitely deserve more recognition for this!

Really enjoyed this video. The combination of chill music and Zealand playing FM in the background was nice

Smashed this out of the park, Reece. Really chilled vibe but showing so much important stuff. Hope you're well, buddy.

Can’t be calling Jonny Evans “terrible”. He had an impressive season for us irl

That Man U legend Brian Kidd 😂 former assistant

Zealand, I love this video. 1) It is informative and showed me how much you can hack a team apart on day one, and 2) The music helped my tired pregnant wife fall asleep. Thank you sir, you are a gent and a scholar.

LOVE the editing style!

"I find this guy" Brian Kidd 😂

hey Z, loved this and would like to see more. Finally inspired me to start the PC version after years of watching YT content and playing mobile

16:44, I dont think that's how garnacho looks like

Really chilled video. Change of pace is nice every now and then

this is giving me a different feeling to the other Zealand videos

Love u brother! Got hooked to this **** because of your great content!

Amazing video! Would love to see you do a team in the lower leagues as well

The first hour of each new iteration for me is spend downloading megapacks, licence fixes etc. The news that the Premier League will be officially licensed for 2025 should theoretically save some time in that regard.

Loved the style of the vídeo, in my feels

good information for starting fresh in fm thank you 👌

I really do like this kind of moore "low pace" video. Its wholesome. Would love some moore of that!

As a United fan this video basically sums up the disgust fans have with the club, ridiculously overpaid players which can’t be shifted caused by poor management above the manager. This type of board controlled transfer structure to be fair isn’t represented that well in FM and although I think many would hate it, it would add realism for clubs like United or Chelsea.

I liked this format alot. Even with the speed ups it provided plenty of information. Maybe make it a series of some kind ?

The soft guitar tunes with the fastforward moments were very pleasent. Great choice 👍

This was really satisfying to watch.

The music is so calming, great choice.

Calling Man U legend Brian Kidd "This guy" while bringing him back 😁

Funny that you mention Johnny Evans, because he was the rock in my central defense in my promotion season at Saint-Etienne.

You showed me a few faster ways to do things that I diddnt know about so thankyou. I do like your idea of doing a similar one with a dirt poor team though? I mean I started my current save with no staff whatsoever. I've never had that before. It was a lot of guesswork in the first few weeks!

19:30 i always spam friendlies in preseason (every second day), particularly in my first season when I want to build tactical familiarity and build player relationships (also builds form/momentum). I honestly don't know if it's better to train than just play the players into fitness but it's what I do

Z I think one of these for lower leagues could be great! The approach is very different in lower leagues so I’d love to see the process

Love the Louis Island music! Didn't know him, but it's great!!😍👌🏻

One of my greatest fm achievements was managing to get a fee for martial. It took two seasons on fm24, I extended his contract (1 year option) to be sure we got a fee, Southampton spent 20 million on him. Absolutely insane. He stuck around the epl for 3 years with them, scoring a hefty 10 goals.

You Sir are a FM Master !!! It takes about 10,000 hours of practice to become masterful.

Louie island has just gained many new fans and I’m glad to be one of them

wasnt expecting such a chill vibe from the video, especially with the levels of hype the streams can get. doesnt mean I didnt enjoy it though, matched nicely with Z focusing on a different scenario from his usual low-level club saves.

nice background very well set up

Garnacho’s photo is amazing😂

You completed the 10K hours mastery of anything. Teacher Zealand.

My biggest issue with any given save at the start is that my starting squad is fairly alright for the league, but other players of equivalent skill are 3x as expensive as mine. I don’t understand how I’m supposed tk play the transfer market when even sidegrades to my squad are ridiculously expensive

this is what ive been waiting for

I started playing in FM 20 FM 20: 452 hours FM 21: 214 hours FM 22: 1603 hours FM 23:1665 hours FM 24: 1424 hours Total: 5358 In a few years, possibly i catch you xd

Louis Island got a new fan, that’s music right there…

I always leave my diddy staff in place until the better ones are ready to sign. They'll still accept mutual termination.

Blasting through your entire transfer budget firing staff is some move. Training is mostly important for long-term development, which can wait a couple of seasons while they roll off their current contracts.

What an oddly refreshing video.

Cool to know that I did very similiar to begin with when i was appointed by the first bigger club in my current journeyman. No league club would be pretty interesting too!

Zealand's search history 1.3 divided by 10 4 plus 3 plus 3 how many days ina year Hair transplant turkey

the beginning of this feels slightly like a zealandism

Pro-tip: Use the squad planner tool to get a better overview of your squad, it gives a great visual of your squads strengths and weaknesses.

Beerschot kit *chefs kiss*

this was kinda therapeutic tbh

10:19 Mike Phelan is back! 💪 11:03 ...and Brian Kidd. Z is definately playing this save in the classic Utd "old boys club" way

"So I find this guy" *picks Brian Kidd* 🤣🤣🤣

I'm at work, not doing work, watching your FM video and I've never played FM.

Mike Phelan and Brian Kidd were at the club previously during Sir Alex's reign.

I'm 5 years into my Utd save and Antony is genuinely one of my best players. For some reason, he's actually really good in the game

Non-League vid would be fun to see! Great vid, thanks.

1.25 YEARS of playing FM none stop thats dedication

This music has the energy of a scene from Love is Blind 🤣

I find it hilarious you found Brian Kidd and hired him as a coach. iykyk

WHY DID YOU SKIP OVER THE STAFF BIT THATS THE BIT I NEEDED😩

doing training looks so confusing, also the whole thing you did with scheduling friendlies didn't know you could do that

You’re wearing a shirt of my favorite club, that’s class mate 👌😍

A “sentient trash can”. I’m using that from now one. Thank you.

Is it easy to keep track of salaries in p/a instead of per week

how i spend my cs2 game with 10k hours: rush B

The fm background looks better than Z's background 😮

Only load the nationsyou want to play in. Add players from nations/continents you want in advanced setup

Can you post your Journey man save as a series?

I'm at about 14,400 since FM12. Before FM12 I had another few thousand spent on the PSP since about 2006. On top of those I've definitely put at least 5000 in Pro Evolution Soccer Management on the PS2. Found it at a game store 20 years ago and developed a full blown addiction.

I had a question based on how you set up your recruitment focus. If I do the same set up letting someone assign the scouts to each recruitment focus, it would keep assigning the same couple of scouts all my other recruitment focus. Do I need to manually select them to be more efficient or does the speed of scouting not get affected by this

Sentient trashcan is a VIOLATION 😂

11000 hours in 10 years is rookie numbers

458 days played.. that’s more than all my days combined on every game I’ve played for the last 15 years lol

I too love sacking all the coaches and finding new ones for 20 minutes when starting a new save

Brian Kidd back at united to get the treble again. He was assistant manager to fergie in the 98/99 season

Damn. I have about five thousand hours logged on Steam and thought I was addicted to this thing.

Never seen the fun in picking a top team

When i saw the shade of green on your t-shirt I thought you had a South African rugby Jersey on😂

am not the only one thanks for making me feel better ZZZZZZZZZZ

I freaked out when you almost forgot Belgium

Doing the math at the start made me think of myself and games I played in the past, I used to play COD4 religiously for like 11 years. I left the console on and stuff but as far as I am aware, I put in around 42,000 hours in 11 years. I imagine that about a third of that is dead hours, school / sleeping, shopping, vacations etc. Doing the math, it sits around 43% of those 11 years were cod4 (2007-18). I would sleep for like 4hrs a day, go to school for half the day (I missed a lot) and sacrificed my social life. Yes, I played other games during this period too, I reckon around 60-70% of my time was gaming (14-16hrs per day on average), usually around 2pm - 4am then all nighters over the weekends. *this assumes the 42000 number, its slightly less if we use around ~30000 of playing time* Yes, I realise that this is incredibly sad. I sacrificed education and social life in the process, lost relationship opportunities, friendships and the start of my job opportunities.

I can't imagine searching for staff, and by attribute! Talk about making it super easy for yourself - adverts only is the way to go, keep it real!