If we go with the theme of historical countries I also wonder how something like the Ottoman Empire would do if we take all the countries during it's biggest expansion.
@@bobjuh Then you won't like the experiment I did putting Ukrainian teams into the Russian league.. But ft record, Shakhtar Donetsk absolutely kill it.
Cool video idea, I think you should do Serbia next because there are so many players that play for Austria, Spain, Australia, Germany, etc, and I think it would be a cool video idea.
Its not a "single nation" experiment... but having anyone that comes through with over 140PA have to declare for the worse of any nation they are eligible for could be interesting.
Montenegro may be an interesting choice. Kind of low in FIFA ranking, but there may be MANY options from other Balkan nations (especially Serbia) that may give access to some really fun players to play for Montenegro instead.
cool video idea would be a Basque or Catalan national team since Bilbao and Sociedad spit out basque players regularly and barca does the same with catalan
You can also do the same with the Turkish national team because there are some great players who are eligible for Turkey but they have chosen to represent germany. I know at the beginning of the game there are not many good players that you can convert but as we go more into the future some of the german newgens will mostprobably be eligible for Turkey too. It would be fun imo
I do, i know it's weird, basically half my family is Scottish including my dad, so when i was growing up, whenever he said Ireland, there'd be way more emphasis on the Ire part of Ireland, so i almost pronounce is phonetically instead of like "Island"
Did this 7 or 8 years ago on FM (though I made an entire database transferring 130PA plus players to their weakest nationality). Definitely forgetting someone but iirc the front-line Jamaica could pick from was stacked and seriously speedy: Raheem Sterling, Daniel Sturridge, Theo Walcott, Dwight Gayle, Ravel Morrison (back then a high PA prospect), Troy Deeney, Junior Hoilet and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Think they also had Jonathan De Guzman, Wes Morgan, Michael Hector and -8 rated Andre Blake amongst a few others. And yes I did win the first or second World Cup with them haha.
What about players eligible for turkey? I know a few German internationals were eligible for Turkey as well Germany has a load of players eligible for Turkey
Great video idea as always, Matt! I had actually also tried this with Jamaica once you started releasing these vids, but didn't get very far since my computer is fairly old and doesn't like simulating 20 years. I got up to the end of 2027 with a pretty similar trajectory to yours. Of note, Sterling does seem to retire early (2025 for me as well), they won a Gold Cup (2027) and Nations League (2024), got out of their group in the 2026 World Cup (before getting dump trucked by England), and they peaked at 24th. Of note, the Jamaican leagues seem to consistently produce amazing players (a quick glance says there were at least 7 players with 140 PA that genned in Jamaica) (also most players seem to come from Mount Pleasant or Cavalier). I'll also shoutout Jeadine White, a real player who went from being at Cavalier to being the first-choice goalie at mid-table Championship side Wigan after 2 years of simming - definitely a good pick up for anyone who needs a lower-league GK (for cheap too, Wigan spent only £2k!). Keep up the good work!
You have got to try this with Nigeria. There are some insane talents across Europe like Saka, Tammy Abraham, David Alaba, etc. Nigeria is also decent at producing young talent.
Don't force any national declarations, but make all British players eligible for Gibraltar (maybe second nationality would be the easiest way to do it). See who signs up, and how they perform.
So far this been going well. Euros with Ireland, Gole cup with suriname so these teams definetly win trophies. Angola is definetly the least successful so far
Ah Jamaica the national team Raheem the Jamaican dream SHOULD be playing for but because FIFA are spineless they’ll turn it into almost international transfer market
PS might be good to do some of these with a retro database, like the 99 db, where irl players join the game over time as opposed to regens. It would give more realistic players and we can see how they do. It's especially well worth a revisit with the Suriname team and some of their previous stars. Saves you having to set their nationality as well. Once again, apologies to your database editor XD
A cool video idea could be making Yugoslavia back again and seeing how their clubs / their national team would do in this modern day age
Yes very interesting. Same could be done for the soviet union, would be a cool idea.
@@swanthezone6182 That might not be a good idea, it might be a sensitive subject with what is going on with Russia and Ukraine
@@bobjuhwould still be cool
If we go with the theme of historical countries I also wonder how something like the Ottoman Empire would do if we take all the countries during it's biggest expansion.
@@bobjuh Then you won't like the experiment I did putting Ukrainian teams into the Russian league.. But ft record, Shakhtar Donetsk absolutely kill it.
Desire de cock would be instabuy on my saves
Cool video idea, I think you should do Serbia next because there are so many players that play for Austria, Spain, Australia, Germany, etc, and I think it would be a cool video idea.
Nigeria could be a good one, established nation but if talents like Saka played for them maybe they could win the whole thing.
Its not a "single nation" experiment... but having anyone that comes through with over 140PA have to declare for the worse of any nation they are eligible for could be interesting.
You should have had the MLS switched on
This video had so many funny moments, desire de … and mexico on pens will remain in my memories
I love your videos please do a Scotland one please
Yea mate we need to get back to the World Cup sometime soon
Canada, USA and Mexico weren’t in that first WC Qualifying because they’re the hosts
norwich and fulham both winning the club world cup in that difficult format is definatly an awesome twist to this tale!
23:02 that is actuallly the funiest name i ve ever seen on fm
I love everything you do!
Could you do Poland in near future?
I’ve spotted Polish wonder kids turn up multiple times in south America so this would be cool
Of course they keep on losing to Mexico on penalties, you keep adding Englishmen to the team :/
Montenegro may be an interesting choice. Kind of low in FIFA ranking, but there may be MANY options from other Balkan nations (especially Serbia) that may give access to some really fun players to play for Montenegro instead.
cool video idea would be a Basque or Catalan national team since Bilbao and Sociedad spit out basque players regularly and barca does the same with catalan
Aww Luton Shelton is down as the all time top scorer. RIP Luton ⚔️
I hope Raheem Sterling doesn't topple him...
You should do South Africa please❤
Seeing a save where EVERYONE plays for their second nationality would be cool. Would love to see how that changes the World order of Football.
San Marino with Italian players? seems obvious so idk if you already have it down
I did a save with them on fm 23 and managed to get them to a qtr final in a world cup, managed to win the gold cup lots tho
Video Idea:
take a nation in each football federation and give them 200 youth dev. which will go the highest? which will win WC first?
You can also do the same with the Turkish national team because there are some great players who are eligible for Turkey but they have chosen to represent germany. I know at the beginning of the game there are not many good players that you can convert but as we go more into the future some of the german newgens will mostprobably be eligible for Turkey too. It would be fun imo
You should really try the USA, especially since its such a big country with many nations in it!
late too party but I think you should do Turkey sometime. There are bunch of players that are Turkish but playing for other Nationals.
Did anyone else notice Guyana getting to a gold cup semi final in 2025? Lol
Gow did you do that its tell you the information about 1998 evrthing past 2022??
After a few more of these you should put the best versions of each team in a tournament and make them play it out!
YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST. 2045 EUROPA LEAGUE WINNERS! WE ARE MASSIVE
9:24 Mexican USA and Canada are hosting the World Cup 😂
Idk if it counts in fm but there are alot of jewish players that could count for israel...
Italy would be intresting, put in all the argentians with italian second nationality for example
Algeria or Morocco may be interring choices for this video? Algeria mainly.
Check your comments from a while ago was wayching your pompey save
17:43 is Desire De Cock's fist appearance in the vid when he scored against Jamaica lol
Do Canada lots of guys in there prime who play for different nations
Maybe how good would Kosovo do with all the albanian and swiss players
Nigeria would be good, a little research might be needed
Matt, I love you, but you say Ireland so weirdly.. I can't put my finger on it. Love your vids mate. You rock.
I do, i know it's weird, basically half my family is Scottish including my dad, so when i was growing up, whenever he said Ireland, there'd be way more emphasis on the Ire part of Ireland, so i almost pronounce is phonetically instead of like "Island"
Somwbody n3eds to teach them how to shoot penalties
Me thinks that you also could have loaded in the MLS
Scotland! They are long overdue
95% argentinian newgens got first name Tomas.
Could you please do Cameroon next.
Jamaica loved losing to Mexico...
Did this 7 or 8 years ago on FM (though I made an entire database transferring 130PA plus players to their weakest nationality).
Definitely forgetting someone but iirc the front-line Jamaica could pick from was stacked and seriously speedy: Raheem Sterling, Daniel Sturridge, Theo Walcott, Dwight Gayle, Ravel Morrison (back then a high PA prospect), Troy Deeney, Junior Hoilet and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Think they also had Jonathan De Guzman, Wes Morgan, Michael Hector and -8 rated Andre Blake amongst a few others.
And yes I did win the first or second World Cup with them haha.
What about players eligible for turkey? I know a few German internationals were eligible for Turkey as well Germany has a load of players eligible for Turkey
Great video idea as always, Matt! I had actually also tried this with Jamaica once you started releasing these vids, but didn't get very far since my computer is fairly old and doesn't like simulating 20 years. I got up to the end of 2027 with a pretty similar trajectory to yours. Of note, Sterling does seem to retire early (2025 for me as well), they won a Gold Cup (2027) and Nations League (2024), got out of their group in the 2026 World Cup (before getting dump trucked by England), and they peaked at 24th. Of note, the Jamaican leagues seem to consistently produce amazing players (a quick glance says there were at least 7 players with 140 PA that genned in Jamaica) (also most players seem to come from Mount Pleasant or Cavalier). I'll also shoutout Jeadine White, a real player who went from being at Cavalier to being the first-choice goalie at mid-table Championship side Wigan after 2 years of simming - definitely a good pick up for anyone who needs a lower-league GK (for cheap too, Wigan spent only £2k!). Keep up the good work!
You have got to try this with Nigeria. There are some insane talents across Europe like Saka, Tammy Abraham, David Alaba, etc. Nigeria is also decent at producing young talent.
Don't force any national declarations, but make all British players eligible for Gibraltar (maybe second nationality would be the easiest way to do it). See who signs up, and how they perform.
So far this been going well. Euros with Ireland, Gole cup with suriname so these teams definetly win trophies. Angola is definetly the least successful so far
Ah Jamaica the national team Raheem the Jamaican dream SHOULD be playing for but because FIFA are spineless they’ll turn it into almost international transfer market
You should do Nigeria next
Do you upload the save files from these episodes somewhere? Would love to look into désirée’s career 😂
Poland next!! So many players from Germany and some from South America
This video inspired Jamaica
Huh, a team based on players in England doing much better than expected. That never happens in FM
Would New Caledonia work? Not sure if enough of them generate.
I think you should do austria or vatican city or San marino next
Honduras please 🙏🏽
IVORY COAST NEXT!!!
Luton Shelton’s white face in the record page lol
Sanmarino
Should do Scotland
As a Jamaican W vid
Thailand please
Did jamacia lose on pens again in that last final?
Scotland
Wales
Somehow unlucky yet also the dirtiest major national team in existence. So may red cards
No
Can u do Scotland next
try to either bring back Yoguslavia or a combined Nordics national team (norway, denmark and sweden)
You meant Scandinavian national team. Nordic would include Iceland and Finland too.
@@matthiascoast9680 yea, im danish and still dont have a clue what is what about Scandinavia and nordics
thank youuuu
PS might be good to do some of these with a retro database, like the 99 db, where irl players join the game over time as opposed to regens. It would give more realistic players and we can see how they do. It's especially well worth a revisit with the Suriname team and some of their previous stars. Saves you having to set their nationality as well. Once again, apologies to your database editor XD
Waiting for Indonesia video to come out