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The Strikerless META FM26 Tactic | HIGH GOAL SCORING MACHINE

0 Strikers? = Most Goals - Full instructions + 2 more variants in video!

By on Dec 17, 2025   14662 views   35 comments
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Football Manager 2026 Tactics - The Strikerless META FM26 Tactic | HIGH GOAL SCORING MACHINE
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Discussion: The Strikerless META FM26 Tactic | HIGH GOAL SCORING MACHINE

35 comments have been posted so far.

  • Tikitaka Master's avatar
    @MrTini23
    I agree with you on this point, I also sent a PM to Stam some time ago to stop SOME post like the one you mentioned that are only insulting Josh, that, besides not adding any useful content to the discussion, is also illegal. For the other constructive discussions as I already stated in my other post I am always ready to hear everyone's opinions, suggestions and advices about other creators tactics as I do for mine. Many of the tactics emulations I made on my channel and posted here came from my followers and viewers's advices when they asked me to emulate this or that manager's tactic and how should they do if they are struggling in attacking or in defense and so on, and this is what I always like and welcome, an interesting discussions about football manager and football tactics in general too.
  • MrTini23's avatar
    To clarify...I'm referring to posts such as these

    Bellend and his bellend non tactics. Sick of the sight of his fat moon head. Everywhere I look hes there with more of his crap. Absolutely sick of him.

    PLS Admins, STOP THIS SHIT USER

    babe wake up, world's most annoying person posted another tactic on fm scout

    These types of comments offer nothing and are just personal attacks.

    I welcome the discussion regarding a consistent testing environment and clear post guidelines but sometimes people go too far and make it personal, that said things have improved considerably since I first raised my concerns with Stam. The discussion is a lot more constructive now, which is the way it should be
  • TheAvenger2101's avatar
    I just want to reiterate that I personally have nothing against Josh. In private, he can be a really nice guy. But, and I stand by this, his tactics are cheating. Take other tactic creators like TikiTakaMaster and GyrFM, for example. They discuss things normally, offer feedback, and welcome suggestions. Now, please ask yourselves at FMSCOUT, WHY isn't that the case with Josh? Because it's been proven that A: he doesn't follow the rules here and/or they're relaxed for him, and B: it's been proven that he's simply cheating with his tactics. There's plenty of evidence among his tactics, including screenshots, that confirms exactly that, and I don't think it's in the interest of this site to offer a platform to people like that, but rather to those who genuinely work hard on their tactics and provide evidence like screenshots. You don't have to warn him, ban him, or anything like that, but you should simply tell him to please post PROPER screenshots with player stats and using Match Engine. And I completely agree with @Docco74, @RepeatSZN, and everyone else demanding clarity.
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  • RepeatSZN's avatar
    I'm sure josh is a good guy. No one is coming for him personally.

    Upload tactics all day long. I love the idea of building tactics. He's doing something I would love to do, but I'm afraid with my life, and I'm sure it's the same for others we don't have time. So full credit for josh for making a living from it

    But when you continually upload tactics, and the community are having the exact opposite results that he is posting. Then questions need to be asked. Are these results built without the use of the editor.

    Why can't you as a site, from now on. Have strict guidelines for people who upload tactics. Full screen images. Player progression, players stats, league tables, schedules etc.

    Please don't take the community of FM scout for morons. Some of us having been coming to this website for YEARS. Please notice the feedback in other creators tactics. Are you not scratching your heads wondering why we are boggled by the results that he posts vs the results we get?

    FULL TRANSPARENCY is needed, especially when he's giving names to his tactics to drive traffic to this site. It's not beneficial for josh nor is it for veteran players, or new players who are using these tactics and being sacked by Christmas.

    PLEASE DO MORE ABOUT THIS :)

    Enjoy your Christmas everyone
  • docco74's avatar
    @MrTini23 first of all i agree with @TheAvenger2101 nobody hates @josh daly as fans of this channel all we ask for is clarity is that to much to ask for ? If you check out the other websites he spams these tactics out on ( ill use sortitoutsi as an example ) you will see that his tactics are tested on a completley different match engine 22.4.3 ask yourself this question how is that helping people who play on the current match engine ? so hes basically lying because on 26,1,1 tests have been made and some have been 30 plus points off of what hes claiming tactics should never be that far off should they ? we have asked questions show us player attributes show us player stats show us game status screen ? Now if you had nothing to hide you wouldnt have a problem doing so you would put an end to peoples sceptisim and say now here you go and everyone that has show critisim would hold there hands up and say fair enough pal we were wrong but on some websites he spams his own stats are wrong @Luk4sh31 has pointed this out on more than one occasion there are so many things that dont add up for me especially the match engine thing
  • TheAvenger2101's avatar
    @MrTini23: I don't think you've read the recent comments, have you? No one hates him? All we can see is that he's cheating people with his tactics, since he's using the editor. Furthermore, rules that have been established here are demonstrably being relaxed or circumvented for his benefit.
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  • MrTini23's avatar
    All you lot do is abuse him at every opportunity and you're surprised that he bans you from his Discord? It's the same 5/6 of you on every post, maybe you guys should create your own Discord to discuss your hatred of him. No one has you at gunpoint making you click on his tactics. If you channelled as much energy into creating your own tactics maybe you fellas wouldn't actually need anyone elses. Just a thought
  • Bombasticano's avatar
    When you call this dude out on his discord he just bans you.
  • docco74's avatar
    @TheAvenger if you read under the blank tactic and the fake social media pics he contradicts himself by saying and i quote ' any problems with the tactic shoot me a message on here or any social medias i always respond to messages' i agree with you its all about him and his channels and he hates negativity on his channel i called him out on his youtube guess what i was banned even contacted fm scout supprise supprise never got a reply back because he does videos for this site its proven by other websites hes using an outdated match engine just think the guy should come clean
  • TheAvenger2101's avatar
    Just one more thing, and then I'll be quiet on this one, at least regarding this post: He himself writes in the comments: "Just a quick note—I do NOT read comments on my posts, so any messages left here won't be seen by me."

    I think that says it all for me as to why he's using THIS page. If someone actually likes this tactic and has a few questions... they'll be waiting a long time, because he doesn't read the comments. That's just really bad, because it's solely about promoting his channels.
  • luk4sh31's avatar
    He published his tactics on sortitoutsi as well. He used misinformation (false data, exaggerated titles to attract more "customers".

    He had 4,135 downloads on some of his tactics in November and now he is down to less than 500 on average as they have been tested. Latest less than 300. This one 44 times.

    Also, he publishes minimum data, so you will click his video (understand that is business).

    What credibility this website has if it allows people to publish worthless tactics and the only reason for it is to use website traffic.

    The titles are wrong. Tactics results should validate if tactics is good or bad not the author. Unless the author has a reputation of creating a valuable content, and not questionable like this guy.

    You are the only one who can do something about it. All we can do is making comments but I guess it is very hard to convince you.
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  • TheAvenger2101's avatar
    @Pep51: I think that's a very good idea, and there's already a user who's panicking about this change.
  • TheAvenger2101's avatar
    See you tomorrow then, you'll definitely get lucky, there will probably be two more INSANE tactics and new comments today :D
  • Pep51's avatar
    @stam could we introduce a rule where by the minimun criterea which is similar to FM arena , screenshots of best 11 , league table , fixtures showng results and squad screen .Again it won't negate the debate of using the editor or not but would give a bit more of an insight.I know why they show less info obviously to get you to watch the videos where as the tactics on FM arena are posted by us normal bods who don't have You Tube channels
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  • Stam's avatar
    Obviously he checked with me before adding the extra links. He's not the only one with extra links either.
    Regardless, this conversation is completely irrelevant to the tactic here and needs to stop. I'll be away for the rest of the day, so will check again tomorrow.
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  • TheAvenger2101's avatar
    I understand you're busy, but he's violating the rule you wrote, so I think I speak for everyone when I say it warrants a warning. Since the rule violation is in every single one of his posts, it's about time for a ban. Of course, one could be nitpicky, but the rules specifically mention the YouTube channel AND Twitter, not just social media in general. Even minor violations can occur, and that's what he's doing here, so please...

    And yes, it might be a harsh word, but player stats are NEVER shown in the videos, nothing at all. The tactics were tested by the people who also commented here, and the results NEVER agreed, and the editor is definitely enabled. Now, please put yourself in the shoes of a new member, reads this title, thinks, "Great, finally a good tactic," and then gets relegated with their team, even though they clearly scored 100 points.
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  • Stam's avatar
    My advice about tactic titles remains the same. It's not a rule, just advice. I believe that using catchy words is partly what attracts negative comments.

    About politics, the truth is I don't have any. Users who prove they can submit tactics properly (meaning without me having to edit them because download link doesn't work for example) are getting promoted to the tactician membergroup which practically gives them the privilege of bypassing the queue.

    A queue I haven't had time to check for nearly a month due to personal reasons and sadly there's no other admin or moderator who can or wants to handle validating.

    My annual break will kick in soon but I'll try my best to go through the queue over the next few days and clear as much as I can.
  • luk4sh31's avatar
    @Stam I agree with @TheAvenger2101. Read them rules numbers of time. Last time when I wanted to post my spursy way tactics (still is not published but I ques the fact it was done on demo version it lacked that quality factor).

    I have made countless test of his tactics which have been uploaded here. In some cases the results are not even close. I'm a big believer that holiday testing doesn't work so does his testing.

    You watch his videos and there is nothing there either. He tends to hide all his data so people couldn't make a conclusion is this achieved by editor or real one.

    You also stated that using words like “the best” was not allowed here. However, he used a synonym of that term instead. He also bypassed that rule by posting an image with the word “PERFECT” displayed in very large text, taking up nearly half of the picture.
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  • Tikitaka Master's avatar
    @Stam I still remember when you gave me many advices for which I always thank you and among those advices there was "avoid titles like META, Insane, Bombastic "or whatever and I always tried to keep my tactics title like " Jose Mourinho emulation Manchester Utd 2017-18 treble win" or like that to abide to this rule. I think Josh is not doing the same. Besides, I started paying attention to Josh tactics comments because there were some (and I say SOME not ALL) comments which were only insults and I said that's bad and against not only the site rules but also the law. So I tried to ask people to refrain insults and harassment here, because we all can agree on that it is forbidden. But when I saw that many people testing his tactics say they never get the same results he has even testing with same team same players same situations it makes me think twice before saying the following: " On what grounds you demand from me to ban someone for sharing tactics, regardless of whether they work well for you or not?" I let other people here comment about his tactic working or not because I didn't test any of his tactics so I can't say anything about it, but there are many people who tested his tactics. Personally I prefer to work hard on a tactic and post 1-2 tactic a weeks and receive compliments by other people about how my tactic works very well for them too rather than posting 1 tactic a day and receive a lot of negative comments.
    @TheAvenger2101 Totally agree with you
    @luk4sh31 I already took a screenshot
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  • TheAvenger2101's avatar
    @Stam: That's not entirely correct, because I just read through the rules and 1.

    We're not insulting the author, but rather communicating using, let's call them, STUPID tactics that, according to some users, DON'T work.

    2. The rules state: NO advertisement of any sorts. You may leave a link to your YouTube channel and Twitter in your author box. Here, it ONLY mentions the YouTube channel and Twitter, and I see the user has Patreon, Instagram, Discord... So, from my perspective, this is a violation because it's NOT just Twitter and YouTube that are linked.

    3. Titles like "Check this out!" are no good.

    Okay, Meta, Insane etc is of course better, of course
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  • Stam's avatar
    Most of the comments here will be removed once I find time to go through them as they're unrelated to this tactic. Everyone is allowed to share tactics on our download area and name them however they want, as long as it doesn't violate any rules. Certain people seem obsessed with tactics Josh is sharing I'm guessing because of the frequency (usually once a day) and the catchy titles. On what grounds you demand from me to ban someone for sharing tactics, regardless of whether they work well for you or not? I suggest starting a forum topic about it instead of spamming the comments on individual tactic pages.
    On a side note, I don't appreciate the personal attacks at all. That's also against the site rules. So tread carefully.
  • Tikitaka Master's avatar
    @Uchiha7
    it's fm calciomaestro
    In my videos I explain the real life tactic analysis with a tactical board and then show my FM stats, highlights and finally how to create the tactic , in a step by step guide, so even if people do not pay in my patreon the tactic (or they can't download the fmf file because they play with playstation or xbox) they can still create it by themselves
  • Uchiha7's avatar
    @Tikitaka Master
    What's your YouTube channel or website?
  • luk4sh31's avatar
    Firstly, you should take a screenshot, as this may be deleted soon.

    Stam doesn’t want to hear what the community he created has to say about the fact that he bent the rules for some people and set new ones for those who broke them.

    I guess this is business, after all, for him too. Maybe if you start posting on the FM channel, he’ll be more flexible.

    I almost forgot that this website has so many followers thanks to Eugene. He is the creator of FM Genie Scout, and the fact that this is the only place where you can download it (in theory) means this will always work in the admin’s favour.
  • Tikitaka Master's avatar
    @Uchiha7 Hi and thank you for your kind words. I am happy that you still remember my Erik Ten Hag tactic.
    I actually never followed Josh's youtube channel neither used his tactics but he is a member of this site so of course he will never get banned or his posts removed. The site rules are valid for everyone but not for him. I must admit when I check my youtube channel views sources that nearly 80% of my views are coming from this site. It was like this with my old channel and it is the same for my new channel. I tried to avoid posting here because I guess still most of the people who read my post here do not subscribe to my channel because they can just download the tactic here and don't need to watch my video neither to subscribe to my patreon and buy my tactics. That was the main reason that after seeing other creators posting the tactic here with a subunlock.io link that made all people subscribe to their youtube channel I also did that, not knowing that it was against this site rules and with that trick I got from 500 subscribes to 5000 in just 3 months, until Stam (the admin of this site) found it out in august 2024 and he told me he was very disappointed and removed my privileges and all my tactics would have been put in a validation queue and then I made the mistake to delete my channel but I was really frustrated and angry that many creators who did worse tactics than mine had many more followers than I had on youtube and I wanted to give up. After 1 month Stam gave me my privileges back and then I decided to start the new channel in october 2024 but after more than 1 year have only 668 followers. I do this tactic emulations things all on my own and test it playing myself all the games (except friendly preseason) so you will never see me posting 1 tactic a day the most I can do is 2 per week. I try to be as realistic as possible (even if I mostly obtain good results what I want to obtain mainly is the same playing style of the manager). It's not bad if a creator hopes to get money with this contents there is nothing bad, I mean there are a lot of good creators (much better than Josh) who also ask for a patreon subscription or at least a youtube subscription to download their tactics but when I see what is going on and this saga I feel really what I am doing is useless, I love tactical analysis I always loved football since I was a child and football manager since 2006 (and before I played CM 98 and other games) and my love for football has always been one of the most important things in my life. I don't blame Josh to try to get money on his youtube videos and tactic creations but if his tactics do not work and other creators whose tactic works much better (I am saying about other creators who are much better than me one of them being on the path to be a real match analyst in UK) getting not so much space here, that's not right, ( The admin may argue that this is his site and he can host who he wants and if we are not ok with that we can create our site and that actually is not wrong.) Sorry for the long reply, and thank you very much

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