@CleanShirtTrader said in Football Index FAQs:

@Agatello good advice mate, will get a redacted version added :) who do you think should be next to provide some advice? e.g. respected forumite.

There's a few forumites that know their stuff so could literally name 7 or 8! So I'll go for someone with an in depth knowledge of a foreign league in @Ermejo

Morning guys, appreciate the compliment.

Bit rushed for time this morning, y'know fantasy football changes, kids running wild and of course this weekend's trading opportunities/strategies.

Newbies are often confused with IPO's, where they're published and why they difficult to buy at the utopian prices.

I see a lot of them buying Goalies (including some of my mates) so advice on them being more or less pointless without their own category would be helpful.

Not sure if its covered off above or not but the biggest question is who should I buy? Of course this depends on so many factors and expectations but I would say people should forget about players they admire/support (and non goalscorers but that's my personal opinion) and focus more on their stats, even if they think that player is an idiot/t*sser. :-)

Also a question like What returns can I expect? Might be good; with an explanation to forget ACCA returns and think of it like the stockmarket that it is. A lot come into it thinking a 20%+ return is pointless, without realising that's incredible on an investment basis.

That'll do for now, I'm getting "the look!!!"

That's only if you subscribe to the misconception (in my humble opinion) that Defenders are that much less valuable than Midfielders. Most teams play 1 up top and the attacking midfielders also cross that border into the FWD category which has a premium that can't be denied.

However, since the mass influx I'm not too sure that there's much difference between DEF's and MID's.

On that statement I will now go check out AS''s excellent info on Twitter! :-) I might be talking cr*p :-)

Gotta disagree with that one myself (not Tolisso, he's very tempting) but there are quite a few players under £2 that will start for a starring country in the WC and in the CL Semi's.

Real
Varane, Modric (Croatia not a favourite), Hakimi (yeah okay Morocco have zero chance) - Ramos, Marcelo and Casemiro (only just over £2)

Bayern
Hummels, Boateng

Barca
Alba, Pique, Paulinho, Iniesta, Busquets, Rakitic (Croatia as above) - Umtiti (just over £2)

City\Liverpool
Can?, masses of England players but I don't think we can be classified as a favourite :-)

Yeah agreed, age, WC, xfer spec and most importantly far stronger goal threat.

Albiol has just notched his 1 goal every 200 games so you statistically speaking it might be a while til his next one!

Hi both,

Goalies are pretty much pointless UNLESS they get their category which isn't due in the near future. Now the problem lies in the "near" future as that's obviously subjective.

Yes there's an outside chance of Keepers winning a pb on a day with minimal games if they keep a cs and save a pen but realistically that's just down to luck.

I firmly believe they'll get their own cat 1 day ... but it might not be for a long time and its not guaranteed.

Every time FI say they're going to announce something some jump on the chance that out might be just that (I've speculated a couple of times myself - only lost a few quid on each punt but that could soon be made back if you're first to get on the train!)

So in a nutshell - only buy them if you're playing the long game (others would argue you're missing out on profit elsewhere of course)

I've tested that theory as a little experiment, didn't work :-/

The IPO is the base folks, if you think there's examples - state them, however we can promise you it'll be a case of misreading the graphs.

@Stevo said in Vardy! at last I got one right.:

@AT10 I hope it doesn't end up being a big disappointment.

It feels like I've had half of the index in the past 6 months so yeah probably :-) I have 2 players in mind... but happy to wait and see.

Some brilliant advice above. It's time to forget about Fantasy Football, time to forget about football loyalties (that's tough at times) and time to forget about getting Acca type returns on a small investment.

It's a totally new world to get used to and even when you think you've got it licked, it can still kick you in the balls.

Don't give up, prepare to analyse n learn and you'll soon realise it's not a con but the best thing you've discovered this year :-)