It also accounts for a drop in a player's PB score mid match if they lose their game winning goal as it may transfer to someone else in their own team or to nobody at all. I remember wondering, when I first joined, why my player's score had suddenly dropped.

@mike778 said in Are the out of favour youngsters starting to look better priced now?:

@Ericali said in Are the out of favour youngsters starting to look better priced now?:

The biggest overpriced player is Felix... Had his transfer & signed a 7 year contract! 😨

No MB speculation - doesn't play in the PL.

Doesn't suit the PB system so what does he represent? What does he do? What is your money in there for? 🤔

The only thing I can think of is in 2 years time Barcelona or Madrid make a play for him - but not exactly set the league alight so far has he?

To be fair and I don't hold him, felix does at least look a good player so there is some sort of sense in his price given his age. Same with De Ligt.

Greenwood and Brewster are the anomalies really as at this point we have no idea if they will make it as top flight players let alone be pb or mb relevant. Brewster in particular is looking a longish shot.

I'm not sure I do see the sense in De Ligt's price. His MB wins were largely linked to a completed transfer and his current side is filled with more media friendly players e.g. Dybala, Ronaldo.

He offers pretty much no PB threat so I don't think just being young cuts it . He also plays in defense which limits his price as indicated by the prices of nearly all defenders on the index. He is a very good player but not in FI at the moment.

It is also worth remembering that the number of treble media days has declined, further reducing his chances.

@CBN said in Are the out of favour youngsters starting to look better priced now?:

The only players that took a relative hit from Friday's announcement were IPD players.

If you believe that youth player prices are driven by future potential to earn dividends then, if anything, Friday's announcement will drive them up further. Big dividend increase, promise of yearly reviews (increases), the platform going global.

The dividends that the likes of Greenwood, Parrott, Ihattaran, Fati, Fabio Silva, etc. will be earning in years to come - if the platform goes where it could do - are mind-blowing.

Of course, as ever, there will be plenty of Cherno Sambas amongst them. That is the gamble.

Indeed there will always be more Cherno Sambas or players who don't make it at a level likely to support the price they hold even now.

It is a risky long term strategy to be overly reliant on youth but there is possible short term money to be made. I personally hold none in the bracket of unproven youth and tend to steer more for that portion of my port towards younger players who are playing regularly and showing genuine signs of fitting in with the PB matrix.

I think they range between overpriced and very overpriced(De Ligt). The market however will be very kind to anyone that steps up to be a proven PB performer.

There is youth out there with a decent rise in it but I don't think we'll see the same blind optimism again for a while. Brewster for example did very well price wise as he played in preseason and people hoped this would translate to the main season. His price still seems high in my opinion for an unproven player.

I sold Parejo today at £2.75 after buying in at £1.30 in July. I felt at this point I'd made a very tidy sum and in the back of my mind is the feeling that he's over 30 and probably not a first choice starter in the Euros. He's a great player but I feel a lot of the value has gone purely because of how high he has rocketed.

I spent the money I made on Brandt and some more Thorgan Hazard ( good rise just after I did) because they are great prospects and haven't risen so sharply.

In short, I think there are still some great value mid priced players out there. Just beware players that have already balooned in price in the last few weeks.

Sell to market. You'll pay less commission.

@Zola25

I've made a big profit on both Lewandowski and Suarez too but i still don't think shoehorning Suarez into this thread fits with anything the OP was suggesting.

You can earn dividends from any amount of money you deposit as long as it buys at least one share. Only spend what you can afford to lose.

@ScoutScout said in Jesus Navas reclassified as a Def.:

@Alpilgrim

Yeah hes been playing there, but now classed as a defender on the index. I think it may have only just happened but not sure.

A log somewhere of changes like this would be good. Anyone know if such a list exists?