I would say 'FEAR NOT' as this has happened before... FI seems to flow in cycles.. JUN/JUL/AUG everybody wants the big summer movers and the big players the fashionable youngsters and the next best thing.. this drives up prices of all of those 'hyped' in the news and we get an unbalance in the market that suggests these players (like Mason Greenwood & Rhian Brewster) are actually better than they are!!!

What happens is that in SEP/OCT/NOV we find out that these 'top' players are perhaps under-achieving.. Our hotly tipped youngsters are not even playing... and in fact all those players we ignored in the summer, the good steady PB holds that are now playing week in week out are finally coming into their own... the mid range players catch up in price with the top of the range as we feel there is more value.... Callum Wilson... Duvan Zapata... Gerard Moreno.. suddenly they look good value everytime they score.

Then December hits... DEC/JAN/FEB sees upward movements for players linked with moves from around the world to domestic treats.. Everton Soares suddenly rises from obscurity whilst news on Neymar in the media sparks more growth, as it does with Pogba, suddenly MB is assured for the big boys and the market once again hits those under transfer speculation driving the price up of anyone playing well with a view to move.

Finally MAR/APR/MAY and the big boys are left in the Champions League and this is what often drives up the prices of those top range players hogging the headlines as the titles near with media buzz on the likes of Salah & Sterling & Messi & Ronaldo and enough top level performances to boost upward sky rocketing movement until we all re-cycle again in the summer and cash in before targeting our transfered starlets and next best thing!!!

Obviously there are boosts within this pending promotions and international competition but knowing how the market works over the course of 12 months will protect you for these sort of outcomes!!!!!

If i was newly employed by FI today I would want slicker marketing campaigns a slicker site and slicker IPO's launched at the same time each week giving maximum confidence to the investor so that they keep putting their money in the product.. As opposed to taking it out!!!

The Birthday Bash would have already started by now... the countdown from 1st September would be already nicely into play each day bringing more anticipation to the growing numbers of what might come... then on the 21st SEP for the 4th Birthday of FI I think x£4 for every £10 spent within that 24 hours should be added to your account!!!

The market would BOOOM new players will be BOUGHT and EVERYBODY will live happily ever after!!!

until the next promotion that is!!!!

I think FI have the right to manipulate the market because it's there product and we've signed up for it.. plus it's happened time and time again over the years ie everytime they shift the goalposts.. adding MB/PB G&A keeper clean sheets 30 day offers off season money back deals etc etc all manipulates how the market works.. without them it would be a boring place and I like the way FI try and incentivise us to invest more... in fact they should do it more!!!

As for IPO's... well i don't bother... We all think by getting in early we get the best price which isn't always the truth.. sometimes it's better to sit and wait and buy in the dip rather than go out whole hog and purchase when everyone else is buying!!!

Plus the last IPO i signed was Everton Soares and i've regretted it ever since!!!!

I got on Oyarzabal at 0.72 but still holding for him to really take off!!!

Think potential transfer links could see him this year boost further whilst if Odegaard does well he's not likely to leave Real Madrid (or indeed play for them anytime soon)... Both young and exciting though with big futures so why not have both? Oyarzabal I think needs his form to continue for his price to keep improving whilst I believe people will be a little more patient with Odegaard because of his pedigree.

@Vespasian32 correction based on form... we can throw all the money in the world at 'potential' and he's easily a £6/7/8 player at his best but lets face it 0 goals in 5 games (inc Eng) for a striker is always going to see some kind of drop, especially when we are back in PB territory when investments go back to those tried and tested each week.

I get the drop, but without some decent performances ahead i don't see why the price will increase that much? I do however expect his form to pick up but with Rashford and with United at the minute that's not guaranteed to start this weekend!

last season Aguero got dragged off a lot after say 60/70 minutes after scoring 2/3 goals which massively effected the no of PB's he could have won.. I would never write him off as he'll no doubt at the price he's at get you a return but as said a lot of love for Lewandowski in that he's Bayern's 'only' striker and that he'll likely play every game unless injured and has the added incentive of the Euros next summer.

For me I would opt Lewandowski above Aguero but if I were being greedy considering the price of some younger but inferior strikers out there then why not have both???

Bottomed out...? So if over the next few weeks Rashford goes a few games without goals gets dropped or gets injured you don't expect him to drop down further??? Be careful what you say!!!

I would call this more 'a correction' in his price but really with all these players a lot of their value is form dependent... so if he's doing it for Man Utd his price will rise, if he's not, his price will fall... so as mentioned above.. can you ever really bottom out until you retire (or leave a PB league)???

I would suggest that maybe on the dip it's a half decent time to buy more (if you believe that he's a good enough player to rise again) but also be wary that Man Utd's form is not great and they have a tough run of fixtures coming up!!!

To win it however.. you have to be in it!!!

I think twitters always been the devil of FI but that's not to say twitter hasn't helped it hugely in becoming the platform it is today... My personal advice is to not believe anything you read on twitter unless it is from an official source.. if it's advice you need.. see a councilor an IFA, your parents or just ask one of the sensible nice people on here any questions you may have!!!

think tonight is all about Lukaku but one under the radar often for Belgium is Dries Mertens who as a forward gets a lot of the ball.. not sure who they'll start with up top though? KDB should boss the midfield whilst the full backs will see a lot of the ball and will no doubt get forward a lot

Most of the other games look quite tight??? Arnautovic at 44p perhaps??

@Schmitcattaxi can't believe he only got one of 5!!!!

At least you didn't go for Marcus Berg but those picking Isak made the right choice!!!

TBF i've got really lucky.. Brought a few Eriksen shares on the 27th Aug hoping he might get a bit of media buzz around his transfer saga and has since scored 3 goals with 1 assist won a match day dividend, media dividend and rose 22p!!!! time to cash out??