If you are expecting a crash tomorrow you should have pulled your money already (or got a cash balance together to take advantage).

No, of course it won't be your 'last chance to get your money out'.

I often wonder whether posts like this are put here deliberately by those with large cash balances hoping to stoke panic and pick up bargains...

I think this video has been made honestly - but it overplays the risks. Players dying, moving to China or getting career ending injuries is really very rare indeed - especially amongst the top players.

It is right to say that risk has increased overall though for sure, and it is only right that divs should increase as well to reflect that. FI's reduced liabilities on IS should support that.

I do feel sorry for people who mainly played the bottom end in the past - but dividend earning players, and those who have the potential to become them, are still valuable, and can still be sold on to others - usually with significant capital appreciation.

There is also the element of untapped potential that FI has. It's a fun game and has some of the appeal of Fantasy Football. It's nowhere near as embedded as FF - nor as embedded as other forms of betting. The ceiling in this country is high- let alone with other territories too.

There is a long way to go for this project and whilst this is a rocky few months the long term future of the platform is bright. However it is imperative for the growth of the platform that existing port holders are kept happy and I am sure FI are very much aware of that.

I got almost 1% of my port back yesterday in dividends. One day alone. No promos, just winners and the new structure.

The value out there is crazy right now.

I'm not a whale by any means, but I hold:

250 Lewa
300 Grealish (and 100 Pasalic...)
125 Hernandez
300 Donnarumma

And my team has just won 7-2 against the Champions!

What.a.fucking.day.

It's clearly a hybrid isn't it. It's ludicrous to call it pure gambling because under all but the most unlikely situations you don't risk losing your stake, and most people here have made money which does not apply at the bookies.

Equally it's not as protected as investing in stocks and shares - the risk profile is higher.

That's reflected in the size of my own investment - it's much more than I would ever 'gamble' in the traditional sense, but also a lot less than I might put into the stock market.

This is boring. Yes, spreads are wide on a lot of players, paper profit is decreasing due to people (sensibly) market listing large swathes of their portfolio in case they sell so as to either reinvest now via ME or hold out for order books.

At the same time, there's an excellent promotion running for the next two months, loads of gold days coming up and a fully functioning OB system on the way in the coming weeks.

If you suddenly need your money immediately I accept it's not great. But FI has never been that sort of place - it's more like a 90+ notice account where you take your money out over a period of time.

I feel much more reassured following the current promotion. FI will do what it takes to support the market - it's just an odd transitional phase at present.

@FootballArgos I have a lot of goalkeepers at 300-500 shares but only one outfielder (Grealish) who I couldn't help topping up on when he dropped below £2. Lewa and Eriksen might join that club soon (the latter I am well in the hole on but if he earns a regular start/moves his IS price at the moment is comically low).

I held 500 Kane earlier in the year but wasn't comfortable with that amount of £ in one player so now at 200.

Think the £ amount matters a lot more than shares tbh. None of my players are worth more than 5% of my port .

Congrats on shoehorning 'Chelsea' and 'history' into the same sentence, tough to do ;)

Yeah tbh @MrWh1te your chat is tiresome and myopic. Lots of good, balanced contributors to this forum but your apocalyptic pronouncements and childish name calling is really grinding.

Personally I think when sell orders come in it will be accompanied by a significant promotion to get things moving and optimistic again. That will ensure value for port holders, allow people to jump off who wish to do so, and set us up very nicely indeed for the season ahead. That might even be why the dividend increase was perhaps less than some were expecting - because they need to keep something back for the real big moment.

I don't know that of course - but it seems far more likely than 'the end of FI'.

@Londoner not sure there is any evidence that Gomes is in the same league as most those.

@G27 was picking up Zaniolo and Malen for .82 last week - madness!

Thiago Silva for me. PB and MB potential, in Europe, could pay himself back easily in a year and apparently already negotiating an extension. 27p.

@Roon I'm aware it's been discussed and yes that would surely help his PB scores.

Nice list. Wish I was as confident in my Ruiz hold, find him quite frustrating.

@Millonarios liquidity is fucked at the moment which is causing panic. But you've done well. Dividends have doubled and prices halved since you were last here. It's a great time to be buying - the yields are phenomenal on new purchases.

@Dan-The-Man interesting. Presumably you still accrue dividends during that period?

Few teething difficulties but overall I would say this is an improvement. Not a game changer but definitely better. We do need more liquidity still - hopefully the weeks of football ahead will see the blood rush back in.

People are waiting for Thursday expecting things to keep getting worse. Why bid now if you think you can get a better deal? I've been picking up a few Messi here and there because I can't believe the value. But if you think there will be further collapse on Thursday (and there probably will) then it's no surprise there aren't many bids for now. Not because I wouldn't pay the price but because I think I can get better later in the week. And likewise people are selling where they can expecting to be able to buy back in cheaper.

That will reverse at some point and I think following a short, sharp crash there will be a fairly quick recovery. To what level who knows but there are a lot of underpriced players.

Why would it go bust when they've reduced their liabilities and are raking in commission?

@AndydfopT sorry to hear that. As others have said, do you need the money now?

I would seriously consider checking out of the forum for a bit too if you feel negative. It's an echo chamber of negativity in here. In reality Thursday (and maybe the following days) are likely to be rough but there will be some liquidity so you should be able to sell players you want out of. I'd use it to restructure your portfolio and then let the divs roll in from there. If you're not confident in the product then keep withdrawing divs and you should get a big chunk of your deposit back - and whatever you can sell from there should cover the rest plus profit 👍