@Timothee-Atouba I like the dedicated IPO page idea - it would stop the constant name searching which is what, I believe, caused the server issues yesterday. If there's 10-15 IPOs all released on to a single page at a set time then it's just login, go to page, buy any you like. Knowing FI this wouldn't be as simple as it sounds as I would hazard a guess that right now they can only add players one at a time! Has to be tech first, system second. Until the tech is right any system will cause problems like yesterday.

@Zidave Fair point although I don't actually believe there were any bots yesterday. I managed to click to every single IPO within 5p of their price and could have bought them all if I had the funds to - on the old IPOs they would have been up 40-50p before I even clicked on them.
The fairness to all traders is what needs to be addressed as there are thousands of users who simply don't have the time to sit there for 2 hours searching for new players especially at 10-12 on a working day. Ultimately I guess we'll have to see what they come up with in the future.

@Zidave I honestly don't know what a good solution is. If the proposed solution was introduced IPO prices would surely increase significantly as would need to release (tens of) thousands of futures at a single price point and presumably need to have the funds in your account to cover the number of futures you were requesting.
I'm not opposed to anything that makes the system fairer than a fastest finger first - I'm also not convinced there is a simple solution either.

@Zidave I'll agree with you on that point - they have zero obligation to buy back and has been proven with Robben they can reduce an IS price to zero.
There's still a fundamental issue with IPOs however they do them as even if I were to agree that FI are being greedy the same can be said for traders as most of us only want to get IPO players to make big profits from them.

@Zidave And when more money for IS is needed where does it come from? It may not all be held in one pot but until sold every single future on the market is a liability and not profit on FI's balance sheet.

@Zidave Completely wrong it isn't. All that money has to be held to be buy back futures that are IS'd unless that money grows on trees. FI's income is commission and the spread from IS.

There's no way you can stop market selling for a period in my opinion - this is a gambling/ trading platform and being able to sell is at the core of that. Let alone the fact that doing so would hamper FI's finances in not getting commission on those players for a month whilst still paying out any dividends.
The problem with IPOs is that everyone wants to make a killing on them but not everyone can.
There will always be an element of fastest finger first, just like there is when people choose to buy a player when they score a goal or when a transfer rumour breaks.
The system does need changing in some way but it needs to work for FI and maintain the basis that at the end of the day this is gambling.
As I've said in another thread, if anyone really believes in any of the players that IPO'd yesterday then the price they are today will still be significantly cheaper than they are in 6-12 months time should they deliver - Daniel James, Mason Greenwood and countless others that IPO'd in the last 12 months are proof of that.

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With Brewster (and Greenwood) I'm not sure this much more he can do in pre-season to keep his price moving. Those that believe are on and those that don't aren't. Whilst move may see some steady gains over the next few weeks from new traders joining, I belive the next big jump will be when he scores his first PL goal. I had Origi ahead of him to start against Norwich but I think it's getting very close now and Brewster may well overtake him before the season starts.

@MickTurbo Tough choice you have there - for me I think it would be Rashford - simply on the basis that there's 2 United forwards there and of the 2 I believe Greenwood as well as having hype on his side will be the better PB player and is probably likely to get more MB as he breaks through.