I was on the night shift last night and had a chance to check my port on my mobile at around 23:15 - WOW!

The more I refreshed the deeper into the red my higher end players were dropping. The first thing I did was use my work computer to look at the forum. I am not allowed to log in as a user but I could view it.

I checked my lower end players and there was not much movement there so this got me thinking that maybe all is not bad after all.

I flicked through a few threads and in one @Black-Wolf and @Dan-The-Man were discussing we may not see an opportunity like this again which put me at ease to look for bargains.

For me @Black-Wolf has been a pillar of good advice during the period since the recent OB change

Although I am not new out the box any more I rely a lot on the guidance and opinions of the forum family.

I don't have big savings but managed to deposit a bit and topped up on Kane who at one point was selling at £3.60!!!! and added to a lot of other long term holds.

It is hard to hold your nerve when events like last night occur. Thanks to all who helped me not panic......

@Archer22 The forum became quite toxic as you probably will have noticed.

And we had a pandemic, FI increasing spreads, people panicking, order books and the experienced guys found themselves constantly repeating themselves to stop the panic.

The trouble was almost every thread was the same; "My port is in free fall"; "FI are not doing anything"; "It's a ponzi scheme" etc etc. and all other threads were taken over by bitter trolls.

So discussion about whether Son Heung Min was worth more than Serge Gnabry or is Kimmich a better hold than Bruno went South to be replaced by moaning and whinging and some down right nasty threads and the older wiser members had enough - and in my opinion rightly so.

Now the market has stabilised the nasty threads seem to have slowed down but people have moved on now to other channels where they can keep out the trouble makers.

There are still some good contributions here though and it is up to everyone who uses this forum to make it a better place than it has been for the last few months.

Not a very helpful post in my opinion

Thanks to the legend @MickTurbo for starting this thread, I will try to do it justice as the new custodian. I am quite nervous following in his footsteps so please be gentle with me.

I will point out that I do work shifts and tomorrow I start the night shift for a few days so there will be some odd times that I post the matches, starting with right now, however I will try and get it out well before the first kick off so you can all have a good old chat.

So without further ado I present a very underwhelming set of fixtures from the farmers league (Ligue) for today. 2 games to be exact making it a bronze match day.

On the first day of the second phase of the bonus is there anyone within these 4 teams you will buy for PB, IPD or sell for profit???

Or perhaps you just own one or two!

Spill your guts or pump away.

This is another thread pleading for reassurance - they are are daily occurrence now and the same reply's are getting recycled and re recycled and boring and the same.

You are hoping someone will give rock hard proof that you will be a millionaire this time next year which ain't gonna happen.

Let's get ourselves a pair of balls eh? While you are shitting yourselves I am getting a nice port at a reduced price.

Of course prices will go back up, How can they not with the new divs?

"Disclaimer for this reply 2 x large whisky 3 x 500 ml golden ale 1/2 bottle red wine".

@Valhalla I make you right there Valhalla. If you get in to a bun fight on this forum you can easily remove yourself. Losing a willy measuring contest isn't being bullied, even if you have to eat humble pie.

Whilst a lot of comments on this forum recently have been silly, I'm not sure they are bullying, just immature.

When you have keyboard warriors goading an overweight teenager on facebook making their lives a misery because they don't fit in is , in my opinion bullying - just one example of many.

But on this forum my advice would be don't bite and don't feed the trolls.

You are not being bullied in the sense that your private life, way you look, dress etc is used to humiliate you and saying you are being bullied, in my opinion, makes a mockery of the real victims of online bullying, or any other bullying.

I'm not a #bekind snowflake, but Kids are contemplating suicide due to online bullying. Just giving a bit of perspective.

For me it is bed time. Have bought and sold a lot today to try and second guess what will happen tomorrow.

I have removed all in sell queue and cancelled all bids.

I go to bed now with all my players in the green, even Griezmann, so hopefully our ports can survive the anticipated drop and then fly up again.

good luck all

It is the hybrid of gambling and investing that makes it so bloody brilliant, annoying, exhilarating and unique all in one.

Better times ahead me thinks........

So just got in from the night shift so I'll be going to kip and I won't be getting my arse outta bed 'til at least the Bundesliga 14:30 kick offs.

It's a GOLD match day with Granada vs Seville the first KO at 12:00

The last KO is 20:00, in fact 3 matches start then - Newcastle vs Man U, Getafe vs Barcelona and Marseille vs Bordeaux.

Plenty of games in between to keep the punter interested. IPD's galore to be had if that's the way you play. If not perhaps you own today's PB monster?

Who will win what today, who do you hold?

Full list of matches below:

Premier League:

Spanish La Liga:

German Bundesliga:

Italian Serie A:

French Ligue 1:

Enjoy!!!

@johnboywalker Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!!

And War horses and wolves.......

And Turbos, Erics and bmcg's and obviously Walkers

@Sol said in Reality hits home...:

depending on the gin

Hendricks or a Bombay Saphire for me

Who'd have thought Vlad Chiriches would get top defender? Didn't he play badly regularly for Spurs many moons ago? I think I remember seeing an article of him pissed and walking into a door or something.

I am getting Saturdays fixtures out early due to work commitments - a Gold day with plenty of IPD opportunities. I'm hoping my mate big Jhon Cordoba gets a couple for Hertha Berlin so I can shift a few of him. He's going for around 40p at the moment but he isn't first choice like he was at Koln.

I am seriously under represented in the English Premier League with only 6 goalkeepers and Harry Kane so most of my shots at divs come from the foreign legion.

Here are the fixtures for your perusal:

Premier League:

Spanish La Liga:

German Bundesliga:

Italian Serie A:

French Ligue 1:

Good luck all!!!!

Silver day and only 5 matches so good odds if you own a PB monster playing tonight. My immediate thoughts are Jack Grealish who I don't hold.

Here are your games - Please discuss:

Premier League:

Spanish La Liga:

German Bundesliga:

Italian Serie A:

French Ligue 1:

@Archer22 The forum became quite toxic as you probably will have noticed.

And we had a pandemic, FI increasing spreads, people panicking, order books and the experienced guys found themselves constantly repeating themselves to stop the panic.

The trouble was almost every thread was the same; "My port is in free fall"; "FI are not doing anything"; "It's a ponzi scheme" etc etc. and all other threads were taken over by bitter trolls.

So discussion about whether Son Heung Min was worth more than Serge Gnabry or is Kimmich a better hold than Bruno went South to be replaced by moaning and whinging and some down right nasty threads and the older wiser members had enough - and in my opinion rightly so.

Now the market has stabilised the nasty threads seem to have slowed down but people have moved on now to other channels where they can keep out the trouble makers.

There are still some good contributions here though and it is up to everyone who uses this forum to make it a better place than it has been for the last few months.

here are your Europa League fixtures for tonight:

It is a GOLD matchday.

@Dan-The-Man That is critical information. Why do all clubs bung their new star man on the bench for a few games?

I hope Iran get into the world cup.

@Dan-The-Man I didn't know he had transferred to Porto. Thanks for the update - my bad for not checking up on him...