News just in.... Jo Swinson is insisting on an immediate by-election in her former constituency. Apparently she has proof that Amy Callaghan once lied at school and also she just doesn’t like last night’s result.
Jo is a passionate democrat, but only when democracy gives her the result she wants!
Neymar is guaranteed to get injured again at some point this season, so if it was me, I'd hold until that happens and Di Maria starts rising again.
Personally I'd wait until the morning of 13th December, before investing anymore.
If the crazy party get in (seems unlikely but you never know), then investor confidence generally could take a hit.
Cash is king if things get volatile.
As some of you will know I've been shamelessly pumping my 2nd tier players in recent weeks, with one eye on promotion to PB leagues next season.
Here are my latest picks:
Jimmy Cabot (20p), attacking midfielder at Lorient. I think his style of play will make him well suited to the PB matrix and 20p for a 25 year old looked like good value to me.
Massimo Coda (16p), striker at Benevento, who I believe is a target man. Unlike their midfield playmaker Viola, he's probably not going to post big PB scores, but at 16p he should be attractive for IPD flippers via his goals and assists.
Martin Harnik (14p), forward at Hamburger SV. Whoscored leads me to believe that he's capable of posting decent PB scores when he gets a goal and at 14p there is very little risk involved.
Gaetano Letizia (13p), full back at Benevento, but can also play wide midfield. He's a bit of a long shot because I have no idea how well he'll score in PB terms next season, but again at 13p I figure there is very little to lose.
Finally, Simeon Nwankwo (20p), striker at Crotone. Perhaps a bit more risky, because Crotone's form has fallen away in recent weeks, but he's a goalscoring 27 year old, so I figure a move to a PB league is entirely possible if Crotone miss out on promotion.
Obviously futures can be held for up to 3 years and I'm willing to bet that Phillips will win PB at least once in the next 3 years.
Plus IPD flippers tend to take an interest in cheap players who score goals and / or deliver assists, so selling to the market should be relatively easy on the back of a good performance.
Phillips is a no brainer.
I bought 1,000 when he was 25p, so l’m loving the rise. But even at 35p he’s still ridiculously cheap. His style of play should make him a good IPD player next season, with an outside shot at some PB.
But I think an even bigger bargain for next season could be Viola at Benevento. They look certain to get promoted and he’s a ball playing centre mid who takes penalties and scores goals (including a hat trick this weekend). I bought in at 11p, but he’s still only 19p! If he wasn’t already on the Index, they would probably IPO him next season at something silly like 60-80p.
I'm still trying to train my eyes to see again after looking at the new website for the first time this morning.
It must have hit every single branch when it fell out of the ugly tree.
Is anyone else still able to use the Alpha website from their desk-top computer?
Mine now automatically takes me to the Beta website, which is a visual abomination and barely useable (with badly cropped player photos covering player names in "my portfolio"). I'm amazed that FI haven't taken down the Beta website, because it must be damaging their brand.
I wouldn't use the desk-top site at all, but unfortunately the transaction summary (search by dates) isn't available on the iPhone app.
I’m hoping a new manager will give Bernard and Coleman more game time - mainly because I hold both as cheap punts.
Commentary was decent. Punditry sounded a bit ropey, so I hung out the washing instead. But I just tend to watch the match and ignore the build up and post match analysis, so it was a good experience for me.