I'm happy for those who have wanted a Gk category. I've never felt it necessary but there we are. It's done and it's the latest shiny new toy.

Whilst everyone is distracted by it, there are fantastic opportunities in the top end and lower down too.

Money will return to the top end pretty sharpish once traders realise the earning potential under the new structure - Neymar for example, can now win 18p instead of 16p on a gold day, possibly MORE media under the new review coming, and now a possible extra 10p a month in the TOTM divs!

Dividends will truly drive the market now, as they should. My port has taken a slight hit but I put this down to GK FOMO. This will settle. Values across the board will slightly readjust, but not dramatically. All of this is great for the future. So excited right now!!!

You guys moaning or disappointed. You don't get it. Think bigger picture.

Firstly, the gk divs category was a curveball but fine, I'll accept that. The area that was neglected now is represented and it completes the PB structure making it "future proof".
It's only a small payout and once this initial scramble to own keepers dies down, money will return to those players in your port that were ISd during the FOMO 👍🏻

Secondly, the BIG ONE...Team of The Month. Absolutely amazing! "But it's only 10p you're playing for" or "it's just an extra gold and silver day added, rubbish!" I am seeing a lot. WRONG!
It's 51p EXTRA dividends, not just 10p. In a balanced portfolio, its not inconceivable to get 3, 4 or 5+winners a month BY DOING NOTHING! You don't even have to renew the shares like with IPD's and you can even buy players with just over a week to go in that month to still qualify for the payouts if they get into the TOTM! It's incredible.
It will add so much value to consistent performers, whilst the cheap stocks will still hit that gold day lottery now and then, which incidentally has risen slightly too!

TOTM is a masterstroke - it's definitely going to strike a chord with the fantasy football type punter, and the strategy and enjoyment levels are going to be unprecedented. Researching fixtures in advance becomes more rewarding, and picture this....
it's the 21st of the month - You own Messi, who is top of TOTM fwds with 660 points, Ronaldo second on 650. Werner for Chelsea is 3rd on 595. Barcelona have no more games left but Juve and Chelsea have one. IMAGINE THE EXCITEMENT AND TENSION WATCHING THOSE GAMES! Praying for a score of under 200 from each! Ahhhh but heartbreak on 30th of the month as out of nowhere Dries Mertens bags a hat trick for Napoli and a 307 score, pushing his average from out of the placings into the top spot and taking the 10p! Oh the drama lads!!! IMAGINE THIS EXCITMENT x 11 (the number of positions you can win divs from).

I say again, this enjoyment and drama, coupled with the relative predictability in winning (you get 3 weeks worth of results before you need to buy!) is going to catapult Fi towards that billion pound target! It's incredible. The whales will come!!

And we've STILL got media, another fairly predictable dividend income, AND regular PB and Ipds.

Honestly I'm so stunned at the adverse reaction from traders. Bigger picture, this is MASSIVE!

Hahaha both Mancs I own doing the biz on div announcement day. 😜

IPD'S guaranteed at least hahaga

Am I the only one who thinks this is great LONG TERM?

I genuinely think people just wanted to be dazzled by big figures on Gold days.
But instead we've now got a mechanic that relies less on luck and more on consistent good play, AS WELL AS the chance for your 40p striker/mid/def to grab massive divs (18p on gold days now). AND poxy goalkeepers have been given a handout!

It's win win win!

Things are all over the place right now as ports have taken a hit for the goalkeeper rush but it will subside and watch what happens folks

This is amazing from FI

@Maldini07 said in Team of the month!!!:

@ScouseSte

Bruno ticks all the boxes though. Would make sense for him to be king.

Messi is the GOAT and his price needs to reflect this. Lots of new customers are going to be heading to FI this year and it looks bizarre to see him that low down, particularly when they learn about PB divs and now Team of the Month.

I know mate, i own Bruno but obviously I'm a scouser 😉.

Agree with all you said though 👍🏻

@Maldini07 said in Team of the month!!!:

Messi is going to dominate every single month. I can't wait.

The best player in the world finally getting the rewards on FI.

My youth holds are taking a battering but I accept that. More realistic pricing might evolve over the next 12 months.

Sancho wont be king and I agree with that too.

Bruno Fernandes will be . Yuck

@Dan-The-Man said in Important Question?:

@ChazFI123 said in Important Question?:

@Dan-The-Man I agree in that I’d rather football got rewarded rather than media as that’s what the sport should be about but I just don’t see where the market boost is going to come from when what’s been added is a golden carrot that’s worth 10p once a month? Watch villa spank united tonight now, I saw your boys had a nice win, sounds like you’re having a great day!

Well, take a look at Willian mate.

Not only is he playing out of his socks right now, he's already got 2 Star Man's on the board for July... and only the top 3 scores count... so now there's 12 days where people are going to be realising that he's likely to be on a 10p dividend payment. His price should rise quite nicely over that 10 days... he's already up 5p since the announcement.

Only top 3 scores count? ?

Just wait till the 20th of each month lads.... there'll be one more game week left in the month so do you buy any of those players currently occupying all.11 places or do you gamble on an outsider (before the 21st cut off) ?

It's next level. Gonna be amazing and exciting. 😀😀😀

@Dan-The-Man said in Important Question?:

@ScouseSte said in Important Question?:

@Dan-The-Man said in Important Question?:

@ScouseSte

Yeah sure... but so can those who are more likely to win the POTM too... so do you pick Naby/Wijnaldum who posts a big score once every 2-3 months or Fabinho/Henderson who play most matches, post higher scores more frequently.... It'll be interesting to see the long term impact this has.

On another note... look at the exodus from forwards.... People getting out of players knowing Messi has the div locked down?

No Dan

We're currently all taking a hit because there is a goldrush on GKs.

Massive overreaction which will correct itself.

This is amazing. Not immediately but long term this is incredible.

AND they have increased PB divs slightly too???

Incredible

Oh it's amazing mate, I'm over the moon with the changes.

Trying to working out which players need to be ditched though... but look at that list and you'll see very few defenders on there just Trent...(the massively over priced one)... so I don't think it's just the gold rush.... if it were, you'd expect to see defenders on there too.

People just haven't digested it yet.

I've never been interested in keepers so I'm not distracted by that part of the announcement. But FOMO .has gone crazy for them. Look at the squad risers list!

Things will correct themselves.

Time to relax and watch the United game soon.

😎

The future of FI looks amazing

@Dan-The-Man said in Important Question?:

@ScouseSte

Yeah sure... but so can those who are more likely to win the POTM too... so do you pick Naby/Wijnaldum who posts a big score once every 2-3 months or Fabinho/Henderson who play most matches, post higher scores more frequently.... It'll be interesting to see the long term impact this has.

On another note... look at the exodus from forwards.... People getting out of players knowing Messi has the div locked down?

No Dan

We're currently all taking a hit because there is a goldrush on GKs.

Massive overreaction which will correct itself.

This is amazing. Not immediately but long term this is incredible.

AND they have increased PB divs slightly too???

Incredible