Checked my spreadsheet this morning and it tells me today marks 1000 days of this journey. Here are some figures to show how I’ve progressed, feel free to ask any questions!

First purchases 27/10/2017:
2 x Aaron Ramsey @ £1 each
2 x Wilfried Zaha @ £1.02 each
1 x Alexis Sanchez @ £5.59

That 1 Sanchez share netted me 61p in divs over 3 months and I was buzzing!

First divs 24/11/2017:
Mouctar Diakhaby - 1 share - 12p PB div. nearly had a heart attack in excitement

First purchase of 10 or more shares 24/11/2017 (obviously inspired to make the big deposit after my Diakhaby dividend bonanza!):
15 x Cedric Bakbu @£14.70

First purchase of 100 shares 26/07/2018:
100 x M’Baye Niang @£88

First purchase of 300 shares 29/06/2019:
300 x Kenny Tete (??) @£105

Most spent on one purchase 27/02/2020:
300 x Paul Pogba @£1,647

Divs:
£1 in divs after 2 months
£10 in divs after 5 months
£100 in divs after 9 months
£1000 in divs after 2 years

Currently just shy of 4K in divs and bonuses
Net deposits = £4693
Nominal port value = £16.7k (edited)

Crazy to look back at all the weird and wonderful trades I’ve done. Half of them make no sense to me now!

I’ve had so much fun and it’s saved me from traditional gambling which was ruining me.

Forum has been delightful for the most part though I don’t visit as often as I used to.

Thanks to everyone who has helped me along the way.

Onwards and upwards!

I know the price of all 26 of my current players to the penny almost every minute that I am awake. I'm wasting time now writing this when I could be scrolling up and down and clicking refresh.

@Stevo

I don't think anyone in this thread is moaning. I'm certainly not. We're discussing where we think FI is at the moment. You've just come in and added nothing to a conversation.

It's a well known (and possibly apocryphal ) fact that gambling thrives in times of economic crisis so if it goes tits up FI will benefit, if it doesn't, it will continue to thrive as it has been doing.

As for the Brexit debate, my position has always been simple. Whether you voted leave or remain doesn't matter, we're one country, and you're all cunts.

I think anyone who utters the words 'Bet365 is the way forward' can be safely ignored

@Dan-The-Man said in [Erling Braut Haland.]
‘ Kondogbia played for France, now he plays for Africa’

Are you free to join my pub quiz team on a Wednesday evening? Our geography guy can’t make it anymore and you’ve got the detailed knowledge we’ve been looking for.

@Dan-The-Man
I really admire your anti-Pogba passion! I actually think you make some valid points but I would say you sometimes miss the point with Pogba, which is that he is a dividend GUARANTEE. You will get divs from him and they can be used to fund new purchases or be withdrawn. The comparisons you make are all retrospective. Of course there are better places you could have put your money 6 months ago, if you knew for certain that the cap app would outpace the divs. But you don't know, there is a risk a lower priced player will stagnate (less so in these boom times admittedly). If you can tell me that every sub £1 player you have invested in has been a TAA then fantastic, but that is not a typical experience. I know, because I do both. This is why diversifying makes sense, Pogba WILL return you cash, allowing you to take punts on those cheaper players. You mention cashing out at a loss above, but you wouldn't cash out Pogba because he'll keep returning you divs.

Cap app is great, and so are divs. Why not do both if you can afford it?

Massive money going into him. Big congrats to all who stuck with him throughout. Lesser congrats to slightly more cowardly folk such as myself who sold up in fear and then later bought back in.

PREAMBLE: I sold all my CHO just after he surpassed Martial's price as I was gobsmacked that an unproven player could be more expensive than someone of Anthony's calibre. Cue a rocket up CHO's arse and a nosedive for Martial.

TODAY: I have IS'd Martial at a loss and piled on Dybala.

I post this as an apology in advance to other Dybala holders as I have almost certainly doomed the transfer with my cursed money.

On the other hand, Martial holders can expect a startling uptick in the next 48 hours.

@Ericali

I'm tipping Ole to bring them both back this summer to lead the Utd line next season. By no means nailed on so I'll probs just grab a couple thousand of each

@Dan-The-Man
What do you make of that midfield 3 so far? What roles are they occupying and what does it tell you for each’s season ahead? My feel is that you’re better on Hendo or Fab just on price. I don’t think Thiago will absolutely dominate PB regularly for them based on what I’ve seen so far. Will be fascinating to see their respective yields as it progresses.

I don’t hold any of the 3 for the record.

Well done @Rob-E and @Valhalla that could have got ugly but you pulled it back and agreed to disagree. An adult discussion!

But you’re both mugs, Tulips are the only solid can’t lose investment for me

@FilipowskY
They run the New York stock exchange

@MickTurbo
Cheers for the comprehensive report, was also pleased to see a half decent score achieved without goals or assists. Will keep hold

Did anyone watch the game? How did he look?

@Lillychar1216
Haha sorry I was making a reference to some YouTube FIFA poster. I’m still playing 2016 version. Sounds like it has got more complicated, I wish you the best of luck. Leaving AI to do the job as much as possible sounds like good advice to start with

Use the ball roll guys

@Elmer
I started a £10 challenge last October with the rules being I could only invest in one player at a time and I took a punt on Woodman when Swansea made the playoffs, ditching Ashley Young in the process. Swansea didn’t make it, and in the interim Young started smashing divs and went up in price. So I would love Freddie to cancel his loan and get called back! Guess I’ll have to wait a year...

@Highfields96
150 @ 6.52.
Have paid top rate. At the very least I will be a good benchmark to assess whether divs outpace a drop if he stays

@Munchie63
I joined three years ago when nobody had even heard of FI and the shit papers we’re doing the same thing. This is not new and is not a fix. Just because we are obsessed with FI doesn’t mean everyone else is. How much would they even win through this tactic? So risky and for so little reward.