@MikeWagner well they have changed the bet. If they now said we are now changing the sell commission to 15% then they have changed the rules again and everyone's hold would be worth much less. They are able to do what they like and that's the worry not the fact I can't shift 7 of my players.

https://youtu.be/c1hB2n0-8pc

In this video I talk how players are much riskier bets now and how we need to tread carefully and what Football Index will do next.

I agree with most on here that the simple fact is that they have changed the bet. Before they offered instant sell and now they don't. All everyone kept telling me was "sell up" if you don't like it. So I tried and managed to sell my bigger holds and from my 32k portfolio I now only have 3k invested in some donkeys that I can't shift (which I bought because of the super match points) and my trusty Ruben loftus Cheek, gundogan and silvan widmer (the last three I won't sell).

Covid was the real spoiler because fi weren't planning to roll out order books for months and we could have sold our smaller holdings fine but them shutting off instant sell immediately buggered us with smaller holds. Many people keep saying that they protected out ports but the reality is they protected themselves and I get it but people saying that we knew order books were coming in didn't know for nearly 2 years and to rush a matching engine isn't fair. Also the 2% commission on matched bids is another massive hit to our ports and unless I'm wrong that wasn't mentioned anywhere in the build up to orderbooks? That is enough for me to realise they can do what they like whenever they like.

FI keep changing the rules and it's very hard to plan your ports accordingly. If they open up the media worldwide this will change values, if they increase divs things change. The idea of a 3 year bet is very hard to forsee when we don't know what they have planned 2 weeks ahead let alone 3 years ahead.

@Erased-Citizen the index is a mess at the moment. You can't market sell very many players and we have just had covid and the matching engine has killed the price of soo many players. Things will definitely improve with NASDAQ and the div increase but don't worry about missing the foden and greenwood rises. Hardly anyone else has risen that much so I wouldn't feel too bothered. Stick to what you believe.

@FootstocksBetter they spoke briefly about market makers saying there would be more liquidity with NASDAQ but I genuinely don't think they care about the lower end. At one stage they said they were thinking of taking off some of the players from the low end so that they would have a better market of players for sale!!! Whatever the fuck that means. They were talking of taking them off and putting them back on if they are doing well!!! Madness.

They did say that the top 500 will be fine though, which was a big relief for the holders of 40p players!!

I was very lucky and owe fi so much. After 12 months I had turned 6k into 24k and it meant I bought an old ford ambulance. Welded the whole underside and converted it into a campervan and went travelling around for a few months last year. I have loved my first year on FI and after changing my strategy I hope I can have some more success.

Yeah I really respect teachers. I did sports science at uni and nearly all my friends are teachers and it is brutal. I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

On a light hearted note. I was playing kiss chase in primary school and some little chubby girl kat was chasing me and I was so scared of her kissing me that I ran full pelt (while I was looking back at her) into a wall and knocked myself out! I still don't know to this date if she kissed me while I was out cold on the deck.

I have been called negative many times on the forum and that I have an agenda but I must admit I think now is a great time to buy a good chunk of players. With the totm, market makers, goalkeeper Nasdaq coming in and some crazy bargains out there I think if you pick your spots in a year's time you should be able to look back and laugh. I could be wrong but I'm sure fi will have a lot up there sleeves for us all.

Just all my views on all the changes that have happened in the last month or so. Hope you enjoy.

https://youtu.be/-CyWf4--_y8

@Fletch I think the problem is that everyone looks at there own situation and declares what that individual think we should all do. It's a very selfish standpoint. You are saying that you have done really well and now it's not fair that you have made all this money, now it's FI's turn to essentially make the game fair again.

There will be people who even in this boom period who will have lost money but I know a few people that joined just before covid put in amounts that they wouldn't have put into bookmakers and are now left with lots of shares in smaller players because they couldn't afford the sanchos and have basically lost a lot of there money because of the removal of instant sell which we were told would stay.

I love the idea of positivity but that in itself can be a very dangerous thing. We have to be realistic when companys and people make mistakes and we have to talk about it. I'm not talking about doomongering but just talking about how things can be better.

I have tried both and think they are both great ideas but I am struggling to enjoy either at the minute. We all know the issues at the moment with fi so I won't go on about those but my football knowledge isn't that deep so I don't feel that confident paying decent money to compete against gamblers in tournaments who will know more about I will on footstock.

@chaps1988 @chaps1988 sounds very similar to my issue. I bet £12k on a boxing fight this year and no problems but my £17k in fi is creating all sorts of issues. They won't accept any of my savings from peer to peer lending or bitcoin or anything even a cash balance in my bank account. I'm sure it will be fine in time but considering this is a gambling platform I feel I'm having to produce the world just to stay on the platform when I'm not even that bothered.

The reality of my situation is that I can easily afford to have what I do in fi and my financial position is really good. What they are asking for is rediculous. They want gambling statements going back over 12 months which considering I'm banned from these bookmakers it's very hard to get. Also I have had over 150 gambling sites over 2 years so trawling through all of these is taking forever. I have already started selling my port incase they do kick me off.

@Gregolocky I'm having a nightmare with mine and being a professional gambler makes things much more complicated. I'm 5 weeks in and I have given them so much information but they keep wanting more and more. It's very intrusive and I think it's been dealt with very badly. We will see how it turns out.

Really enjoyed the podcast. Shame that there is worry in the camp but the new promo went down well.

I don't have any players I have recently bought and I want to have a go. Any players you guys have bought specifically for this promo?

Aleksey Miranchuk looks like he could be headed to Milan and tagliafico could be moving from Ajax.

Great article mate. I have done similar trading to you although I do love to instant sell :-)

I would have gone for aleksey miranchuk but it looks like he is going to italy too

@deano potentially but if you have a keeper coming back from injury would you rather risk playing him or a keeper that is playing great? I know what I would rather do. It will be interesting if any other clubs come looking for him.