@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.

@The-FIG Hi FIG. I don't understand why you needed to try and mock my last video that I shared on twitter just because I have a difference of opinion to you. I disagree with your valuations on certain players but I don't post on your pod thread saying how what you say is disgusting and incorrect and you're misinforming the masses. We all have different opinions so why can't we be civil to each other. You tried to humiliate me on your pod before and it's very childish and boring. Just because I have £700 in the platform doesn't mean that my opinion isn't worth as much as someone who has more money in the platform.

Surely there are a lot of traders that have hundreds of pounds in the platform and you saying I don't have enough skin in the game to bother listening to is making a mockery of anyone like me who wants to play with hundreds.

Also getting people to down vote my video and leave nasty comments is just childish.

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!!

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.

Give it a watch if your interested in the EDD situation.

https://youtu.be/tyt0FusaT10

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

Great to hear this stuff talked about on the forum again.

Mine isn't quite as detailed but I have a small video on the sources that I use to pick players:
Hope it helps

https://youtu.be/Mt0HgMtqGJI

@Archer22 he could get back in the euro squad again. He is still young.

@wearing-louis So much has changed since then sadly. Lampard was saying he will be in the team and we can't wait to have him back and now he has bought god knows how many players and he has been loaned to Fulham. I think its a bad move for him and he is much better than the team sadly but we will see. I thought it would have been great to see him back at Palace. If he was playing for a big club again I think he is worth a decent amount.

@The-FIG That is very rich coming from a guy who ripped apart my youtube video and posting some really harsh comments on his timeline for people to downvote my videos (which they have) and to block my account on twitter! Seems like you have your own rules Pat.

@Baydog nice work bud. Yeah I got some in Suffolk which I'm looking for planning permission at the moment. Also looking further afield for more pieces.

@howsthebacon land all around the UK to be honest. Bought some in Suffolk recently but looking at buying some near Wales at the minute.

I'm surprised more people aren't investing in land. Seems one of the only obvious places to lock your cash in.

1% football index
25% land
20% property
54% cash ready for buying a house when the market crashes.

@Dan-The-Man Dan's right. Anyone trying to sell something is obviously going to make a massive effort to get people to be positive with the platform in which they are selling things.

You look at FIG and why he got so upset with me and many others that go against his "football index" because he has a patreon where he charges £3 a month for content. He has to be bullish and get big users on saying how great his content is and how the platform is going to boom.

When that guy has already been horribly wrong in his prediction previously, why would anyone believe him now? I understand people want the platform to do well, I do too but we can't just be positive all the time when there are a lot of problems.

Haha. I lived in Hull for 6 months. I really liked it, apart from how cold it is. Pints for £2 yes please!

@SDOAFIT I have lots of videos on the football index and they are teaching people the basics and trying to help newbies learn the platform. Coming from a betting background I can give my take on the index which I think is helpful. Fig and panda went mad about the lack of a dividend increase, creating panic and hysteria but it's fine if they do it.