With the football world going bananas at the thought of Messi doing the unthinkable and finally moving on from his beloved Barcelona, the price increase has been stratospheric. He will likely win MB galore on this MB Madness days, and if he ended up in the Prem he will earn a bucket load of MB.
However, and there is a big however, if he stays (as some reports are saying, and he will sign 3 year deal) then he will drop to his previous price of £4.50 like a stone. That is a lot of money to be lost. I don’t care about experienced FI users, they are big boys now and know the risks/rewards- but new users, this is something you need to be aware of. You could make a lot of money on this trade, but you could also lose an awful lot on this trade. This is effectively flipping a coin. And that is poor trading. We should only really put big money in trades we are highly certain of. For most ppl to make money on this trade now they need a positive transfer to happen. And this is far from certain.

After a massive rise leading up to the resumption of football, Rashford was the man everyone wanted in their port. He was United’s new hot property. Then, when he started slowly, and Greenwood stole the limelight, ppl sold in their droves. You couldn’t give away Rashford. And all in space of about 4 weeks!😂 But he is a quality player, and now he is back up to speed it’s no surprise he’s come away tonight with star player and MB. (A whopping 21p of divs)
But this post isn’t about Rashford necessarily- it could apply to any player on the Index. When your players are a bit flat and not performing, it can be so easy to sell up and go chase the latest shiny new thing. But this strategy will rarely make you big returns. However, if you just apply a little patience, it will bare fruit. There will be players in your port now that are dropping, because the herd is off chasing some other rainbow. Just stick with them, trust your research (hopefully they are quality 😅) and ignore the crowd!

Think it’s time for the famous Warren Buffet saying: “The stock market is designed to transfer money from the impatient to the patient”

Gonna shatter my mental image meeting ppl in the flesh tho. If @Black-Wolf looks anything other than Dumbledore it will be a disappointment. @Ericali might actually be a shy, nervous, little thing sitting in the corner poking his Mojito with a cocktail stick. @MickTurbo, @Baydog and @johnboywalker will be steaming drunk, their hairy bollocks out on plates, calling the waitress over to say they hadn’t ordered onion bhaji’s. It’s like I’m already there....

A classic Andy M conversation might go something like this:
AndyM: Thought he’d peaked in price, so that’s why I sold him.
Joe bloggs: yeah right 😏
AndyM: what do you mean by that mate?
Joe bloggs: nothing. Just saying you been pumping a lot recently.
Black wolf: leave it Andy.
AndyM: no, mate what exactly do u mean by that? Who have I been pumping? Your a knob mate.
John Smith: it’s true. I agree with Joe (stirring)
AndyM: And who the hell are you? You can fuck off as well.
Pete Peterson: I think you need to calm down Andy.
AndyM: do I? Well I think your a prick mate. How’s that?
Ericali: Hey Andy, for 5% commission I will run your portfolio for you. How does that sound?
AndyM: 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Let’s be honest, we all do it to some degree. But these days there seem to be more pumps than ever. Most posts have an angle. What types of pumps have you noticed, however sly or down right annoying? Here are a few we are familiar with:

• The “blatant, balls on the table” pump:
These pumps are arguably the most annoying and unsubtle. They lack any supporting evidence to quietly tempt us into buying the player. They usually go something like:
“BUY JOE BLOGGS!!!!!!HE’S BANGING!!!TOTAL PB BEAST, MB MONSTER AND FUTURE FI KING @29p!!”

•The “Lets starts start a debate” pump where all I’ll actually do is bang on about my players:
“So who do we see being PB superstars this season? I reckon: joe bloggs
Jo jo bloggs
Joanna bloggs”
etc etc

• The “I’m confused, I don’t know if I should buy this player. Why so cheap?” pump. When they are actually loaded up to the eyeballs with shares of the kid. And then defend his weak stats tooth and nail when challenged, despite not actually owning any...supposedly 😏

• The “FI expert pump”. Lots of supposide gurus with poncy forum names like FI profit hunter, knocking about offering stats and data, and looking quite impartial and respectable- but what a surprise...only on their players. (Not talking about actual data sites like Indexgain and Noir)

• The sneaky, “offering news, but actually just pumping” pump”: Sometimes you read a thread where refreshingly, no player is being endlessly flogged, and you think how nice this is, how kind of you to take time out to bring me this news ...until you see the sly pump. They go something like:

“Guys, did you hear about the manager of Poddington Pea’s getting sacked! Happened just now. Got caught rogering the dinner lady in the kit room, it’s crazy!....(3 paragraps later)...supposedly the new manager likes playing out from the back. Should suit Joe Bloggs. He’ll be £3 by the end of the season”. Yawn.

Just a little heads up to a little weasel who is trying to stir up panic in the forum. At best- he’s trying to instigate panic and price drops so he can buy cheap- at worst, an unemployed nobody living in their their mums basement playing computer games with pizza stains on his gut. 🍕
He’s already admitted a couple times he’s just trying to create panic so can buy various players. His post was actually titled “Panic”. There’s always been a great community spirit on here, and a feeling of comaradery with most ppl offering advice and support when needed. We don’t need ppl like this on the forum who try to proposer from other ppl’s misfortune.
He’s been regularly writing drivel, and going under various names. Tincan, Alex, Sian, and Guest to name a few #muppet 😏 So just a heads up.

He’s posted some good stuff in the past, but the ban is deserved. Continuously slagging off FI and in the same breath promoting Footstock and telling ppl to direct message him about offers....kinda asking for trouble.
FI are well within in their rights to kick him out.

It’s worth mentioning, and I’m not proud of this, I have sold up twice since I joined almost 3 years ago. Both times when the market was in a serious downturn, and the forum was full on apocalyptic. And if there’s one thing it taught me- I missed out on massive, massive gains in the months that followed. Sickening increases that make me wince. Its no exaggeration to say, if I hadn’t been such a pussy, my profit would probably 5 times greater. From both those instances, I have vowed NEVER to pussy out again. I’m gonna ride this bad boy, come what may.
With such a massive dividend increase, the profits and growth around the corner will be obscene. It’s just a matter of sticking around to see them. With football back, NASDAQ coming and the humongous dividend increase- all the elements are in place for colossal growth. Don’t make the mistake I made and return a few weeks later to see all the ridiculous money you could have made!
“The stock market is a device to transfer money from the impatient to the patient” Warren Buffet.

I’ve always thought bullying happens in an environment you can’t easily remove yourself from- like school, work, family, social group.
Logging onto an anonymous forum and trading insults 🤔...whilst it’s not pleasant, i’m not sure that counts.

@Kanzz said in WWHHHYYYY!!!!?????:

Fati having a blinder of a game, think he even got star man.
He was so close to wining today and he got subbed off with like 20 mins to go!!!!!

Lost out by like 20 points .............................AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry had to vent lol

Yes, super annoying. But what a talent. He’s young, well grounded, scores goals, makes assists- basically like Mbappé, but good at PB 😜

It’s frenetic at the moment, with IPD’s and volatility. But the long term possibilities for gains are obscene. As much so as it’s ever been. With prices so low, there is extreme value.

@howsthebacon 😂😂

Either we all have our Forum names on labels like speed dating, or their will be lots of awkward intros: “ Hi, I’m Gunter Rimsniffer [silence]....er, but you might know me as BloodHound 5000?”

@howsthebacon said in Meet up?:

@Millerman

Good to see someone got a live action photo from Brown Sunday.

@howsthebacon Brilliant 😂😂😂😂 Poor old Miller went in deep on brown Sunday then.

@Ericali said in Meet up?:

@JK that's alright, you can come & sit with me in the shy corner, we can talk about the weather whist sipping our mojitos.......😐

😜 lighten up in the shy corner you two! I’ll join you for a Mojito once thing gets too rowdy at the Baydog, turbo, Johnboy table.

@Black-Wolf said in Meet up?:

@Valhalla i had you more down as odin or even the more dwarf like viking in the thor films 😂😂

Odin is an old git with a grey beard. I’m your age 🤓 mind you, so is dumbledore.

@Black-Wolf said in Meet up?:

@Valhalla said in Meet up?:

Gonna shatter my mental image meeting ppl in the flesh tho. If @Black-Wolf looks anything other than Dumbledore it will be a disappointment. @Ericali might actually be a shy, nervous, little thing sitting in the corner poking his Mojito with a cocktail stick. @MickTurbo, @Baydog and @johnboywalker will be stinking drunk their balls out on plates, calling the waitress over to say they hadn’t ordered onion bhaji’s. It’s like I’m already there....

Im 36 not 106 🤣

Im a very young looking 36 at that, at least thats how i see myself. Tbf though @Valhalla i have you down as a viking, armour an all 🤣🤣🤣

Your 36?! 🤣 that’s disappointing. Maybe a young dumbledore then ;) the Jude law version in fantastic beast’s.
Regarding myself- I tick the 6’3, blond, Norwegian bit, but still working on getting some armour and Chris Hemsworth physique. I’ve bought a massive weights rack, but apparently owning it isn’t enough and you gotta use it. 😏

Gonna shatter my mental image meeting ppl in the flesh tho. If @Black-Wolf looks anything other than Dumbledore it will be a disappointment. @Ericali might actually be a shy, nervous, little thing sitting in the corner poking his Mojito with a cocktail stick. @MickTurbo, @Baydog and @johnboywalker will be steaming drunk, their hairy bollocks out on plates, calling the waitress over to say they hadn’t ordered onion bhaji’s. It’s like I’m already there....