If you wanted to play the market this week it should have been done yesterday, players like Wilshire, Aguero and co have already gone up .1. Also like Mark said this January wildcard can't have come at a worse time. The team looks good and even if I wanted to play the market, I only have about 2 players, a defender and midfielder to use to make more money and my actual targets like Ajohnson are going up in value as well, its just wrong timing really.

Aguero,Wilshere, Johnson and Cabaye so far. Will be dumping Wilshere and AJ

Main team made up on the last day. Price change chasing until then.

Of course play the market. That extra 0.3m-0.5m from the double riser could be handy

Just make sure you don't transfer out the player you'd may like to keep that already rise in value (i.e. Silva, Kosc, Sturridge recently), to get the cash cows and then transfer them back. You'll actually lose value.

Other than the double rise also look for players that you have and only need 0.1m more to get the profit before transferring them out.

Mertesacker rose for me last night and I need that rise to get his extra 0.1m profit, now I can transfer him out for a cash cow. I'm also waiting for Mannone's rise before getting him out.

But cases like Sterling who has been at 90% and then now dropping, you can just get him out for a cash cow.

AJ, Wilshere, Cabaye, Sturridge, Aguero will probably get a price rise.

Don't expect too many double risers - even in the first week of Jan it wasn't remarkable. Most important thing is to remember NOT to sell people you are planning on keeping and who have already gained in value.

Don't sell players that you intend to keep just to chase price rises on other players if you will have to pay more to buy them back (e.g. Suarez)

I've never noticed a longer period leading to more risers, it just takes the users away from the game safe in the knowledge there's nothing to do. Straight after and of course immediately before the next GW is where the main action is.

Imagine though if a large enough group collaborated on buying to orchestrate rises and then selling to take the profits. Can you think of such a large group huh......... 🙂

Nearly perfect timing Jonty!

I activated my WC last night as didn't want to end up paying too much for Aguero. The guys on at the time helped me out with the concept of playing the market. I've always just gotten the players I've wanted in the past.

Currently chasing AJ. Mert, Wilshere, Ki, and Aguero, and keeping only Aguero. Hopefully I get at least one double riser out of that lot.

I am not sure that this long GW will produce any more double risers than the next short GW.

Most transfer activity is concentrated at the start and end of the GW.

This week you don't really get the "end" of the GW rises because most people will do their transfers on the Tuesday but you will have to finalise your team before Tuesday night.

Next GW you will have all the Tuesday activity, the post matches (Kneejerk) activity as well as the pre-deadline Friday night.

I think the playing a market and catching price rises are an urban myth, every time I've had had ago I've hardly made anything. When people say they have made a lot I think they include those players they were never going to sell and to me that doesn't count. I'll be interesting to see how much is made this week.