Thanks kiwi

All in it cost 550k. Got nothing over 84 rated in any of the packs  no IF's. Pretty shocking that

Well after the departure, I decided to keep Ron, Pogs & Mane (for now). I brought in 5 other players. IF Kovacic, Marcelo, Vidal, Llahm and MOTM Neymar. Already had an untradeable Ramos.

TOTY Suarez vs SBC Suarez. So far you can only notice the slight difference in pace in certain situations. Deadly and definitely convinced he's the best striker in the game

MOTM Neymar. Cost a little over 2m and has been good, not 2m good, but off to a good start. Will see how his value goes over the week and swap out for the TOTGS version which is 800k cheaper.

FUT Chumps. After the previous team had 4 wins out of 21  the refreshed line up has 5 wins in 8 games. More fuel to the 'do cards have a shelf life' theory. No chance of gold 3 with needing 9 from 11. Game play has been way better this evening, practically 'back to normal' if there is such a thing.
See they have extended for another day. Wonder why. Would have been nice if they had offered a restart if they have done it because of their servers.

Get the last games in tomorrow in time for hopefully mane bagging a hattrick for that OTW card boost

Good job BB - that's a good "cheapie" not having to snipe an IF!

Yeah - servers this side ain't bad at all, in comparison to what I've heard here & on the dark side. Well, must add that the kid has had 2 disconnects this weekend, and overall he has struggled  (worst "first 25 games" in the past 13/14 weeks). Did mean he had 4 losses in a row - worst he's ever had. Some BS thrown in there too - even had me arms in the air and scratching my head.

My side ... after the change-up to "normal teams", it went well, surprisingly. At one point was 15-10 ... and then it all went pear-shaped. Lost 4 in a row, got a win, lost some more ... rinse, repeat. Playing the last game now for fun ... 19-20.

Seen some lad on the Xbox CChad the AI playing 2 games in a row for him both DC on him after HT what a load of BS the Weekend should be scratched and games required for Monthly reduced accordingly. 

I will be needing to qualify again next week after losing a couple more games with shocking connections this morning. Most I can finish up on is 17 if I win the last 5.

Think I will offload Neymar. Deffo not worth the extra 800k over the TOTGS version. Might see if I can slot a legend in somewhere. Like the look of Rui Costa to maybe replace IF Kovacic

Just finished all my games, form has been up and down as usual lots of hard luck stories and a couple of heroic triumphs, was a grind though.  Needed just 2 wins from last 7 games which I only got the second on the very last game.  Went a goal behind too then opponent got a man sent off for two yellows, managed to win it 3-1 with 2 late goals.  Bit of a relief as didn't think I was going to make it.  Surely next time will be better. 

Good job Eric.

Damn Simmo ... that is unlucky! Must say that across both a/c's had a bunch of penalty shootouts. Lost 2 on the main one

Good luck with that tws ridiculous to be having so much trouble with it.

Do you guys use a b or fitness side in seasons or is it first XI every time? I'd normally rotate my Spanish reserves in when needed as it's actually a decent side, got If Torres and Ben yedder up front, if kovacic, if Montoya and some other half decent players.  Main issue would be backup cbs are Matthieu and Laporte so a bit on slow side.  Also the forwards while decent aren't as clinical as griezmann and Aduriz. 

So when the pressure has been on results wise I've now started sometimes, using a squad fitness to get more games out the first team. 

Just curious what others do?  I think I'll continue to rotate as first option, can't be bothered buying fitness cards too often although usually have them through rewards anyway.   Is your main team by far the most expensive?

At the moment I've got my main la liga side which is strong although could use a Ramos at the back.  Nearly got 700k now for my new side or 'b' side.  Feel like I'm disadvantaged in WL when I play some stacked teams and I've got that coin sitting unused, my own fault I know. 

Anyway so I'm debating how to spend it.  Messi was plan A but ive leant towards thinking better to spread coins over a team than perhaps break the rating ceiling on my first team.  When you search on market a lot of messis are 5-10 games played with current owner and less goals.  It all suggests he might be good just not good enough for the money.   So plan B now A  is spread coins over a new team, so plans have been made to go full serie A side which would mean two equally strong teams on paper.  Could help for weekend league.

Question is - what would you do?

Neymar has gone. Replaced by regular Messi. So far so good.

Plenty of coins in the bank to pay with. Might add ADP but don't know where to play him. Will see