Transfer Market Blues

[MacroGuru]

I as going to bust out in rhyme and song and realized, I got no soul.

Anyways, whats up with the market.

Currently, I have a 20 yr old excellent forward up for starting bid of 100K, he end in just under 16 hours, and not one bid.

I have a high solid, older MF with Experience that allows him to equal that of a Excellent PM. He is a little high in requested price, but I am still shocked they have no bids.

I know they both have bad form, but form changes.

So, has anyone noticed this, is it happening a lot now with the new zones in place that people wait till towards the end of the transfers to bid?

[terpkristin]

Well, yeah, people usually like to wait, you know, be slackers about it.

By the by, what's the passing on that forward?

~tk

[rickJ]

With the market compressed how it is players that aren't very special have plenty of similar guys ahead of them on the transfer list. The choice of bidding on a player 16 hours away vs one 2 hours away isn't a difficult one.

[terpkristin]

Though, honestly, Dennis, I am surprised. I looked up your guy and then I looked for other excellents out there on the TL. Comparable players have starting bids anywhere from 300-600k. I'll be keeping an eye on him...his passing sucks, but he'd be a nice b-teamer for me and backup in case of injury.

~tk

[MacroGuru]

Yeah his passing sucks, but Again, he is dirt cheap right now.

I see where rick is coming from, but I guess I am one of the only ones that look into future transfers, and bid on them, cause I am not around my machine 24/7 (although it appears it at times)

[bronconick]

People *are* waiting more, though. I had a Formidable/passable forward (scoring/passing) on the market starting at $1.25, and I didn't get a bid on him until 3 hours before he sold. He then got bid on 15 times before selling for $1.6. Same with a passable keeper. Started at 50k. About 2 hours before he sold, going for 55k. Ended up 20 or so bids later, $124k.