Voller Database

Locked players only (over 100k AF)

Acquisition Fee/Number of players

1 million - 3.5 million .... 29

500k - 975k .................. 51

250k - 475k .................. 88

150k - 250k .................. 332

100k - 140k .................. 392


100k - 140k (unlock dates)

29th ............. 4 players
30th ............ 26 players
31st ............. 26 players
1st ............... 25 players
2nd ............. 24 players
3rd .............. 26 players
4th - 13th ..... 26 players per day

Looking at the 4 players unlocked tonight, each player will be unlocked just under an hour after the last one. Obviously when there are less players to be unlocked (higher AF's) this may change.

The 26 players per day thing seems pretty pointless to me. They have accomplished the goal of making sure that the players released at certain stages of the game now correspond to roughly the amount of cash 90% of managers can afford, giving everyone a chance to bid and to keep teams even as well.

I can't see any harm in unlocking all the players (with a minimal spread like my example 100k - 140k) at the first unlock date. So,

100k - 140k players currently get released 26 per day over 16 days in game

What would be better is,

All 100k - 140k players unlocked on the day the first 100k player is unlocked

No more unlocked until 16 days (so the first 150k player still gets released on the day he would have done anyway)

150k - 200k players all unlocked then no more until the date of the first 210k player was due

Season 1 unlocks will have a maximum AF until season 2 unlocks start - make sure the last spread has the maximum AF for season 1


The current system is very limiting in terms of strategy, interest and diversity. There is hardly any risk involved in this system (which is probably what Si wanted but isn't there enough hand holding going on already?) and there certainly isn't any kind of strategy in it - you either wait or you don't.

People can't say my suggestion is kind of like a transfer window because until the next level of AF, those players would have been locked anyway. Also, this unlock system only lasts until the end of season 3, after that no-one will ever be locked again.

Make the first 3 seasons a bit more interesting because they definitely need it.