Fodder up, everything else down: why Friday is the trade to wait for

The wider market is drifting down again on weak buying demand, with ordinary cards like base KZA and Bradley Barcola sliding for the second week running while Single Player Draft AFK farming keeps pushing fresh supply onto the market.

Against that trend, 88, 89 and 90 fodder is climbing sharply as players stockpile for the big upcoming SBCs such as Raphinha's POTM, and Nate's read is that if you are already invested you hold rather than sell early.

Friday is the pivot: a Destined for Glory Team 2 leak points to a Friday release (leaked, not confirmed) and EA has officially said an Akalouch SBC arrives the same day, so the safe play is to wait until Friday before making any large trade.

Meanwhile keep TOTW discards such as Haj Musa, Gross, Miguel Gutierrez and Marco Reus sitting in your club for the weekend SBCs that ask for them, and stay calm about old cards returning to packs like Oise and Sophia Wilson, because that is what sets off panic selling rather than a real collapse.