Rumour Rumours and Scuttlebutt in the Media - Who to believe???

[Roughies Boys]

Just wondering when it comes to player movement which journalists are pretty reliable & have a good track record?

Can you prove there track record?

So who should we take notice of when they say something & who should we stay clear of?

Help me get reporters predictions by tagging me & your proof of what they've said... Cheers,

REPORTERS

Damien Barrett

Sam McClure

Mitch Cleary

Tom Morris

Jon Ralph

Tom Browne

Mark Stevens

Jay Clark

Matt Balmer

Peter Vlahos

Tony Sheahan

Ricky Nixon

Jake Niall

RESULTS

PLAYERS

Stephen Coniglio

GWS or Blues

Blues

Hawks

Tim Kelly

Zak Jones

Jack Martin

Blues

Adam Tomlinson

Dees, Dogs or Saints

Ed Langdon

Dees

Bradley Hill

Hawks, Saints or Dees

Jack Steven

Cats

Karl Amon

Hugh Greenwood

Saints or Hawks

Lions or Hawks

Jon Patton

Hawks

Hawks

Hawks

Hawks

Hawks

Todd Goldstein

Roos

Anthony Tippa

Bombers or Dogs

 

[Snuffaluphagus]

Just wondering when it comes to player movement which journalists are pretty reliable & have a good track record?

Can you prove there track record?

So who should we take notice of when they say something & who should we stay clear of?

People hate him but if Barret says something about trade movement its almost always true

 

[Mofra]

Mark Stevens gets decent Bulldogs information.

BigFooty rumours are almost always true.

 

[M Malice]

Believe your mum only.

 

[exxcessivve]

Mitch Cleary, Riley Beveridge, and any other AFL.com.au journalist have a lot of credibility in my eyes.

 

[Moeydw]

The AFL needs a Wojnarowski-esque reporter who's the go-to guy with all things trade and free agency

 

[WWSD]

The Trade Whisperer

He never gets it wrong.

 

[Elmer_Judd]

Tony Sheahan is one not to believe. One of the biggest BS peddlers going around

 

[Muddiemoose]

Take everything with a grain of salt and just enjoy the Meta pissing contest between the trade social media accounts

 

[Roughies Boys]

The AFL needs a Wojnarowski-esque reporter who's the go-to guy with all things trade and free agency

Bit hard... When clubs like to announce there own news... while Woj just gets fed by clubs

 

[Moeydw]

Bit hard... When clubs like to announce there own news... while Woj just gets fed by clubs

Fair call

 

[silverscope]

Need a list of Journos and what their predictions are. Then at the end of the trade period see how many they got wrong. I suggest OP get on it right away.

 

[gcsunsfc]

Need a list of Journos and what their predictions are. Then at the end of the trade period see how many they got wrong. I suggest OP get on it right away.

how do you grade those A grade 'predictions' such as:
"Jack Martin is now closer to re-signing, whereas previously he had one foot out the door. He remains undecided"

 

[silverscope]

how do you grade those A grade 'predictions' such as:
"Jack Martin is now closer to re-signing, whereas previously he had one foot out the door. He remains undecided"

Good question. I'd probably ignore the ones where they are ambiguous or maybe they have their own category.

Maybe have categories like

Reporters Name (Says)

Rumour (Stephen Hill to Gold Coast)

Will Go/re-sign (Sign as UFA)

Definite belief/not sure covering his bases

 

[F_therest]

People hate him but if Barret says something about trade movement its almost always true

One of the reasons people hate him i think...because he'll put out a story that's true that the club/player didn't want public and can't ignore.

His issue is with boundaries of a story...doesn't seem to care too much about the people in the story, just wants to break it eg his run ins with Bevo over Boyd.

 

[F_therest]

We're pretty fortunate to have an ITK poster on our board who clearly has ties to someone high up at our club...probably works there.

Is just always right with the state of play and reading their rumours is one of the main reasons i enjoy logging into BigFooty...nice to know things happening at the club that you wouldn't hear about in the media and otherwise know about.

 

[Scotland]

There are more accredited footy media people than there are listed AFL players and most of them blindly throw darts at this stuff.

 

[Elmer_Judd]

Was Sam McClure the one who broke the Mitch McGovern to Carlton rumour 6 months before it happened.

 

[SickQwon]

Sooner trust BigFooty ITK posters than any Journo, Carlton board have some good ones.

 

[Lore]

Fact-checking rumours and predictions is a good concept for a thread, but please be careful when quoting "ITK" posts.

This thread is not exempt from the cross-quoting rule, so please do not quote them here unless they've posted in the DTFA.

 

[Chaisa]

Tony Sheahan is one not to believe. One of the biggest BS peddlers going around

And yet he pulled the big kahuna when everyone else was assuming he'd go to GWS. Guess every dog has its day.

There's a Perth journalist who dropped the Neale leaving/Gaff staying news out of nowhere (Peter Vlahos)

 

[Roughies Boys]

And yet he pulled the big kahuna when everyone else was assuming he'd go to GWS. Guess every dog has its day.

There's a Perth journalist who dropped the Neale leaving/Gaff staying news out of nowhere (Peter Vlahos)

Peter Vlahos apparently made a report lately aswell on Cogs.

 

[Strapping Young Lad]

Peter Vlahos apparently made a report lately aswell on Cogs.

 

[Mofra]

How can you leave out the chicken? Toot toot!

 

[Mofra]

Jake Niall reported that Carlton are leading the charge for Jack Martin, with North and St Kilda interested.

Blues head suitors for Gold Coast star Jack Martin

Carlton head the list of clubs with their eyes on talented Sun Jack Martin, with North Melbourne and the Saints also interested in the midfielder/forward.

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