Rumour Transfer reliability guide

[Marcel Proust]

Has someone formulated some ranking of tier System for the footy media. Twitter. And other forms of rumor during trade stuff?

An example from soccer -

Here's how we split each Tier:

Tier 1 - Almost undisputed when discussing a Transfer Rumour. They may not be the first to discuss a rumour, but if they are talking about it; then it is almost certainly true, and possibly close to complete.

Tier 2 - Known to have current sources, but are still fallible and just short of being considered an authority on rumour discussions. However, multiple individuals or sources from this tier reporting the same rumour may indicate a strong possibility of truth to the rumour.

Tier 3 - Unreliable, and not to be trusted solo. They fall into near click-bait practices and are often fighting for relevance in a sea of rumours.

Tier 4 - Not to be trusted at all. These companies make money out of ensuring that you read them and they will make up anything to get you to harness advertising revenue.

Tier 5 - Absolute Dick Heads. Why are you even reading them for * sake

 

[Marcel Proust]

For example, I doubt AM is too trust too truth worthy in these matters?

Andy Maher's update on the Aliir Aliir

21

Aliir Aliir

Age

29

Ht

194cm

Wt

96kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

15.2

4star

K

9.3

4star

HB

5.9

4star

M

5.2

5star

T

1.9

4star

MG

240.9

4star

D

11.0

3star

K

6.0

2star

HB

5.0

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

2.0

3star

D

13.0

4star

K

6.4

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

3.8

4star

T

2.0

4star

MG

158.4

3star

trade situation - “It’s come to my attention that Aliir doesn’t want to leave Sydney and Sydney doesn’t want him to go,”

 

[Lemma]

Tier 6 - whatever they say, you can be confident that the opposite is true. eg. Tom Browne

 

[Marcel Proust]

Tier 6 - whatever they say, you can be confident that the opposite is true. eg. Tom Browne

What tier is Ricky Nixon?

I can't imagine it being too great but then again I have no idea about his track record of late

 

[Lemma]

Ricky Nixon is somewhere between 5 and 6, wrong all the time- but also a complete lunatic

Also included in Tier 6 are journalists who at different times write the opposite stories about the same player, so whatever happens they can say they were right

 

[Taylor]

When it comes to exchanges, we don't consider anything official until the twitter account for AFL House post about it.

Even the most respectable of journalists are usually rushing to get the scoop onto the internet first and occasionally, unintentionally, miss details of trades etc.

 

[Suma Magic]

I rate Ryan Daniels’ word very highly.

Cleary is good in general.

The Age apart from McLure at times is very reliable.

Unlike some, I still think Tom Morris is pretty reliable.

Browne is horrible.

In general journos are better than media personalities.

 

[Golden_6]

I think Cal Twomey would be quite high. Probably gets the best mail around draft time.

 

[Lore]

Tier 3 - Unreliable, and not to be trusted solo. They fall into near click-bait practices and are often fighting for relevance in a sea of rumours.

Just gonna leave this here for posterity.

 

[PT Bar None]

Does this sport even have any Tier 1 or Tier 2 people?

 

[Lore]

Does this sport even have any Tier 1 or Tier 2 people?

There's definitely Tier 2 around, Cal Twomey usually knows things about Essendon (as do a couple of others). Supporters of other clubs would probably know who was reliable for their teams too.

Tier 1 is usually better before trade period starts, even they get involved in the clickbait after that.

 

[Marcel Proust]

Does this sport even have any Tier 1 or Tier 2 people?

Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) on Twitter

Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) on Twitter

Without knowing much about the afl media - Australian footy seems to lack high quality sources? Like the above example from other sports.

Watching trade week a bit, Edmund and Morris seem to be in the know to some extent and pretty fast at breaking stories (?)

I hope they are high sources anyway, given its hilarious if the pies are paying Treloar 1.5 million dollars. To not play footy for the pies , as reported

 

[Boristown]

Edmund and Cal Twomey seem like the journos most likely to only pull the trigger when they have genuine intel, rather than being fed club-biased garbage like Tom Browne. That bloke had Dodoro's hand up his a*** the entire trade period, like a ventriloquist dummy.

 

[Marcel Proust]

Edmund and Cal Twomey seem like the journos most likely to only pull the trigger when they have genuine intel, rather than being fed club-biased garbage like Tom Browne. That bloke had Dodoro's hand up his a*** the entire trade period, like a ventriloquist dummy.

Tom Morris seems to trust the blokes texting him too. Last night at least.

Assuming that is the guy who was doing the show with Montagna and king.

Is
Twomey actually a good source? Or just knowledgeable about the draft pools

 

[Marcel Proust]

When it comes to exchanges, we don't consider anything official until the twitter account for AFL House post about it.

Even the most respectable of journalists are usually rushing to get the scoop onto the internet first and occasionally, unintentionally, miss details of trades etc.

Official team and club websites as tier0 I think.

Essentially facts - official news

 

[Boristown]

Is
Twomey actually a good source? Or just knowledgeable about the draft pools

Definitely comes into his own around trade and draft time due to pretty solid connections with List Managers and Player Managers, hence he always has a reasonably accurate crack at his mock draft each year.

 

[cherrypie]

Edmund and Cal Twomey seem like the journos most likely to only pull the trigger when they have genuine intel, rather than being fed club-biased garbage like Tom Browne. That bloke had Dodoro's hand up his a*** the entire trade period, like a ventriloquist dummy.

Not sure what you mean by this. Tom Browne had no bias in the following tweet

It’s very popular to bag Essendon. Josh Dunkley

5

Josh Dunkley

Age

27

Ht

191cm

Wt

87kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

21.8

5star

K

10.4

4star

HB

11.3

5star

M

4.3

4star

T

5.8

5star

CL

3.2

5star

D

20.7

5star

K

7.0

3star

HB

13.7

5star

M

2.3

2star

T

5.3

5star

CL

2.7

4star

D

14.2

4star

K

7.2

3star

HB

7.0

5star

M

4.8

5star

T

4.0

5star

CL

1.4

4star

wants to go there. And has done for weeks as per my reports. The bombers have done a great job. I hope it happens

 

[Marcel Proust]

Not sure what you mean by this. Tom Browne had no bias in the following tweet

This is almost as bias as the mainstream media covering trump

 

[Lore]

Official team and club websites as tier0 I think.

Essentially facts - official news

Club websites definitely contain plenty of spin. I seem to recall a particular instance a couple of years ago for example where two separate trades were represented to the supporters of a particular club as a three-way trade in order to save face.

There are definitely some examples around in the last 24 hours as well.