Recognize Transfer Sources

[S E P H]

I was thinking of making this thread a couple weeks back. I will need your guys' help in making a library of reliable and non-reliable sources via a country organization.

Similar to this thread, but besides team's, I will conduct more of a country wide for the domestic leagues'.
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/showthread.php?t=801084

How should how legend scale rank sources? I was thinking of something like this....

Tier 0: Team's Website or Twitter
Tier 1: Truth
Tier 2: Reliable
Tier 3: Hits and Misses
Tier 4: Unreliable
Tier 5: Lies

International
@FCBarcelona: Tier 0
BBC: Truth
beIN Sports: Hits and Misses
Bleacher Report: Unreliable
CaughtOffside: Lies
ESPN: Hits and Misses
Goal.com: Lies
Yahoo Sports: N/A

Argentina
Tim Vickery: Truth

Belgium
Nieuwsblad.be: Reliable

Brasil
Globoesporte: N/A
Tim Vickery: Truth

England
Tom Allnutt [Tottenham]: Reliable
Daily Mail: Lies
Daily Record: Hit and Misses
Daily Star: Lies
Luke Edwards [Newcastle United]: Reliable
HITC: Hit and Misses
Express: Lies
Paul Joyce [Liverpool]: Truth
Matt Law [Chelsea]: Reliable
Metro: Lies
David Ornstein [Arsenal]: Truth
Simon Peach [Southampton]: Reliable
Simon Stone [Man United]: Truth
Sky Sports: Reliable
Talksport: Unreliable
The Guardian: Hits and Misses
The Independent: Unreliable
The Mirror: Hits and Misses
The Sun: Lies
The Telegraph: Reliable
The Times: Hits and Misses
Lyall Thomas [QPR]: Truth
Jim White [Everton]: Reliable

France
Mohamed Bouhafsi: Truth
Canal+: Hits and Misses
France Football: Truth
GFFN: Unreliable
James Horncastle: Reliable
L'Equipe: Truth
Le Parisien: Hits and Misses
Paris United [PSG]: Truth
Tom Williams: Reliable

Germany
Bild [Bayern Munich]: Hits and Misses
Der Westen: Reliable
Raphael Honigstein: Reliable
Kicker: Truth
Ruhr Nachrichten [BVB]: Truth
Sport1: Truth

Italy
Gazzetta dello Sport: Hit and Misses
Gianluca Di Marzio: Reliable
Gabriele Marcotti: Reliable
Tancredi Palmieri: Lies
Fabrizio Romano: Truth
Tuttomercatoweb: Unreliable

Netherlands
De Telegraaf: Reliable
Football Oranje: Truth
Voetbal International: Reliable

Poland
Janusz Michallik: Reliable

Portugal
A Bola: Hits and Misses
Correio de Manha: Hits and Misses
O Jogo: Reliable
Record: Hits and Misses

Spain
AS: Unreliable
Guillem Balague: Reliable
Don Balon: Lies
Caderna SER: Reliable
COPE: Reliable
Diario Gol: Lies
Sid Low: Reliable
Marca [Real Madrid]: Unreliable
Mundo Deportivo: Unreliable
Sport: Unreliable

Will add more countries.

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[Savant]

You can start by not posting stuff from the Sun yourself in the other thread.

This is Liverpool specific but with any team it's best to follow the beat writers.

 

[The Abusement Park]

https://www.reddit.com/r/reddevils/wiki/transfer-reliability-guide

This is United's reliability guide, for the most part it's pretty good and obviously certain people are much more reliable per league or team.

 

[Evilo]

For PSG, Paris United is extremely reliable for anything PSG.
L'Equipe and France Football are excellent sources, but they also give rumors from foreign newspapers (which are or not reliable).

 

[Deficient Mode]

Local papers in Germany are usually not tabloids and are reliable for local club rumors. Kicker is obviously the best source overall for Bundesliga rumors.

For BVB specifically, Ruhr Nachrichten, Kicker, and Süddeutsche Zeitung are the most reliable.

Bild is ok for Bayern stuff but generally pretty crap.

 

[S E P H]

I updated the OP, but I need more info. What do you guys so far disagree with or want me to change?

You can start by not posting stuff from the Sun yourself in the other thread.

This is Liverpool specific but with any team it's best to follow the beat writers.

Ehhhhh, I did that so nobody buys that rumour from another source like in The Guardian or Telegraph who posts their rumour sections.

I would like to add one major source from one team, so for example I got rid of John Cross for Arsenal because Ornstein is a billion times better. Liverpool fans, who's the best of Joyce, Barrett, and Pearce?

 

[Savant]

Liverpool fans, who's the best of Joyce, Barrett, and Pearce?

Joyce and Pearce about the same, Pearce is more of a mouthpiece for the club's though. Barrett is no longer reporting. The club hired him to an internal role.

I think dimarzio is too high, only good with Raiola clients and the sun should be banned.

 

[Cucumber]

i thought sky sports would be more legit like on the same level on bbc.

 

[The Abusement Park]

i thought sky sports would be more legit like on the same level on bbc.

They used to be, but they've really slipped down in reliability lately.

 

[Jeffrey]

Joyce is the best source for Liverpool

 

[MrFunnyWobbl]

Eklund - Tier 1

 

[Cucumber]

They used to be, but they've really slipped down in reliability lately.

This summer I would agree with whole ronaldo and morata thing with man utd. Can't think of another example

 

[bluesfan94]

Joyce and Pearce about the same, Pearce is more of a mouthpiece for the club's though. Barrett is no longer reporting. The club hired him to an internal role.

I think dimarzio is too high, only good with Raiola clients and the sun should be banned.

No, it shouldn't be.

 

[Savant]

No, it shouldn't be.

There is literally no good argument to not ban it. I'm not going to have this debate again, but I will advise you to scroll up to the link the The Abusement Park posted. Even the Man Utd fans who complied that (over 70k subscribers on Reddit) have decided to ban it, so it clearly isn't just a Liverpool thing.

 

[YNWA14]

Part of the problem people need to recognize is that just because something doesn't happen doesn't mean the rumour was made up. Teams inquire or make offers for players all the time it doesn't mean that player always ends up with the team.

If you just want to know official finalized transfers then just wait until the team websites post.

 

[bluesfan94]

There is literally no good argument to not ban it. I'm not going to have this debate again, but I will advise you to scroll up to the link the The Abusement Park posted. Even the Man Utd fans who complied that (over 70k subscribers on Reddit) have decided to ban it, so it clearly isn't just a Liverpool thing.

Slippery slope, look easy argument and a good one.

 

[Jussi]

I laughed at the description for Ballague at the United list.

 

[S E P H]

Updated the OP for tomorrow's deadline.

 

[phisherman]

I've been following these accounts for Arsenal's lack of transfers. Up to you to rate their reliability.

https://twitter.com/moleyfootball?lang=en
https://twitter.com/Futbol_Agent_
https://twitter.com/AFCAMDEN
https://twitter.com/AgentStretham_
https://twitter.com/TheFutbolJourno
https://twitter.com/clockend_talk