Toast
Established Member
During silly season we get bombarded with information from tons of different sources. One thing I find is that I often don't know exactly how reliable a source is, especially when it's a source from a country that I'm not overly familiar with.
So by way of experiment I thought it'd be interesting to see if we could use of our combined knowledge to create a a guide to sources. We can make use of our diverse backgrounds to create a list of sources and their reliability, possibly by country, which would make it easier for us all to assess the credibility of a rumour.
By way of example, I know which Dutch sources are reliable, I have some knowledge of English sources but I couldn't tell you which Spanish or Italian sources to believe.
So... let me know what you think. If we can get a fair few people to contribute their knowledge I'd be more than happy to create and update the list.
EDIT: I've taken the liberty of making a start.
Based on the stats from the website supplied by CurryFlavoured (for which thanks), I've taken the liberty of drawing up an initial list. Please not that EVERYTHING is up for debate. The whole point of this exercise is to arrive at a reasonably accurate index and the best way to do so is through debate. It's a small start, but I'm sure there's much more to add.
So let me know what you think. Do you think a source should be in a different category? Are the categories wrong? Do you have information to add? Argue your case below. When adding non-British sources please state how you know they are reliable. In this case I've added Dutch sources since I'm quite familiar with them, being Dutch myself.
Dutch sources
Reliable
Voetbal International
De Telegraaf (regarding Ajax players)
Eindhovens Dagblad (regarding PSV players)
Tubantia (regarding FC Twente players)
British Sources
Extremely reliable
BBC / Ornstein
Arsenal.com
Fairly reliable – they get a third of the rumours right.
The Times
Somewhat reliable – they call between 25-30% of rumours correctly.
Daily Telegraph
The Guardian
The Herald
The Independent
The Scotsman
Somewhat unreliable – they get less than a quarter of rumours right.
The Sun
Daily Mail
Daily Mirror
Unreliable – they get some things right, but don’t get your hopes up.
Metro
The People
News of the World
Very unreliable – basically fiction
Caught Offside
Talk Sport
Footy Latest
Bleacher Report
Sports Direct News
Goal.com
The Express
Daily Star
French sources
German sources
Spanish sources
Italian sources
Twitter sources
So by way of experiment I thought it'd be interesting to see if we could use of our combined knowledge to create a a guide to sources. We can make use of our diverse backgrounds to create a list of sources and their reliability, possibly by country, which would make it easier for us all to assess the credibility of a rumour.
By way of example, I know which Dutch sources are reliable, I have some knowledge of English sources but I couldn't tell you which Spanish or Italian sources to believe.
So... let me know what you think. If we can get a fair few people to contribute their knowledge I'd be more than happy to create and update the list.
EDIT: I've taken the liberty of making a start.
Based on the stats from the website supplied by CurryFlavoured (for which thanks), I've taken the liberty of drawing up an initial list. Please not that EVERYTHING is up for debate. The whole point of this exercise is to arrive at a reasonably accurate index and the best way to do so is through debate. It's a small start, but I'm sure there's much more to add.
So let me know what you think. Do you think a source should be in a different category? Are the categories wrong? Do you have information to add? Argue your case below. When adding non-British sources please state how you know they are reliable. In this case I've added Dutch sources since I'm quite familiar with them, being Dutch myself.
Dutch sources
Reliable
Voetbal International
De Telegraaf (regarding Ajax players)
Eindhovens Dagblad (regarding PSV players)
Tubantia (regarding FC Twente players)
British Sources
Extremely reliable
BBC / Ornstein
Arsenal.com
Fairly reliable – they get a third of the rumours right.
The Times
Somewhat reliable – they call between 25-30% of rumours correctly.
Daily Telegraph
The Guardian
The Herald
The Independent
The Scotsman
Somewhat unreliable – they get less than a quarter of rumours right.
The Sun
Daily Mail
Daily Mirror
Unreliable – they get some things right, but don’t get your hopes up.
Metro
The People
News of the World
Very unreliable – basically fiction
Caught Offside
Talk Sport
Footy Latest
Bleacher Report
Sports Direct News
Goal.com
The Express
Daily Star
French sources
German sources
Spanish sources
Italian sources
Twitter sources