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Player Watch: Gareth Bale - Retires

JonnySpurs

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The same as that TranSpurs rubbish then. It's from some source in Spain, not Eurosport themselves.

Why do you all get so bent out of shape about these accounts on twitter? They merely gather the stories that are being posted. If you read too much into them then that's on you.
 

THFCSPURS19

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Why do you all get so bent out of shape about these accounts on twitter? They merely gather the stories that are being posted. If you read too much into them then that's on you.
Because they don’t gather the stories, they twist, misunderstand and misrepresent the stories.
 
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Having had a read of the midday story from the brother Grimm - A&C - I don't feel very confident in anything happening with Bale or anyone else.

Sadly I am off the 'Bale to come home' wagon and more on the 'what the fuck are we actually going to do' wagon.

Chicken Soup time, in a bit.
 

tiger666

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Why do you all get so bent out of shape about these accounts on twitter? They merely gather the stories that are being posted. If you read too much into them then that's on you.

I'm not bent out of shape about anything. Why get so defensive about them?
 

spursfan77

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Bale's agents were out dining with Mendes and also Raiola last night. Should be coming out in the Daily Heil soon. Who knows what they may be discussing, but there is a conference coming up soon for agents.

Very true, all the agents are getting together to complain to fifa about the capping of agents fees.
 

JonnySpurs

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Because they don’t gather the stories, they twist, misunderstand and misrepresent the stories.

Disagree. I don't read them as anything more than tabloid speculation but equally I'm interested in what's being reported out there.

Like I said, if you read them, get your hopes up and then feel all angry and disappointed when the rumours don't come off then maybe you need to take a look at yourself rather than blaming a news aggregator on twitter.
 

sidford

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We're talking more (I assume) about the ITK Hub twitter account which has made up some ridiculous tier rankings for ITKs to try and mimic the r/COYS tiers which are more like what you mean (journos, etc).
Ah ok now I get it. No mate I'm talking about lad called Marc on twitter who has 30k followers and has a tier system for newspaper stories so has nothing to do with ITK's like our lot, glory glorys etc. It solely deals with media stuff now info from fan forums. If he took that idea from a ITK type system then I didn't know that but still think it could work for journos / newspapers.

Sure we all on here know that SC ITK's are verified etc long before they share info here and that what they share is correct at the time they share it but could easily be out of date within an hour so just because something doesn't happen or never makes the press doesn't mean it wasn't right. And I assume that's the case for other good sites like gloryglory as well so would never think it's a good idea to try and compare them against each other.
 

tiger666

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Disagree. I don't read them as anything more than tabloid speculation but equally I'm interested in what's being reported out there.

Like I said, if you read them, get your hopes up and then feel all angry and disappointed when the rumours don't come off then maybe you need to take a look at yourself rather than blaming a news aggregator on twitter.

That's the probelm though. There's hoardes of gullible idiots on Twitter that don't have the intelligence to see this stuff for what it is. Twisting and embellishing things to take advantage of the mugs to gain clicks and attention doesn't sit right with me.
 

THFCSPURS19

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Disagree. I don't read them as anything more than tabloid speculation but equally I'm interested in what's being reported out there.

Like I said, if you read them, get your hopes up and then feel all angry and disappointed when the rumours don't come off then maybe you need to take a look at yourself rather than blaming a news aggregator on twitter.
What? I’m not blaming a news aggregator for stuff not happening. I actually read the articles so I know when the aggregator accounts are completely misrepresenting an article or twisting it to make things sound more positive. So you can disagree all you like but it’s fact.
 

JonnySpurs

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That's the probelm though. There's hoardes of gullible idiots on Twitter that don't have the intelligence to see this stuff for what it is. Twisting and embellishing things to take advantage of the mugs to gain clicks and attention doesn't sit right with me.

I hear what you're saying, I guess I've just never bothered to worry about it too much but equally I can appreciate why it doesn't sit right with you.
 
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