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Loughton.
Say no more!
(The whole thing's not very well written, really. And a lot of it comes across as tosh imo. Count the times he says 'allegedly', 'apparently', 'rumours', 'according to a number of people', 'I can't confirm this', 'I cannot say for certain it's true', 'perhaps' .... doesn't really inspire confidence that he's really in the know. Not to me, anyway - he might know a tidbit of information, and the rest is padded out with rumours, gossip and speculation.
Waits for the article to be ridiculed. ;whistle ;biggrin
And deserves a button press
;ok
Payet MkII in the offing ;hmm
;ok
Just realized what thread I'm on... Can I request that members are allowed a 24 hour swearing amnesty on the Payet thread? ;wink Awww go on? Go on? Go on? (apply Irish female accent)
Well, I suspect that it is what your read, rather than heard, and if you aren't prepared to share your source, and have that evaluated, then don't be surprised if your comments are dismissed as 'rumour' and blue cheese.
And it is a bit disingenuous to cite your unsubstantiated rumour as though it were a given and accepted fact, and then make a point based on it.
;whistle
But imo it shows respect to other site members if you make clear how reliable or not the info is - we are all forming our opinions and discussing the issues based on what info is out there. If someone is posting info that's just made up, it's wasting all our time.
Garbage in, garbage out.
Posting stuff you know is made up is wumming, which is against site rules. I'm not suggesting that's what Izzy is doing, at all, but equally, I don't think everything he posts is carven on tablets of stone in the Lord's own handwriting. ;biggrin
Allow users to use their critical faculties and their own judgement.
You were ;ok -ing while I was editing my post
You might want to read back and see if you still think it's ;ok
;diop
If Costa leaves Chelsea they will likely not win the league
Anyone is free to post what they 'heard'.
Personally, I think it's courtesy to say where it was heard.
My issue in this instance is when an 'I heard', unsourced and unverified rumour is subsequently used as though it is a known fact.
Why get so snotty?
If you don't want to believe it then that's fine, no problem at all.