Everton transfer reliability guide

[Raino85]

Romano Tier 2 at best these days

Did alot of damage with Kudus.


Now he tends to just try and generate hype for young players on the books of his agent contacts

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Did alot of damage with Kudus.


Now he tends to just try and generate hype for young players on the books of his agent contacts

He tweeted yesterday that Potter was going to Leicester. Minutes later, Sam Wallace/Telegraph reported it would be Cooper.

Fair enough - but rather than hold hands up, he deleted the tweet.

This is how fans have voted Romano so far;

 

[Raino85]

He tweeted yesterday that Potter was going to Leicester. Minutes later, Sam Wallace/Telegraph reported it would be Cooper.

Fair enough - but rather than hold hands up, he deleted the tweet.

This is how fans have voted Romano so far;

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I come from an era were the Sky Sports yellow bar used to be the oracle of something definitely happening. I hope this little seat sniffer drops down to the levels we see that yellow bar as now.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Some quick changes from votes so far;

Dominic King and Shamoon Hafez from 1 to 2
Duncan Castles from 2 to 3
Lewis Steele from 2 to 3
Kaveh Solhekol from 4 to 5
Sacha Tavolieri from 4 to 3

 

[DanB90]

Particularly enjoy when you see pages of chatter in the transfer thread, based on a tweet by someone like TURKFOOTGOL1.

You’re all like alcoholics sucking the dregs from a bottle of hand sanitizer.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Just added Sam Wallace as a source to be voted on

 

[Lob]

Cracking thread and much appreciated.

 

[IrishBlue2022]

Can we get one for general Everton news too.

 

[derek duvall]

Blues,

Every transfer window, we get comments like this;



This thread is to help us create a working, community updated journalist and media reliability guide/tier list. It works well on other platforms (example) so we're pinching the concept to see how it works on here...

I figure we can submit sources in this thread, and discuss who are the kings, and weasels of the transfer ITK battleground. Submissions in this thread will be included on a poll, and we can all vote which tier they belong.

I've got us started with a few to provide an illustration;

Tier Voting

Tier Guide​

Eventually, as it's built and substantiated with community votes - the guide will be shared at the top of the transfer thread to help give an indication on reliability. "This source said this...." and if people like, they can check how reliable the community believes that source is.

Tiers defined as the below.

Tier 1: Most Reliable
As close as it gets to receiving the news from an official source. These journalists are known for consistently accurate and well-sourced information.

Tier 2: Usually Reliable
Information shared by the source can be seen as trustworthy.

Tier 3: Sometimes Reliable
We're entering the hit and miss, 50/50 territory here.

Tier 4: Less Reliable
Untrustworthy journalists or media sources who could occasionally be right once in a while, but usually not the case. clickbait, sensational titles and so on.

Tier 5: Waste Of Time / Blacklisted
Clickbait with no insight or credibility whatsoever.

Tier Aggregators: There are not the original source of news, they merely report news from other sources. Please make the effort to share direct sources, rather than aggregators.

Feedback, and involvement very much appreciated. It's something we'll all need to chip in/develop to see if it's a worthwhile exercise for the forum.

Can we have everything that Zat posts redirected to Tier 5 please. Thank you

 

[COYBL25]

It will be a great reward to those posting factual information to elite tiers like Tony Campari and Vinny Grappa, and a deterrent for those posting absolute hogwash as they will quickly be labelled a Weasel above their names. This is the type of carrot and stick strategy you’ve deployed in 17 years on here to good use. If pushed to choose between the two I’d marginally go with stick.

 

[Azza]

Why is Matt Hughes not on the list?

 

[Moomin]

How come no Esk?

 

[kev]

How come no Esk?

I think it's just for ITK's mate

 

[chrismpw]

1. Where's the fun in this?

2. There's anything other than tier 5?*

* other than goodison news which has to be, at most, tier 7.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Why is Matt Hughes not on the list?

I can't find him on X/Twitter? He was @MattHughesDM - is he still on there? I'll add him if you can find him.

[Edit] Found it: https://x.com/MattHughesMedia

All articles are to the scum, so naturally wont include him.

How come no Esk?

I only added a handful to get us started - need people to make suggestions here. I've just added him, people can now vote what Tier and next time it updates he'll be on there.