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lennypops

lennypops

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After doing a google search on the Dembele injury rumour before the game at the weekend this was the ONLY site which reported it. And there wasn't even a direct quote from the Belgium manager! Which, personally, put me at my ease that there was a good chance it was rubbish.

So it seems a bit weird to me that they were right and that NO other source (not news media, not physioroom, not FF website) had him down as even possibly injured.

Is Goal.com somehow uniquely reliable? I always just presumed it was speculation and bored bloggers with no better sources than a newsnowsearch.

Anyone else had an experience of this site being particularly reliable or having scoops?
 
Lenny, i'm sure its a fluke, as in the past I have always found them to try and create drama! yet you're posting of this thread did lead me to browse the site and find this on Freund which I haven't seen anywhere else.

http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896...o-add-to-cult-hero-status-by-taking-tottenham

Maybe they decided to have a revamp and send all their former staff to the daily mail and metro.......on second thoughts

but a comprehensive CV demonstrates that his presence in the dugout owes far more to his proficiency as a coach than the cult status which he enjoyed during his first spell at the club.

Freund returned to north London with stellar credentials, having enjoyed spells as an assistant manager for the German Under-20s team and to Berti Vogts for Nigeria's Africa Cup of Nations campaign in 2008 before taking control of the Germany Under-16 and Under-17 sides.
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:shocked:
 
Goal.com is almost uniquely ****e, even by the low standards of sports journalism.
Perhaps they have a Belgian contributor and it was reported in Flemish or something?
 
PleaseNotPoll said:
Goal.com is almost uniquely ****e, even by the low standards of sports journalism.
Perhaps they have a Belgian contributor and it was reported in Flemish or something?
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Yeah but it seems weird that no-one else picked it up. There's such a hunger for football news 24/7 you'd think that if a national team manager said something to anyone about a 15m pound EPL player being injured that this would work its way round the media. Football journalism is a uniquely illogical and ******ed activity, though so who the hell knows how it would work. I always thought that a big part of it was reading blog articles on Newsnow to then shuffle the words around a bit and pass on a "story". Maybe they don't even do that!
 
but a comprehensive CV demonstrates that his presence in the dugout owes far more to his proficiency as a coach than the cult status which he enjoyed during his first spell at the club.

Freund returned to north London with stellar credentials, having enjoyed spells as an assistant manager for the German Under-20s team and to Berti Vogts for Nigeria's Africa Cup of Nations campaign in 2008 before taking control of the Germany Under-16 and Under-17 sides.
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The only thing that crosses my mind there is sarcasm, written by a fan of a rival club, with a large portion of tongue in cheek!

Is goal.com reliable?...about as reliable as Jimmy Savile as a babysitter!
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notsosmartspur said:
The only thing that crosses my mind there is sarcasm, written by a fan of a rival club, with a large portion of tongue in cheek!

Is goal.com reliable?...about as reliable as Jimmy Savile as a babysitter!
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Unreliable? I'm sure he'd show up every time and would always be available...

Yeah - I assumed that it was sarcastic when I read it too.
 
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