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Post by Laughing Gravy on Aug 9, 2018 17:34:55 GMT
This place is heaving with ITKs recently, luckily fuck all is happening today so I'm taking on the mission of naming and shaming a few of the more blatant liars and examining whether some of the others aren't just a bunch of chancers themselves. If I missed anyone or any important information, I will amend! I'm not looking to create some sort of internet witchhunt, rather have them accountable for some bold claims and stop everyone on this forum hanging on their every words. I'll start off with the people who are just blatant liars ChrisKamarasPerm, quite clearly knows fuck all, I'm not sure he's ever gotten any of his calls right. That said he speaks in tongues half the time so he can claim he wasn't wrong. themightypotter total chancer, locked onto the rumours of Williams coming to us which ended up happening so he had a good 15 minutes in the sun where people thought shit, he might really know what he's talking about, he proceeded to put his balls firmly on the line and alas, his balls are no more. August 1st "My neighbour has confirmed to me that he has a very strong relationship with Tony scholes so he knows his stuff. He has confirmed to me that two will sign today and Mings will sign tomorrow."
The former two no one really listens to anyways, but the following have a few people hanging on their every words. DavesViews Somewhat a legend on this forum, doesn't really seem to ever get anything right though. Been relatively quiet this summer, made some bold claims about how we're in talks with a left back but clearly nothings ever made it past negotiations with any clubs. CillaBlacksPissFlaps Been hit and miss this summer in my eyes, backed up the Yaya Toure claims pretty admirably so maybe one to be believed? That said, had a few shouts backfire. oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/post/6114937/thread :bit of a bizarre one, if Liverpool pay his clause we don't have the option of negotiating do we? oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/post/6114937/thread :we were after Chester no doubt, we were nowhere near a double announcement as the player clearly didn't even want to come here Other statements made just go along with the paper talk of the time really so not really much of a feather in the cap for 'em. monkeycat monkey? maybe. cat? potentially. Total bullshitter? likely. oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/post/6127236/thread :pretty bold statement, completely off the mark. oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/post/6122112/thread :come on mate, he's going hungry. chopperscfc hasn't made loads of bold calls which aren't rehashing what's in the paper, that said hasn't gotten too much wrong and everything he has said has been mostly plausible based on what's happened. He does have a knack for reporting news after the papers though. oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/post/6131711/thread :they didn't oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/post/6137745/thread :bold statement and since then it's all gone quiet on Knuds and we have been linked strongly with a pair of midfielders, so... maybe? stoneroses makes the big calls, which I have a lot of time for, but he's never actually right oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/post/6136495/thread :where to start with that one, off the money in every sense. oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/post/6135842/thread :.... yet again oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/post/6135842/thread :and another! oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/post/6135842/thread :balls on the block, aaaand gone oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/post/6123003/thread :christ it never stops oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/post/6123003/thread :I could honestly do these all day but that's enough to prove my point Don't get me wrong, it's kind of fun having ITKs on this board, but we have thousands at the moment and I struggle to find any evidence of a single one of them breaking any news before media outlets. I do however have a lot of evidence of them getting it wrong. You would be far better painting an old lady,s house, far more rewarding. What if she didn't want it painting?
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Post by skip on Aug 9, 2018 19:07:47 GMT
Point of order - CillaBlacksPissFlaps has the best Oatie name of all time, so he could tell us Rafa is signing up to play between the sticks for all I care.
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Post by tony1234 on Aug 9, 2018 19:19:17 GMT
Fantastic post. The problem with trying to predict Stoke signings is the club don't seem to know themselves until 10 mins before they happen (or don't - as the case may be).
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Post by cobhamstokey on Aug 9, 2018 19:24:38 GMT
Chopper - Gold medal. pretty factual and spot on. Doesnt take the longshots. Stone Roses - A lot of interesting non transfer stuff. Hit and miss on the transfers. But a fresh new poster. Good reading. DavesViews - Seen as much as an eclipse. Shame as I've had enough PMs over the years to know he knows his stuff Cilla - Top man. No doubting his info but he goes for the long shot so takes chances with early intel. Monkeycat - Does his best but not much comes to fruition. CKP - Absolute gobbledy gook.
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Post by Gods on Aug 9, 2018 19:28:35 GMT
Great post, it's been 'pin and a blindfold' stuff from our alleged ITK's.
The kindest thing you could say is that their posts are a bit of fun on a slow news day.
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Post by mattador78 on Aug 9, 2018 19:29:38 GMT
To summarise, none of them knew anything they hadn't read online or in the newspaper. Now that is an ITK statement there my friend 👍
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Post by PotteringThrough on Aug 10, 2018 8:37:11 GMT
I enjoy all of their snippets.
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Aug 10, 2018 8:50:24 GMT
I enjoy all of their snippets. And take them with a salt mine.
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Post by monkeycat on Aug 10, 2018 9:50:58 GMT
Pretty accurate summing up. But I am neither a monkey or a cat, I am a hybrid
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Post by stoneroses on Aug 10, 2018 9:52:47 GMT
I enjoy all of their snippets. And take them with a salt mine. That’s exactly the point and I said at the time taker it if you want but if not fuck it off. I have never hid where I get my info from, I play myself but am a big stoke fan and an agent I am close to gives me info. He give me the Jack transfer, Leicester’s interest in Diouf and other details. Some of which come off and some didn’t but as he’s a good friend he wouldn’t lie to me to post on the oatcake he just gives it me as I’m a Stoke fan. Ritchie, Abraham and other transfers could still happen. He said stoke think the market will open for them more after the deadline yesterday and once certain players haven’t made match day squads for three weeks on the bounce. If we offer a couple of million in loan fees and a big subside of wages we could end up with some real good players. As always need to shift the shit
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Post by foster on Aug 10, 2018 10:21:44 GMT
Julian Ngoy to France (potentially Monaco).. that's about all the info I have.
Saying that, I heard that back in February so not looking like anything will materialise there.
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Aug 10, 2018 11:43:45 GMT
And take them with a salt mine. That’s exactly the point and I said at the time taker it if you want but if not fuck it off. I have never hid where I get my info from, I play myself but am a big stoke fan and an agent I am close to gives me info. He give me the Jack transfer, Leicester’s interest in Diouf and other details. Some of which come off and some didn’t but as he’s a good friend he wouldn’t lie to me to post on the oatcake he just gives it me as I’m a Stoke fan. Ritchie, Abraham and other transfers could still happen. He said stoke think the market will open for them more after the deadline yesterday and once certain players haven’t made match day squads for three weeks on the bounce. If we offer a couple of million in loan fees and a big subside of wages we could end up with some real good players. As always need to shift the shit Mate it wasn't a personal criticism. I'm just a natural cynic and pisstaker, which isn't a great combination. I enjoy the whole ITK stuff, it's a pleasant distraction and there are a few I take more notice of than the others, you being one, because I suspect you do get info and you do post with the best intentions. However, this window we have had a plethora of ITK's appear, who are either taking the piss or know next to fuck all, and they're the ones who I subject to ridicule. Even the 'genuine' ones I'm afraid I rarely take at face value and never crack the Champagne open until I see a photo of the subject in the shirt in front of the Boothen professing their undying love for The Mighty Potters (he was a right one wasn't he?).
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Post by thepopman on Aug 10, 2018 12:50:08 GMT
Had it more or less confirmed to me this week that there are no real 'in-the-knows'. A. very close family member is mates with a championship footballer. From the middle of last week, we heard about the stages of a possible transfer, starting with someone at Stoke talking to the player's agent, to Stoke talking to the club, to Stoke making an offer to the club. This was a cash offer plus a player to them on loan. I know who the player offered on loan was, how much of his wages we were going to pay, how much transfer fee we were offering for the player. We heard on Thursday morning that it probably wouldn't be happening. It didn't. Not going to name either of the players, or respond to any comments, just letting you know that this potential deal was not mentioned anywhere on here or in the press, including John Percy and Alan Nixon. That's how much people are really in the know.
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Post by Laughing Gravy on Aug 10, 2018 12:57:02 GMT
Had it more or less confirmed to me this week that there are no real 'in-the-knows'. A. very close family member is mates with a championship footballer. From the middle of last week, we heard about the stages of a possible transfer, starting with someone at Stoke talking to the player's agent, to Stoke talking to the club, to Stoke making an offer to the club. This was a cash offer plus a player to them on loan. I know who the player offered on loan was, how much of his wages we were going to pay, how much transfer fee we were offering for the player. We heard on Thursday morning that it probably wouldn't be happening. It didn't. Not going to name either of the players, or respond to any comments, just letting you know that this potential deal was not mentioned anywhere on here or in the press, including John Percy and Alan Nixon. That's how much people are really in the know. In fairness mate I don't think any of them has claimed to know about every single proposed transfer the club might enter in to. Each one will have their own source giving them snippets about bits of what's going on and then there's probably a lot of educated guesswork goes on as well. For some though their sources are clearly voices in their heads. PS Nixon and Percy know fuckall.
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Post by djduncanjames on Aug 10, 2018 13:38:02 GMT
Erasurebot.
Nothing else needs to be said really.
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Post by upthefud on Aug 10, 2018 14:03:26 GMT
Try your luck with SLP. Interested to know if they’ve called anything right whatsoever
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Post by adi on Aug 10, 2018 16:22:52 GMT
Chopper - Gold medal. pretty factual and spot on. Doesnt take the longshots. Stone Roses - A lot of interesting non transfer stuff. Hit and miss on the transfers. But a fresh new poster. Good reading. DavesViews - Seen as much as an eclipse. Shame as I've had enough PMs over the years to know he knows his stuff Cilla - Top man. No doubting his info but he goes for the long shot so takes chances with early intel. Monkeycat - Does his best but not much comes to fruition. CKP - Absolute gobbledy gook. Shame davesviews didn’t give the rest of us decent info. 🙁
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Post by WorkingclassHero on Aug 11, 2018 1:36:18 GMT
Had it more or less confirmed to me this week that there are no real 'in-the-knows'. A. very close family member is mates with a championship footballer. From the middle of last week, we heard about the stages of a possible transfer, starting with someone at Stoke talking to the player's agent, to Stoke talking to the club, to Stoke making an offer to the club. This was a cash offer plus a player to them on loan. I know who the player offered on loan was, how much of his wages we were going to pay, how much transfer fee we were offering for the player. We heard on Thursday morning that it probably wouldn't be happening. It didn't. Not going to name either of the players, or respond to any comments, just letting you know that this potential deal was not mentioned anywhere on here or in the press, including John Percy and Alan Nixon. That's how much people are really in the know. ITK This is how it's done take note!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 11, 2018 5:39:12 GMT
And take them with a salt mine. That’s exactly the point and I said at the time taker it if you want but if not fuck it off. I have never hid where I get my info from, I play myself but am a big stoke fan and an agent I am close to gives me info. He give me the Jack transfer, Leicester’s interest in Diouf and other details. Some of which come off and some didn’t but as he’s a good friend he wouldn’t lie to me to post on the oatcake he just gives it me as I’m a Stoke fan. Ritchie, Abraham and other transfers could still happen. He said stoke think the market will open for them more after the deadline yesterday and once certain players haven’t made match day squads for three weeks on the bounce. If we offer a couple of million in loan fees and a big subside of wages we could end up with some real good players. As always need to shift the shit What level do you play at?
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Post by TexasPotter on Aug 11, 2018 5:49:56 GMT
Cilla, you’re still my fav 😁 Get on the loan deals!
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