Omar Marmoush

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reddishblue said:
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Do people not understand what he does? You follow the rumours, you learn over years who to believe and who not to believe. Then when a transfer is close and near 99% likely to happen, you make sure YOU are the first to say it’s done. You don’t have a scooby whether it really is done, but you know it’ll convince the gullible masses that you have sources, once the transfer does finally happen. For months, even years, people will recall how you were first on “so many” transfers to say they were done… even though you just played the percentages with every single one. You gain a huge following, then monetise it once you have attracted enough idiots. People actually fall for it, it’s crazy.
 
Tricky_Trev said:
Do people not understand what he does? You follow the rumours, you learn over years who to believe and who not to believe. Then when a transfer is close and near 99% likely to happen, you make sure YOU are the first to say it’s done. You don’t have a scooby whether it really is done, but you know it’ll convince the gullible masses that you have sources, once the transfer does finally happen. For months, even years, people will recall how you were first on “so many” transfers to say they were done… even though you just played the percentages with every single one. You gain a huge following, then monetise it once you have attracted enough idiots. People actually fall for it, it’s crazy.
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I feel more than a bit stupid for sharing this earlier ffs
 
Tricky_Trev said:
Do people not understand what he does? You follow the rumours, you learn over years who to believe and who not to believe. Then when a transfer is close and near 99% likely to happen, you make sure YOU are the first to say it’s done. You don’t have a scooby whether it really is done, but you know it’ll convince the gullible masses that you have sources, once the transfer does finally happen. For months, even years, people will recall how you were first on “so many” transfers to say they were done… even though you just played the percentages with every single one. You gain a huge following, then monetise it once you have attracted enough idiots. People actually fall for it, it’s crazy.
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Ironically, I think that once you do this and create a big enough following, you start to actually get fed some information.
 
skillman said:
I’d laugh at his information probably the same way Madrid fans would laugh at Dickov’s information if Haaland was rumoured to be going there.

He’s a chancer. He got *some* Haaland scoops but only because he’s good mates with their family. Other than that, he’s useless for transfer information.

Good interviewer, though.
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Not really, he's been covering the Bundesliga for Scandinavian TV and has excellent connections in German football
 
Family Man Ashton said:
Not really, he's been covering the Bundesliga for Scandinavian TV and has excellent connections in German football
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Whether he does or doesn't, or is just guessing or backing his earlier guesses, I actually find what he says more believable than any of the others. In this instance, rather than generally.
 
Family Man Ashton said:
Not really, he's been covering the Bundesliga for Scandinavian TV and has excellent connections in German football
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Yet he’s changed his mind on Marmoush a few times already. I don’t think he’s guessing. He’s getting information but he’s just putting out with the club want him to rather than reading between the lines.

That isn’t really good transfer journalism (which isn’t an issue but the way he words it is like an exclusive) and instead is more a club’s unofficial mouthpiece.
 
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