Matthew Le God

Loans can be paid off or ended like Saints did with the Puncheon loan to MK Dons when they signed him from Plymouth.

You only have to read it to see it seems credible. http://twitter.com/freddyadu11

It seems odd the Portuguese site would monitor the Southampton page on 606 for a story if that is where they got it. Maybe it started on 606, Tribal football picked it up from there and then the Portuguese site got it from tribal football. Thus a rumour snowball effect started with each stage adding "credibility" to the others even though the original rumour has no foundation.

http://www.ojogo.pt/26-147/artigo867131.asp Google translated version into English... http://translate.google.com/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ojogo.pt%2F26-147%2Fartigo867131.asp&sl=auto&tl=en

Where?

Can you provide links to his posts where he predicted those transfers? Then we can see if he predates other media reporting the rumour and the transfer itself.

I find it hard to believe the rumour is true. But I also find it hard to believe that the writers at http://www.ojogo.pt website in Portugal monitor the Southampton page on 606.

Season tickets!? What are they?

or on loan at C.F. Os Belenenses

Bart wouldn't like to meet him in training! Adu scored two goals against him in USA vs Poland at the under 20 World Cup

Have you told him on twitter he could be playing for a billionaire, in an English speaking county with "similar" culture to his homeland, in a shiny 32k stadium and winning League One winners medal in front of crowds of 20k+ yet?

Administrator meets managerial candidate in hotel apparently... http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Portsmouth-line-up-Paul-Ince-as-new-boss-Exclusive-article439695.html

Read the bar on the right hand side of the page.

Suggests he believes HMRC will accept although he has contradicted himself and made gaffs throughout his administration.

18th June creditors meeting to decide. A day after the fixture lists come out.

He doesn't sound the brightest in the interview. Likes the word "big".

Algerian International Hameur Bouazza has just been announced he is to be released by Blackpool. Might be worth a look.

I see you tweeted him, as he has now replied. How did you word the question?

Do those from SISA and the Saints Trust phone in each time or do you contact them first? Surely the Echo contact them, as you know what the subject of the story you want to run is and when you need quotes. What about adding people from this forum to your list of people you contact for views rather than just the small fan groups? Then use an opinion for and against from this forum to give a balanced viewpoint. Would that be feasible?

It becomes self fueling then and a snowball effect ensues. Someone reads a rumour on a site, they talk about it, the Echo report this chatter, someone sees it in the Echo and they talk about it and post it on another site, the Echo sees this and passes comment and on and on... As for using opinions of the readership it is nearly as bad as Sky and BBC news using viewers comments in news items and then using the views section as a news story itself. Why does the Echo continue to use the unelected voice of the fans like the Saints Trust and SISA - a tiny % of the fanbase. I find it hard to believe their representative even consult their small memberbase on views before providing quotes. Let alone the voice of all Saints fans. The Echo today used quotes from one Saints fan who happened to be in the SISA as the foundation to nearly an entire article. That isn't "news". That is the opinion of an opinionated fan bloated out to make a story. I'm as you can see an opinionated fan. You wouldn't use my views as the basis of a story would you? (awaits tomorrow's Echo headline )

I won't be coming in as I see little point. I'd be treated like a work experience kid and also many in the office would be aware of the reason I was there and it would be extremely awkward. The output gives me a good idea of the input, GIGO.

Yes, in tabloids to shift papers and increase circulation. You don't see it so much in the broadsheets unless they are a little more confident that it is true. I would like the Echo to be more of a local broadsheet than a local paper that acts like a tabloid.

This is a newspaper where none of the journalists know what the word ironic means and use the term in nearly every Saints related article. How professional, university trained journalists don't know this I don't know! For example... It is not ironic that Morgan Schneiderlin was going to be playing for France vs Denmark last night against the keeper that he scored against for Saints when they played Bristol Rovers. Merely a coincidence at best. Nor is it ironic if a player scores against a former club. Admittedly it is not just the Echo that do this and it seems to cover most of the national press.

I'd rather have fewer pages of actual news than a paper bloated out by idle unsubstantiated gossip.

Doesn't explain my other questions. Also doesn't say where the speculation come from in the article. Unfounded speculation without source or quote yet again. Basically column filling with the unfounded speculation from non specified sources has got to make you think what they teach them on university journalism courses. Anyone can write an article that says "there is speculation that..." Justifying that is a different matter and is what journalist should do but most don't. Charlie Brooker sums them up well.