Summer Transfer Window 2025 Thread

[Bryan+]

TLDR; What did he say behind the paywall then?

He said Davek is bellend

 

[Bluewolf]

Most of the ITK's have an income stream related to thier work. Fab Rom has Twitter, YouTube plus agents bunging him a few quid for headlines. Alan Myers until recently worked for Sky, Joyce & Ornstien etc work for papers & so do many other guys. Adverts everywhere that help pay towards you being able to read it 'for free'.

I don't know what The Bobble does for a living but i would imagine he doesn't have the same ITK revenue opportunities that the others do. Plus his catchment area of predominantly Everton fans makes it even harder.
To me, he clearly does get some information. How much or little you belive it is up to the individual. No ITK gets every scoop so they will always bounce off eachother. I respect Bobbles choice of only sharing what he believes are more substantial moves rather than just rumours.

I don't begrudge the guy for trying to earn a few extra quid for information he believes he has over the average fan in the same way I don't begrudge Myers, Joyce, Ornstien etc when you help them through Twitter engagement, YouTube or buying a newspaper or reading thier online articles with adverts everywhere.

Life can be hard. Let the man earn a crust. If you don't like it then all sports journo's are pretty much dead to you so your problem isn't with Bobble, it's with the system. Of course we all wish every article or statement was true & free but the reality is that it isn't. At least Bobble has a bull sheet threshold.

That said I wouldn't personally pay for his service. But I also don't pay The Times, The Telegraph, The Daily Fail etc either. Fab Rom is becoming increasingly poor quality, The red tops can get in the bin & sky have to fill thier breaking news quota on a daily basis so will run any old nonsense nowadays.

The Bobble ain't perfect but he's alright. That's better than most apparent ITK's.

Nah, sorry i massively disagree with this.

Theres a massive difference between people who put themselves in debt to learn journalism, start at the bottom and work their asses off to get to the top of their industry. To the point that they are trusted enought to be given information by the clubs (which is where they get their info) to relay back to the fans.

Theres a world of difference to that and then some bloke whos charging his own fans to hear any information he gets of his mate. Which btw as much as we all love hearing the information, can actually have a negative effect on the transfers if it gets out too early.

 

[GN!]

TLDR; What did he say behind the paywall then?

Riquelme is in for a physical

 

[Clarky cat]

Everton are actively in the market for a RW, goalkeeper and RB. A LB is also on their shopping list but not considered priority at the present time. They will be intensifying their interest over the next week.

 

[blueconverse]

If Douglas Luiz was available and goes to West Ham as some sources are claiming thats huge mistake on our part. Takes us up a level as starts every week

 

[blue to the bone]

Everton are actively in the market for a RW, goalkeeper and RB. A LB is also on their shopping list but not considered priority at the present time. They will be intensifying their interest over the next week.

Have you a patreon ?

 

[Clarky cat]

Have you a patreon ?

I think if I just went on transfermarket.com and chucked some random player names on my post I could. I might even notice how many Japanese players are being signed for the women’s team and say that Everton are exploring the possibility of signing Takehiro Tomiyasu on a free transfer…

 

[Stephen Gibson]

Nah, sorry i massively disagree with this.

Theres a massive difference between people who put themselves in debt to learn journalism, start at the bottom and work their asses off to get to the top of their industry. To the point that they are trusted enought to be given information by the clubs (which is where they get their info) to relay back to the fans.

Theres a world of difference to that and then some bloke whos charging his own fans to hear any information he gets of his mate. Which btw as much as we all love hearing the information, can actually have a negative effect on the transfers if it gets out too early.

Yeah but I don't care about all that. I'm an average fan that just wants a bit of news. If the Bobble has it then cool. I couldn't care less about the educational history of any of the apparent ITK's. I would imagine there are plenty of Journo's who have put themselves through education but talk utter nonsense too. Should I believe all journo's just because they have a degree? The list of actual fully fledged sports journo's i mildly trust is very short indeed.
Again, i don't really care where the info comes from & who delivers it so long as that person has a modicum of reliability, which the Bobble has.

 

[DuncansPigeons]

€10 million loan fee and €30 million obligation for Luiz is exactly the wrong type of deal for someone aged 27. We need to be looking at finding the next one, younger with real value

 

[Toffeepot]

I've just scanned the last 6 pages trying to find what Bobble said or didn't say to warrant said pages of let's call it debate, and thought 6 pages is more than enough
Can anyone enlighten me as to what he said to cause the rumble?

 

[DanB90]

I've just scanned the last 6 pages trying to find what Bobble said or didn't say to warrant said pages of let's call it debate, and thought 6 pages is more than enough
Can anyone enlighten me as to what he said to cause the rumble?

pay me £5 and I’ll tell you.

 

[bluesb1970]

€10 million loan fee and €30 million obligation for Luiz is exactly the wrong type of deal for someone aged 27. We need to be looking at finding the next one, younger with real value

Where have you seen this?

 

[Bluewolf]

Has he ever shared anything that was complete bluster though or is this just cynicism for cynicism's sake?

I recently subscribed to their patreon and some of the info is a bit wishy-washy and non-committal, but there's still some decent insight shared.

The way I'd look at the situation is, this lad is going to get pelters whatever info he shares and however often he shares it, so he may as well try and earn a few quid to make it worth his while.

Thats my point, he obviously gets info im not denying that. But now hes under pressure to produce "content" aka insider info.

Which leads to a situation where he has no real information from everton and has to produce content. Which is where i start doubting his authenticity.

You're obviously into the lad which is fine but i just dont agree with charging fans of your own club for things you get for free. Also seeing whats happened with fab Romano when he has had to produce content doesnt leave mebwith alot of hope for the bobble

 

[Moomin]

I've just scanned the last 6 pages trying to find what Bobble said or didn't say to warrant said pages of let's call it debate, and thought 6 pages is more than enough
Can anyone enlighten me as to what he said to cause the rumble?

I can tell you once you pay my Patreon fee for the news.

 

[Bungle]

TLDR; What did he say behind the paywall then?

It was a very good wind up, you pay for the info and you then just get linked to a livestream of him swimming in his new pool, which is made up of 50% cash and 50% tears from GOT forum members