My point is that if we all did the that we'd be snowed under with threads. I think folk naturally open the thread expecting a credible new source to have suggested something only to hear that it came from a mate. The natural feeling that ensues is "Why bother ?".
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I don't know why threads like these are even started. If everyone printed what a mate had said we'd make Football Rumours look like a credible wealth of current transfer activity.