Rogue website tries to profit from LFC/Gerrard Rumours

by Rupert Insider

Koptalk is widely regarded as a rogue web-site that preys on supporters of Liverpool Football Club and especially those from overseas whose only contact with the club is through the internet.

It is the exclusive vehicle of Duncan Oldham – a person of low repute among Liverpool supporters.

Today he has published another scurrilous story in his never-ending attempts to trick the unsuspecting into giving him ₤30 for more of the same.

GERRARD RUMOURS SPARKED BY BOARD ROOM BATTLE

The News Now version of today’s false story has attracted the attention of LFC supporters who are alarmed or intrigued by it.

Because News Now incorrectly treats every click on any of its stories as an indication of the “popularity” of the site being clicked, it places Koptalk stories in its Top Stories section and gives them additional emphasis, as it has in this case.

The dishonesty of the story has essentially been explained in the two previous articles in this blog. (It has also been exposed by contributors to other LFC supporter sites).

If any new readers have arrived on this blog today, I would refer them to those two earlier articles. (Go to Home and then scroll down to Earlier Entries) .

If you are looking for information about which LFC supporter-site to consult, you can find a long list of recommended sites at the right of this page under LFC Sites They are all free and truthful.

Koptalk is not free, not truthful and not recommended. If you want to know why please read the Summary in the tool bar at the top of this page.

You can help redress this situation by not clicking on Koptalk links on News Now. Each click is money in Oldham’s pocket. You could also boycott his site. You can find out what is going on there from us. We do not take in any revenues, whatsoever.

Meanwhile, you don’t need News Now to read today’s false story from Koptalk. Here it is:

“Noel White may have resigned from the Liverpool FC board following the disgraceful attack on manager Rafa Benitez, but the issue behind it still rumbles on.KOPTALK understands that White was prompted into speaking out through frustration over the ongoing financial situation at the club.

The Reds continue to speak to new potential investors every couple of months but what about those who have so far been ignored? What about the likes of Bob Kraft? His wealth and proven expertise was really attractive to various members of the board but to date, what he wanted to offer has been ignored, rightly or wrongly.

White isn’t the only key figure at the club annoyed by the situation. There is at least one other former colleague of his who hasn’t fallen into the same trap by speaking out. We doubt he will either but the mistake he is making is he’s fraternising with other potential investors who want in at Anfield and these groups and individuals – although working for their own gain – have loose tongues.

Over the last few weeks Steven Gerrard has been targeted by someone. Rumours concerning his career and his private life have been spreading like wildfire, each with their own twist. Laughable they may be but who is behind it and why are they doing it? We’re not talking about suggestions he’s unhappy about rotation etc, we’re talking about more malicious things that no Red wants to read about.

The Gerrard stuff, the Board Room stuff, it’s no coincidence.

It doesn’t make sense for the dark side of the media to be involved, nor does it make sense for another club to try and unsettle the skipper. If the effort was more low key, maybe, but it doesn’t make sense. There is a deliberate attempt to disrupt things at the club and everything we’re hearing can be traced back to one thing – ‘investment’ and the lack of it.

The same names are cropping up along with the same reasons.

What’s sad about it all is that whatever you favour – if it’s possible to favour anything with so little public information – someone, somewhere, is using underhand tactics to try and corner the chairman and that is something we could never agree with.

The headline is “Gerrard Rumours Sparked by Boardroom Battle”

Noel White may have resigned from the Liverpool FC board following the disgraceful attack on manager Rafa Benitez, but the issue behind it still rumbles on.

KOPTALK understands that White was prompted into speaking out through frustration over the ongoing financial situation at the club.

The Reds continue to speak to new potential investors every couple of months but what about those who have so far been ignored? What about the likes of Bob Kraft? His wealth and proven expertise was really attractive to various members of the board but to date, what he wanted to offer has been ignored, rightly or wrongly.

White isn’t the only key figure at the club annoyed by the situation. There is at least one other former colleague of his who hasn’t fallen into the same trap by speaking out. We doubt he will either but the mistake he is making is he’s fraternising with other potential investors who want in at Anfield and these groups and individuals – although working for their own gain – have loose tongues.

Over the last few weeks Steven Gerrard has been targeted by someone. Rumours concerning his career and his private life have been spreading like wildfire, each with their own twist. Laughable they may be but who is behind it and why are they doing it? We’re not talking about suggestions he’s unhappy about rotation etc, we’re talking about more malicious things that no Red wants to read about.

The Gerrard stuff, the Board Room stuff, it’s no coincidence.

It doesn’t make sense for the dark side of the media to be involved, nor does it make sense for another club to try and unsettle the skipper. If the effort was more low key, maybe, but it doesn’t make sense. There is a deliberate attempt to disrupt things at the club and everything we’re hearing can be traced back to one thing – ‘investment’ and the lack of it.

The same names are cropping up along with the same reasons.

What’s sad about it all is that whatever you favour – if it’s possible to favour anything with so little public information – someone, somewhere, is using underhand tactics to try and corner the chairman and that is something we could never agree with.”

News Now has said it will now carry headlines from this blog. Today’s headline can be the first.

(Edit: I see News Now has linked to the headline of this article “Rogue website tries to profit from LFC/Gerrard rumours“. In the first hour since it appeared we have had an unprecedented number of hits from the News Now link).