Comments on: The Masal Bugduv Hoax

By: martin

martin — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:27:40 +0000

At least they acknowledged it rather than just removed it, it seemed very 1984 to begin with…

By: Daryl

Daryl — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:14:27 +0000

The Times has finally acknowledged what happened, though only on their blog.

By: martin

martin — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:33:14 +0000

They appear to have corrected the list…

By: Daryl

Daryl — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:00:31 +0000

Apparently he’s the new To Madeira.

By: greg

greg — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:51:08 +0000

i feel like an idiot looking up Masal on Football Manager now.

By: Daryl

Daryl — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:05:38 +0000

The more I think about it, the more this is proof of something we all know deep down anyway.

Lists like that are completely untrustworthy when compiled by journalists or bloggers. The only way a top “50 rising stars” list would be anywhere close to accurate would be if it was written by a professional youth scout or someone similarly qualified.

Despite that, I still can’t stop myself reading them.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:03:28 +0000

This is hilarious. When I read this in the morning on BBC I was killing myself laughing.

By: Jan

Jan — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:01:46 +0000

Damn, I considered The Times football lists the benchmark of football lists, to judge all other lists against. But first they declared Hitler a Schalke fan and then they copy and paste an internet hoax. Sob. I’ll stick to lists from Goal.com, The Sun and random message board posts as my personal guide to the best and worst in football from now on.

By: areallaticfromthesouth

areallaticfromthesouth — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:53:42 +0000

Try to say ‘work permit permitting’ when you have had a drink or two LOL LOL!

By: diana

diana — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:52:46 +0000

Some days back out of boredom, I actually wanted to read the list from The Times website! But then I decided not to given the list is long.

Whoever pulled off this hoax – wow. That is all I have to say.