As long as the article has named sources saying essentially that it was doomed, identifying the "some" who "say", and those people are in a position to know, th

As long as the article has named sources saying essentially that it was doomed, identifying the "some" who "say", and those people are in a position to know, then I don't have a problem with it. If the "bound to flop" comes from unnamed sources flinging poo, and possibly just lying, then it's a problem.