Aberdeen FC eye Manchester City starlet

Midfielder set for Pittodrie trial

 

By Charlie Allan

 

Published: 05/12/2009

 

ABERDEEN FC are considering a swoop for Manchester City winger Paul Marshall.

 

Aberdeen FC boss Mark McGhee also confirmed he has made a formal approach for permission to speak to Motherwell’s Jim O’Brien as his bid to bolster his squad goes into overdrive.

 

Marshall, a member of the England squad that recently competed in the Under-20 World Cup finals in Egypt, has been invited to come on trial at Pittodrie next week.

 

McGhee said: “We are working on several fronts, looking at the options open to us."

 

To read this story in full, pick up a copy of Saturday’s Evening Express

 

I've got the paper in front of me, there are quotes from McGhee saying that Marshall has been invited up on trial, and that he has asked Motherwell for permission to speak to O'Brien.

Fucking shocker....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diet Huns interested in O'Brien as well now, according to papers this morning

.... according to the EE, O'Brien is wanted by the Jambo's.

 

 

STAND FREE!

.... according to the EE, O'Brien is wanted by the Jambo's.

 

 

STAND FREE!

 

Is there any echo in here

‘Pittodrie pitch could wreck my Aberdeen FC dream’

Paul Marshall fears for new deal

 

By Mark Davies

 

Published: 11/03/2010

 

PAUL Marshall today revealed he fears the Pittodrie pitch could cost him a new Aberdeen FC deal.

 

The 20-year-old signed in the January transfer window from Manchester City until the end of the season.

 

But he admitted the uneven surface at Aberdeen FC has so far prevented him from showing his best for the Reds.

 

“At the moment the pitch is very poor,†he said.

 

“It is very hard to play the ball on the ground and I haven’t been able to show how well I can play football because the pitch is so bad."

He hasnt shown to be able to play football on other grounds with better pitches..

Pathetic excuse.

 

If a footballer can only (for benefit of the doubt) play on a surface maintained to a snooker table standard then he's no fuckin use to us and probably has no appreciable talent anyway.

 

...he canny even hoof the fuckin thing! 

Dont rate him- League 2 seems his standard

A good passer he may be but he really hasn't got much, if any, better.

 

Pity, he looked like there he could have pushed on from a decent start but moaning about pitches doesn't help his cause much. Yes the pitches are very poor but it's Scottish fitba. Pish wi the cock you've got.

Agreed. Everyone on the park has to deal with the shit surface. It's not as if the shit surface only follows one player around!

A good passer he may be but he really hasn't got much, if any, better.

 

Pity, he looked like there he could have pushed on from a decent start but moaning about pitches doesn't help his cause much. Yes the pitches are very poor but it's Scottish fitba. Pish wi the cock you've got.

 

Yet to see evidence of that.

 

I saw plenty evidence at United away in January.  Looked a very tidy footballer with some neat touches, also set up Mulgrew's goal with a nice pass.