Aberdeen FC’s Grassi linked with move to St Johnstone

Perth club ready to make move for star

 

Published: 21/05/2010

 

ABERDEEN FC’s hopes of re-signing Davide Grassi could be scuppered by St Johnstone.

 

The Perth club were today linked with a move for the left-sided player.

 

The Italian spent last season with Aberdeen FC but is now out of contract.

 

The Dons have offered Grassi a six-month deal, but the player wants to sign for the entire season.

Sounds like he wants to play 451, something like:

 

Langfield

 

McArdle

Diamond

Ifil

Considine/Grassi

 

Foster/New Guy

Pawlett

Fyvie

New Guy

Aluko

 

Kyle/Other Target Man

 

Midfield is very lightweight and inexperienced there Slim. We really do need a midfielder with a big presence, something we've been lacking for a while.

Yep, I expected him to go for an experienced deep lying central midfielder, someone to replace Mark Kerr to sit in front of the defence and let Fyvie and Pawlett (I'm presuming he sees Fyvie as a starter next season and his omission of Pawlett from his winger comment hopefully means he sees him more in a central-ish role) produce more. Unless he's hoping he can persuade Kerr or McDonald to stay.

Yep, I expected him to go for an experienced deep lying central midfielder, someone to replace Mark Kerr to sit in front of the defence and let Fyvie and Pawlett (I'm presuming he sees Fyvie as a starter next season and his omission of Pawlett from his winger comment hopefully means he sees him more in a central-ish role) produce more. Unless he's hoping he can persuade Kerr or McDonald to stay.

 

 

Please don't post that on a public forum. That's a horrendous thing to say. 

Yep, I expected him to go for an experienced deep lying central midfielder, someone to replace Mark Kerr to sit in front of the defence and let Fyvie and Pawlett (I'm presuming he sees Fyvie as a starter next season and his omission of Pawlett from his winger comment hopefully means he sees him more in a central-ish role) produce more. Unless he's hoping he can persuade Kerr or McDonald to stay.

 

I'd be happy with Pawlett playing from a more central area, but do think he'd need a fair bit of protection in that position.

I have to say, those were my immediate thoughts as well slim when i was reading that article. He best not be hoping/counting on those two pretenders to stay. It concerns me greatly that he doesn't view this as a problem position, as even if fyvie is going to start there, we'll still need someone else to play in that position. Its been a problem for years and it needs to be addressed!

 

Unless you're all mind readers you don't have a clue if he sees this as a problem position or not.

 

Let's just wait and see what the summer brings before pressing any panic buttons.

Alright, anyone for Scrabble?

Yahoo pool!

 

 

If only we had an arcade facility!

3 priorty positions, I thought we were getting 10 new signings and personally felt all 10 should be first teamers.

I no longer take anything as read.

 

It's moving goalposts, smoke and mirrors and an extra portion of bullshit on the side.

 

What happens is completely out of the club's control and we'll get whatever players we're left with.

 

AFC are now like the fat plukey minger at the dance. No way will we get what we really want but at the end of the day there is still a hole there somewhere, so somebody will inevitably end up filling it.

Sounds like he wants to play 451, something like:

 

Langfield

 

McArdle

Diamond

Ifil

Considine/Grassi

 

Foster/New Guy

Pawlett

Fyvie

New Guy

Aluko

 

Kyle/Other Target Man

 

That team just screams relegation.

Ally i'm not pressing the panic button. It was pressed long ago seriously though, as tsr said, we needed 10 players that were of first team quality, obviously we weren't going to get 10 but we need more than 3! I know the season is not long over, but i sense that this is going to be a very long summer. I just hope mcghee manager to pull a few more signings out the bag. We need some serious grit in that team.

10 became 8 became 6 became 4 became the boy Tommy, plus Pawlett & Considine returning from injury and Bebo returning from loan equals sorted.

That list of 100 names that was talked about earlier,  what was that exactly?

 

Potential player prospects worthy of some degree of evaluation or a list of potential puppy names for a new dog?

don't think i'd like a puppy called ANY CUNT.

EE reporting he's been offered a 1 year deal 

Panic move.

Panic move.

 

Indeed

For him or us though?

Where's Ajja with his panic button when you need him.

Grassi agrees new deal with Aberdeen FC

Davide delighted to be coming back

 

By Sean Wallace

 

Published: 16/06/2010

 

ITALIAN defender Davide Grassi today revealed he has agreed a new one-year deal with Aberdeen FC.

 

Mark McGhee initially offered Grassi a short-term six month contract.

 

But the former Parma youngster insisted he was worth a longer deal and successfully thrashed out an extended offer during showdown talks.

 

Grassi said: “I got what I wanted as I have agreed a one-year contract with Aberdeen FC.”

I think McGhee was right to offer 6 months but what has Grassi done to merit 1 year? Fk all and it strikes me of desperate.

Fucking joke. Nowhere near good enough to play at SPL level. The more I see of signings for the forthcoming season the less inclined I am to attend games next season.

I thought 1st April was earlier in the year? I can't wait to see what this new team is going to look like....

I think McGhee was right to offer 6 months but what has Grassi done to merit 1 year? Fk all and it strikes me of desperate.

 

to be blunt, what has he done to merit half a year?  Given how difficult it is to get business done in the January window (or so it seems, anyway), was MM really confident of picking up someone better had Grassi not impressed in those six months?