I`ve got it on good authority Hartley WILL BE going back to Tynecastle.  My local town side Duns played a Hearts XI last night and after their 2-0 success in a fundraising exercise for the Berwickshire team Jim Jefferies spoke about him bringing the ex-Jambo captain up the road for a second stint with the Gorgie club within the next few days.

 

So just watch this space.  And if by some miracle Hartley does join us I`ll apologise whole heartedly and sack my spy! 

mods please at least put a big question mark at the start of this thread until something is confirmed

 

And in future for any unofficial news about us signing a player, refer to funsters signature before posting

Admins on here are going a bit AFC-Chat....

Definitely On-ski?

Don't go lumping fucking mizer in with the rest of up :-@

 

"A potential deal with Paul is at a well advanced stage. He would not have been here if we didn't think it was something that was going to be concluded. It is not concluded yet and things can always happen but we are working towards finalising a deal as quick as possible. We are very excited about that. He would be a big asset to us but we have to cross the line with it first.

 

"He is a quality player, quality individual and a great pro. If we could get him on board he would be a great example and great mentor for the likes of Fraser and Peter and the other young players. He would bring a lot more than simply the performance on a Saturday to the club and to the squad."

 

http://www.afc.co.uk/articles/20100727/mark-mcghee_2212158_2103873

He would not have been here if we didn't think it was something that was going to be concluded. It is not concluded

 

Most stupid fucking comment in an interview I've ever read.

Most stupid fucking comment in an interview I've ever read.

 

Most predictable response to an interview comment I've ever read.

 

 

 

Cheer the fuck up.

Most stupid fucking comment in an interview I've ever read.

McGoo has to be good at something

 

For the love of fuck, mizer you useless cunt.

 

Im delighted he was at the game, that said if i dont see on the breaking news bar on ssn tommorow "paul hartley signs for aberdeen" then i will be fearing the worst. 

You would think Hartley was some sort of Maradonna-esque figure ffs.

You would think Hartley was some sort of Maradonna-esque figure ffs.

 

He's available as well...

just think he is potentially a season changing signing padre, i really want him at aberdeen

He's not maradona, he's just a very naughty boy.  Hartley is a cunt but he will be our cunt and exactly the kind of player we've been missing for years. On our budget, at our level he may as well be maradona. 

I hope if we do get Hartley, it doesn't spell the end of our interest in Hendrie. I've been checking the news online on a daily basis waiting for Hendrie to sign. Seems like we've been signing pretty much every goon except him, though. Just wish we'd push the boat out a bit and get the lad. Pushing the boat out to get a midfield of Hartley, Hendrie, Pawlett and Fyvie (not in that formation) would be worth the gamble in the real hope that it'd attract a few more season-tickets!

 

Shit, if that was our midfield, it'd be the most excited I've been about Aberdeen pre-season since the prospect of seeing Hignett team up with Jess in the middle.

I think the thread title should have been left as what it was!!!!

Hopefully we'll see something positive today. I was hoping to wake up to the news that he'd signed

From the P&J:

 

The final pieces of Mark McGhee's Aberdeen jigsaw are beginning to fall into place, with Paul Hartley last night becoming the Dons manager’s sixth capture of a productive pre-season recruitment drive.

 

The former Celtic and Hearts midfielder is likely to be the most important and it will be no surprise if the 33-year-old is handed the captain’s armband.

 

Hartley took the opportunity to watch his new teammates in their pre-season match at Port Vale last night, a largely uninspiring encounter which the Dons won 1-0 thanks to an 80th-minute Michael Paton penalty.

 

The capture of combative playmaker Hartley represents a coup for McGhee and the Dons. Hartley may be in the twilight of his career but there are no questionmarks surrounding his fitness.

 

Jackie McNamara, a comparable addition under the previous regime, had spent two seasons on the treatment table at Wolves before arriving at Pittodrie.

 

Hartley played 40 times for Bristol City in the English Championship last term, a division which is notoriously demanding physically. He scored five times and Bristol let him go reluctantly when the player cited personal reasons.

 

Bristol's loss is Aberdeen's gain.

 

The 25-times capped Scotland midfielder will do very nicely indeed.

I'm believing nothing until the broom cupboard pic.

Exactly, there are no quotes in that article. Though it does give me hope. Will they find a broom cupboard at Loughborough Uni?

Right, if that article was correct when the fuck is he being unveiled. Would have thought the club would have announced a press conference or something if the deal had gone through.

Right, if that article was correct when the fuck is he being unveiled. Would have thought the club would have announced a press conference or something if the deal had gone through.

 

Two posts in a row Manc, you're not getting antsy are you?

 

Two posts in a row Manc, you're not getting antsy are you?

 

 

Don't know what you're talking about 

From the P&J:

 

Think they got there story from Donstalk.

We all know that Aberdeen Journals use The Hat and DonsTalk as their primary source for all their football "reporting". Someone should make a thread saying "Jimmy Calderwood is being lined up to replace Mulgrew at left-back" and it would be in the paper imorn.