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" HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE CITY & JUST WANTED "

Thu Aug 27, 2015 7:58 am

" NE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE CITY & JUST WANTED TO DO HIS JOB "

I've spoken to many of the players and Marshall not once asked to leave City,never went to the manager etc until he was called in and told there was a chance WBA could be buying him. If your told your club was willing to talk to WBA, what are you suppose to do?

Marshalls mind was totally focused on just doing his job for City. :ayatollah:

Marshall, loves living in Cardiff,playing for Cardiff City and his family is very happy here. :ayatollah:

Marshals just had his new house built,his Wife loves it here and his children are settled in School and to add to that Marshall is a massive family man :thumbright: :thumbright:

Marshall, is one of our highest paid players on about £25,000 a week plus bonuses etc so there is no problem about wages etc at Cardiff. He is our NO1 so that's what also matters to Marshall :ayatollah:

Of course Premiership football would of interested him,but also his families happiness comes first :ayatollah: and I repeat again at no point did Marshall ever ask or push to leave City :ayatollah:

If Marshalls had been sold to WBA,his family would of remained in Cardiff.

Let's hope that WBA or any other club don't give City's asking price of £5million in cash as then it's out of Marshalls hands.

At this current moment Marshall remains City's NO 1 and our backbone of our side :ayatollah:

Re: " HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE CITY & JUST WANTED "

Thu Aug 27, 2015 8:13 am

Just hope we can survive the final week and keep him

Re: " HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE CITY & JUST WANTED "

Thu Aug 27, 2015 8:18 am

gwentbluebirds wrote:Just hope we can survive the final week and keep him


So do I, I don't think it's all over yet.

Re: " HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE CITY & JUST WANTED "

Thu Aug 27, 2015 8:19 am

I know this sounds strange but Marshall has earned the right to do what is best for him. Even if he had asked to leave I wouldn't have held it against him. He's served more than his time with us and given more than he had to. I've got loads of respect for the bloke both as a player and as a man. If he stays, great news. If he does leave then all the best to him. :ayatollah:

Re: " HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE CITY & JUST WANTED "

Thu Aug 27, 2015 8:35 am

Zabier wrote:I know this sounds strange but Marshall has earned the right to do what is best for him. Even if he had asked to leave I wouldn't have held it against him. He's served more than his time with us and given more than he had to. I've got loads of respect for the bloke both as a player and as a man. If he stays, great news. If he does leave then all the best to him. :ayatollah:


Agreed. He should be respected in whatever choice he makes. It is his (and his families) life and he must do what is right for him/them.
He is respectful and not a mercenary who is just out for the money.

Re: " HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE CITY & JUST WANTED "

Thu Aug 27, 2015 8:56 am

Premier football is OK if playing it! By sounds of it he's only no2 thats not what he wants so can see him staying unless another club comes in with garaunteed no1 spot. :thumbup:

Re: " HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE CITY & JUST WANTED "

Thu Aug 27, 2015 9:19 am

Zabier wrote:I know this sounds strange but Marshall has earned the right to do what is best for him. Even if he had asked to leave I wouldn't have held it against him. He's served more than his time with us and given more than he had to. I've got loads of respect for the bloke both as a player and as a man. If he stays, great news. If he does leave then all the best to him. :ayatollah:

Spot on Steve :thumbright: :ayatollah:

Re: " HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE CITY & JUST WANTED "

Thu Aug 27, 2015 9:20 am

pembroke allan wrote:Premier football is OK if playing it! By sounds of it he's only no2 thats not what he wants so can see him staying unless another club comes in with garaunteed no1 spot. :thumbup:


Totally agree Allan :thumbright: :ayatollah:

Re: " HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE CITY & JUST WANTED "

Thu Aug 27, 2015 9:22 am

The club are trying to force him out.

Just goes to show that despite the rhetoric spouted by Choo, Malman etc they are only interested in getting rid of his wages and getting in as much money for him as they can.

Players are always criticised nowadays for having no loyalty to the clubs they play for.

This is a good example of why some players act in the way that they do. Clubs will also try to get rid of players sometimes against the players wishes if it suits the club to do so.

Hope he doesn't go but if he does good luck to him.

Another nail in the coffin of the ridiculous claim by the club that they are "fully supporting" Slade and expecting a top six finish this season.

Re: " HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE CITY & JUST WANTED "

Thu Aug 27, 2015 9:25 am

davids wrote:The club are trying to force him out.

Just goes to show that despite the rhetoric spouted by Choo, Malman etc they are only interested in getting rid of his wages and getting in as much money for him as they can.

Players are always criticised nowadays for having no loyalty to the clubs they play for.

This is a good example of why some players act in the way that they do. Clubs will also try to get rid of players sometimes against the players wishes if it suits the club to do so.

Hope he doesn't go but if he does good luck to him.

Another nail in the coffin of the ridiculous claim by the club that they are "fully supporting" Slade and expecting a top six finish this season.


David, the Club just want as much money as possible brought in and if Marshall does not go this transfer, Inwould not be surprised if they fold him in the next transfer market.

Re: " HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE CITY & JUST WANTED "

Thu Aug 27, 2015 9:26 am

davids wrote:The club are trying to force him out.

Just goes to show that despite the rhetoric spouted by Choo, Malman etc they are only interested in getting rid of his wages and getting in as much money for him as they can.

Players are always criticised nowadays for having no loyalty to the clubs they play for.

This is a good example of why some players act in the way that they do. Clubs will also try to get rid of players sometimes against the players wishes if it suits the club to do so.

Hope he doesn't go but if he does good luck to him.

Another nail in the coffin of the ridiculous claim by the club that they are "fully supporting" Slade and expecting a top six finish this season.




How do work out club is forcing him out? Just curious as have not seen anything written to indicate this fact. :roll:

Re: " HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE CITY & JUST WANTED "

Thu Aug 27, 2015 10:17 am

It's not something that you often associate with the modern footballer, but the phrase "true professional " springs to mind when you think of David Marshall. :ayatollah:

Re: " HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE CITY & JUST WANTED "

Thu Aug 27, 2015 10:34 am

Forever Blue wrote:" NE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE CITY & JUST WANTED TO DO HIS JOB "

I've spoken to many of the players and Marshall not once asked to leave City,never went to the manager etc until he was called in and told there was a chance WBA could be buying him. If your told your club was willing to talk to WBA, what are you suppose to do?

Marshalls mind was totally focused on just doing his job for City. :ayatollah:

Marshall, loves living in Cardiff,playing for Cardiff City and his family is very happy here. :ayatollah:

Marshals just had his new house built,his Wife loves it here and his children are settled in School and to add to that Marshall is a massive family man :thumbright: :thumbright:

Marshall, is one of our highest paid players on about £25,000 a week plus bonuses etc so there is no problem about wages etc at Cardiff. He is our NO1 so that's what also matters to Marshall :ayatollah:

Of course Premiership football would of interested him,but also his families happiness comes first :ayatollah: and I repeat again at no point did Marshall ever ask or push to leave City :ayatollah:

If Marshalls had been sold to WBA,his family would of remained in Cardiff.

Let's hope that WBA or any other club don't give City's asking price of £5million in cash as then it's out of Marshalls hands.

At this current moment Marshall remains City's NO 1 and our backbone of our side :ayatollah:


It's not out of David Marshall's hands as long as he's got a contract. He can stay here, no matter what the club want. I hope he stays.

Re: " HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE CITY & JUST WANTED "

Thu Aug 27, 2015 10:59 am

Agree with the above. A player only moves if he wants to. The club can accept a bid but that is only part one, it is then down to the player a) if he wants to go, and b) if he agrees personal terms. If we had a £15m bid accepted by Man United for Adnan Januzaj - do you think he would come? No chance.

If Marshall is sold then he clearly would have also wanted to go.

Re: " HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE CITY & JUST WANTED "

Thu Aug 27, 2015 3:47 pm

People often label footballers as greedy mercenaries, but we've been lucky at Cardif, to have seen players in recent years who never wanted to leave and never tried to manufacture transfers out of the club. Marshall, Whitts, McNaughton and Hudson. I have huge respect for these, as players and men. If Marshall still ends up leaving, I'd wish him all the luck in the world.

Re: " HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE CITY & JUST WANTED "

Thu Aug 27, 2015 5:09 pm

I wouldn't blame him if he went he given his all for us and is a club legend and now it looks likely he will be staying. :thumbright: :ayatollah: :sladein:

Re: " HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE CITY & JUST WANTED "

Thu Aug 27, 2015 6:45 pm

hi annis,on bbc1 text service,it said slade hoped wba didn't up their offer for marshall and wanted him to stay.that tells me slade has got no say what players are sold,surely if the manager wants to keep a player and is part of his plans,then the player should stay,it looks like tan is making the discisions what players are sold.i think tan just wants to recoup money,regardless who the players are.

Re: " HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE CITY & JUST WANTED "

Fri Aug 28, 2015 5:59 pm

Hoppo67 wrote:hi annis,on bbc1 text service,it said slade hoped wba didn't up their offer for marshall and wanted him to stay.that tells me slade has got no say what players are sold,surely if the manager wants to keep a player and is part of his plans,then the player should stay,it looks like tan is making the discisions what players are sold.i think tan just wants to recoup money,regardless who the players are.


Hoppo Your right Slade has No say at all.

Re: " HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE CITY & JUST WANTED "

Fri Aug 28, 2015 7:59 pm

The price city want is not £5m. it's a lot more than that, don't believe what you read in the paper :thumbup:

Re: " HE NEVER WANTED TO LEAVE CITY & JUST WANTED "

Fri Aug 28, 2015 8:35 pm

Igovernor wrote:The price city want is not £5m. it's a lot more than that, don't believe what you read in the paper :thumbup:


I think you might be right.