' Ex Cardiff City Player thinks its a Joke '
Tue Aug 30, 2016 6:35 am
David Marshall: Move means Cardiff 'going nowhere', says David Giles
BBC
Tuesday 30th August 2016
The impending sale by Cardiff City of captain David Marshall to Hull City has been described as "a joke" by former midfielder David Giles.
"I think it's a joke. Personally I think David Marshall is worth £8m, probably more than that to any club.
The Bluebirds could receive up to £5m for the Scotland goalkeeper.
But Giles says the 31-year-old is worth at least £8m, underlining Cardiff's malaise in the Championship.
"They are going to get £2.5m and they're selling him on the cheap. And that tells me where the club is going: nowhere," said Giles.
Marshall was due to undergo a medical with Hull on Monday, having agreed personal terms and after being omitted from Saturday's Championship defeat by Reading.
The 31-year-old has made more than 280 appearances for Cardiff since arriving from Norwich City for free in 2009.
Cardiff are 17th in the 24-strong division with one win, two draws and two defeats.
Marshall is widely regarded as their star player and Giles, who had two playing stints with the club lasting a combined total of six years, is unhappy at the prospect of the player leaving.
"I think it's a joke. Personally I think David Marshall is worth £8m, probably more than that to any club.
"Football today, I hate it, all these stats - they keep going on with stats, but if you look at Marshall's stats, they would without a doubt be better than anyone in the Championship and be a lot better than goalkeepers in the Premier League and they've let him go.
"Probably if Hull win the Premier League they'll get £5m."
"They are going to get £2.5m and they're selling him on the cheap. And that tells me where the club is going: nowhere."
Giles agrees that Cardiff City need a proven goalscorer, but does not believe one will be signed.
"Without a doubt Cardiff need a striker and talking to fans, they're looking for someone to score 15-20 goals a season," he told Radio Wales Sport.
"Well that's not going to happen this year and unfortunately we're looking at a season where if they finish half way, they've done well.
"Is that going to bring your fans back? You'll always get your diehards going, but is that going to get enthusiastic people coming down to Cardiff City Stadium?
"It's a poor Cardiff City when they're watching second-rate football."
BBC
Tuesday 30th August 2016
The impending sale by Cardiff City of captain David Marshall to Hull City has been described as "a joke" by former midfielder David Giles.
"I think it's a joke. Personally I think David Marshall is worth £8m, probably more than that to any club.
The Bluebirds could receive up to £5m for the Scotland goalkeeper.
But Giles says the 31-year-old is worth at least £8m, underlining Cardiff's malaise in the Championship.
"They are going to get £2.5m and they're selling him on the cheap. And that tells me where the club is going: nowhere," said Giles.
Marshall was due to undergo a medical with Hull on Monday, having agreed personal terms and after being omitted from Saturday's Championship defeat by Reading.
The 31-year-old has made more than 280 appearances for Cardiff since arriving from Norwich City for free in 2009.
Cardiff are 17th in the 24-strong division with one win, two draws and two defeats.
Marshall is widely regarded as their star player and Giles, who had two playing stints with the club lasting a combined total of six years, is unhappy at the prospect of the player leaving.
"I think it's a joke. Personally I think David Marshall is worth £8m, probably more than that to any club.
"Football today, I hate it, all these stats - they keep going on with stats, but if you look at Marshall's stats, they would without a doubt be better than anyone in the Championship and be a lot better than goalkeepers in the Premier League and they've let him go.
"Probably if Hull win the Premier League they'll get £5m."
"They are going to get £2.5m and they're selling him on the cheap. And that tells me where the club is going: nowhere."
Giles agrees that Cardiff City need a proven goalscorer, but does not believe one will be signed.
"Without a doubt Cardiff need a striker and talking to fans, they're looking for someone to score 15-20 goals a season," he told Radio Wales Sport.
"Well that's not going to happen this year and unfortunately we're looking at a season where if they finish half way, they've done well.
"Is that going to bring your fans back? You'll always get your diehards going, but is that going to get enthusiastic people coming down to Cardiff City Stadium?
"It's a poor Cardiff City when they're watching second-rate football."
Re: ' Ex Cardiff City Player thinks its a Joke '
Tue Aug 30, 2016 7:07 am
I agree with DG that selling Marshall, at anytime, for just £2.5m is a joke and a very bad one at that. It also flies in the face of Ken Choo claim that the changes to the playing personnel this summer will have a 'significant Benefit' to the teams chances on the field of play.
At the start of this season there were few 'irreplaceable' players within our squad but, in my opinion, David Marshall was exactly that. Coming on top of the sale of our 2nd choice keeper just a week earlier it is impossible, again in my opinion, to argue that these decisions are not 'ABSOLUTELY DETRIMENTAL' to the chances of the team on the field of play.
FFP rules have changed for this season with clubs now allowed to lose £39m over 3 seasons, or £13m a season without penalty, so if the club try and justify this sale because of issues surrounding our inability to move Macheda and Le Fondre on then I think that's pathetic. I have read somewhere that the club have been forced into this sale because it cannot afford to pay off Macheda and Le Fondre, REALLY.
If eventually the club does end up paying these two off now it may well be the final straw for me after 53 years watching the Bluebirds. That will rank the sale of Marshall right up there with the sale of Toshack and Blake, two of the worst decisions made by the club during my time supporting the Bluebirds.
At the start of this season there were few 'irreplaceable' players within our squad but, in my opinion, David Marshall was exactly that. Coming on top of the sale of our 2nd choice keeper just a week earlier it is impossible, again in my opinion, to argue that these decisions are not 'ABSOLUTELY DETRIMENTAL' to the chances of the team on the field of play.
FFP rules have changed for this season with clubs now allowed to lose £39m over 3 seasons, or £13m a season without penalty, so if the club try and justify this sale because of issues surrounding our inability to move Macheda and Le Fondre on then I think that's pathetic. I have read somewhere that the club have been forced into this sale because it cannot afford to pay off Macheda and Le Fondre, REALLY.
If eventually the club does end up paying these two off now it may well be the final straw for me after 53 years watching the Bluebirds. That will rank the sale of Marshall right up there with the sale of Toshack and Blake, two of the worst decisions made by the club during my time supporting the Bluebirds.