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Magical Marshall can’t stop scoring

Photo of Hugh5outhon1895 Hugh5outhon1895 | 15:46 03/10/23

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Magical Marshall

Callum Marshall really is the coming Hammers man!

The 19 year old striker is having a sensational start to his season in the Development team and was again on the scoresheet with a goal in the 2-2 draw against defending Premier League Two champions Manchester City at Rush Green.

That saw him record his 12th goal in nine games and make it clear why he was included in the Carabao Cep squad for the win over Lincoln City.

And in fairness to manager David Moyes it should be remembered he made it clear some youngsters were being allowed to leave the club for some outstanding prospects.

12 goals in nine games for magical Marshall

Marshall is certainly among them along with Divin Mubama, George Earthey, Dan Chesters, Kaelan Casey and several more.

The official site is making quite a claim in declaring his goal against City was possibly his best of the season, rattled into the top corner with his weaker right foot to make it seven from the last four games. Astonishing stat!

And amusingly he claims the secret are the boots he now wears telling www.whufc.com: “I have had them since the start of last pre-season. I have worn the same ones for a while, and it’s going quite well. I always get a pair of these now.”

And he laughs: “Got to get that sponsorship deal, then? He laughs. “I’m working on it!

He added: “Last season, I was scoring a lot of goals but whenever I went up a level [playing with the U21s] I found it hard physically.

“I have been working on that a lot so now, it feels like it did last year. Yes, games are still hard games, but we have made a lot of chances for the attackers to get in behind and we are scoring quite a few goals and winning games.

Magical Marshall just wants to win

“I just want to win every game. That’s the type of person I am. I don’t want to play for a draw.

“Against Manchester City, I didn’t really want to speak to anyone for about ten minutes. I was so disappointed because I thought we should have won the game.”

He was thrilled to travel to Lincoln with the first team saying: “It gives you a glimpse of what there is to offer if you can make it to that next level. It was an eye-opener and hopefully, I can play there as much as possible.

“We have played at some top stadiums last season with the U18s which I think will stand us all in good stead [should we get a chance to play for the first team]. We didn’t bottle it on big occasions, especially in the FA Youth Cup final at Arsenal.

“This year, we have made a good start. I had a good pre-season but’s not just about the goals, I am happy to be getting the assists as well. I have been playing well, but I’ve got to keep those numbers up this season.”

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Hugh Southon is a lifelong Iron and the founding editor of ClaretandHugh. He is a national newspaper journalist of many years experience and was Bobby Moore's 'ghost' writer during the great man's lifetime. He describes ClaretandHugh as "the Hammers daily newspaper!"

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  • hammerpete6 says:
    October 3, 2023 at 5:42 pm

    Love this piece Hughie rightly lauding the great work of Kev Keen with our talented lads. This is one area that Moyes needs to attend to, the integration and confidence building of the developing boys. Yes we lost some by design, Longello annoyed me most, but we have also lost internationals with regret more recently, Baptiste and Mukasa to Man City and Nello Liverpool . Now Moyes has to nurture Mubama, Marshall, Chester’s, Earthy, Rigge and more. With our strong squad, minus left back cover, Moyes should be in a wonderful position to blood young man as sub ons, get them ready, build them up. Supporters of a certain age (!) know how wonderful this can be, having lived it. This could be Moyes’ true legacy if he gets it right, and when he retires, how he will smile!!!

  • hammerpete6 says:
    October 4, 2023 at 12:11 pm

    Of course it is! DOH! And that reminds me how well his lad is doing on loan!

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