Andy Reid(b 1982)

[Charlie Darwin]

That's rotten luck. You'd hope he can get back to playing at any level at this stage.

[DeLorean]

Feck, with Forest playing at the moment I was kind of hoping he might be back in the squad when I saw his thread bumped!

[tetsujin1979]

set for talks with Forest after his contract expired at the end of last season: http://www.nottinghampost.com/andy-reid-set-for-talks-with-nottingham-forest-over-future/story-29495792-detail/story.html?

[BonnieShels]

And so goes Andy Reid into the sunset.

http://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2016/0729/805653-andy-reid/

[Kingdom]

RTE in in-correct fact shocker. He started out with Lourdes, before being pursued by Cherry Orchard. Always a talent, always different from the rest coming through. Never fulfilled his potential.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

I think having a Reid or Hoolahan in the team could have converted a few more draws into wins during the Trapattoni era.

He really was fantastic for Forest before he got injured. Not just his ball skills, but his leadership on the pitch too.

He was a bit of a dick to my brother in an airport one time. Although that might have been because my brother was wearing an Arsenal jersey. Mathieu Flamini was a gent. Had a lengthy conversation with my brother in a London park even though he was with his girlfriend/wife at the time. Couldn't have been nicer. Andre Santos was a gent too. Socialized with my brother.

I would talk about my own bad/good experiences with professional footballers but I would have to start a thread for that.

[SkStu]

Andy recorded a farewell for the fans

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Harshly treated by Trap. Great skill and a good guy. Best of luck Andy. Lay off the choccy biccies.

[tetsujin1979]

took this photo of his goal against Bulgaria in 2004 at Lansdowne Road, was my work laptop's wallpaper for ages
enjoy the retirement Andy
http://i67.tinypic.com/28ap27d.jpg

[Charlie Darwin]

I think having a Reid or Hoolahan in the team could have converted a few more draws into wins during the Trapattoni era.

He really was fantastic for Forest before he got injured. Not just his ball skills, but his leadership on the pitch too.

He was a bit of a dick to my brother in an airport one time. Although that might have been because my brother was wearing an Arsenal jersey. Mathieu Flamini was a gent. Had a lengthy conversation with my brother in a London park even though he was with his girlfriend/wife at the time. Couldn't have been nicer. Andre Santos was a gent too. Socialized with my brother.

I would talk about my own bad/good experiences with professional footballers but I would have to start a thread for that.
Jon Goodman locked my cousin's cat in his shed for an entire weekend.

[SkStu]

TOWKs brother?

http://www.pauldavidson.net/wp-content/themes/wfme/images/entries/ericmask.jpg

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

TOWKs brother?

http://www.pauldavidson.net/wp-content/themes/wfme/images/entries/ericmask.jpg

Context?

This is the Andy Reid thread not the Paul McShane thread.

[SkStu]

Context?

This is the Andy Reid thread not the Paul McShane thread.

Haha nicely played. :)

I don't know...it's like someone is considered a good or bad person based on how they interacted with your bro. Which is probably how I'd feel if Rocky Dennis was my bro. ;)

[DeLorean]

I bet they met in Frankie & Benny's and he questioned Andy on whether pizza is really a good idea.

[Colbert Report]

One of my all-time favourite Ireland players. His passing skill was unbelievable. Fair play to him and I hope he enjoys his retirement.

[OwlsFan]

Sometimes when I saw him playing in the Championship he was messiesque (just made up that word) but didn't make it in the Premiership for reasons I haven't been able to fathom unless it had to do with fitness. Only 29 caps for us as well. Think he could have been one of the greats but it wasn't to be.

[TheOneWhoKnocks]

Andy Reid feels Giovanni Trapattoni could have handled his exclusion from the Ireland setup in an entirely different way.

The now retired midfielder was frozen out for five years from 2008 by the ex-Ireland manager despite many calls for the former Nottingham Forest and Tottenham player to be brought back into the fold in order to restore some guile and invention in the middle of the park.

"I knew I wasn't his type of player and I understood that," he told Off The Ball, before identifying what disappointed him about Trap's approach.

"For me, what a world class manager and what somebody would have done in that situation, would have been to come to me one-on-one and say 'listen, you're not the type of player for me, you're not going to fit into my way of playing, what way can we work this out?'

"And I understand that not all type of managers like all type of players. I totally understand that and I just thought a top, top class manager would have handled it a different way and would have been more of a man about it really than the way that he went about it."

On the guitar-playing sing-song episode that was said to have angered Trapattoni (http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/the-many-sides-of-andy-reid-140812.html), Reid added: "I know what happened that night and I'm comfortable that I behaved myself in the right manner.



http://www.newstalk.com/Andy-Reid-Off-The-Ball

[tetsujin1979]

Promoted to the senior coaching setup at Forest
https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2022/august/05/andy-reid-appointed-to-first-team-coaching-staff/

[Demesne Lad]

Still a long shot (100/1) to be the new Ireland manager. Would make a good no. 2 though.