Cillian Sheridan (F Inverness Caledonian Thistle b.1989)

[eirebhoy]

Sheridan makes it 2. Donati with a good shot which the keeper couldn't hold onto and Sheridan is first in to put it into the net.

[eirebhoy]

Great to see him score a brace and good game overall but still nowhere near the finished article.

lAz-LQY5uZw

p2VCeMpsCKc

[Bottle of Tonic]

For a lad who hasn't played much football, and as the manager says, doesn't know the game that well, I am very impressed with his composure on the ball and intelligence off it. He runs the channels well, is eager for possession and helps out in the build up, passes accurately and as you can see from the above looks quite a natural finisher.
I met him a few months back and he came across quite shy and quiet. I didn't have the heart to give him some stingy cavanman abuse :p
Hard to know how is career will go but one to keep and eye on. :ball:

[cheifo]

Has showed great character to come back from that nasty injury he had.
Hopefully he gets a good run so he can develop his game.It would be disapointing if he ended up welded to the bench like O Dea.

[SkStu]

like the french boys at the start of the second clip calling him Sillyann Sherrydann :D

[geysir]

Eirebhoy, have the youtube clips vanished?
I get the unavailable right now signal.


edit

"This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Scottish Premier League"

[rostrevor fan]

Sheridan's 2 goals can be seen on the BBC Sports page

[Junior]

Took his two goals really well last night. The first, as Eirebhoy says was a nice flick on (he won quite a few over the 80mins he was on the pitch) and he took the lay off from McDonald in his stride and slotted it away with his left with great composure.

The 2nd was rifled in with his left after the keeper parried out a shot. Good awareness and speed of thought to be first to the ball.

He puts in a really good shift, as bluetonic says he always making runs, looking for the ball.

Im still not sure though (early days I know!) but at times he looks like bambi on ice, he will need to get stronger and bulk up a bit (again I know this will come in time). To me he doesnt really look to have any pace, though Ive heard that said about him. Samaras came on for the last 10 minutes so his little spell in the first team might be coming to an end soon enough. However, the 4 or 5 games hes had from the start over the past month or so will have been great experience for him.

Keep watching.....

[Ash]

Sheridan's 2 goals can be seen on the BBC Sports page

Cannot play media. Sorry, this media is not available in your territory.

[Closed Account]

So youtube took it down because of copyright.
BBC won't show it outside the UK.
Should I post links to the goals?

Might aswell.

Goal 1. (http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/1758114/)

Goal 2. (http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/1759698/)

[geysir]

Thanks Joe, those links caught the moments.

[Ash]

Nice one Joe

[eirebhoy]

I think this says it all about how raw Sheridan is.

Strachan:
“He’s a very intelligent young lad but he’s not had enough coaching since he’s been here because of injuries.

“There are things we want to do with him but we can’t do too much at the one time because cramming all that information into a few weeks wouldn’t be healthy for him.

“We’ve got to give him bits and bobs that might help him during games. He’s an intelligent lad and on Monday and Tuesday we had a look at some of the stuff he did on Saturday.

“He took all that in and there was an improvement, his movement was better on Wednesday than it was on Saturday.”

[Junior]

I dont think he was caught offside once against Killie on the Weds but on the previous Sat against Motherwell, he was caught offside numerous times.

[richieos]

won a penalty today for celtic. the challenge was actually outisde the box but he was still a threat in the game and looks really settled in the team

[Real Rover]

When do ye think it would be appropriate to give young Sheridan a chance with Ireland? Would it best best to blood him in a B game first or should he be thrown in with the seniors and see how he gets on? On hhis form of late he wouldn't be out of place....

[co. down green]

Just scored for Celtic after coming on as sub

[Poor Student]

Long or Folan would be both be better than Sheridan.

[ofjames]

lets be honest, the scottish league is rubbish. cant read to much into these performances.

from what i saw against man united in the champions league, this guy is nowhere near the finished article. its good to see him getting games and scoring goals but i dont think he would add a whole lot at the moment

Good physique and tries hard but he would be better left to concentrate on learning his trade at celtic and commanding a regular place. none of their strikers are that great so if he is any good, he shouldnt have to wait too long to be a regular. then international honours will certainly follow

[eirebhoy]

He's still not ready for international level. 2 years ago he was playing for Belvadere. 6 months later he made his debut for Celtic having hardly played in the reserves. Since then he's been injured more often than he's been fit. He's 19 but he just hasn't played enough games. He really hasn't played much at reserve level even. At least someone like Stokes had built up 50 or 60 games for Arsenal's reserves and world class training week in week out before moving to Falkirk.

I don't know what it is with Sheridan. We've seen a lot of players play first team football at a very young age. But it just seems that everything Sheridan is doing he's learning from. Strachan thought he learned a lot after watching the video of a Saturday match and working on his movement. He thought there was huge improvements for the next game on the Wednesday. That says it all.

[tommy_c12000]

He's still not ready for international level. 2 years ago he was playing for Belvadere. 6 months later he made his debut for Celtic having hardly played in the reserves. Since then he's been injured more often than he's been fit. He's 19 but he just hasn't played enough games. He really hasn't played much at reserve level even. At least someone like Stokes had built up 50 or 60 games for Arsenal's reserves and world class training week in week out before moving to Falkirk.

I don't know what it is with Sheridan. We've seen a lot of players play first team football at a very young age. But it just seems that everything Sheridan is doing he's learning from. Strachan thought he learned a lot after watching the video of a Saturday match and working on his movement. He thought there was huge improvements for the next game on the Wednesday. That says it all.

Agreed he is still far too raw to be considered for the international set-up. But he seems to be very eager to learn and continue his development as a footballer. If he keeps improving the way he is, he will be a serious player by the end of this season

[Manc Irish Wolf]

He's still not ready for international level. 2 years ago he was playing for Belvadere. 6 months later he made his debut for Celtic having hardly played in the reserves. Since then he's been injured more often than he's been fit. He's 19 but he just hasn't played enough games. He really hasn't played much at reserve level even. At least someone like Stokes had built up 50 or 60 games for Arsenal's reserves and world class training week in week out before moving to Falkirk.

I don't know what it is with Sheridan. We've seen a lot of players play first team football at a very young age. But it just seems that everything Sheridan is doing he's learning from. Strachan thought he learned a lot after watching the video of a Saturday match and working on his movement. He thought there was huge improvements for the next game on the Wednesday. That says it all.

Totally agree that his willingness and ability to learn is his most encouraging factor, which as a big man is essential especially as if he continues to progress he could play as long as Sheringham and Quinn. Conversely, Stokes seems to have gone backwards maybe as a result of having the natural talent early but sadly not the intelligence to add to his game.

Definitely not the finished article and a lot to learn, however the only way he can do that is through experience, so including him in the next squad or a B-Game might not be such a bad idea. Will definitely bring a new dimension to our attack which we've been missing since Quinn.

[irishfan86]

I met a guy that used to play for Arsenal youth teams/reserves (career unfortunately ended due to injury), and I asked him about Anthony Stokes.

He told me that a big part of Stokes' dominance at a young age was that he grew before everybody else, and was physically bigger and stronger than his peers.

Stokes clearly has talent as we saw in the SPL, but maybe his talent is not his key attribute as many of us thought. Perhaps it was his athleticism in addition to his talent that made him so dominant in the SPL.

In England he looks less dominant, but this may be because the fitness levels are a lot higher in the EPL.

A comparable example is Samaras. In England he was just an average forward with Man City, but with Celtic he can physically dominate SPL back fours, and sprint by them as well. Samaras' domination in the SPL has more to do with athleticism than it does pure skill.

Anyway, this has nothing to do with Sheridan, but I just thought I'd mention that little tidbit.

Good to see Cillian get another goal today for the Hoops.

[Junior]

No need. I dont believe hes ready for it yet. If anything it would be a distraction and detrimental to Ireland in the future, at this stage in his career. Let him continue his good work at club level over the next 12 months and re-evaluate the situation then. Its not as if we even have an issue of trying to tie him up for Ireland as in the McCarthy situation (which for the record, I dont believe should be an excuse for dishing out international caps anyway!)

He got another 15 minutes yesterday. Won a few flick ons, scored another, with his right this time, though it was a 3 yard tap in. All good for the confidence

[ken foree]

Should I post links to the goals?


thanks! my first glimpse of him in action, much appreciated.

[Junior]

Poor tonight for Celtic. Had about 30 mins as a sub but touchn was awful, did nothing positive of note.

[eirebhoy]

Very poor touch tonight and couldn't seem to find a teammate with his passes but was excellent with his head (defensively and offensively). Heavily involved in his 20 minutes on. Getting stick by the Celtic fans tonight but so are many people after what was actually a decent performance from many of the players.

[Maroon 7]

Very poor touch tonight and couldn't seem to find a teammate with his passes but was excellent with his head (defensively and offensively). Heavily involved in his 20 minutes on. Getting stick by the Celtic fans tonight but so are many people after what was actually a decent performance from many of the players.

He's getting fierce stick on Celtic forums tonight. Not sure why as he's a 19 year old who played just 20 minutes. I would have imagined they would have directed their anger towards Samaras who was awful or Nakamura who missed a sitter. Or the fact that their midfield couldn't hold onto the ball after they went ahead and their defence which crumpled once Aalborg went at them.

[tetsujin1979]

Bruised his shoulder at the weekend, was suspected to be a dislocation at the time: http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/scottish/celtic-allay-sheridan-fear-as-ace-niall-linked-1559126.html

[Junior]

Bruised his shoulder at the weekend, was suspected to be a dislocation at the time: http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/scottish/celtic-allay-sheridan-fear-as-ace-niall-linked-1559126.html

Yeah it was a weird one that. He came on with about 25 mins to go and then was substituted before the end. I didnt notice any injury at the time and thought it was strange.

EDIT: He looked poor when he came on!! won a few flick ons but his touch on the deck was awful.

[Stuttgart88]

A classic "Douglas Bader" - good in the air, crap on the ground :)

[Junior]

A classic "Douglas Bader" - good in the air, crap on the ground :)

Aye, but as in the lyrics to that song, the name of which I cant remember at the moment "If God wanted football played up there, he would've built goalposts in the air!";)

PS: I had to google yer Douglas Bader!

[Stuttgart88]

Not to be confused with his namesake Andreas Baader, who also achieved fame with the RAF (albeit a slightly different organisation). Great movie by the way, if there are any ageing student radical idealists out there who were fascinated by that era.

[paul_oshea]

what have the royal air force got to do with some german :)

haha funny that you mention douglas now with andreas when that movie was just released a few weeks ago. I don't really understand what the fascination would be with them, nor did they to be honest. what exactly was their ideal?!

[Stuttgart88]

anti-police state, pro-freedom to demonstrate, general anti-establishment?

[paul_oshea]

general anti everything, an invert agnostic.

[eirebhoy]

Sheridan started today and was very poor. Looks to have a bad touch.

[gspain]

Sheridan started today and was very poor. Looks to have a bad touch.

I only saw 30 mins of the first half but he did well in the bit I saw. He was the main target man and laid the ball off well. I didn't see a bad touch from him. Celtic were well on top from what I saw so I was surprised to hear they were well beaten in the end.

[Junior]

He had 55 mins before being subbed for Samaras and had a shocker. His first touch was woeful, the high balls for flick ons he rarely won and in fact seemed hardly to make a challenge. It seemed to be a combination of mistiming his jumps, positional sense, poor service. Really disappointing.

Only for Samaras has had a few stinkers since coming back from injury and Vennegor is still injured, I really couldnt see Sheridans performances of late justifying a first 11 place.

[elroy]

Only for Samaras has had a few stinkers since coming back from injury and Vennegor is still injured, I really couldnt see Sheridans performances of late justifying a first 11 place.

I only patches of this game but Samaras wasted one or two really good chances, particularly a header when it was two nil with about 20 mins to go. McGeady also came on.

[Junior]

McGeady also came on.

Alan O'Brien also played the 90 mins for Hibs on the left wing. Fairly industrious performance and played a pivotal part in the 2nd goal for Hibs

[eirebhoy]

Sheridan was Motherwell's motm on his full debut against Hamilton.

[eirebhoy]

Another motm performance from him against St Mirren.

McGhee:
"I thought Cillian Sheridan was our best player and we have no right to ask that of him. He is a player on loan and I thought he was terrific, but the rest didn't do enough to support that."

[Junior]

Another motm performance from him against St Mirren.

McGhee:
"I thought Cillian Sheridan was our best player and we have no right to ask that of him. He is a player on loan and I thought he was terrific, but the rest didn't do enough to support that."

It will be a great move for him, getting those consistent run of games under his belt.

However, it was another tall Irish Centre Forward that came up with the all important goods on the night in Mehmet!!

[eirebhoy]

A goal and motm for Sheridan away to Inverness yesterday.

[Manc Irish Wolf]

Really think that this Kid is an exciting prospect for us. An aerial presence up front for us is what we've been missing since Quinny retired and would be great to unsettle defenders in the last 15 minutes of games. Appreciate that he has a lot to learn (Stokes impact up there obviously never fully materialised), however he seems like a mature lad who is eager to learn and if there is one thing that Mark McGhee can teach him is how to become a good striker. Another season under McGhee could see him make great strides, especially considering the assistance he's already given Young Irish players development (playing Keano as a 17 year old at Wolves) as opposed to the detrimental effect of the ginger midget.

[eirebhoy]

Strachan and McGhee are 2 really good friends who know a good player and they both definitely rate Sheridan. I'd take a lot from that alone. He's clearly a very intelligent player and it's just about getting the games under his belt to improve his touch and other basics.

It's rare to see a young player with such a good understanding of the game but still so raw. There's just something about him. I think his instincts are good if that makes sense. :) ie. if he has to do something without much time to think he'll probably do the right thing.

[Manc Irish Wolf]

Strachan and McGhee are 2 really good friends who know a good player and they both definitely rate Sheridan. I'd take a lot from that alone. He's clearly a very intelligent player and it's just about getting the games under his belt to improve his touch and other basics.

It's rare to see a young player with such a good understanding of the game but still so raw. There's just something about him. I think his instincts are good if that makes sense. :) ie. if he has to do something without much time to think he'll probably do the right thing.

To be fair as soon as he moved I thought that it smacked of a Strachan recommendation. Agree about his natural instincts - only seen him a couple of times, however his ability to know what to do impulsively bodes well. Also encouraging that he's a bright lad as intelligence and the ability to learn turned Quinny from a big lump at Arsenal to an international quality striker. If he can hone his goalscoring skills and learn to use his weight to outmuscle defenders we'll have a real player on our hands. The fact that he was playing pub football in Donegal three years ago (believe that's true?) shows just how much he's developed already.

[Stuttgart88]

The fact that he was playing pub football in Donegal three years ago shows just how much he's developed already.Some here would argue that he's taken a step back since then.

[dr_peepee]

Has a spot for a "Big Man" opened up in the squad after Folans withdrawing of himself (while not injured and reasonably fit) from the last squad I wonder???