Aiden McGeady [Archive] - Page 27

dr_peepee

11/03/2008, 5:15 PM

Kevin Keegan today saying that in the summer he will look to Scotland for players as there are 5 or 6 players there that have excellent talent.... hope to god McGeady avoids Newcastle like the plague. Nothing club going nowhere and is a graveyard for players.

There's talk of Espanyol being intereseted in him.... Read online that one of the Barcalona players reckoned he was made for Spanish football. Can't for the life of me remember which player...

eirebhoy

11/03/2008, 5:33 PM

Silvinho:
"McGeady has the kind of qualities required to play in La Liga. He is good and very quick.

"It would be good for him to come to Spain. He would learn more and become stronger by playing at this level."

http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/sport-news/scottish-football/2008/03/09/espanyol-eye-aiden-78057-20345534/

Also:

However, contrary to the Scottish press reports, La Liga Review understands that the player is considered to be well out of reach when it comes to Espanyol's modest budget. The Catalan club do not have "plenty of cash" and the starting valuation of 15 million Euros is way beyond their means. Furthermore, with the player having caught the eye in the Champions League this season and the fact that McGeady is contracted at Parkhead until summer 2011, LLR's sources at Espanyol claim that the club is aware that the chances of Espanyol actually signing McGeady, ahead of a host of other admirers, would be very slim indeed.

http://spanishfootball.typepad.com/la_liga_review/2008/03/is-mcgeady-espa.html

shakermaker1982

12/03/2008, 11:23 AM

[quote=tetsujin1979;892019]By the same token that Billsthoughts, youngirish, etc can't write off McGeady, you can't write off Hunt. He's proven as a decent player to come off the bench when the opposition is tiring, but I wouldn't have him as a starter. He was in good form at the start of the season, but has faded in recent months, althought the same criticism could be leveled at the entire Reading squad.[/quote

I believe that the guy has no ability whatsoever. I am sorry for this.

Thaty's why he's playing in the PL and has been capped by his country.

Junior

23/03/2008, 6:35 PM

Maroon 7

24/03/2008, 1:34 AM

Another couple of good assists today (one cross with his right and one with his left). He did ok.

He has looked somewhat tired in the last 3-4 performances in my opinion. Whether that is genuine fatigue or just that he is under ever closer scrutiny from opposition defenders/midfielders Im not sure. It would be fair to say that Alan Maybury dealt with him very comfortably in the last game against Aberdeen.

Still I think thats over 20 assists for celtic this season which hopefully he can bring in to the Ireland fold.

In fairness McGeady has carried Celtic this season especially with Nakamura out injured a lot. His performances have dipped slightly in recent weeks which is hardly surprising seeing as Celtic's tactics often seem to revert to "give McGeady the ball and hope he does something".

Also teams have taken to doubling up on McGeady knowing that he is Celtic's only creative force when Nakamura is not there.

Razors left peg

24/03/2008, 1:58 AM

Hes a class act and we are lucky to have him.The Scots would snap him up in a second if they could. Was man of the match again today(admitidly against nobodies) and will eventually be first name on the team sheet for us... I honestly dont understand the level of critisizm he gets from Irish fans, he is still a kid and is improving all the time

osarusan

24/03/2008, 8:31 AM

If you criticise him you honestly do deserve a kick to the face.

People who make comments like this deserve a kick in the face. Honestly.

carloz

24/03/2008, 9:04 AM

He's a 21 year old with immense skill, probably in line for SPL player of the year, a valuation of 15 million and with a continental reputation.

If you criticise him you honestly do deserve a kick to the face. :rolleyes:
Any criticism i give him is based on his performances in an Irish jersey. Im not too bothered about how he does with Celtic, i just want him to do the business for us. However his performances in Slovakia and the Czech Republic were among the worst i have seen from an Irish player in a number of years. Could be a big player for us in this campaign though

Paddy Garcia

24/03/2008, 11:51 AM

Any criticism i give him is based on his performances in an Irish jersey. Im not too bothered about how he does with Celtic, i just want him to do the business for us. However his performances in Slovakia and the Czech Republic were among the worst i have seen from an Irish player in a number of years. Could be a big player for us in this campaign though

I've seen a lot worse in this & recent campaigns.

Paddy Garcia

24/03/2008, 11:53 AM

People who make comments like this deserve a kick in the face. Honestly.

Hunt may at some stage.

Superhoops

24/03/2008, 12:14 PM

Any criticism i give him is based on his performances in an Irish jersey. Im not too bothered about how he does with Celtic......

Agree, he hasn't done anything yet when wearing an Irish shirt to show he is a world class �15m player. Looking special in the SPL, which like it or not is not top flight football, doesn't mean much.

Razors left peg

24/03/2008, 12:41 PM

Agree, he hasn't done anything yet when wearing an Irish shirt to show he is a world class �15m player. Looking special in the SPL, which like it or not is not top flight football, doesn't mean much.

What about looking at his performances in the Champions league in the last few seasons

Junior

24/03/2008, 12:50 PM

.....which is hardly surprising seeing as Celtic's tactics often seem to revert to "give McGeady the ball and hope he does something".

I tend to agree, my post wasnt a criticism, more an observation.

Was man of the match again today(admitidly against nobodies)....

In all honesty he was reasonably quiet against Gretna, effective yes, with two great assists and one decent shot from distance. VofH got MOTM and Id agree with that, he played the target man excellently, created 1 and scored 1. Unfortunately it seems too many of the "Pro McGeady Brigade" (and Im one of them) have him as MOTM before hes even kicked a ball.

Any criticism i give him is based on his performances in an Irish jersey. Im not too bothered about how he does with Celtic, i just want him to do the business for us.

I understand the sentiment, but you cant simply critique or evaluate any of the Irish players based their performances for Ireland alone. A player will play 95% of his professional career performances for his club, you cant simply ignore this. Secondly how does any new player get an opportunity? I understand the criticism McGeady has got for his early performances for Ireland (well basically the two in Eastern Europe - when everyone underperformed!!) If he is still throwing in performances like that after another 5-10 full appearances, then fair enough someone else will deserve a shot but you should remember it took Duff alot more appearances than that to become the Ireland player he was at WC02.

Razors left peg

24/03/2008, 12:59 PM

I tend to agree, my post wasnt a criticism, more an observation.

In all honesty he was reasonably quiet against Gretna, effective yes, with two great assists and one decent shot from distance. VofH got MOTM and Id agree with that, he played the target man excellently, created 1 and scored 1. Unfortunately it seems too many of the "Pro McGeady Brigade" (and Im one of them) have him as MOTM before hes even kicked a ball.

I understand the sentiment, but you cant simply critique or evaluate any of the Irish players based their performances for Ireland alone. A player will play 95% of his professional career performances for his club, you cant simply ignore this. Secondly how does any new player get an opportunity? I understand the criticism McGeady has got for his early performances for Ireland (well basically the two in Eastern Europe - when everyone underperformed!!) If he is still throwing in performances like that after another 5-10 full appearances, then fair enough someone else will deserve a shot but you should remember it took Duff alot more appearances than that to become the Ireland player he was at WC02.

Very good post

Superhoops

24/03/2008, 3:18 PM

What about looking at his performances in the Champions league in the last few seasons

I have no interest in Celtic and have never seen them play in SPL or CL. If, as you seem to be suggesting he has given outstanding performances in the CL, the fact that he hasn't done it for Ireland is even more disappointing. I have only ever seen him play for Ireland and from what I have seen so far I consider him overrated.

Razors left peg

24/03/2008, 3:28 PM

I have no interest in Celtic and have never seen them play in SPL or CL. If, as you seem to be suggesting he has given outstanding performances in the CL, the fact that he hasn't done it for Ireland is even more disappointing. I have only ever seen him play for Ireland and from what I have seen so far I consider him overrated.

you have never seen them play champions league football, not even highlights??? If thats the case you are in no position to critisize the player. And anyway he last couple of performances for Ireland against Wales and Brazil were good

FarBeag

24/03/2008, 3:48 PM

I think that McGeady gets more criticism than any other Irish player and most of it is totally unjustified imo. I can think of others who never get any form of player bashing no matter how they play, Kevin Doyle being one. Ok he has player a few bad games for us but he is a kid and is getting better and to be fair he is one of our best players or has the potential to be.

Its time to move on and forget what has happened in our last campaign. Let’s concentrate on how he plays from here on in. I think there will be a few doubters eating their words.

Superhoops

24/03/2008, 7:11 PM

you have never seen them play champions league football, not even highlights??? If thats the case you are in no position to critisize the player. And anyway he last couple of performances for Ireland against Wales and Brazil were good

No, not even highlights, no interest and even if I had, highlights are no way of judging a player. I have never criticised him playing for Celtic as I have never seen him play for Celtic. I have only ever seen him play for Ireland at all levels from U-15's through to seniors. I know he is still only 21 but he has 17 senior caps and ought to be producing for us by now. He certainly has not brought his underage performances through to the senior team.

Against Wales IMO he was no more that a 5, 6 at best. One good ball through to Keane, but he got caught in possession too many times and showed he cannot track back when opponents full/wing backs go forward.

Against Brazil, again IMO similar game to against Wales. Had one chance to put Duff through but delayed his pass too long and Duff ended up offside. In saying that no shame in not performing against Brazil but Wales was a game where he could have sparkled but didn't.

I've said it before but I could not care less how he plays for Celtic, but when he plays for Ireland I want to see him be an 8, 9 or 10 every game. He is not there yet, not but a long way.

His performances in this WCQ campaign will show if he is the real deal or not. While Duff is still in the picture, I'm not sure if Trapattoni will find room for both of them is his team.

geysir

24/03/2008, 7:20 PM

You'd be hard to please if you would only rate his performance around 5 or 6 against Brazil. Most rated his performance much higher.

Let's agree that we will never ever see a midfield of Duff, McGeady, Ireland and Kilbane again.

Razors left peg

24/03/2008, 7:32 PM

No, not even highlights, no interest and even if I had, highlights are no way of judging a player. I have never criticised him playing for Celtic as I have never seen him play for Celtic. I have only ever seen him play for Ireland at all levels from U-15's through to seniors. I know he is still only 21 but he has 17 senior caps and ought to be producing for us by now. He certainly has not brought his underage performances through to the senior team.

Against Wales IMO he was no more that a 5, 6 at best. One good ball through to Keane, but he got caught in possession too many times and showed he cannot track back when opponents full/wing backs go forward.

Against Brazil, again IMO similar game to against Wales. Had one chance to put Duff through but delayed his pass too long and Duff ended up offside. In saying that no shame in not performing against Brazil but Wales was a game where he could have sparkled but didn't.

I've said it before but I could not care less how he plays for Celtic, but when he plays for Ireland I want to see him be an 8, 9 or 10 every game. He is not there yet, not but a long way.

His performances in this WCQ campaign will show if he is the real deal or not. While Duff is still in the picture, I'm not sure if Trapattoni will find room for both of them is his team.

So you are judging kid that was playing in a team that was completely disorganised by a clown of a manager and completely lacking in any confidence.Is there any attacking player that has consistantly performed to an 8,9 or 10 for Ireland in the last couple of years. For example would you say that Robbie Keanes form at Spurs this season is completely irelevent because his performances for Ireland in the last campaign werent fantastic. Or maybe you havent watched him play for Spurs either because you have no interest in them.
It is ridiculous to ignore totally a players club form and then say because he hasnt performed to a consistant rating in international football he is over hyped.
Just as a matter of interest do you just ignore Celtics games in the Champions League or is it the whole competition?

Superhoops

24/03/2008, 8:24 PM

So you are judging kid that was playing in a team that was completely disorganised by a clown of a manager and completely lacking in any confidence.
Fair enough, but let's assume Trapattoni knows what he is doing and organises the team, if McGeady is in that team (and I have doubts he will, especially if Duff is picked), then we should expect him to deliver, especially if he is full of confidence playing for Celtic.

..Is there any attacking player that has consistantly performed to an 8,9 or 10 for Ireland in the last couple of years...
The short answer is No, but I am sure most of us on here want to see every player playing well for Ireland.

..For example would you say that Robbie Keanes form at Spurs this season is completely irelevent because his performances for Ireland in the last campaign werent fantastic. Or maybe you havent watched him play for Spurs either because you have no interest in them.
I've seen Robbie playing several times for Spurs and it is frustrating to see him playing so well for them and not for us. One big difference is that Ramos and Jol before him did not hesitate to either drop him or take off if he wasn't playing well. Neither Kerr, Staunton or Givens ever considered it for us and one of Robbie's biggest problems playing for us is that he thinks he is untouchable.

..It is ridiculous to ignore totally a players club form and then say because he hasnt performed to a consistant rating in international football he is over hyped..
Is it not reasonable to expect a player in form for his club to produce it for his country, if not every game, then at least for most games? The point I'm making about McGeady is that many on here and several people I know who watch Celtic regularly have been raving about his club performances but for me when he has played for Ireland he has not lived up to the raving.

.Just as a matter of interest do you just ignore Celtics games in the Champions League or is it the whole competition?
No, I watch the CL every night it is on, but when there is a choice of 3 or 4 games, Celtic would be down the order. Maybe if they ever got to the stage where they are the only game in town then I'm sure I would have a look, but that's hardly ever likely to happen.

Razors left peg

24/03/2008, 8:41 PM

Superhoops I think we can all agree that we want all the players playing to the highest level possible when they are playing for us and hopefully now with the new management team in place we have alot of hope for the future.I just think that the stick McGeady gets from alot of Irish fans is completely unfair on him because he seems to be singled out when none of the team bar Richard Dunne has performed at all recently. My point about his Celtic performances was that it shows the potential of the lad and I think most people would agree that he is probably one of our most naturally talented footballers at the moment. The lad was even singled out by Barcelona recently as their biggest threat when they were playing eachother, I dont think there are many other Irish players at the moment that would draw that sort of praise.It took Damien Duff a lot of years to develop into a consistant performer for us and personally I think McGeady has the talent to be as good if not better.

Billsthoughts

24/03/2008, 8:45 PM

.It took Damien Duff a lot of years to develop into a consistant performer for us and personally I think McGeady has the talent to be as good if not better.

Can we dispell this myth thats been thrown around on this thread a few times. Macarthy favoured Kilbane to Duff for reasons best known to himself. He never at ANY stage put in performances as poor as Mageadys.

Razors left peg

24/03/2008, 8:55 PM

Can we dispell this myth thats been thrown around on this thread a few times. Macarthy favoured Kilbane to Duff for reasons best known to himself. He never at ANY stage put in performances as poor as Mageadys.

so you are tellin me that Duff never played poorly and was anonymous in games for us earlier in his career... give me a break. Im Duffer biggest fan but I remember him being very inconsistant.

tetsujin1979

24/03/2008, 8:58 PM

Can we dispell this myth thats been thrown around on this thread a few times. Macarthy favoured Kilbane to Duff for reasons best known to himself. He never at ANY stage put in performances as poor as Mageadys.
I always thought it was because Kilbane was better at covering for Harte's shortcomings (i.e. pace) at left full, whereas with Duff on the left we were left very exposed. A Kilbane + Harte left side was more balanced than a Duff + Harte left side
We didn't really have an alternative to Harte at left full (plus ca change) and he was an asset from free kicks, so really couldn't be dropped. Duff was shoehorned into a role alongside Robbie Keane at a time when we didn't have that many quality strikers in the squad.

BigmanCas

25/03/2008, 8:36 AM

gola11

25/03/2008, 10:09 AM

I can't see why people are knocking McGeady. He's still only 21 and has a lot to learn especially on the defensive side of his game. Hopefully he's going to keep improving and become one of our most important players over the next few years. What annoyed me the most was so called fans chanting Hunt's name after about 15mins of the Czech Republic game last Sep. Although he was having a bad game, this did nothing for McGeady's confidence and therefore had a negative effect on the team.

geysir

25/03/2008, 11:16 AM

Duff could play at RM so it wasn't a Kilbane or Duff choice.
More times he replaced McAteer.
When brought on as a sub in a competitive game, say against Portugal away, Duff kept things tidy and simple.
McGeady is about the same age now as when Duff was used as a sub in the 2002 WCQ.

tetsujin1979

25/03/2008, 11:34 AM

Wrote this a while back comparing McGeady's career to date to Duff's at the same age - http://www.chatsoccer.eu/news/content/view/28/5/

BigmanCas

25/03/2008, 12:03 PM

Junior

25/03/2008, 12:35 PM

Can we dispell this myth thats been thrown around on this thread a few times. Macarthy favoured Kilbane to Duff for reasons best known to himself. He never at ANY stage put in performances as poor as Mageadys.

Nope. I distinctly remember on a few occasions at Lansdowne, Duffer coming on as a sub and running around like a headless chicken. Can tquite recall the specific games (probably early 200/01ish). Unfortunately for this debate, chat forums were as Peter Kay would put it 'The Future' so we dont have a 134page thread to pull up from the archives but it happened.

Wrote this a while back comparing McGeady's career to date to Duff's at the same age - http://www.chatsoccer.eu/news/content/view/28/5/

Decent article & comparison of the two players.

Obviously the same points are being covered time and time again here.

1) He's doing great stuff for Celtic this year - some Irish fans are interested, some dont care.
2) He's done nothing of note for Ireland so far & had a couple of particularly poor performances in Eastern Europe - Dont think anyone can dispute this, though with regards to the games against Czech/Slovaks - so did at least another 9 players!
3) Do we want McGeady to be a success for Ireland? - Yes, we need a player like him performing for us.

geysir

25/03/2008, 1:27 PM

We would be having the same debate over Duff at the time of the first 5 or 6 of the 2002 WCQ as is now happening with McGeady.

Billsthoughts

25/03/2008, 10:22 PM

I always thought it was because Kilbane was better at covering for Harte's shortcomings (i.e. pace) at left full, whereas with Duff on the left we were left very exposed. A Kilbane + Harte left side was more balanced than a Duff + Harte left side............

maybe so but the comparison with mageadys Ireland form doesnt really ring true.

Give us a break Bill. You are so full of s*** it's unreal.
Well argued and balanced post there as always BMC. :confused:

What annoyed me the most was so called fans chanting Hunt's name after about 15mins of the Czech Republic game last Sep. Although he was having a bad game, this did nothing for McGeady's confidence and therefore had a negative effect on the team.
Mmmmmm...am sure he of all players has heard and dealt with worse.

Nope. I distinctly remember on a few occasions at Lansdowne, Duffer coming on as a sub and running around like a headless chicken. Can tquite recall the specific games (probably early 200/01ish). Unfortunately for this debate,.
He was excellent against portugal at home. he was sub for Estonia. andorra?
I think your thinking of the qualifying campaign before that. I remember one home match he was getting stick from the crowd but cant remember which one it was. he was going up the wing and losing the ball time and time again. different to Mageadys just standing around and watching players run by him.

We would be having the same debate over Duff at the time of the first 5 or 6 of the 2002 WCQ as is now happening with McGeady.

Not really Duff was playing well for both club and country at the time.

geysir

26/03/2008, 12:27 AM

Not really Duff was playing well for both club and country at the time.
Maybe we are talking about different players, I said for the first 5 or 6 games.
Duff was an unused sub against Holland away, came on as a sub against Estonia at home and Portugal away. 10 minutes against Cyprus, In our first 5 games he didn't do anything of note.
His first impact was when he came on as a sub for Keane at home to Portugal, age 22.
He started in the next game away to Estonia and did very well.

Billsthoughts

26/03/2008, 8:14 AM

eirebhoy

26/03/2008, 8:31 AM

SPL Assists:
http://www.scotprem.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Assists/0,,10002~20073,00.html

He has 18 in total. Fantastic for a player that doesn't take set pieces.

geysir

26/03/2008, 9:44 AM

Photographic memory there.
Macarthy had his favorites and picked them regardless of form. Duff was left out and used as sub despite good club form. Mageady has been played in most of the qualifiers and been rubbish.
Thank you for acknowledging that Duff was left out/used as a sub sparingly and did not show his spark until his sub appearance in the 6th game of the 2002 qualifiers ;)
Considering that that was a successfull campaign against 2 top teams, McCarthy managed the campaign quite well considering the choices he made. Duff eventually made his break due to circumstances of Keane getting injured and grabbed the stage.
It's hypothetical how Duff would have done if he was used more earlier on or if McGeady was blooded in slower as a sub.
McGeady will be the same age as Duff was then by the time of the Qualifiers in September.
Age isn't everything, the main thing is whether a player is still making the improvements needed in his game.
We have a better squad with having McGeady in it.

Junior

26/03/2008, 1:53 PM

SPL Assists:
http://www.scotprem.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Assists/0,,10002~20073,00.html

He has 18 in total. Fantastic for a player that doesn't take set pieces.

It says 15 in the link and I think Jan VofH quoted 20 after the game - either way its pretty good.

McGeady appears to be the 2nd highest (McDonald is 1st) Celtic shooter as well using that database, which surprises me.

Junior

26/03/2008, 2:00 PM

He was excellent against portugal at home. he was sub for Estonia. andorra?
I think your thinking of the qualifying campaign before that. I remember one home match he was getting stick from the crowd but cant remember which one it was. he was going up the wing and losing the ball time and time again. different to Mageadys just standing around and watching players run by him.

As I said, Im not exactly sure of which campaign without going back and trying to reactivate the memory! But either way it was at the start of Duffs international career, the same as McGeady. We were actually doing okish at the time as well, compared to the dysfunctional team that McGeady has been a part of.

You seem to imply that Duffs poor performances were in some way better than McGeadys? yet if Aiden was mindlessly running round like an eejit and losing the ball time and time again, Im not sure you would be so generous.

Anyway, personally I think the comparison is a fair one and I hope we see significant improvement in confidence and performances over the next qualifying campaign, which I think we have already started to see in the Wales and Brasil game albeit conservative.

BigmanCas

26/03/2008, 2:04 PM

Photographic memory there.
Macarthy had his favorites and picked them regardless of form. Duff was left out and used as sub despite good club form. Mageady has been played in most of the qualifiers and been rubbish.

You just can't accept that you are continually being proved incorrect. Mc Geady was the Irish MOTM in his last outing. Accept that he has talent to burn. Remember Billy - you're only as good as your last game!!! Forget about the Duff comparisons please.

Billsthoughts

26/03/2008, 2:21 PM

You seem to imply that Duffs poor performances were in some way better than McGeadys? yet if Aiden was mindlessly running round like an eejit and losing the ball time and time again, Im not sure you would be so generous.
.

Mageadys performances against slovakia and the czech republic were two of the worst I have ever seen by any Irish player. Ever.

BMC how am I being proved incorrect? I seen him play for Ireland and he has been rubbish. Thats a fact. I will be proved wrong when he puts in some good performancs for his country. And I will be delighted when I am.

BigmanCas

26/03/2008, 2:52 PM

Mageadys performances against slovakia and the czech republic were two of the worst I have ever seen by any Irish player. Ever.

BMC how am I being proved incorrect? I seen him play for Ireland and he has been rubbish. Thats a fact. I will be proved wrong when he puts in some good performancs for his country. And I will be delighted when I am.

I can't help but get angry when you mention the games in prague and bratislava. I was at both games. How many times do I have to highlight that Mc Geady was not (by a long way) the worst against Slovakia - Stephan Ireland, Jon Douglas, John O Shea were all a lot worse. Against the Czech's - as a previously mentioned - the fans were calling for S Hunt within 15mins. How could a player who relies so much on confidence, get the necessary confidence to shine when listening to these chants. He tried though, but it didn't work for him. I will stress that I was not calling for S Hunt to be introduced and look what happened when he did enter the fray. Forget about these games (and stop using them as a stick to beat Mc Geady with) as the thought of Andy Reid on the bench in Bratislava is sickening.

Superhoops

26/03/2008, 3:36 PM

...Mc Geady was the Irish MOTM in his last outing. .....
Where did you see that?

I don't remember any Ireland MOTM being announced. I seem to remember in the following day's papers various journalists rating him between 6 and 8. In fact I believe the official MOTM was the Brazil full back Mauro who, athough McGeady went past him 3 or 4 times, regularly exploited the space down the wing that McGeady had vacated by his inability?/unwillingness? to track back, often chosing to just tuck inside.

BigmanCas

26/03/2008, 4:02 PM

Where did you see that?

I don't remember any Ireland MOTM being announced. I seem to remember in the following day's papers various journalists rating him between 6 and 8. In fact I believe the official MOTM was the Brazil full back Mauro who, athough McGeady went past him 3 or 4 times, regularly exploited the space down the wing that McGeady had vacated by his inability?/unwillingness? to track back, often chosing to just tuck inside.

I said Irish MOTM!! Unfortunetly I am on a 'Hiding to Nothing' if some Irish people refuse to see the wood from the trees. How many times during the game did Mc Geady make 50/60 yard dribbles with the ball in croker that night? inability?/unwillingness? - codswollop/horses**t
Superhoops - bahh hummbugg!!!!

Razors left peg

26/03/2008, 4:04 PM

jmurphyc

26/03/2008, 4:07 PM

I said Irish MOTM!! Unfortunetly I am on a 'Hiding to Nothing' if some Irish people refuse to see the wood from the trees. How many times during the game did Mc Geady make 50/60 yard dribbles with the ball in croker that night? inability?/unwillingness? - codswollop/horses**t
Superhoops - bahh hummbugg!!!!

50/60 yards? Most of those runs were into space. I like McGeady, but I think people are overstating how good he was against Brazil, just like others are arguing that he was one of the worst ever in an Irish shirt last September. I think he'll come good, but he definitely hasn't been as impressive in an Ireland shirt as he is in a Celtic shirt (yet).