Aiden McGeady

[Kingdom]

Rhetorical? not at all. Just a reference to the event of my posting a McGeady thread reply in the wrong thread/forum.
That it would not have been recognised as happening, only for the fact that you were there to witness it for the 5 seconds it existed.

Grand!

[The Fly]

http://supersport.com/football/uefa-champions-league/news/101125/Irish_star_McGeady_shines_at_Spartak

[elroy]

Sent off today in Spartak's game away from home. (According to Betfair anyways)

[Sullivinho]

Sent off today in Spartak's game away from home. (According to Betfair anyways)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0Moemy54cc

Mis-timed challenge. A few antics afterwards too.

[Colbert Report]

Criminal challenge, he deserves a ten match ban for that tackle from behind. No attempt to play the ball. We all know tackling isn't exactly his strong suit but man that was just terrible. No wonder the other team wanted to fight him. Very immature stuff from McGeady.

[Fixer82]

10 Match ban?
Give over will ya ya bleedin oul-wan
Silly tackle. Straight red. End of story

[rebelmusic]

Looks like he's about to cry when walking off. Might be good for him in a weird way, from all the history of McGeady, when the press start talking him up his form dips. Least this way he needs to impress again when he comes back.

[geysir]

That nr4 certainly rose up to his feet immediately, to get back at whoever tackled him.
Makes a nonsense of those gobs who roll around in agony.

I didn't know Aiden could get his blood up and bite so hard. I'm proud of him

[Serb]

Criminal challenge, he deserves a ten match ban for that tackle from behind. No attempt to play the ball. We all know tackling isn't exactly his strong suit but man that was just terrible. No wonder the other team wanted to fight him. Very immature stuff from McGeady.

Is this a serious post? 10 match ban? Paulo Di Canio got an 11 match ban for pushing over Paul Alcock. Eric Cantona was banned for 16 games effectively when he kung-fu kicked a fan. Is a simple mistimed tackle from behind, which isn't even the worst challenge I've seen this weekend, in the same league as those incidents?

[Colbert Report]

I'm as serious as a heart attack.

[tetsujin1979]

tackled from behind after the ball had gone, straight red.
Arteta's stamp yesterday was worse IMO

[AlaskaFox]

What kind of a ban will he actually get?

And is this really his last league game til August?
http://greenscene.me/2010/11/mcgeady-sees-red-in-russian-finale/

[Colbert Report]

What kind of a ban will he actually get?

And is this really his last league game til August?
http://greenscene.me/2010/11/mcgeady-sees-red-in-russian-finale/

According to your link it is. He'll have played only eleven matches in almost nineteen months. The Russian League is apparently going from a spring-autumn schedule into a conventional August-May one starting next year. He'll likely get loaned out from January onwards.

[SwanVsDalton]

Surely an ideal opportunity for a Prem team to take a punt.

[Colbert Report]

Don't know if a Premiership team will take him on but he'd definitely be welcome back at Celtic or maybe in the Championship. Did he know this was going to happen when he signed in Spartak Moscow? Seems very strange, especially considering that he was already off from May until September already. He could play from the first of January until the end of the English/Spanish/Italian/Scottish domestic season if I'm not wrong.

[The Fly]

Don't know if a Premiership team will take him on but he'd definitely be welcome back at Celtic or maybe in the Championship.

He's above Celtic and Championship level sides now.

[youngirish]

Judging from that clip his tackling looks to be almost as bad as his crossing.

[Spudulika]

McGeady's red has elevated him even higher in the local fans eyes. They love his energy and attitude and some of his play has been sparkling and cutting. He was named as one of the "Autumn stars" and he will be the main man for the club next year if, as everyone expects, Welliton goes.

[tetsujin1979]

seems the tackle wasn't unprovoked
from fourfourtwo.com: http://fourfourtwo.com/blogs/nevermindthebolsheviks/archive/2010/11/29/a-naked-italian-a-naughty-irishman-and-a-goal-shy-nigerian-walk-into-a-bar.aspx

Moments after being taken out (not for the first time yesterday, NMTB should add) a frustrated Aiden McGeady got to his feet and did a number on Marcin Kowalczyk in the Moscow derby.

He joined Adrian Ropotan for an early bath (not together, you’d imagine) after he had scythed down the Irishman in equally cynical fashion just 10 minutes earlier.

[seanfhear]

Occasionally the bitten has to bite back.

As Aiden gets older he will learn that it is better to create or score a winning goal that to fall to their level.

[Sullivinho]

seems the tackle wasn't unprovoked
from fourfourtwo.com: http://fourfourtwo.com/blogs/nevermindthebolsheviks/archive/2010/11/29/a-naked-italian-a-naughty-irishman-and-a-goal-shy-nigerian-walk-into-a-bar.aspx

I thought there might be more to it alright. He was spoiling for an argument.

[Mr A]

Occasionally the bitten has to bite back.

As Aiden gets older he will learn that it is better to create or score a winning goal that to fall to their level.

Unless the guy is seriously mentally deficient, he shouldn't have to get older to understand that concept!

[Crosby87]

Occasionally the bitten has to bite back.

As Aiden gets older he will learn that it is better to create or score a winning goal that to fall to their level.

Right, just ask Zidane.

[seanfhear]

Right, just ask Zidane.
That would be an example of a slight flaw in my "getting wiser when getting older" theory alright:o

[Spudulika]

McGeady is in the running for the foreign XI of the RPFL, voted on by journos. Spartak fans have just announced they want the club to extend his contract at the club, they usually get what they want.

[geysir]

Yet another Irishman who is more appreciated abroad that at home.

I know the feeling :)

[The Fly]

Yet another Irishman who is more appreciated abroad than at home.


What do you expect?.....sectarianism is rife in Scotland. ;)

[Closed Account 2]

McGeady talking about the rivalry in Russian football (capital clubs vs southern provinces)

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ultra-football-fans-protest-over-shooting-2154918.html

Near the bottom of the report.

[seanfhear]

McGeady talking about the rivalry in Russian football (capital clubs vs southern provinces)

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ultra-football-fans-protest-over-shooting-2154918.html

Near the bottom of the report.
After a bit more of this he will consider Celtic/Rangers as just a bit of "friendly rivalry"

[tommy_c12000]

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/spartak-insist-mcgeady-not-for-sale-despite-villa-interest-2459491.html

[geysir]

Andrei Kanchelskis is a positive chap.

He feels that McGeady is already one of the elite players in the Russian Premier League. "I've got to give McGeady a perfect score for his performances this year," said Kanchelskis.
"I'd give him 10 out of 10. There haven't been many better. His quality on the ball has been excellent, his pace and mobility is now Spartak's biggest threat.
"I like his attitude. He's a winner, he doesn't give up on anything. This is a quality that all top professionals need, but not every talented footballer has it. He plays 100pc for the team. It's now clear this is a player with a big, big future."

[Charlie Darwin]

I think he's burned the last of his remaining bridges with Rangers fans by now.

[Kingdom]

On the Irish Independent report, please McGeady, stay away from Villa. Give yourself another season at Spartak, up to the end of Euro 2012 campaign and see how things are then.

[geysir]

"I'd give him 10 out of 10. There haven't been many better."

So there are a few in Russia who are better than 100%?

[BonnieShels]

"I'd give him 10 out of 10. There haven't been many better."

So there are a few in Russia who are better than 100%?

Would this qualify as a maths joke? If so that's two that made me smile wryly today.

[Crosby87]

Would this qualify as a maths joke? If so that's two that made me smile wryly today.

Yup, the only person who can give more than 100% is Chuck Norris. And of course he doesn't sleep, he just waits.

[punkrocket]

Crosby87


http://foot.ie/images/misc/quote_icon.png Originally Posted by BonnieShels http://foot.ie/images/buttons/viewpost-right.png (http://foot.ie/showthread.php?p=1434183#post1434183)
Would this qualify as a maths joke? If so that's two that made me smile wryly today.



Yup, the only person who can give more than 100% is Chuck Norris. And of course he doesn't sleep, he just waits.


Ay yes the old Samuel Beckett joke.

[Closed Account 2]

The Russian League is going to run along the lines of most European leagues in terms of schedule starting from next year.

In the 2011/12 season it will be an autumn / spring season (similar to UK, Italy, Germany). Apparently it is going to split as well (at the mid point) with the top half going into a play off system for the European places and the bottom half going into the play off for relegation. The last two places will now be relegated to 2nd league and the 3rd and 4th last will go in a play-off with 3rd / 4th from second league.

It's not very clear as to what will happen for the clubs in the 9 months they now have off. Obviously Zenit, CSKA, Spartak and Rubin are all in the Europa League, and Zenit and a Russian U21 team are in the CIS (ex-USSR) Cup starting next month in St. Petersburg. Incidently Spartak play Basle and then (if they win) Ajax or Anderlecht, so pretty much vs other CL drop outs.

[Kingdom]

A different take on the changes. No break till August anyway...

http://themoscownews.com/sports/20100914/188043565.html?referfrommn

September revolution for Russian football
by Andy Potts at 14/09/2010 16:31



They’re calling it a September revolution as Russian football finally switches to a European timetable.

As of 2012 the old summer season, running from mid-March to mid-November, will be relegated to history while a new-look calendar will mimic the rest of Europe by running from September to May.

But the new-look schedule will include a long winter break to prevent shivering sportsmen suffering in the snow.



World Cup boost

As with much in Russian football at the moment, part of the plan is to enhance the country’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup.

At present major international tournaments awkwardly bisect Russia’s domestic season, whereas the new system would slot in perfectly around FIFA’s flagship.

It’s also thought that it might give the national team a helping hand: the autumn qualifying matches will find players fresh after a summer break, while major finals won’t prove a distraction from the week-by-week grind of league football.



How it works

Next season will be a transitional season, with the season divided into three parts. The first two will be similar to this year’s, playing from mid-March to late May, then from July to mid-November.

But a final phase, played in spring 2012, will settle prizes and European spots among the top eight from 2011, while the bottom eight will face a desperate fight to escape relegation.

Then in August 2012 the new season will kick-off, due to play in two sections from Aug. 1 – Nov 15, then March 1 to May 20, 2013.



Mixed opinions

While the change was a key plank of Sergei Fursenko’s reforms of the game when he was elected head of the Russian Football Union earlier this year, not everyone is impressed, Sovietsky Sport reported.

Players have questioned whether the move will force more clubs to play on artificial surfaces, while the president of the Professional Football League, which represents Russia’s second and third tiers voted against the switch, saying it was “inappropriate at this stage”.

And prior to Monday’s vote Alexander Shprygin, head of the official Russian football fans’ organisation said that he was aware of many supporters’ lack of enthusiasm for the scheme.

But he added that his group preferred to work through dialogue with the game’s bosses, rather than issuing confrontational statements.



Frozen fans

Even if the prospect of standing in an open concrete bowl in Novosibirsk doesn’t much appeal in November, it’s not exactly unprecedented.

Followers of bandy, a quintessentially Russian blend of field and ice hockey, have long been used to huddling round in open stadiums as the mercury plummets well below zero.

Matches in the likes of Kemerovo regularly attract crowds in their thousands for 90 minutes of hot action in the deep chill.

And Russian football fans will have their own memories of being caught out by a cold snap: Spartak’s opening day derby with Dinamo this season was played in a Luzhniki blizzard, while FC Tom, from Tomsk, regularly play their opening home game in Mineralny Vody while their own stadium thaws out.

[Junior]

Bayern Munchen want to sign former Celtic midfielder Aiden McGeady from Spartak Moskva / IM SCOUTING

Bayern Munchen have expressed interested in signing former Celtic midfielder Aiden McGeady from Spartak Moskva , according to German sources.

The 24-year-old joined the Spartak in the summer for €12 million, signing a four-year deal worth some €1.5 million per season.

He scored one and set up two in 12 games for the Moscow side, but impressed at the Russian outfit with his all-round play.

Munich are reportedly looking at a loan deal for the Republic of Ireland international with an option to buy.

[geysir]

Apparently the 'deep throat' is none other than our Trap.
Trap's opinion (http://www.goal.com/en/news/15/germany/2009/03/23/1171185/celtic-star-aiden-mcgeady-on-bayern-munich-radar)

Bayern Munich are looking at Celtic and Republic of Ireland midfielder Aiden McGeady with a view to signing him in the summer, according to Giovanni Trapattoni, former trainer of the German outfit.
The Bavarians have reportedly already observed the youngster and have asked the opinion of Ireland’s Italian boss.
‘Trap’ met Bayern representatives last week at the Chelsea - Manchester City match and was asked to give his take on McGeady.
“'They asked me what I think about McGeady because they have followed him,” Trapattoni told the Scottish Daily Mail.
“They wanted to know my opinion and I said McGeady is one of our most important players.”
The report also claims that Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp is keeping tabs on the Celtic star.
Mathew Burt, Goal.com

Why would Trap be at the Chelsea - Manchester City game? meet up with his manager mates?

[Sullivinho]

I'm almost certain I've read that before, a while back. Especially Trap's 'most important' line.

[Charlie Darwin]

Not quite sure how important a player is when he only gets in the team if there's an injury to Duff or Lawrence.

[Stuttgart88]

The report also claims that Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp is keeping tabs on the Celtic star. Cue a row in 5 years' time "Karpin clearly didn't rate McGeady".

[geysir]

McGeady has already flopped in Moscow. Trap is clearly exaggerating McGeady's importance in our team.

Will Karpin become the manager of Ireland at some stage? If so, he better get his bat straight re McGeady.

[Fergie's Son]

Not sure Id call him a flop just yet. He seems to be holding his own in Moscow.

[Stuttgart88]

I'll let Geysir explain...

[AlaskaFox]

Not sure Id call him a flop just yet. He seems to be holding his own in Moscow.

Definitely not flopping over there:
http://greenscene.me/2010/12/mcgeady-listed-as-one-of-the-best-rpl-players/

[ped_ped]

Yeah I really don't see how anyone could say he's flopped. He seems to have risen to the challenge, and I thought he was markedly improved when I saw him play for Ireland since his move. He also turned in a good performance against Chelsea, from what I could see. And even then it's still early to rate how he's done. Methinks the people saying he's already failed will continue to do so wherever he goes and however he plays.

[Dunners]

for anyone to say he has floppped is pure ignorance. Some people need to catch themselves on McGeady is a special talent but he also a confidence palyer , lets hope he never reads half the ****e posted on here about him or he may never lace up his boots again. I hope McCarthy is not subjected to the same rubbish once he actually gets a couple of games under his belt - Another Glasgow born boy that has taken the wrath of Scotland to play for us. But hey dont let that stop you boo boys , lets jump on the Scots badwagon and give them both hell every time they pull on a green jersey