Irish Players Abroad 06/07

[tetsujin1979]

Spurs 22 year old winger Mark Yeates has joined Leicester on loan untill the end of the season.

http://www.lcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10274~973744,00.html?

I'm starting to worry about Yeates, after all the fanfair about him a few years ago, he seems to be constantly out on loan, without ever really making progress into the starting XI at Spurs. Could be the next Willo Flood?

[Closed Account]

Gary Dicker gone from UCD to Birmingham City on 6 month loan deal.

[theworm2345]

Now that the window is closed, I'll post this, if someone is left off, its a shame, just tell me and Ill add him. I did just start editing about 2 weeks ago so I probably missed some stuff
I had it formatted with Bold Names and such but it didnt carry over into here obviously, if you want the formatted version download it here (http://www.geocities.com/wolverhamptonusa/Irish_Abroad.doc)
EDIT: OK, I formatted it
Belgium
Belgian Second Division
Royal Antwerp
MF Darren Gibson (On Loan from Manchester United)
England
English Premier League
Arsenal
On Loan
DF Joe O'Cearuill (Brighton
Aston Villa
Reserves
GK Stephen Henderson
DF Stephen O’Halloran
Youth Team
GK David Bevan
DF Danny Earls
FW Danny MacDonald
Blackburn Rovers
1st Team
MF Steven Reid
MF Keith Treacy
DF Eddie Nolan
Bolton Wanderers
1st Team
DF Joey O’Brien
Charlton Athletic
1st Team
MF Andy Reid
MF Matt Holland
On Loan
GK Darren Randolph (Gillingham)
Chelsea
On Loan
MF James Simmonds
Everton
1st Team
MF Lee Carsley
Fulham
1st Team
MF Michael Timlin
Liverpool
1st Team
DF Steve Finnan
Manchester City
1st Team
MF Stephen Ireland
DF Richard Dunne
Manchester United
1st Team
DF John O’Shea
On Loan
MF Darren Gibson (Royal Antwerp)
Middlesbrough
N/A
Newcastle United
1st Team
GK Shay Given
DF Stephen Carr
MF Damien Duff
MF Alan O’Brien
Portsmouth
1st Team
DF Andy O’Brien
GK Dean Kiely
MF Marc Wilson
Reading
1st Team
FW Kevin Doyle
FW Stephen Hunt
MF Jonathon Hayes
FW Shane Long
DF Alan Bennett
On Loan
GK Graham Stack (Leeds)
Sheffield United
GK Paddy Kenny
MF Alan Quinn
DF Derek Geary
MF Stephen Quinn
Reserves
MF Keith Keane
Tottenham Hotspur
1st Team
FW Robbie Keane
On Loan
MF Mark Yeates (Leicester)
Watford
N/A
West Ham United
N/A
Wigan Athletic
1st Team
MF Kevin Kilbane
Coca-Cola Championship
Barnsley
1st Team
GK Nick Colgan
MF Colin Healy
FW Michael Coulson
Birmingham City
1st Team
DF Stephen Kelly
GK Colin Doyle
MF Gary Dicker (On Loan from UCD)
Burnley
1st Team
MF James O’Connor
MF Alan Mahon
MF Gareth O’Connor
MF Chris McCann
Cardiff City
1st Team
MF Stephen McPhail
MF James Simmonds
MF Willo Flood
FW Jason Byrne
Colchester United
N/A
Coventry City
1st Team
DF Clive Clarke (On Loan from Sunderland)
MF Michael Doyle
MF Jay Tabb
MF Kevin Thornton
DF Colin Hawkins
Crystal Palace
1st Team
FW Clinton Morrison
MF Mark Kennedy
On Loan
Derby County
FW Jonathan Macken
Hull City
1st Team
DF Damien Delaney
MF Roy O'Donovan
Ipswich Town
1st Team
GK Shane Supple
MF Owen Garvan
FW Alan Lee
FW Billy Clarke
DF Michael Synnott
DF Alex Bruce
MF George O'Callaghan
FW Jonathan Walters
Leeds United
1st Team
DF Gary Kelly
MF Jonathan Douglas
DF Paul Butler
GK Graham Stack (On Loan from Reading)
DF Simon Madden
MF Robert Bayly
Leicester City
1st Team
DF Alan Maybury
DF Patrick McCarthy
DF Alan Sheehan
MF Mark Yeates (On Loan from Tottenham Hotspur)
Luton Town
1st Team
DF Kevin Foley
MF Steven O’Leary
MF Keith Keane
MF David Bell
Norwich City
1st Team
DF Gary Doherty
MF Michael Spillane
Plymouth Argyle
N/A
Preston North End
1st Team
DF Sean St Ledger
MF Alan McCormack
Queens Park Rangers
1st Team
MF Martin Rowlands
Sheffield Wednesday
1st Team
DF Graham Coughlan
MF Glenn Whelan
FW Barry Corr
Southampton
On Loan
Leon Best (Bournemouth)
Southend
1st Team
MF Kevin Maher
FW Richie Foran
Stoke City1st Team
GK Robert Duggan
MF Liam Lawrence
MF Rory Delap
FW Adam Rooney
Sunderland
1st Team
DF Kenny Cunningham
FW Stephen Elliott
FW Daryl Murphy
MF Graham Kavanagh
FW David Connolly
MF Liam Miller
FW Anthony Stokes
On Loan
DF Clive Clarke (Coventry
West Brom
1st Team
DF Paul McShane
GK Wayne Henderson
Wolverhampton
1st Team
DF Gary Breen
MF Darren Potter
MF Kevin O’Connor
MF Stephen Ward
FW Stephen Gleeson
FW Andy Keogh
League 1
Blackpool
1st Team
DF Paul Tierney
MF Wes Hoolahan (On Loan from Livingston)
FW Ben Burgess
MF Gareth Farrelly
Bournemouth
1st Team
DF Shaun Maher
MF Steve Foley
FW Conal Platt
Bradford
N/A
Brentford
1st Team
MF Kevin O’Connor
Brighton & Hove Albion
1st Team
DF Joe O'Cearuill (On Loan from Arsenal
Bristol City
1st Team
DF Richard Keogh
Carlisle
1st Team
DF Peter Murphy
Cheltenham
1st Team
FW John “JJ” Melligan
MF Sam Foley
Chesterfield
1st Team
GK Barry Roche
DF Alan O’Hare
FW Colin Larkin
Crewe
N/A
Doncaster Rovers
1st Team
DF James O’Connor
MF Sean Thornton
FW Paul Heffernan
Gillingham
1st Team
FW Gary Mulligan
GK Darren Randolph (On Loan from Charlton Athletic)
Huddersfield
1st Team
FW John McAliskey
MF Michael Collins
MF James Hand
Leyton Orient
1st Team
MF Daryl McMahon
Millwall
1st Team
MF Alan Dunne
FW Ross Gaynor
Northampton
1st Team
DF Fred Murray
Nottingham Forest
1st Team
DF John Thompson
Oldham
N/A
Port Vale
N/A
Rotherham
1st Team
DF David Worrell
MF Michael Keane
MF Richie Partridge
S****horpe
1st Team
GK Joe Murphy
DF Cliff Byrne
MF Jim Goodwin
FW Ian Morris
Swansea
1st Team
MF Thomas Butler
Tranmere
1st Team
MF Jason McAteer
Yeovil Town
1st Team
MF Stephen Maher
On Loan
Leon Best (On Loan from Southampton)
League 2
Accrington Stanley
1st Team
GK Robert Elliot (On Loan from Charlton Athletic)
DF Michael Welch
Barnet
1st Team
MF Barry Cogan
Boston United
1st Team
MF Richie Ryan
DF Colin Cryan
Bristol
1st Team
DF Robbie Ryan
Bury
1st Team
DF John Fitzgerald
MF Brian Barry-Murphy
Chester
1st Team
MF Glenn Cronin
Darlington
1st Team
MF Michael Cummins
Grimsby
1st Team
FW Michael Reddy
Hartlepool
1st Team
MF Willie Boland
MF Gary Liddle
FW Jon Daly
Hereford
N/A
Lincoln
N/A
Macclesfield
1st Team
FW Robbie Doyle
Mansfield Town
1st Team
FW Barry Conlon
MF Stephen Dawson
DF Alan Sheehan (On Loan from Leicester City)
Milton Keynes
1st Team
MF Keith Andrews
Notts County
1st Team
MF Liam Needham
Peterborough
N/A
Rochdale
N/A
Shrewsbury
N/A
Stockport
N/A
Swindon
N/A
Torquay
1st Team
FW Mickey Evans
Walsall
1st Team
GK Rene Gilmartin
Wrexham
N/A
Australia/New Zealand
A-League
New Zealand Knights
1st Team
FW Sean Devine
New Zealand
Otago Bay
Player-Coach
DF Terry Phelan
Wycombe
N/A
Scotland
Premier League
Aberdeen
1st Team
DF Richie Byrne
MF Gary Dempsey
Celtic
1st Team
MF Aiden McGeady
DF Darren O’Dea
On Loan
FW Diarmuid O'Carroll
Reserves
MF James O’Brien
Youth
GK Paul Skinner
DF Gary Walsh
DF Gareth Christie
DF Daniel Lafferty
MF Paul Cahillane
MF Graham Carey
FW Tim Kiely
Dundee United
1st Team
DF Sean Dillon
FW Noel Hunt
Dunfermline
N/A
Falkirk
1st Team
MF Patrick Cregg
FW Graham Barrett
MF Stephen O'Donnell
FW Anthony Stokes (On Loan from Arsenal)
Hearts
N/A
Hibernian
N/A
Inverness Caledonian Thistle
N/A
Kilmarnock
N/A
Motherwell
1st Team
DF Danny Murphy
FW Paul Keegan
FW Trevor Molloy
Rangers
N/A
St. Mirren
1st Team
DF David van Zanten
Spain
Primera Liga
Levante
1st Team
DF Ian Harte
USA/Canada
Major League Soccer
Toronto FC
MF Ronnie O’Brien

[republicofwhite]

When did Roy O'Donovan go to Hull?! Totally missed that one! Not a great move IMO

[SaucyJack]

John Thompson has been released by Forest and will probably stay on at Tranmere.

[eddieohalloran]

Just for you info, Stephen O'Halloran is actually a member of the Aston Villa 1st team squad (Squad No 29), having completed a very successful 3 month loan spell with Wycombe Wanderers recently. He was on the squad of 18 for the Newcastle game last night.

[youngirish]

Just for you info, Stephen O'Halloran is actually a member of the Aston Villa 1st team squad (Squad No 29), having completed a very successful 3 month loan spell with Wycombe Wanderers recently. He was on the squad of 18 for the Newcastle game last night.

Are you his daddy? I hear he can play left back. What are the chances of him getting a run in the Aston Villa first team in the near future?

[Dazzy]

When did Roy O'Donovan go to Hull?! Totally missed that one! Not a great move IMO

He didnt, Cork turned down a 300-500k deal for him.

[youngirish]

Wayne Henderson doesn't play for West Brom either.

[Closed Account]

There are more than a few mistakes there to be fair, but lets not knock the effort. The best idea would be for someone to set up a wikipedia site, where we could all contribute whatever little knowledge we know and edit it ourselves. Hands up? And a patch for football manager should be out in two weeks to reference it all.

[eirebhoy]

Does anyone actually look at the lists of players in the first page? I've been meaning to update them (Most of the premiership is up to date) but will do this week.

[theworm2345]

There are more than a few mistakes there to be fair, but lets not knock the effort. The best idea would be for someone to set up a wikipedia site, where we could all contribute whatever little knowledge we know and edit it ourselves. Hands up? And a patch for football manager should be out in two weeks to reference it all.
DONE :D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Footballers_Playing_Abroad

[Paddy Garcia]

DONE :D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Footballers_Playing_Abroad

Should add this to the useful links sticky ?

[Irish_Praha]

I think Nottingham Forest's sub keeper Paddy Gamble is Irish too,,not 100% sure though- but with a name like that :)

[Irish_Praha]

I'm starting to worry about Yeates, after all the fanfair about him a few years ago, he seems to be constantly out on loan, without ever really making progress into the starting XI at Spurs. Could be the next Willo Flood?

Yeah you could be right but at least he's on loan to a Championship side this time (although his last team, Colchester, are doing better than them at the moment). Hopefully he does well but at 22 it's probably his last chance to impress Spurs. To be like willow Flood wouldn't be so bad. I just I hope he doesn't do a Richie Partridge and hang on at Spurs until he is 24 without a chance of 1st team football. A move to a half-decent championship side would be much better for his development.

[Irish_Praha]

Just thinking about the likes of Partrige, Flood, Yeates, McPhail etc.
A lot of skillfull little Irish players have been dumped by Premiership clubs in the last 5 to 10 years. I didn'T really rate Partrige but a few guys on here thought/think that he is an exceptional talent. Are these cases an example of these players not suiting the English game and would have been better off playing on the continent or were they simply just not good enough?

[joe_barry80]

Are you his daddy? I hear he can play left back. What are the chances of him getting a run in the Aston Villa first team in the near future?
some realation anyway http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_O%27Halloran

[Irish_Praha]

some realation anyway http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_O%27Halloran

Is he a left-sided CB or a left-back?
I hope the latter.

[livehead1]

I think Nottingham Forest's sub keeper Paddy Gamble is Irish too,,not 100% sure though- but with a name like that :)

no, hes english. a girl in my old 6th form was going with him.

[Irish_Praha]

no, hes english. a girl in my old 6th form was going with him.

OK fair enough.

[drummerboy]

Definitely thing Stephen McPhail would be a success on the continent.

[republicofwhite]

Paddy Kavanagh for Birmingham as well...

[Bottle of Tonic]

Who's this Paddy Kohlmann that plays for B Dortmund? Anyone with any knowledge?
We could do with a cultured German style defender.... Anything for O Brien et al to get their P45's.

[SaucyJack]

there's a bunch of posts on Kohlmann, just have to use search function

http://foot.ie/search.php?searchid=506287

[eirebhoy]

Kohlmann has been around years now. He's a left back so now competition to O'Brien and I doubt he'll ever be competition to anyone at 24 now. Make use of the list on the first page. :mad: ;)

Patrick Kohlmann - DL - 25.02.1983

[Stuttgart88]

Make use of the list on the first page. :mad: ;) Easy now, he's only put up 2 posts!

[eirebhoy]

Easy now, he's only put up 2 posts!
Nah I was joking. Just trying to find out if people actually look at it. :)

[theworm2345]

No need to tell me if there is someone I missed, just add it to Wikipedia

[Kingdom]

Looks like MArk Yeates has scored for Leicester today

[Kingdom]

Stephen Ward has scored for Wolves!

[theworm2345]

Gary Mulligan for Gillingham
Lee Trundle for Swansea as well
David Connolly was kicked in the face and may have a broken nose (this was from Thursday)

[NeilMcD]

Yeah Hughton is one of my favourite players to play for Ireland and the reason I have a soft spot for Spurs. A gentleman

[Irish_Praha]

Yeah Hughton is one of my favourite players to play for Ireland and the reason I have a soft spot for Spurs. A gentleman

Wrong thread?

[FarBeag]

O'Dea has just scored for the Hoops.3rd since Christmas.

[tetsujin1979]

Nice predatory finish from O'Dea - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70wKYAj3dw8

[youngirish]

O'Dea has a much better goals to games ratio than McGeady. Says it all IMO.

[eirebhoy]

Nakamura has scored 1 in 14. Don't let me have to tell you how good that guy is. :) How can you argue with McGeady's 5 goals and 7 assists in 18 starts? He'll never be good enough for some people.

[Paddy Garcia]

O'Dea has a much better goals to games ratio than McGeady. Says it all IMO.

This means nothing. Breen has the same ratio as Duff.

[tetsujin1979]

O'Dea has a much better goals to games ratio than McGeady. Says it all IMO.

A quick trip to soccerbase.com and this is the Celtic squad's goals per game ratio is:

Name Games Goals Goals per game
J Vennegoor of Hesselink 14 12 0.86
D Riordan 6 5 0.83
M Zurawski 24 10 0.42
D O'Dea 8 3 0.38
S Pearson 6 2 0.33
K Miller 19 6 0.32
T Gravesen 19 6 0.32
J Jarosik 19 5 0.26
C Beattie 4 1 0.25
A McGeady 20 5 0.25
S Nakamura 33 8 0.24
E Sno 10 1 0.10
S McManus 30 2 0.07
N Lennon 28 0 0
P Hartley 1 0 0
M Wilson 10 0 0
L Naylor 31 0 0
S Maloney 10 0 0
S Pressley 5 0 0
G Caldwell 20 0 0
P Telfer 27 0 0
B Balde 10 0 0As a midfielder, McGeady's return is only bettered than Graveson, who is a goalscoring midfielder and Jarosik, who has played up front and is a target man from free kicks and corners.
Nakamura is only slightly worse, but he takes all the free kicks.
you'd have to imagine McGeady's would be better if he was allowed to take the free's, but with Nakamura on the pitch, it's not going to happen.
It's not worth saying anything about O'Dea's goal ratio at the moment, wait until the end of the season, or at least until Easter before saying something like he should be playing up front, or ahead of McGeady

[Bottle of Tonic]

O'Dea likes to get forward, has confidence in his ability and technique and his goals are a major bonus from a young centre half. If you watch him he is always gambling on little runs into the box and hangs around long enough to pick up the sort of scraps like he did yesterday and against Kilmarnock. Relatively untested defence-wise at the moment it has to be said.
Fingers crossed he can eventually transfer this early promise into an Ireland shirt. Must be a better prospect than yer man Paddy Kohlmann ;)

[eirebhoy]

I didn't realise it was O'Dea who set up the 2nd goal too. Full video here on 2 minutes 10:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wYaYia-nys

[CraftyToePoke]

leicester v luton 1-1

this was dire, of interest only for the ammount of our lot involved, with Maybury and Yeates starting for the home side with Logan on the bench and McCarthy missing out due to an injury sustained in training in the week, it would have been interesting to see if McCarthy would have been selected, or if he comes straight back in as he has been taking some criticism on the clubs message boards of late for his performances, but most of these have been in away fixtures so ive not seen the games.

Maybury was ok, he played at right back and talked to Yeates throughout, who played in front of him, which was good to see, and he shot narrowly over from distance in the first half, however deep in injury time with his side pushing he was the last man, isolated one on one with their striker when a long luton punt gave them both something to chase, he had time, he had space, he had given himself a few yards, he got there comfortably first, he could have put it out, given it to the keeper or even taken a touch and got turned, but instead he slashed at it with his weaker left foot and hit the onrushing luton player , the only opposition player within an asses roar of him and he crashed it straight against him, very very poor and very very lucky it happened to rebound out of play and didnt give the striker a clear run at goal and may have put leicester in the real deep brown stuff at the foot of the table.

Yeates i liked the look of, his goal on 6 minutes visibly boosted him when he, had he so wished, would have had time for a nice cup of tea, before putting into an empty net. just what he would have wanted on a home debut. he was taking the leicester set free kicks and corners, doing so pretty well with his right , but from open play would switch onto his left on occasion when crossing, nice balance and nice to see a player looking to cross off his weaker side. he was withdrawn with 10 to go but wasnt fading and in my opinion looking most likely to create something. i thought he was unfortunate to get the tug but got a good reception from the home crowd. i would however like to see him getting on the ball more as time goes on and be involved in the play more often than he was on sat.

for luton, Bell, Foley, Keane and Emmanuel started and proir to coming off with injury very early on, Emannuel had taken 2 super corners and had been playing on the left of midfield.

Foley was decent, didnt get forward hardly at all but neither do i recall leicester crossing from his flank, he put in a few heavy challenges also.

Bell played on the right of midfield and never looked like getting past his man but did deliver the deadball for his sides equaliser and provided good quality from the set plays after Emannuels injury.he didnt give it away either in open play.Keane had a steady 90 but to be honest didnt catch my eye one way or the other.

O.S. report here:http://www.lcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/Match/MatchReport/0,,10274~34304,00.html

pics including Yeates(wearing 8):
http://www.lcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10274~975607,00.html

[tetsujin1979]

Cillian Sheridan, Paul Skinner, Graham Carey and Paul Cahillane all played for Celtic's U-19's in a 2-1 loss to Aberdeen's U-19's, including Willie John Kiely.
This was only their second loss of the season

Celtic review: http://www.celticfc.net/newsroom/news.aspx?id='2007-02-02_1702df'
Aberdeen review: http://www.afc.co.uk/Matches/Fixtures/fixtures.cfm?fixture_id=4801&season=2006-07&squad=Youth

[theworm2345]

Connolly is in the team of the month for the CCC
http://www.itv-football.co.uk/Story/0,14272,6110_1893843,00.html

[tetsujin1979]

Aiden McGeady signs 4 1/2 year deal at Celtic: http://www.celticfc.net/newsroom/news.aspx?id='2007-02-06_1054df'

[CraftyToePoke]

looks like Paddy McCarthy will miss a couple of games with a dislocated shoulder.

http://www.lcfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/NewsDetail/0,,10274~976448,00.html


and an interview with Yeates on his debut and debut goal, from the bluearmy site,

Loan captures' delight at making mark

By Andy Mann

New signing Mark Yeates said he could not have asked for more from his debut after scoring with his first touch in a Leicester City shirt.

Yeates was thrown into the starting line-up against Luton for his first appearance since joining on loan from Tottenham on transfer deadline day.

And he instantly repaid manager Robert Kelly's faith by scoring with six minutes on the clock of Saturday's Championship clash at the Walkers Stadium.

Yeates stroked the ball home from the edge of the area after Luton goalkeeper Marlon Beresford had blocked Iain Hume's first attempt.

"I was delighted to get the goal," the 22-year-old Irishman said. "It's always good to get a goal on your debut.

"The lads were saying that it was my first touch.

"I don't know if it was or not but, as I said, I am delighted. I couldn't have asked for much more.

"I saw Humey (Iain Hume) get put through on goal and thought that I'd better back up the play.

"Luckily enough, the ball came to me and I managed to take it well on my other side."

He added: "For the first 20 to 30 minutes, I thought we played well. We kept the ball moving and big Geoff Horsfield up there is a handful. If you are under pressure, you can clip it up to him.

"Hume is busy and I thought we were unlucky to be going in at half-time on level terms.

"We can take a lot of positives out of this into the next game at Ipswich, which we are all looking forward to."

Yeates said the goal - his first of the season - came after a frustrating period of his career.

The 22-year-old enjoyed a productive loan spell at Colchester last season where he made 44 appearances and helped the Layer Road club achieve promotion to the Championship.

This season, Yeates went out on loan again, this time to Hull when former Colchester manager Phil Parkinson was in charge.

However, Yeates endured what he described as a frustrating spell at the KC Stadium.

"It has been a bit frustrating for me after a really good season," he said.

"I went to Hull and things went a bit wrong. This is a nice way to start things here."

[eirebhoy]

Aiden McGeady signs 4 1/2 year deal at Celtic: http://www.celticfc.net/newsroom/news.aspx?id='2007-02-06_1054df'
Yeah, great news. :)

Interview:
mms://channel67.celticfc.net/ondem/News/2007-02-06_am.wmv

Strachan:

“To come in today and have Aiden signing is great for everybody. I’ve just been speaking to the coaches and they’re delighted.

“Aiden’s shown trust in us – these are good years for him to learn the game and he’s trusted us to try and look after him that way, and we trust him and we believe he’s got a lot to offer.

“This has been going on for a few months. I’ve spoken to Aiden’s dad as well. He’s been in – not for the financial side – but just to see where the future lies and what he sees happening with Aiden, which is good.

“Usually you have to deal with agents over the phone so it’s nice to speak to a parent who wants to know what we see in the future for Aiden and what will happen.

“But the talks have all been about football and the financial thing has just been a matter of weeks.

“He brings goals, he brings excitement to the crowd, excitement to the players. We know he can beat people. He’s got good energy, he can get up and down the park.

“Physically he’s not bad as well, he’s been working on that, but there’s still more to be done and that will be the great challenge for Aiden and myself and the rest of the coaching staff, but he’s going to be a great asset, that’s for sure.

“At the moment Aiden’s just searching for what makes him the player he’ll be looking to be. When you get to 27-30 I think you’ve got the complete player.

“Aiden’s impatient because he’s looking for it now but we have to tell him that’ll come, and to use his assets at the right time. That’s just learning.

“When I look back to when I was 20 I never knew the game at all. I thought I knew a lot about the game but when I look back on it I knew very little at all about the game and what made me tick and what made me more valuable to the team. I only really started learning that in my late 20s.

“We have to have people who have the ability to beat players. I think it’s a must at this club.

“Also, like we showed the other day, there were 21 passes before we got the goal so we’ve got to have people who can pass the ball, we have to have people who can defend, so we have to have a lot of things in our locker to beat teams, and Aiden’s got a lot of that.

“The game is all about different facets and he (Aiden) has got a lot. It’s just putting them all together now in a package which is more beneficial for Aiden, the team and the club. But there’s plenty there and I’m so excited. It’s been a great, great day.

“We had good signings during the transfer window and now Aiden’s signed a new contract and it’s like signing a new player.

“And hopefully by the time we get to the end of Aiden’s contract we’ll be looking to give him another good contract and we’ll be watching a top, top player at work.”

[liaml]

17 yr old Cillian Sheridan on the bench for Celtic today.

Stokes scores first for Sunderland.

Duffer on the bench at Newcastle.

[FarBeag]

Looks like Keane is getting the best out of Connolly, scored again to-day.

[eirebhoy]

McGeady set up Celtic's goal with an excellent cross. He mentions his crossing in his press conference saying Strachan has been working with him on it. Seems to have helped.

Goal:
http://f.flvmaker.com/mc.php?id=xXxcQpY4__GKUTAF6Eq.PMqehLcwBpXUjEYGJBYe IHBtcf/CMgTEYY_6tqRiifDPOecPPAcakjheXOHAkkKix

Sheridan's progress has been incredible. I don't even know if he was a Celtic player last season.