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Originally Posted by DeLorean
On the face of it, "104,476 people like this" does appear bizarre.
Player of the Season at Preston: https://twitter.com/pnefc/status/858683696538415104
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That's two in a row for irish players (Cunningham last season)
According to the Liverpool Echo, Everton will allow McGeady to join Preston on a permanent basis for £2 million: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport...inger-13031354
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Originally Posted by Phil Kirkbride
Middlesbrough now keen on McGeady, according to Dan McDonnell: http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-35819627.html
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Originally Posted by Dan McDonnell
either of those moves would be good for him. Boro looked shocking going forward last season.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
McGeady playing for the Smoggies - just don't see it. Another change wouldn't be great for him as he usually takes time to settle. If Preston want him and he likes it there, probably better for him to stay as they have a good manager although I don't really see them challenging for promotion but then I would have said that about Huddersfield last season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kingdom
signed a three year deal at Sunderland: https://www.safc.com/news/team-news/...ning-completed
Big club. Long contract for his age. Good chance of promotion under a good manager that rates him. Not a bad move.
He'd want to hit the ground running there. The Sunderland fans can be pretty tough it seems.
I don't know if "tough" is the right word. Sunderland fans have had to put up with an awful lot of rubbish from not even half-arsed players over the last few years, especially last season, and they aren't afraid of calling it out. McGeady is very-capable of doing well for them at that level. Problems at the club go beyond the squad though.
The trouble with Aiden is that he takes time to settle. His first month or so at Preston he spent some of the time on the bench and once he got a run, he played well. His loan spell at Wednesday didn't go well as he was in and out of the team. AT least his manager knows him and likes him so hopefully it will work out for him.
P.s. Mods, there are 4 other Aiden McGeady topics which may be worth merging.
Last Post: 31/05/2010, 8:20 AM Aiden McGeady By pete in forum Ireland
Replies: 117
Last Post: 23/01/2006, 2:02 PM Aiden McGeady By murtybyrne in forum Ireland
Replies: 26
Last Post: 20/09/2005, 7:59 PM Aiden McGeady interview By Donal81 in forum Ireland
Replies: 56
Last Post: 10/05/2005, 4:10 PM Aiden McGeady
By McGeady10 in forum Ireland
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True, I was more thinking about the way they treated Kilbane and turned on McClean... two players you could never accuse of being half-arsed, even if there were other factors in McClean's case.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeverFeltBetter
Considering his age, he's still fleet of foot in tight spaces whereas Duff at that age had lost his ability to dribble.Quote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
Contract wise and club wise it looks to be a good move
Noticed that too. He still seems to glide along the ground like he always has.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
We can't complain too much about his not going back to PNE too much either. Frees up some space for Horgan et al to get more regular game time. With McGeady, you'd envisage a manager starting him at Championship level even when out of form due to his ability to pull a rabbit out of that had. That blocks up a starting spot.
thanks, I've locked them instead for simplicity sakeQuote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Simon Ferry interviews Aiden McGeady (mostly about breaking through at Celtic as a young fella).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXJI8N7WM1E
Agreed. Big respect for him going to MoscowQuote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
The final episode was released yesterday also, where McGeady discusses his move to Everton along with his stints at Sheffield Wednesday & Preston.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNI14Ky0ggw
He doesn't look fit to me. Bingo wings going on under the hoody. Hanging out with Andy Reid.
Goal and an assist today V Norwich.
Hoolahan started on the bench.
Gibson and O'Shea started on bench for Sunderland. All came on.
Great to see him and wes likely to be needed to unlock Georgia at some stage. Wonder if Gibson wil b in extended squad
Great goal, similar to one or two of his strikes for Preston last season. Great assist too (1:46 & 2:32 below)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1DNHJp-1z4
Created a goal last night against Wednesday (what Westwood was doing out trying to close him down on the right hand edge of the box I have no idea) and put in a few other good crosses. Apparently after his poor loan spell at Wednesday he was thinking of retiring.
O'Shea on the bench and Gibson came on as a late substitute.
He discusses all of this in the interviews with Simon Ferry on the previous page. The Sheffield Wednesday stuff is in Vol. 5 (Post 4340).Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Just saw it... absolutely bizarre from Westwood.Quote:
Originally Posted by OwlsFan
Cracking finish tonight against Ipswich
(probably will be taken down soon)
With Walters out I would expect mcgeady to play both games in the qualifiersQuote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
Great goal. I knew Sunderland weren't going too well but didn't realise quite how badly. In the relegation places now. No win in eight games and only one win in ten altogether. Grayson and McGeady return to high flying Preston on Saturday, with the former's job surely on the line. The grass isn't always greener!
there's a conversation in the daryl murphy thread saying how some of us think he will come in for walters :) i have often thought that if playing both walters and long it would make more sense to be to have long out wide and walters up top, but o'neill sees it differently most of the time...Quote:
Originally Posted by liamoo11
Don't think o Neill trusts long defensively in that wide role and to be fair when u see how Walters ballsed it up by letting kolarev run for the goal against Serbia you can see what a tough time it is for a frontman playing that wide roleQuote:
Originally Posted by zero
Not sure what else Walters could have done. He tracked his man, he was just outpaced by a much quicker player.
The awareness and execution of the pass from Kostic was top class.
ah no fair enough it was perfect from Serbia but Walters could have done better if he gets across there it's a nothing chance and we don't even notice it and Walters has done that so often for us with his tireless workrateQuote:
Originally Posted by Charlie Darwin
Walters wasn't 100% fit in those games. It's a demanding job he's given so a big ask for him in those games
True but if that was mcgeady who didn't step across and let kolarev strike it so sweetly I think there would have been much more finger pointing definitely amongst the lads who sit around me and seem hypersensitive to mcgeady errors for as long as I can rememberQuote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
There is absolutely a large element who bemoan every single thing McGeady does wrong. There's always players like that. No matter how well Gary Breen played he was called a donkey. No matter if David Connolly scored or assisted he was still muck.
Walters is a grafter and a mullicker who gives 100%. Irish crowds love that.
McGeady always tries a trick and it doesn't always work for him. Irish crowds hate that.
Walters has done more with his limited skill-set than McGeady has it must be said
yeah we get what we deserve. if we have any chance of beating Wales we need to trust mcgeady so I'm kinda glad Walters is out cause otherwise he would be definitely right side against Moldova and Wales and we would play accordingly as in batter and bruise and forget any guileQuote:
Originally Posted by Fixer82
Fair enough, but I think you're underestimating how quick Kolarov is. Walters was in the right position and did the best his body would allow - the cause of the goal was how three defenders all went with the same man (and didn't stop him getting the pass away).Quote:
Originally Posted by liamoo11