Here's his run to catch Ferguson:
http://media.putfile.com/McGeady
Thats what we want to see. :)
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Here's his run to catch Ferguson:
http://media.putfile.com/McGeady
Thats what we want to see. :)
Impressive alright! Nice touch by Ferguson too.
Do you remember McGeady knocking Rae's teeth out last year? Not as fragile as he looks.
He played LHM on Saturday, yes? How did this suit him?
I thought he was ok on the left, but really came into the game when Thompson came on and McGeady moved into the middle, behind HartsonQuote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
Which is where I think he'd be best for us too. But I think Duff, Reid, Robbie & Ireland could also do a good job behind the front two.
If you were to pick McGeady for Ireland, even in a friendly, how would you accomodate him & who else would you pick.
In certain circumstances, as I've said before, I think our most attacking line up would have 2 up front with McGeady / Robbie / Duff or somebody linking midfield to the front two. But is the rest of the midfield strong enough, especially if Duff is to play on the left? Kav holding & Steve Reid on the right maybe?
This is the best site for Celtic match reports:Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
http://celticfcblog.blogspot.com/
He goes to most matches (reserve, U19) so you can read how O'Carroll, O'Brien, O'Dea, etc. are doing aswell as McGeady. :)
I suspect some posts on this thread have dissapeared sometime after Celtic won their midweek game against Rangers 9/11. Its either that or I am in a much worse state than I thought.
It was a shock to see his confidence, fitness and speed levels compared with the listless u 21 displays. If McGeady maintains his progress, I still don't know how he can get in to the first 11 if Duff is fit. The friendlies will be very interesting next year. I'm almost coming out of my post non qualification depression.
Pre-France home match he was usually excellent for the U21s. Strachan is going to do wonders for him though. I don't know any other manager that improves and gets the best out of players like Strachan.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
martin o'neill :rolleyes::cool: lolQuote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
are celtic still around? christ.
are you?Quote:
Originally Posted by GavinZac
I don't see how since he didn't do training sessions.Quote:
Originally Posted by livehead1
Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
well obviously you dont remember emile heskey comments about martin o'neills coaching skills and how he improved his play? im sure there are countless other examples as well.
Never?Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/2071535.stm
But there is some truth in what you say
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articl...5/ai_n13957545
I'd hate to have seen Heskey beforehand if thats how he is after his play is improved:pQuote:
Originally Posted by livehead1
don't be an eejit, he helped turn him into a player that made 11 million pounds for his clubQuote:
Originally Posted by jimbob117
I'm actually curious to know what he said about O'Neill. Any quotes?Quote:
Originally Posted by livehead1
Still can't accept that MON had coaching skills :)
Heskey sold for £11m! O'Neill the genious salesman.
"He was a great manager for me. He let me play with such freedom and I learned a lot under his charge, and of course won two trophies."
E Heskey
"Both Rijkaard and O'Neill are up there as great coaches, but in different ways. Wim Jansen too was a very clever coach too." Henrik Larsson:
All I'm saying is O'Neill doesn't do training so I don't see how he can improve players so much. Walford and Robinson should be getting a lot of credit as they're the people that trained the players.
Strachan improves 80% of the players he coaches. He made a £26m profit in 5 years from selling the players he bought in that period.
So this info is incorrect? and Larsson is spoofing?
"Some essential duties are left to Steve Walford, the first-team coach, because O'Neill has a permanent knee injury which can become troublesome if exposed to extended exercise."
"and his contribution on the training ground is essentially unaffected. When necessary he calls Walford to the touchline, passes on instructions, and leaves his coach to organise the players into the appropriate practice routine. O'Neill is perceived as a manager who stays away from training. In fact, he is usually present."
Im not being an eejit, i just dont rate heskey that much.Quote:
Originally Posted by livehead1
Also don't underestimate the 'man management', 'confidence instilling' element to O'Neills coaching - IMO, quite often this can be the difference between a player doing the business on the pitch, not necessarily what tactics / drills they do in training
McGeady scored another good goal today as Celtic came from behind to beat Aberdeen.
look at the amount of players who had lost their way slightly and MO"N put their careers back on track: sutton, hartson, thompson, varga etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Junior
and then theres Hedman Juninho Petta Guppy etc etc who he didn't :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Roverstillidie
Its a fair point - he's not perfect, though Im not sure all those are real examples.Quote:
Originally Posted by livehead1
Juninho - Just not a MON type of player, hardly got a look in & was very rarely used. Can't really understand why he signed him, pressure I suppose. Brought him iun for the CL and then hardly used him except for a game out in the Ukraine where we got stuffed.
Guppy - Nearing the end of his career, was a squad player & nothing more.
Petta - Had some great games, unfortunately had too many stinkers. Some of this could be apportioned to MON, some of it to the very nature of inconsistent wingers!!
Hedman - Big disappointment for Celtic, not sure what went wrong there.
Petta initially came good under MON, the treble season and the games in the Champion's League that followed come to mind, but faded fast after that. He was woeful under John Barnes too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Junior
Hedman had a lot of family problems, didn't his wife leave him?
Lads can ye keep on the topic of McGeady!there is a thread about Scottish Football in the General Football Forum
Exactly, most of us want to read about McGeady. If anyone wants to talk about a Scottish club, go to the World Football section. As one Irish journalist once remarked, Ireland and Celtic are not interchangeable.Quote:
Originally Posted by gustavo
Hear, hear.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheJamaicanP.M.
Discuss Celtic in the appropriate forum, not here.
I come to the IRELAND SECTION to read and discuss Irish players. Not Celtic, not United etc.
However Aiden is Irish and O'Neil is in the running for manager of Ireland.
How can you discuss either without discussing Celtic?
You can discuss Celtic only as it relates to McGeady's play etc. There's a forum to discuss issues relating to the rest of the Celtic team, please go there.Quote:
Originally Posted by tricky_colour
The discussion relates to abilities of a future Ireland manager so it rightly belongs here. Your comments do not relate directly to Ireland but to which
content is appropiate to a particular forum and so by rights should not be in this forum but in a forum for general control issues.
Objection your honour!
The only problems here are caused by some people being too quick to get their arses in hand over the mere mention of Celtic. If what's being discussed is germane to the thread subject (which it is) then as far as I'm concerned it can stay.
:ball: PP
we have to discuss a celtic player without once mentioning his club? nonsense, so i will treat it with the contempt it deserves.
according to cetlic fanzine site etims alan thompson is for the chop next window, portsmouth being mentioned, meaning aido is the long term left winger in the east end of glasgow. good news for him and us.
McGeady had another good game today I hear.
Papers said he played well and would have scored but for his poor finishing.
He's looked quite promising if you ask me, great pace, played some great balls, some nice touches.. he's been hustling back and getting involved on the defensive end as well. Anyone that thought McGeady was another youth who'd fallen off the face of the earth, which it did look like for awhile, are being proved wrong. Long may his form continue.
I seen the match. He is certainly full of confidence. Not trying to beat his man all the time and when he tries he usually succeeds. I'm still trying to figure out his natural favourite foot though. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Fergie's Son
Two footed, very industrious he had another good game. Yes he had a few wild shots maybe getting a bit over excited, but hey, he'll learn.
In some peoples eyes he's probably still a one trick pony - hope he keeps up the good form and proves them wrong!