ah yeah, but if he was fed by Delap's throws...:)
He got his head to one, a nice cushioned header to McDonald but it was an exception alright.
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ah yeah, but if he was fed by Delap's throws...:)
He got his head to one, a nice cushioned header to McDonald but it was an exception alright.
Delap Sheridan?
Needs an Aldo as coach to finish that brushstroke :)
Celtic are going through a bit of an injury crisis at the moment with their strikers, it was a case of nobody else could play, than he was good enough to start ahead of Hesselink or Samaras.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Still, it was no doubt a good experience for him, and hopefully the first of many appearances in Europe at Celtic Park for the lad
You can hear Eirebhoy in the background 'he could have played Nakamura instead'.
Jesus geysir were you watching him at all? ;) He must have headed about 4 or 5 of the kicks up field. I was actually thinking to myself that the centre halves were giving him plenty of space to win those headers. He laid it off well on the ground a couple of times and as was mentioned had a good chance from a corner. I thought he looked much better than he did against Hearts.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
Naka's no good in those type of games. :) He would have been good in the Man Utd side but no good in a team that's going to be defending for most of the match.Quote:
You can hear Eirebhoy in the background 'he could have played Nakamura instead'.
Anyway, Sean Ingle did the minute by minute report for the Guardian. He might have had Irish bias but here's his comments:
28 min Now and again Celtic offer a hint that they could get a second: especially when Foster flaps twice in a minute. First he fails to deal with a corner. Then, under pressure from the impressive Sheridan, he fumbles again before just about recovering.
61 min So close for Celtic! From a corner Sheridan gets the run on Ferdinand, but his header is about a foot over the bar.
63 min Celtic sub: Sheridan, who has been very impressive, off. Donati, on.
He didn't have a great game or anything but I don't think he looked out of his depth (certainly as he did against Hearts) and Vidic never looked calm while he was on.
I'm having one of those Bills Thoughts moments:)
"I don't think I can get too caught up in it all. There are three big players to come back; Sami, Jan and Killen and they are well ahead of me.
I don't think that I have done myself any harm over the past few weeks but I know that I got my chance because of the injury situation.
There is a lot of work for me to do and even in the second half, I really felt as though I was struggling a bit with my fitness. That's just one thing that I have to improve on, but there's a lot more.
It was a fantastic experience but I know that if I want to have more nights like that then I still have a fair bit of work to do."
Great to see him get a run in the champions league. It will certainly help improve him as a player.
Nice goal from Sheridan there against Kilmarnock. He flicked a kickout superbly on to McDonald who held it up for Sheridan to take the ball while running past and slot it in with his left.
Impressive goal alriteQuote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
Sheridan makes it 2. Donati with a good shot which the keeper couldn't hold onto and Sheridan is first in to put it into the net.
Great to see him score a brace and good game overall but still nowhere near the finished article.
For a lad who hasn't played much football, and as the manager says, doesn't know the game that well, I am very impressed with his composure on the ball and intelligence off it. He runs the channels well, is eager for possession and helps out in the build up, passes accurately and as you can see from the above looks quite a natural finisher.
I met him a few months back and he came across quite shy and quiet. I didn't have the heart to give him some stingy cavanman abuse :p
Hard to know how is career will go but one to keep and eye on. :ball:
Has showed great character to come back from that nasty injury he had.
Hopefully he gets a good run so he can develop his game.It would be disapointing if he ended up welded to the bench like O Dea.
like the french boys at the start of the second clip calling him Sillyann Sherrydann :D
Eirebhoy, have the youtube clips vanished?
I get the unavailable right now signal.
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"This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Scottish Premier League"
Sheridan's 2 goals can be seen on the BBC Sports page
Took his two goals really well last night. The first, as Eirebhoy says was a nice flick on (he won quite a few over the 80mins he was on the pitch) and he took the lay off from McDonald in his stride and slotted it away with his left with great composure.
The 2nd was rifled in with his left after the keeper parried out a shot. Good awareness and speed of thought to be first to the ball.
He puts in a really good shift, as bluetonic says he always making runs, looking for the ball.
Im still not sure though (early days I know!) but at times he looks like bambi on ice, he will need to get stronger and bulk up a bit (again I know this will come in time). To me he doesnt really look to have any pace, though Ive heard that said about him. Samaras came on for the last 10 minutes so his little spell in the first team might be coming to an end soon enough. However, the 4 or 5 games hes had from the start over the past month or so will have been great experience for him.
Keep watching.....
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Originally Posted by rostrevor fan
Thanks Joe, those links caught the moments.
Nice one Joe
I think this says it all about how raw Sheridan is.
Strachan:
“He’s a very intelligent young lad but he’s not had enough coaching since he’s been here because of injuries.
“There are things we want to do with him but we can’t do too much at the one time because cramming all that information into a few weeks wouldn’t be healthy for him.
“We’ve got to give him bits and bobs that might help him during games. He’s an intelligent lad and on Monday and Tuesday we had a look at some of the stuff he did on Saturday.
“He took all that in and there was an improvement, his movement was better on Wednesday than it was on Saturday.”
I dont think he was caught offside once against Killie on the Weds but on the previous Sat against Motherwell, he was caught offside numerous times.
won a penalty today for celtic. the challenge was actually outisde the box but he was still a threat in the game and looks really settled in the team
When do ye think it would be appropriate to give young Sheridan a chance with Ireland? Would it best best to blood him in a B game first or should he be thrown in with the seniors and see how he gets on? On hhis form of late he wouldn't be out of place....
Just scored for Celtic after coming on as sub
Long or Folan would be both be better than Sheridan.
lets be honest, the scottish league is rubbish. cant read to much into these performances.
from what i saw against man united in the champions league, this guy is nowhere near the finished article. its good to see him getting games and scoring goals but i dont think he would add a whole lot at the moment
Good physique and tries hard but he would be better left to concentrate on learning his trade at celtic and commanding a regular place. none of their strikers are that great so if he is any good, he shouldnt have to wait too long to be a regular. then international honours will certainly follow
He's still not ready for international level. 2 years ago he was playing for Belvadere. 6 months later he made his debut for Celtic having hardly played in the reserves. Since then he's been injured more often than he's been fit. He's 19 but he just hasn't played enough games. He really hasn't played much at reserve level even. At least someone like Stokes had built up 50 or 60 games for Arsenal's reserves and world class training week in week out before moving to Falkirk.
I don't know what it is with Sheridan. We've seen a lot of players play first team football at a very young age. But it just seems that everything Sheridan is doing he's learning from. Strachan thought he learned a lot after watching the video of a Saturday match and working on his movement. He thought there was huge improvements for the next game on the Wednesday. That says it all.
Agreed he is still far too raw to be considered for the international set-up. But he seems to be very eager to learn and continue his development as a footballer. If he keeps improving the way he is, he will be a serious player by the end of this seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
Totally agree that his willingness and ability to learn is his most encouraging factor, which as a big man is essential especially as if he continues to progress he could play as long as Sheringham and Quinn. Conversely, Stokes seems to have gone backwards maybe as a result of having the natural talent early but sadly not the intelligence to add to his game.Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
Definitely not the finished article and a lot to learn, however the only way he can do that is through experience, so including him in the next squad or a B-Game might not be such a bad idea. Will definitely bring a new dimension to our attack which we've been missing since Quinn.
I met a guy that used to play for Arsenal youth teams/reserves (career unfortunately ended due to injury), and I asked him about Anthony Stokes.
He told me that a big part of Stokes' dominance at a young age was that he grew before everybody else, and was physically bigger and stronger than his peers.
Stokes clearly has talent as we saw in the SPL, but maybe his talent is not his key attribute as many of us thought. Perhaps it was his athleticism in addition to his talent that made him so dominant in the SPL.
In England he looks less dominant, but this may be because the fitness levels are a lot higher in the EPL.
A comparable example is Samaras. In England he was just an average forward with Man City, but with Celtic he can physically dominate SPL back fours, and sprint by them as well. Samaras' domination in the SPL has more to do with athleticism than it does pure skill.
Anyway, this has nothing to do with Sheridan, but I just thought I'd mention that little tidbit.
Good to see Cillian get another goal today for the Hoops.
No need. I dont believe hes ready for it yet. If anything it would be a distraction and detrimental to Ireland in the future, at this stage in his career. Let him continue his good work at club level over the next 12 months and re-evaluate the situation then. Its not as if we even have an issue of trying to tie him up for Ireland as in the McCarthy situation (which for the record, I dont believe should be an excuse for dishing out international caps anyway!)
He got another 15 minutes yesterday. Won a few flick ons, scored another, with his right this time, though it was a 3 yard tap in. All good for the confidence
thanks! my first glimpse of him in action, much appreciated.Quote:
Originally Posted by joe_denilson
Poor tonight for Celtic. Had about 30 mins as a sub but touchn was awful, did nothing positive of note.
Very poor touch tonight and couldn't seem to find a teammate with his passes but was excellent with his head (defensively and offensively). Heavily involved in his 20 minutes on. Getting stick by the Celtic fans tonight but so are many people after what was actually a decent performance from many of the players.
He's getting fierce stick on Celtic forums tonight. Not sure why as he's a 19 year old who played just 20 minutes. I would have imagined they would have directed their anger towards Samaras who was awful or Nakamura who missed a sitter. Or the fact that their midfield couldn't hold onto the ball after they went ahead and their defence which crumpled once Aalborg went at them.Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
Bruised his shoulder at the weekend, was suspected to be a dislocation at the time: http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/sc...d-1559126.html
Yeah it was a weird one that. He came on with about 25 mins to go and then was substituted before the end. I didnt notice any injury at the time and thought it was strange.Quote:
Originally Posted by tetsujin1979
EDIT: He looked poor when he came on!! won a few flick ons but his touch on the deck was awful.