Andy Reid(b 1982)

cant remember the exact quote from the times but ill paraphrase:

"reid illuminated up the midfield, and everything imaginative in the team came from him" or something to that effect, illuminated and midfield were definitely in there :)

Reidy was MOM again in the guardian today. Keep it up Andy!

ya looks like he is finally getting his chance....

It was a heavyweight preformance by all accounts.

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Originally Posted by tricky_colour

It was a heavyweight preformance by all accounts.

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Cheap shot!

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Originally Posted by Razors left peg

Cheap shot!

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Well, I meant formidible ;)
Andy Reid is never going to be a greyhound, attempts at turning him into one
will fail, that's not his game, the best training regeime for Andy is a visit to the
burger bar!!

Maybe andy reid's weight defenders could post us up some of the premier league fitness stats that were posted here before showing reid to be one of the fittest (note i said fittest) players in the league. I deffo think I saw stats here before on him...

I remember Jol saying he was one of the fittest players at Spurs despite the fact that he always looked like he just steped out of an all you can eat pie shop.
Mind you it was a couple of months before a transfer window......

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Originally Posted by endabob1

I remember Jol saying he was one of the fittest players at Spurs despite the fact that he always looked like he just steped out of an all you can eat pie shop.
Mind you it was a couple of months before a transfer window......

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Thats not much of a recommendation when you consider the improvement in fitness in the Spurs players since Ramos took over.

I really like Reid...people should stop with the fat jokes because he's a big player for ireland (i couldn't resist. i really do like him though).

I agree...he's one of the best at gaining time on the ball and his incisive passing is accurate and threatening ( ideal for Robbie )

He reminds me of the "truly" fat Liverpool midfielder Jan Molby who never got crucified for not having a six pack but let his ability do his talking.

Sligo you know you want to say it but he reminds you of my good self in Cyprus in 30 degrees of heat.

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Originally Posted by NeilMcD

Sligo you know you want to say it but he reminds you of my good self in Cyprus in 30 degrees of heat.

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Maybe so Neil......although that may have had something to do with your deodorant running out!:p

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Thats not much of a recommendation when you consider the improvement in fitness in the Spurs players since Ramos took over.

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Very true, never thought of it like that :o

I've always thought of reidy as a bit of a Le Tissier, he looks very lazy but occasionally produces moments of real magic.

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Originally Posted by endabob1

Very true, never thought of it like that :o

I've always thought of reidy as a bit of a Le Tissier, he looks very lazy but occasionally produces moments of real magic.

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He might look lazy but his work rate is brilliant

Yeah over in Prague, he was always the best at chasing back etc when they hit us on the break. I can think of one example when the Czechs caught us on the break from a corner and Reid tracked the run of Rosicky all the way.

was the same against Germany in Croker, he won alot of tackles that day and ran himself into the ground

So that's 2 motm votes for Reid in the fantasy football. More than any other Sunderland midfielder. He was excellent against Villa.

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Originally Posted by eirebhoy

So that's 2 motm votes for Reid in the fantasy football. More than any other Sunderland midfielder. He was excellent against Villa.

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yeah thought he completely outshone Gareth Barry who had been a regular under McClaren in Englands midfield. He played some fantastic through-balls in the first half , in particular that ball to Murphy down the left which led to O'Donovan's headed chance...

Got the winner today and another super performance by all accounts