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For me, the jury is out until he does it away from home on a foreign field.Quote:
Originally Posted by gustavo
Unlike Bratislava and Prague.
Has he done it away from home in Europe for Celtic ?
It must be very easy to play your home games at Celtic Park when the opposition is sh1tting themselves. It is Europe's outpost, like Moscow, and no-one wants to go there.
Yep. He was excellent in Benfica. He also played very well in a central role in the San Siro last season. He came off the bench in Moscow and Ukraine this season and did really well too.Quote:
Originally Posted by stojkovic
Great. I hope he starts showing for us soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
I thought it was great to see him on the right. He showed time and again last night that he has the ability to beat his man and put a quality ball into the box when he plays wide on the right, rather than cutting inside all the time as he does on the left.
He is really starting to remind me of a young irish right-footed Ryan Giggs
Solid performance by him, he's been playing very well domestically and in Europe this season.
Haven't seen a wingback able to contain him consistently this season.
Woah there, I'll be delighted if McCarthy is playing regular top flight football this time next year, he's only 17, if he develops well he should be a regular international at 20Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuff Paddy
Given that McGeady was double marked I thought he did really well. His final ball was much better, his decision making was good and if he had Larsson, Sutton or Hartson to feed rather than that stick Venegoor of Hesselink his contribution would be greater. The defensive side of his game is good, his attitude is good and I agree with those who say he’s added pace.
As an aside, with Kennedy’s unfortunate injury will O’Dea get a chance in San Siro?
I doubt it, if Naylor recovers it should be Naylor-McManus-Pressley-CaldwellQuote:
Originally Posted by Stuttgart88
O'Dea will probably be first choice from the bench. If Naylor is still out he could start at left back though (they'd have essentially 4 centre backs playing though).
I received this in the post this morning and look forward to watching it.Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
agreed mcgeady was excellent for celtic the last time. it must be the addition of a loud and energetic crowd. seriously, what else is the difference?
It beggers belief that O Dea hasn't featured much this season. Last season he was a revelation in defence for Celtic. Instead Stracahan relies on planks like Mcmanus, Kennedy and Caldwell and don't get me started on Pressley.
As for Aiden, he's playing really well at the moment and it'll only be a matter of time until he sets croke park alight. After the nightmare in Eastern Europe, he's done well in the rest of the games and a fresh start might be what he needs.
According to this - http://www.football365.com/story/0,1...932108,00.html - O'Dea has been sick recently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Torn-Ado
Still a regular on the bench at the start of the season thoughQuote:
Centre-back O'Dea may return from illness for Saturday's Clydesdale Bank Premier League clash with Hearts
O'Dea is back up to McManus, simple as that. I'd love to know Strachan doesn't think he can play beside McManus.
What's the issue? Lack of pace between the two of them?Quote:
Originally Posted by eirebhoy
No Pressley's slower than both. It's the fact they're both left footed and both prefer to play on the left of the 2 I think. They didn't do too badly in the 2 legs against Milan last season though (McManus played in the right).
Well I don't see what the issue is then, most centre half pairings are two right footers. I suppose O'Dea isn't dominant enough to justify forcing himself in there yet.
Not gonna lie, he looked the part in every way today.
When he does it for us consistently, I'll be convinced he's the real deal. I could not give a flying f**k how he well or badly he plays for Seltic, no more than I do about O'Shea playing ManU. For Ireland this pair are overhyped based on what they are doing at their clubs.Quote:
Originally Posted by danonion
Good first half, poor in the 2nd I thought.
Thought O'Dea was ok as well, let Cafu have a lot of space to run into though. It did seem that Milan were targetting Pressley and O'Dea as the weak spots, everything seemed to come through the Milan inside right channel in the second half.