Aiden McGeady

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Originally Posted by irishultra

Can someone tell me how McGeady did against Hutton.

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Check him out tomorrow against Hutton. Celtic play Spurs in the Rotterdam tournament - think its on Setanta.

EDIT: Sky Sports 2 Not Setanta

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Originally Posted by Junior

Check him out tomorrow against Hutton. Celtic play Spurs in the Rotterdam tournament - think its on Setanta.

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Hutton's missed the last 2 spurs preseason friendlies with an injury i doubt he'll be playing tomorrow

Pity, they always had good battles against each other. Hutton's a very good player and seemed to enjoy the dual against McGeady a bit like Cole and Ronaldo used to.

Last night McGeady played as an out and out left winger in the first half and played inside in the 2nd half. He wasn't great but I have to say his left foot is incredible for a "weak" foot. He's learnt how to play a cross while running at full speed. In the past he used to have to stop or slow down before crossing.

He's the most "ambipedal" player in the world imho. I really don't know a player that doesn't seem to have a favourite foot.

where do you think Ireland should play McGeady eirebhoy? On the left, right or give him a free role? I watched the first half yesterday but both teams seemed to be in neutral gears and I didn't bother after that. Shocking backpass by Hartley(?) I must say.

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Originally Posted by shakermaker1982

where do you think Ireland should play McGeady eirebhoy? On the left, right or give him a free role? I watched the first half yesterday but both teams seemed to be in neutral gears and I didn't bother after that. Shocking backpass by Hartley(?) I must say.

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He has to be played on the wing,doesnt matter which one, I dont think he is an intelligent enough footballer to have a free role... yet anyway

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Originally Posted by Razors left peg

He has to be played on the wing,doesnt matter which one, I dont think he is an intelligent enough footballer to have a free role... yet anyway

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Id agree with that. LeftWing for now, though equally competent on the right if needed, in the future Im sure he will develop in to a 'in the hole' type player.

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Originally Posted by eirebhoy

He's the most "ambipedal" player in the world imho. I really don't know a
player that doesn't seem to have a favourite foot.

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Eirebhoy wake up and smell the coffee. It's a stretch to claim he's the most naturally two-footed player in Scotland but the world? Try to be a little less partial. Though to be fair when playing for Ireland I couldn't tell which was his good foot and which was his weaker one. He has been equally sh*te with both.

The amount of hype McGeady gets off some people on this site never ceases to amaze me. If McGeady was playing for England and was getting half as much unwarranted hype off their fans as he gets off ours we'd be pi**ing ourselves with laughter.

That's a little harsh YoungIrish. He's gotten plenty of stick here and elsewhere. He does seem to have a little extra though and when you're dealing with the crumbs that is the Irish team well sometimes it's ok to get a little carried away.

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Originally Posted by youngirish

It's a stretch to claim he's the most naturally two-footed player in Scotland but the world?

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Not that much of a stratch, in Scotland the players than can genuinely claim to being two-footed are McGeady, Nakamura, and that's about it.

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Originally Posted by youngirish

Try to be a little more partial.

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I think you mean impartial

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Originally Posted by youngirish

Though to be fair when playing for Ireland I couldn't tell which was his good foot and which was his weaker one. He has been equally sh*te with both.

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Try to be a little more impartial, by that definition he's equally good with both feet.

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Originally Posted by youngirish

The amount of hype McGeady gets off some people on this site never ceases to amaze me. If McGeady was playing for England and was getting half as much unwarranted hype off their fans as he gets off ours we'd be pi**ing ourselves with laughter.

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The closest England have to a two-footed winger, who's won 3 league titles, and 5 cups, as well as having played and scored in the Champion's League is Joe Cole.

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Originally Posted by youngirish

The amount of hype McGeady gets off some people on this site never ceases to amaze me. .

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and the amount of flak he takes from others never ceases to amaze me

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Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

I think you mean impartial

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Nope I meant to say less partial not more partial.

He played very well against Feyenoord last night on the right of a 4-3-3 formation. Much better performance.

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Originally Posted by youngirish

It's a stretch to claim he's the most naturally two-footed player in Scotland

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Which says a lot about you and your opinion of McGeady. McGeady is without a shadow of a doubt the most naturally 2 footed player in Scotland. I'm sure there were people watching the Spurs game thinking he had no right foot because he was doing everything with his left. The only reason I know he's a right footer is from interviews and his set pieces. Although, I did see him take a corner with his left foot once and his technique was exactly the same.

Duff and Naka can play a decent cross with their right foot but they'd need to slow the ball down and even then it's clear from their technique that it's their weak foot. You genuinely can't tell the difference with McGeady. crossing, passing, dribbling, shooting... he's just as good with either foot imho.

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Originally Posted by youngirish

The amount of hype McGeady gets off some people on this site never ceases to amaze me. If McGeady was playing for England and was getting half as much unwarranted hype off their fans as he gets off ours we'd be pi**ing ourselves with laughter.

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I post in this thread so much because I watched 98% of the games he's played in his career and, like Duff in his prime, he's a player that excites me. I don't hype him up any more than he deserves and he's actually a much better player than I thought he'd be at this stage in his career.

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Originally Posted by eirebhoy

He played very well against Feyenoord last night on the right of a 4-3-3 formation. Much better performance.


Which says a lot about you and your opinion of McGeady.

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It says more about about yours that you could claim because he's the most naturally two footed player in Scotland he's also the most naturally two footed player in the world. This is a ridiculous claim. He's nowhere close. He would be a slightly above average player in a decent league I've said this all along and I've seen nothing in the past three seasons to change my opinion of him. Another 5 years at Celtic playing against Dundee United, Inverness and Failkirk every weekend will do him the world of good together with his 3 or 4 Champions League games against decent opposition before Celtic get knocked out.

I remember you hyped Shaun Maloney in a similar fashion a few seasons ago. Just because he looked World Class in the SPL you claimed he would be a top Premiership player. I claimed he'd be average at best in a decent league. We were both wrong he's been rubbish for Villa even worse than I thought he would be.

Eirebhoy be a bit more realistic,. The SPL is garbage. Most of the players are playing in it because they are not good enough to forge a decent career in a more competitive league. McGeady is staying at Celtic because up there he looks brilliant while he would struggle to hold down a regular place in a decent Premiership team week in, week out.

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Originally Posted by youngirish

It says more about about yours that you could claim because he's the most naturally two footed player in Scotland he's also the most naturally two footed player in the world. This is a ridiculous claim. He's nowhere close. He would be a slightly above average player in a decent league I've said this all along and I've seen nothing in the past three seasons to change my opinion of him. Another 5 years at Celtic playing against Dundee United, Inverness and Failkirk every weekend will do him the world of good together with his 3 or 4 Champions League games against decent opposition before Celtic get knocked out.

I remember you hyped Shaun Maloney in a similar fashion a few seasons ago. Just because he looked World Class in the SPL you claimed he would be a top Premiership player. I claimed he'd be average at best in a decent league. We were both wrong he's been rubbish for Villa even worse than I thought he would be.

Eirebhoy be a bit more realistic,. The SPL is garbage. Most of the players are playing in it because they are not good enough to forge a decent career in a more competitive league. McGeady is staying at Celtic because up there he looks brilliant while he would struggle to hold down a regular place in a decent Premiership team week in, week out.

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Do his performances in the Champions league not count for anything?

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Originally Posted by youngirish

It says more about about yours that you could claim because he's the most naturally two footed player in Scotland he's also the most naturally two footed player in the world. This is a ridiculous claim. He's nowhere close. He would be a slightly above average player in a decent league I've said this all along and I've seen nothing in the past three seasons to change my opinion of him. Another 5 years at Celtic playing against Dundee United, Inverness and Failkirk every weekend will do him the world of good together with his 3 or 4 Champions League games against decent opposition before Celtic get knocked out.

I remember you hyped Shaun Maloney in a similar fashion a few seasons ago. Just because he looked World Class in the SPL you claimed he would be a top Premiership player. I claimed he'd be average at best in a decent league. We were both wrong he's been rubbish for Villa even worse than I thought he would be.

Eirebhoy be a bit more realistic,. The SPL is garbage. Most of the players are playing in it because they are not good enough to forge a decent career in a more competitive league. McGeady is staying at Celtic because up there he looks brilliant while he would struggle to hold down a regular place in a decent Premiership team week in, week out.

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thats a pretty closed and conservative opinion of the kid. He can be a joy to watch and he's a standout player in an average league and he is clearly very comfortable on both feet. Not the best two footed player in the world but could be up there if he continues to progress. Whether he can add some smarts to his game remains to be seen.

Maloney never was half the player that McGeady is (or at least can be).

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Originally Posted by youngirish

It says more about about yours that you could claim because he's the most naturally two footed player in Scotland he's also the most naturally two footed player in the world.

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I don't know where you came up with that one. Blatant misqoute.

Maloney has started 18 games for Villa. He's scored 7 goals which isn't bad. He hasn't got many chances on the left and I've been impressed with most of what I've seen from him. I still believe Maloney's an excellent player. Probably on par with McGeady imo but McGeady is improving every part of his game at top rate.

Reminder: 90 minute McGeady documentary on Celtic TV at half 7.

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He's the most "ambipedal" player in the world imho

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Where did you get that "ambipedal" word from Eirebhoy?
Full marks, it's a good one.
McGeady is forcing us to find new word to describe his qualities :)

John Giles in his day was an ambipedlar, although he was left footer, his right was
better than anybodies good foot.

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Originally Posted by eirebhoy

I don't know where you came up with that one. Blatant misqoute.

Maloney has started 18 games for Villa. He's scored 7 goals which isn't bad. He hasn't got many chances on the left and I've been impressed with most of what I've seen from him. I still believe Maloney's an excellent player. Probably on par with McGeady imo but McGeady is improving every part of his game at top rate.

Reminder: 90 minute McGeady documentary on Celtic TV at half 7.

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Was a really good documentary

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Originally Posted by geysir

Where did you get that "ambipedal" word from Eirebhoy?

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The internet. ;)

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Originally Posted by Razors left peg

Was a really good documentary

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Yeh it was good except for repeating so many clips when there's tons they could use. Aiden's father said he made sure Aiden learnt the things that he never learnt when he was younger. The only example he gave was that when he (dad) found out that being able to just use his right foot wasn't going to be enough it was too late. He made Aiden use both feet as soon as he began to kick a ball. It was good to see the clips of him volleying the tennis and golf balls as it was mentioned in one of the first newspaper articles about him.

I never knew that he played for Arsenal youths in a tournament abroad (Paris?). Teams from all over the world including Brazil and McGeady won player of the tournament and his every touch applauded by the crowd.

He was a little drunk in the dressing room at the end of last season by the looks of it. :)

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Originally Posted by eirebhoy

The internet. ;)


Yeh it was good except for repeating so many clips when there's tons they could use. Aiden's father said he made sure Aiden learnt the things that he never learnt when he was younger. The only example he gave was that when he (dad) found out that being able to just use his right foot wasn't going to be enough it was too late. He made Aiden use both feet as soon as he began to kick a ball. It was good to see the clips of him volleying the tennis and golf balls as it was mentioned in one of the first newspaper articles about him.

I never knew that he played for Arsenal youths in a tournament abroad (Paris?). Teams from all over the world including Brazil and McGeady won player of the tournament and his every touch applauded by the crowd.

He was a little drunk in the dressing room at the end of last season by the looks of it. :)

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That was classic... bit unlucky for them tonight too:D

See it before it gets removed: http://video.google.com/videosearch?...o%20bhoy&emb=0

I can't wait for McGeady to score for Ireland. I think once he starts he's gonna keep scoring

He was very quiet in yesterdays opener in the SPL against St Mirren. A few nice touches and a few decent crosses but that was about it. A couple of poor shots, where he cuts inside on to his right and more often than not skies it high over the bar (needs to work alot on his shooting, goalscoring). For some reason he was coming inside quite a lot and not spending that much time out on the wing. Just too quiet over 90 minutes. Having said that most of the Celtic team were sluggish yesterday......

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Originally Posted by Ruben Sosa

Why in Sam Hell, are they playing him on the left??

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Cause that's where he's been playing for the last 3 seasons for them.

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Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

See it before it gets removed: http://video.google.com/videosearch?...o%20bhoy&emb=0

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very good documentary. while no-doubt he is a good player (and excellent in comparisson to whats on offer in the spl) i still have my doubts of mcgeady as world class at this moment in time. there is a lack of a regular end product imho.

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Originally Posted by Junior

He was very quiet in yesterdays opener in the SPL against St Mirren. A few nice touches and a few decent crosses but that was about it.

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The most encouraging thing I thought was his link up for 3 seperate runs. By link up I mean 1-2's. It's exactly the runs Messi makes a million times a game and it's so effective at getting away from the opposition and creating space. It was just the fact that he did it 3 times in the game, it was obvious he's been working on it with his teammates.

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Originally Posted by eirebhoy

The most encouraging thing I thought was his link up for 3 seperate runs. By link up I mean 1-2's. It's exactly the runs Messi makes a million times a game and it's so effective at getting away from the opposition and creating space. It was just the fact that he did it 3 times in the game, it was obvious he's been working on it with his teammates.

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I'd agree with that - though it was largely ineffective on the day. Its been spoken of before that he would develop in to a 'in the hole' type player. He certainly drifted inside much more often than he has done ever for Celtic, unfortunately he needed a 'left wing' McGeady to link up with!!

Aiden McGeady certainly is a talented footballer but will never have outstanding pace(you either have it or you dont).To compensate for this I think he has to work on his physique.If he becomes stronger it would be easier for him to protect the ball and himself.His former teamate Maloney has not been effective in the premiership because his body is not able to cope with physique of his opponents.Its unfortunate that he is so small and does not have the speed to get away from them.Unless McGeady works on his physique I think that he also may struggle at a higher level.

Maloney has signed back for Celtic. Maloney's best position is definitely the left. It'll be interesting to see how/if Strachan fits McGeady and Maloney in the team.

I don't know why O'Neil signed Maloney tbh. He never gave him a run of games at Celtic and it was the same at Villa. 7 goals was a good return given the cirmumstances. I think he started about 5 games on left midfield. Although I don't think even he predicted A.Young doing so well.

Excellent player. Can't wait to see what Celtic line up like when he breaks into the team.

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Originally Posted by eirebhoy

Maloney has signed back for Celtic. Maloney's best position is definitely the left. It'll be interesting to see how/if Strachan fits McGeady and Maloney in the team.

I don't know why O'Neil signed Maloney tbh. He never gave him a run of games at Celtic and it was the same at Villa. 7 goals was a good return given the cirmumstances. I think he started about 5 games on left midfield. Although I don't think even he predicted A.Young doing so well.

Excellent player. Can't wait to see what Celtic line up like when he breaks into the team.

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I agree that he was a surprise signing by o`neill especially as martin normally goes for big physically strong players.Maybe it was just the wrong move for maloney.Good luck to him if he goes back to celtic.He is a good entertainer.

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Originally Posted by eirebhoy

I don't know why O'Neil signed Maloney tbh. He never gave him a run of games at Celtic and it was the same at Villa.

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did he not sign him for nothing at the time? probably a case of a manager bringing in a player he knows already.

I don't know about O'Neill being surprised at Ashley Young doing so well as he paid about 10 million pound for him so I'm sure he expected an impact!!!

what the hell does shaun maloney signing for celtic got to do with Ireland?
Scottish players going from an English to a scottish club.

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Originally Posted by Billsthoughts

what the hell does shaun maloney signing for celtic got to do with Ireland?
Scottish players going from an English to a scottish club.

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I think its got to do with the effect it will have on McGeady and his position at Celtic.

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Originally Posted by Billsthoughts

what the hell does shaun maloney signing for celtic got to do with Ireland?
Scottish players going from an English to a scottish club.

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Maloney's a left sided midfielder. The position McGeady has been playing for years.

Maloney and McGeady linked up well yesterday.

Maloney: "I knew how good Aiden was when I left but he has improved a hell of a lot. He has pretty much everything now, the final delivery, the shot or pass, he has that end product to his game now. And he scares the life out of defenders when he starts running at them. If the players make runs ahead of him then he will find them. The pace of the team as we are breaking is different from when I was last here, especially with some of the attacking players we have."

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Originally Posted by eirebhoy

Maloney and McGeady linked up well yesterday.

Maloney: "I knew how good Aiden was when I left but he has improved a hell of a lot. He has pretty much everything now, the final delivery, the shot or pass, he has that end product to his game now. And he scares the life out of defenders when he starts running at them. If the players make runs ahead of him then he will find them. The pace of the team as we are breaking is different from when I was last here, especially with some of the attacking players we have."

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It is good to see Maloney back. He will only help Mc Geady in his progress. I did not see the second half of the Norway game but he looked lively in the first. He opened a local night club in Donegal at the weekend. What a young gent.

Had a very quiet game yesterday. Put the cross in for Celtics first goal but had very little influence on the game in which Celtic were well below par. What made this all the more disappointing is Broadfoot the Rangers rightback is a poor excuse for a footballer and McGeady would have enough talent in his little finger to beat him time and time again but failed to deliver.

He is now a more seasoned campaigner than most in the side and yesterday we really needed him to stand up and be counted but he simply didnt show up added to this his body language didnt look good and his workrate was not as it has been over the course of last season. He needs to buck his ideas up ahead of the WCQ games.

Im a big fan of McGeady but so far this season he has been off form IMO.

Hopefully, yesterdays result will give him personally a kick up the backside.

I am convinced I have figured out McGeadys game. And I watched it back earlier carefully on TiVo. McGeady has an interesting strategy, he runs really fast with the ball, then falls down and looks at the ref. If he recives a pass in traffic, he will fall down and look at the ref. If he is chasing after a ball he wont get to first, he will fall run fast and fall down. Then look around. He must have permanent grass stains on his elbows. I started counting all the times he fell down to put an official number on here, but did not want to appear crazy as this is my first thread post.
Someone please explain this to me. The announcer described him as dominant today. Maybe I was watching a different game. He falls down more than Gerald Ford on ice skates.
Im thrilled with the victory and I will be the first to admit I don't see much of the SPL. But if THAT is the best player in the SPL, then that league is either people running and falling down for 90 minutes, or a terrible league.
Am I wrong?

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Originally Posted by Crosby87

Am I wrong?

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Yes. In fairness no need for a new thread for this tbh?