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The Russian league restarts after the Winter break. Bilyaletdinov starting instead of McGeady.
Cheeky assist from McGeady to give Spartak a draw against Rubin Kazan in their important championship game. But yea, McGeady can't cross, and even if he could, he would never do it against a team of Champions League quality. No siree.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVhVfatD3n0
Any time I've seen McGeady for Spartak his crossing's been terrific, particularly when he's inside the box. It definitely helps that the Spartak forwards make better runs for him. The instinct for Premier League players is to run to the back post which makes it very difficult for McGeady, so you end up with him chipping the ball into Cech's arms several times on Wednesday.
I think that's 20 assists for McGeady at Spartak. It was very similar to his 'chipper' for Andrews to nod home in Estonia.
The same cross that the RTE panellists said was poor and left all the work for Andrews to score.
In fairness they said the cross was okay but Andrews still had a lot of work to do, which he had. They certainly didn't say it was a poor cross.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
I'd call it damning with feint praise.
"It was an alright cross not a great cross, but the header was top top class, the ball was slow, etc..... as Eamon would say, (the cross) was okay"
"would you agree John it wasn't a great cross" "yeah it wasn't a great cross .... Andrews had to do most of the work" "McGeady's cross was okay".
Personally i would have said it was the perfect cross given the circumstances.
One can sense the pain such understated admissions caused to those uttering them.Quote:
Originally Posted by geysir
You'll note that Brady generally qualifies his praise in order to be agreeable to the other 2. He appears to be intimidated by them.
In general Brady argues, only when the anger and frustration gets the better of him. And when that point has been passed he lets it out but he gets emotionally flustered, so it doesn't sound coherent.
I wish he wouldn't be so agreeable and be the one looking for the common ground.
I'd look at it differently. You seem to think that they were reluctant to praise McGeady, whereas I think they just wanted to emphasise how much Andrews still had to do. McGeady just lofted it into a good area, but it wasn't one of those crosses that just needed to be directed without generating any force.
I agree with you on Brady though, he will only stand his ground when he feels very passionately about something, usually Arsenal. He is in a semi-difficult position when discussing the current set up with Ireland in fairness.
Ha! ha! :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by punkrocket
It's not really true, I twisted it around a bit for comic effect. :rofl:
I can't remember exactly what was said but I managed to find it on the web, there is a video of the interview and the transcript below
http://rt.com/sport/football/miss-old-firm-mcgeady-now/
This is the relevant part of the transcript but it is worth watching the video as well at about
3.07
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RT: And just finally Aiden, on a lighter note – Is there anything you miss about Scotland and home, you know, the deep-fried Mars Bars or Irn-Bru?
AM: Deep-fried Mars Bars? What a stereotype that is! I’ve never actually had a deep-friend Mars Bar. Of course there’s home comforts you miss – I think the main thing that you miss is being able just to nip around and see your parents and friends. But that's obviously part of life. I do miss the odd fish and chips and stuff like that as well. You don't get much of that over here. And the Russian cuisine isn't quite for me.
It certainly gets the ball into the danger area and gives the strikers a chance, which is infinity preferably to a pacey whipping in crossQuote:
Originally Posted by geysir
over everyone's heads and out of play, ie no end product.
McGeady looked up and picked out Andrews.Quote:
Originally Posted by DeLorean
And compare the damning praise they gave to McGeady with the consensus of profuse praise they dished out to Robbie for his lob towards the head of Walters for his goal. No big debate or any attempt to minimise the quality.
Of all the stupid conversations the RTE panel have had, that was one of the worst. It's almost as if they'd have preferred if he'd whipped it in and Andrews hadn't been able to get anywhere near it. Fact is Makgidi picked the perfect cross for the situation he was in - he couldn't afford to wait two seconds for Andrews to catch up because the defenders would have blocked the cross. He put an inch perfect cross into Andrews' path and relied on The Scorer of Important Goals to do what he does best.
McGeady feud rumours
Clubs eye McGeady after fall-out with manager
a top pundit claims there are now tensions in his relationship with his boss.
“Why does McGeady look so awful now?” asked former Soviet star Yevgeny Lovchev. “Physically, he doesn’t seem in the best condition, it’s true. But there also appears to be a psychological problem.
“It looks as if he does not want to play for his current team any more. He is an Irish international but Valeri Karpin does not trust him, resulting in the player losing the spark which ignited his performances last year.”
Interview with Russian Football correspondent on Off the Ball last night about this subject (Starts on 27mins 10secs)
http://media.newstalk.ie/podcast/613...iqueID=1759784
http://en.ria.ru/sports/20120328/172446814.html
Bilyaletdinov has fractured his metatarsal, good news for McGeady.
Despite Billy Lad's injury McGeady is only on the bench again today for the home game with Zenit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Carrigaline
Spartak 1-0 down at half-time so Aiden is on for the second half. Plenty of streams available online.
Came on at half time, Spartak 1-0 down.Quote:
Originally Posted by EastTerracer
Having a stinker so far.
Spartak lose 2-1. McGeady had a great chance to equalise in the last three minutes but fluffed his header.
There was a glimpse of improvement in Aidens performances after about 6 months or so in Russia but he has regressed back to his old ways of little or no final product.
He is a player that has not improved since his early days and its get less and less likely that he will improve.
Sadly he is one of these players that showed early promise but has not fulfilled it for whatever reason.
Bilyaletidinov wasn't a guaranteed starter anyway. Ari was dire yesterday too, McGeady wasn't much better, but I don't think the manager is getting the best out of the players any more.Quote:
Originally Posted by EastTerracer
Reports in the Sun today that McGeady has fallen out of favour with Karpin and will be sold for 12.5m
Novel and all as it was for Aiden to be plying his trade in Russia, it'd be great to see the man test himself in the Premiership. He's constantly linked with Villa but given N'Zogbia's plight there maybe he'd be better served elsewhere. The problem for a lot of clubs is that he'd command a fee somewhere around £10million and if you look at the Premier League table, other than the top teams, not many would be willing to extend that outlay on a winger.
Maybe West Ham if they get promoted or QPR if they don't get religated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
Newcastle might also be an option if any of the 'bigger' clubs come in for some of their players after such a great season.
McGeady is back in the starting eleven for Spartak's home game against Kuban Krasnodar today. Game kicks-off at 3.45pm Irish time.
McGeady played 84 minutes and was taken off with Spartak 2-0 up. From the bits of the game I saw he played ok and Karpin gave him a pat on the back on his way off.
West Ham could be a good option indeed or QPR under Hughes' tutelage. Tony Pulis at Stoke has a liking for a decent wingers to feed the big guys up top, not sure whether McGeady would be under his radar. Using the Euro's as a shop window to attract a good calibre of team is surely among his priorities.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irish_Praha
Just checked out the stats on Aiden there. 47 caps and just turned 26. Impressive.
To be fair, while it seems to be the case that Karpin is an egomaniac, it's hardly unusual for a manager to freeze out a player to get a positive reaction.Quote:
Originally Posted by EastTerracer
He'd be better off away from the EPl.Quote:
Originally Posted by Olé Olé
Yeah, would love to see him in the BundesligaQuote:
Originally Posted by Kingdom
Completely. He'll go even further backwards in England. I think he has hit the maximum he can improve in Russia. He needs a better league, that isn't English.Quote:
Originally Posted by Irish_Praha
why so many people against him playing in england?Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
It depends on what club he went to - the Premier League is no more an amorphous whole than the Spanish or German league. David Silva, for one, has become a better player since moving to England. Signing for somebody like Aston Villa would be a regressive step but I think a place like Liverpool or Spurs would undoubtedly help improve his game further.
agree, he could just as easily end up in a poor side on the continent. spurs would be a dream move for him, and not altogether unrealistic
A poor side couldn't afford to sign him.
LiverpoolQuote:
Originally Posted by geysir
McGeady played the entire game of Spartak's 2-0 victory over Rubin Kazan. Victory was vital for Spartak as it pushes them into the final Champions League spot. McGeady had a decent game, worked hard defensively, switched wings a few times and show one particular bit of outrageous skill. If McGeady stayed at Spartak and played regular, I wouldn't have a problem with him playing in Russia. Quality of the league is actually decent.