Andy Reid(b 1982)

Scored for Sunderland today.

Originally Posted by centre mid

Scored for Sunderland today.

Hes done plentying of talking about wanting to get in the Ireland squad, if he can match that desire with consistent performances then Trap cant ignore him.

Geovanni "Any Irish player can get in the squad if they are playing well enough" Trappatoni.


Hmmmm.

He at least deserves a spot ahead of the likes of Miller and McShane.

Did not realise that Andy Reid is a centre back and full back.

Silly question #416, but ...

as it's a 43 page thread & Stephen Ireland tends to dominate the "exiled paddies" conversation, where does the A. Reid spat sit at the moment? In whose court is the ball? It has been so long all I can remember is that Trap doesn't like guitar solos at 10pm or something

Originally Posted by NeilMcD

Did not realise that Andy Reid is a centre back and full back.

Huh? I haven't seen the Sunderland match yet. Please explain.

Originally Posted by amaccann

Silly question #416, but ...

as it's a 43 page thread & Stephen Ireland tends to dominate the "exiled paddies" conversation, where does the A. Reid spat sit at the moment? In whose court is the ball? It has been so long all I can remember is that Trap doesn't like guitar solos at 10pm or something

Andy Reid is desperate to play for Ireland but Trap won't pick him.

Outstanding today for Sunderland. Scored a lovely goal and caused Hull all types of problems. Was playing mostly wide on the left today. Fox are showing the full match at 10pm on the dodgy channels

Originally Posted by Colbert Report

Huh? I haven't seen the Sunderland match yet. Please explain.

Neil was responding to the suggestion that Reid deserves a squad place ahead of McShane, a centre back.

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

Neil was responding to the suggestion that Reid deserves a squad place ahead of McShane, a centre back.

He definitely deserves Miller's place in the squad. Loyalty is one thing (Charlton did the same thing) but this is borderline ludicrous.

Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

Neil was responding to the suggestion that Reid deserves a squad place ahead of McShane, a centre back.

Some people think that if you replace a player you MUST replace him with a player of the same position. Obviously anyone of moderate intelligence knows this is not always the case.

The problem is that Trap doesn't see Reid as a centre-mid or wide-player, but rather an attacking midfielder/trequartista, similar to the way that he sees Robbie Keane.

I think if Reid came into the squad, it would be for the purpose of covering Robbie.

Originally Posted by Crosby87

Some people think that if you replace a player you MUST replace him with a player of the same position. Obviously anyone of moderate intelligence knows this is not always the case.

Are you saying that you're of moderate intelligence

Great to see Reid starting a league game for Sunderland. Now, let's see if he can keep his place and have a run of 10 games or more.

Watched Reid on tele last night against Hull. He was excellent skill full ,creative, intelligent and bagged a very good goal. His passing and dead ball kicks were good and he looks fitter than I have ever seen him. He is really putting in the effort. It looks like he is in the Sunderland first team to stay.

It is total madness not to have a player of his ability in the Ireland squad.

Was very impressed with Reid yesterday, looks like a new player this season and on more than one occasion tore Mcshane to bits, even leaving him dead for pace at one point which is something I've....never seen Reid do before.

Only downside for us is he's returning to his natural left wing position which is far and away our strongest area and best covered on the pitch.

In fairness Andy Reid has more to offer than Liam Miller and now that Liam has got a club it is time to consider his place in the squad.

And is a creative player and would offer something different. Whether he fits into Trapps way of thinking is another question.

His set piece deliveries can be good.

Very strong showing yesterday. I hope everyone involved just grows up and calls him back into the fold asap.

I think he should be called back but I don't see trap using him in the centre, he probably sees him as even more competition for Duff, McGeady, Hunt and Lawrence in the wide roles.

Which is fair enough, it'd be bad management to change your entire system to accommodate a player who just happens to be in form. I'd personally build my team around Andy Reid but I understand where Trap is going from with his system and I'll respect that, it's got us results after all.

I'd like to think though that if somebody like Duff did pick up a serious injury he wouldn't be too proud to call up Reid.

He is still a better player than Hunt, Lawrence and Keogh in that position imo.