I thought he had an ok game. A perfect player to give a bit of width in a 3 man midfield while also doing what a central midfielder should. He played on the right of a 4 man midfield for Celtic today but was allowed drift inside and the only time Celtic had the ball on the ground today was when Flood and Naka were coming inside to link up and control things.
He'll get his fair share of caps imo. A more intelligent player than S.Hunt and has all that attitude.
Have to say, I was gobsmacked at hearing he was in the starting 11 yesterday as I stood at the turnstiles waiting to get in the ground.
Particularly as Aiden has now played in numerous Rangers games, was recently MOTM for both Club and Country and it was Willos debut????
I watched him closely and it was a strange one. In the first couple of minutes he was like a boy lost, just looking around, didnt appear to really know where he should be or what he should be doing (this isnt a criticism - just the way I saw it). For the 60 minutes he was on he didnt really appear to want the ball, from throwins he didnt make himself available, that sort of thing. However,.........
confidence grew as you'd expect and he pinged in two brilliant crosses creating our best chances of the match. he also put in a few good tackles getting the crowd going. Overall he did ok in what was a poor game but was always going to be a difficult debut - Good luck to him!
That were my first impressions watching it live - Ill watch it again on tv to see if I missed anything.
EB - You must be shagging strachans wife for you to be so confident he was going to get a starting spot on the team!! Fair play to ya - I really couldnt see it coming that quickly and certainly not as a replacement for Aiden
I thought you were off the drink Ronnie?
"No, I drink to help me mind my own business....can I get you one? (c) Ronnie Drew
Very disappointed for Aiden McGeady. He is a confidence player and must have been walking on air on Thursday. I believe he was the star of Celtic's last game too v QoS when nobody else played well.
I've been a fan of Wilo's since the youth team. It would be great to see him playing regularly but he is not in McGeady's class as of today. I thought he did well enough.
Haven't seen much of him in Scotland but that's my impression of him, not an out and out winger but not a pure central mid either.Originally Posted by eirebhoy
I love to read that.As you know there's so much you miss when watching a game live. I watched the game again last night and was definitely more impressed with Flood. He comes inside and showed for the ball a lot and it's great to have a bit of intelligence in midfield to know when to move around. His first few touches were very heavy but that's expected with nerves.
I remember asking someone on a Celtic forum a couple of weeks ago to name a price on Crosas starting against Hibs. I would have put a lot of money on it at the time. I just seem to know Strachan's thinking. I know that Strachan would have thought Naka was the best Celtic player on the pitch in the first half on Sunday because we agree on everything when it comes to Naka.
Yet there's plenty of fans that thought Naka was poor. What Naka does best just isn't as memorable as a Brown surge forward, or McGeady leaving a man on his arse, or a crunching Caldwell tackle.
Last edited by eirebhoy; 16/02/2009 at 6:07 PM.
Well we agree on Naka because I love watching him! His ability is just so natural and effortless. First touch is class, can leave defenders on their arses just as much as the tricky winger, sublime passes and great vision. And if that wasnt enough, this season in particular its been very notable (to me at least) the number of tackles/interceptions he makes and his tracking back. Yeah he probably couldnt fight his way out of a wet paperbag but I hate this "hes a liability when it comes to defending" cliche thrown about at players such as him and our own Aiden when it just dosnt tell the full story.I know that Strachan would have thought Naka was the best Celtic player on the pitch in the first half on Sunday because we agree on everything when it comes to Naka.
I thought you were off the drink Ronnie?
"No, I drink to help me mind my own business....can I get you one? (c) Ronnie Drew
Its the SPL guys
Don't rate this fella at all.
He always looked very slight to me in his younger days , He's certainly one to keep an eye on , especially if he continues to keep one of our regulars out of his club team.
no flies on you... what?Its the SPL guys
I thought you were off the drink Ronnie?
"No, I drink to help me mind my own business....can I get you one? (c) Ronnie Drew
ha ha yeah
i dont mind Willo, i have followed his career since the cherry orchard days, remember his amazing hattrick in a sfai semi cup yonks ago, they still talk about that donw here
just that some were raving about Mceady and naki - both useless IMHO, and would never make it in the EPL
I was pretty impressed with him in the Rangers match considering it was his debut.
It was a tight game and I'd call him Celtic's second best performer in the match after Nakamura.
He was at his best when he drifted inside, and I thought Nakamura and himself linked up nicely.
As well, he hit in a couple of phenomenal crosses.
I think the Stephen Hunt comparison is accurate...his energy and physique remind me of Hunt, but he's got a tad more class and match intelligence.
I'd like to see him in the squad as backup for McGeady on the right hand side of midfield.
Is this the same McGeady that was the best player on the pitch last week in an Irish shirt..... yeah ur right, hes completely useless!ha ha yeah
i dont mind Willo, i have followed his career since the cherry orchard days, remember his amazing hattrick in a sfai semi cup yonks ago, they still talk about that donw here
just that some were raving about Mceady and naki - both useless IMHO, and would never make it in the EPL
Its really not that complicated!!!
Making it in the EPL is hardly the yardstick for relatively slight but skillful players. I'd say both McGeady and Nakamura would do well in Spain.
Shevchenko didn't do much in the EPL. Useless player of course.
Crespo too must be useless in that case
Its really not that complicated!!!
And then you have Arteta who didn't set the world alight at Rangers bar the odd run of good form.
As far as Naka goes. There's not a world class team he'd look out of place in tbh but I won't go into that argument for the millionth time.
Last edited by eirebhoy; 19/02/2009 at 5:44 PM.
jeez man get a grip - its was against Georgia - ha ha ur funny, i suppose you will be peeing in your pants when Celtic win the title , again - yawn
see the problem with that argument is he looked rubbish in any CPL games I have seen, and was useless in any world cup game as wellAnd then you have Arteta who didn't set the world alight at Rangers bar the odd run of good form.
As far as Naka goes. There's not a world class team he'd look out of place in tbh but I won't go into that argument for the millionth time.
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