If there was a Sunderland player within 5 yards of it I'd have called it sloppy but there's no way he meant to hit it anywhere near the area he did. He mis hit it.
Players are allowed to make the odd mistake in a gameOriginally Posted by SkStu
exactly - it was an absolute shocker - what was it? a 5-10 yarder at most. The commentators blamed the pitch for being too good, which kind of confused me a bit...it just looked like a sloppy pass to me.
Its really not that complicated!!!
so by that definition it wasnt even a pass... it was just a kick. Even better!
there was, from my memory, a player behind where the ball arrived - in other words it looked like a leading pass that just went wrong.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
i agree but then why do we lambast players here when they make mistakes playing for ireland? They are allowed make mistakes, we are allowed point them out.
I like high energy football. A little bit rock and roll. Many finishes instead of waiting for the perfect one.
Played the whole 90 last night but like the rest of the Sunderland team, faded in the 2nd half. Doesn't seem to be any problem with his fitness level. Made one great run off the ball late in the second half in on goal but was ignored by the Sunderland player on the ball.
Forget about the performance or entertainment. It's only the result that matters.
What a crock of sh!te Keane talks re. Andy Reid.
He seems to hold grudges for everyone he either played with, played for or managed!!! It's blatantly obvious and pathetic and the media are morons for latching on. I doubt this psychotic could even name the players selected by Trapatonni.
So Trapatonni "picks players who are playing week in week out for 90 minutes and not just once every four weeks" Let's see..................Darron Gibson, Paul McShane, Noel Hunt, Shane Long, Whelan........... !!!
Why do interviewers allow him to spout such nonsense unchallenged? Are they just so thrilled to get an interview with the football God!
So there are 2 people in the World who agree that Andy should not be in the squad, Trapatonni and Keane, everyone else is wrong. How long did Keane last as a Premiership Manager again???
THe more and more I see of this the more I think that Trap felt that Andy Reid could not handle just being a squad member and as a result he dropped him from the squad. Maybe Keane has seen this side of Reid and sees where Trap is coming from. I would have Reid in the squad. No doubt about it. However if Trap feels he has a bad effect on the squad with his attitude well then maybe he is right not to pick him in the squad
In Trap we trust
Agree entirely.
I think I posted before that I was at a talk given by Clive Woodward after the 2003 WC win. He said he picked his final squad based on character & personality as much as ability. In particular he wanted only positive people traveling, saying that even only one moaner would take the whole structure down like a termite.
Maybe Trap has observed Reid in the squad a few times and determined he is such a termite.
Geysir pointed out that something must have happened since Georgia, as Reid was all set to come on in Montenegro and then was left out altogether for a subsequent game. I suspect Neil's explanation is on-the-money.
I suppose that buries the last shed of cred to any conspiracy theory.
From today's Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...250905505.html
Good news about losing the weight, lets see what Bruce can make of him. What playmakers has he had in his teams before?IN the wake of an energetic 45-minute performance from Andy Reid in Sunderland’s first game of their first pre-season under new manager Steve Bruce, the 26-year-old Dubliner received praise from Bruce for his new slimmer physique, writes Michael Walker.
With Reid’s first-team place not assured, the Irishman has obviously shed weight and Bruce said: “Andy Reid has lost eight kilos and worked extremely hard and that can only be fair play to him.
“Nobody on our side has done that for him, he’s done it himself. If he can continue like that he’ll do well. He looked far, far better for that, I think you’ll agree.”
Reid is visibly slimmer than last season and with Bruce determined at Sunderland to replicate the stamina and energy levels for which Wigan became known, Reid’s application will help him secure a place in a large squad. He played on the left and scored a deflected goal and is part of the squad that travels to Portugal today.
Paul McShane has withdrawn from it and Sunderland were awaiting news of the scan on McShane’s injured knee on Thursday.
Excellent news, shows he's serious about trying to fight his way back to the Ireland squad with the world cup in mind
Its really not that complicated!!!
I hope Bruce doesn't plan on using him on the left for the season as that is his worst position out of all the different midfield positions.
Good news, 8 kilos is a fair bit, 1.25 stone that's a lot of excess weight to be lugging about.
Last edited by eirebhoy; 18/07/2009 at 12:56 PM. Reason: mod edit
That's a lot of weight to lose over a summer. Let's hope Bruce plays him centrally now. He's much more suited to that position than Richardson. It's not for lack of ability that he wasn't playing every week.
Remains to be seen if he gets picked though.
Anyway from this match report he may have a few more pounds to shed.
http://fansonline.net/darlington/article.php?id=517
"The *rotund* Republic of Ireland international drove forward before seeing his effort inadvertently diverted into the Darlington net by Matty Plumer."
From elsewhere:-
"...with Bruce determined at Sunderland to replicate the stamina and energy levels for which Wigan became known" so I guess Reid realises that if he does
not slim down he won't be seeeing much first team football unnder Bruce.
Last edited by tricky_colour; 18/07/2009 at 1:37 PM.
Still do not understand what took him so long to get in better shape....
His fitness and stamina have never been a concern over the past number of years. There is no reason why it suddenly is.
But he wasn't fat....The ammount of people on threads quoting some mythical fitness test from his Spurs days that cited him having sumer super low body fat index or something... The big puddin'...
Don't think he has a weight issue at all, tbh.
Its just an easy opportunity to have a go at the lad. He is def our most creative player. Hope he gets an opportunity to play in the centre.
Reid would want to have terrible genes if he was apparently 'super fit' but still a fat dumpling.
Is there a pic of him? I've heard he lost weight before and he still looked big. He's really top heavy.
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