Andy Reid(b 1982)

**geysir** · 03/02/2011, 8:05 PM

It was hard to notice anybody else on that pitch, other the messianic figure of Robbie Keane making his return. It was as if all the floodlights were focused on Robbie, such was the illumination that surrounded him.
Andy did a few nice things in the game, but it was not hard to be the outstanding talent in a dire Blackpool team. It is regrettable that Reid is not in the squad, as was already pointed out at the time, it was very hard to credit Keogh coming on as a sub against Slovakia when Fahy had to come off..

**Colbert Report** · 04/02/2011, 4:10 AM

I love Reid but if Blackpool go down he'll be a very bad investment for Holloway. One million pounds sterling for Reid is what I've heard. Reid will be lucky to play ten game in the Premiership before the end of the season. That's 100k per match plus wages which are rumoured to be pretty high as well.

**Charlie Darwin** · 04/02/2011, 11:46 AM

If they go down all of his signings will have been bad investments.

**irishfan86** · 04/02/2011, 11:19 PM

One million for Reid is a bargain and a great buy low sell high possibility for Holloway.

**Colbert Report** · 05/02/2011, 7:10 AM

Originally Posted by irishfan86

One million for Reid is a bargain and a great buy low sell high possibility for Holloway.

You really think Andy Reid will be sold for more than a million pounds at some point in the future?

**SkStu** · 05/02/2011, 5:38 PM

its not beyond the realms of possibility CR. He's a very good player when he quits the cake and stays fit. All he needs is one manager who can motivate him.

**paul_oshea** · 05/02/2011, 5:40 PM

that says a lot about the man himself.

**SkStu** · 05/02/2011, 5:51 PM

yes, for sure it does. But he is not the only player who requires motivation or guidance to stay focussed and out of trouble. I wouldnt necessarily hold it against him.

**punkrocket** · 05/02/2011, 11:15 PM

He's a very good player when he quits the cake and stays fit

It's been the ruination of many a young fella
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwylBRucU7w

**gastric** · 06/02/2011, 12:05 AM

Warmed the bench for the whole game yesterday. Hope this doesn't continue.

**theworm2345** · 06/02/2011, 4:27 AM

Originally Posted by gastric

Warmed the bench for the whole game yesterday. Hope this doesn't continue.

I don't know what formation Blackpool played today, but the guy who likely replaced Reid in the lineup (Jason Puncheon, who is a winger and I imagine played on the right with Adam in the lineup) scored, so perhaps some competition.

**Stuttgart88** · 06/02/2011, 5:25 PM

Originally Posted by Colbert Report

You really think Andy Reid will be sold for more than a million pounds at some point in the future?

What's that got to do with it? Staying up would be worth a packet to Blackpool, and every incremental final league placing is worth about 500k I think. Reid definitely augments their squad.

If they go down they'll sell Adam and have a very good player proven at Championship level, and who has shown his quality on occasion in the EPL. Good business I reckon.

**Yard of Pace** · 24/02/2011, 3:11 PM

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/b...meobi-mendieta

Ms. Taylor says some very nice things about Andy here. I know she's a fan but, in fairness, she's probably seen him play a lot more times than any of us on here.

One substitute jogging along the touchline appeared a little less athletic and somewhat rounder than the others. Armed with a laptop, I found the temptation irresistible. "Andy Reid looked more like the winner of a competition to be part of Roy Keane's squad for a day than a professional footballer," I typed.
A slight exaggeration and a bit of a cheap shot perhaps but it was Sunderland v Wigan and making the match report interesting had turned into a struggle destined to endure until the new �4m signing from Charlton ran on.
Reid's first act revealed a velvet first touch as he expertly dispatched a sumptuous crossfield pass towards Daryl Murphy, whose ensuing 25-yard shot sealed Sunderland's victory.
It was February 2008 and, if Keane's newly promoted side were learner drivers in the Premier League, Reid had begun teaching them clutch control.
Whether deployed wide or, even better, as a central playmaker, his wonderful left foot, gloriously varied passing range, adroit dead-ball ability and occasionally spectacular finishing undeniably helped avert relegation.
More importantly the Dubliner served as an antidote to a sport increasingly dominated by fully ripped, formidably pacey, six-foot-plus athletes choreographed by formulaic coaches harbouring an often blind faith in Prozone statistics and the virtues of high-octane pressing.
Quite apart from an innate ability to put his foot on the ball, slow things down and introduce calibrated passing triangles, Reid possessed imagination. In an era when too many footballers play as if painting by numbers, arguably the best Irish midfielder of his generation much preferred improvisation.
Admittedly the attendant risks sometimes prompted concessions of possession and extravagant indulgence in 'Hollywood' balls. Allied to niggling injuries and less than Usain Bolt-esque acceleration, such vulnerabilities convinced Steve Bruce that even a newly slimline Reid had no place in Sunderland's high-tempo future. There was a sense of inevitability about the headline which late last month declared: "Black Cat turns into Tangerine."
Blackpool have secured a treasure but Ian Holloway's reluctance to accommodate his new No43 and Charlie Adam indicates an uncertainty about displaying it. Let us hope Reid does not do a Gaizka Mendieta and, almost imperceptibly, fade into virtual invisibility.