QuoteMcGeady worked hard tonight but was just ok. He had a good period at the end of the 2nd half where he set up 2 or 3 chances from the left.
I think thats the formation that would suit Celtic best in europe anyway with the players they have... the Chelsea type formationOriginally Posted by eirebhoy
Its really not that complicated!!!
McGeady worked hard tonight but was just ok. He had a good period at the end of the 2nd half where he set up 2 or 3 chances from the left.
Was much better on the left than when he was on the right in the 1st
I thought you were off the drink Ronnie?
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played brilliant today and scored, back to his best
Don't forget his assist- a beautiful cross to Nakamura.played brilliant today and scored, back to his best
think he got the assist for mcdonalds goal too
Havin a weekend away is quite frankly,lettin ur team mates down!
Perhaps technically, but let's face it, that was a one-man effort!
Not one of his greatest fans but I thought he had a good game last night. Quite a few excellent runs. Admittedly he is still inclined to give the ball away too easily,and commited one stupid foul by sitting on the ball close to our box but the positives outweighed the negatives, especially in the first half.
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Same here. I think he's improving with every game.
In fairness the Cypriot player was virtually sitting on top of him.
I will be very surprised if McGeady does not win us at least one peno before the end of this campaign. His close control most of the time last night was excellent and anytime he got into the Cypriot box I was hoping one of their defenders would knick McGeadys ankle. He is almost unplayable when he plays like he did in the first half.
i think mcgeady will be a massive player for us in the next few years. im so glad he always wanted to play for us and not scotland. some of his control was class last night. yes sometimes he could lay it off a fraction quicker and his crossing could be a wee bit better but that will all come good. think he will chip in with a few goals sooner rather than later also.
In fairness last night every time he looked up to put a cross in both Doyle & Keane were well covered by the Cyprus defence. The fact that neither of our centre-mids were pushing forward into the box meant there was little option both for McGeady & Duff but to turn around and try and maintain possession.
I thought McGeady did well last night, putting in more effort than before. Trapp's message must be getting across.
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McGeadys progress in a year has been immense, I suspect by next spring he will have advanced another bit too, He will be an important player for us and if we do qualify for 2010 he will be one of the first names on the teamsheet
I think there's still many Irish people that see him as a brainless player and because of that they won't give him the benefit of the doubt for a lot of things (judging by the many people I talked to today). He put in a good few crosses last night with all of them falling to a Cyprus player but he still played the pass to Duff which led to the goal, played the pass to Duff for his shot on goal, played the pass to Doyle free in the box. He's created a load of clear cut chances in our 3 games so far. Probably more than the rest of the team combined and I don't think I'm exaggerating.
I thought he played well last night. It's interesting to hear the praise from Doyle, Given and Trap. They thought he was fantastic yet a lot of fans weren't too impressed. Celtic fans would have been happy with that performance in Europe. It wasn't his very best but it was a good performance.
Last edited by eirebhoy; 16/10/2008 at 4:34 PM.
EB there is definitely room for improvement but I think he is definitely going in the right direction.
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I had an absolute clown sitting behind me in the Davin Stand last night that was giving out about McGeady at every opportunity.No matter how many good things he did in the game, any time there was a missed placed pass or he didnt beat his man the bloke behind me was saying how fcuking useless he is and shouting for him to be taken off.It seriously got on my nerves especially in the 2nd half.
Personally I though he was very good last night, there are improvements still to be made in his crossing at times and also some decision making but overall he looked dangerous all night and really should have scored. If him and Duffer maintain that form we'll be a threat to anyone
Its really not that complicated!!!
I said it in another thread but I'll say it here too. I like him a lot but last night I thought he was absolutely shocking in the second half. He gave the ball away countless times by holding onto possession for too long. He needs to improve drastically in this respect in my opinion.
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Spot on. Decent performance, but he doesn't know when to pass and when to keep going. Also his crossing was unbelievably bad at times.
He didn't have too many targets to aim for in the Cyprus penalty area though. Our central midfielders didn't get forward and our full backs weren't going forward. He was trying to pick out either Doyle or Keane in the box with at least 5 or 6 Cypriots around them. They just cleared everything.
I think he would have done better if he got any kind of support at all from the full-back behind him but McShane wasn't interested in coming forward (perhaps under instruction in fairness). It left McGeady up against two players usually but he still produced a good performance. I agree though that I think there is more to come from him.
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