Just watch the build up to our goal against France in Stade de France and tell me in all seriousness that Duff is completely past it.
There's another campaign in Duff - a far better option than McGeady right now.
Quoting years at random since 1975
Past his best, without a doubt...yet still twice as effective as McGeady. A sad indictment of his would be successor. At Aiden's age, Duff was playing the best football of his life and commanding a £17 million transfer fee on the strength of those performances. Not stagnating in some football backwater.
In his 30+ caps thus far, what would be Aiden's most memorable moment in your opinion? I genuinely can't think of one.
Maybe the bhoys could enlist some mad Scottish scientist to merge Lawrence and McGeady into one player... Picture the scene: After tirelessly tracking back to retrieve the ball, McLawrence sets off on a mazy run. Feet working faster than Michael Flatley on a hot tin roof, he consigns six opponents to his rear view mirror before sending Celtic Park into stunned, silent admiration with a truly messianic sight... a bloody decent cross. The stuff of dreams.
Aiden McGeady at Celtic is a bit like Theo Wallcot at Arsenal. Neither player has developed and are basically the same player that they were 3 years ago.
Certainly in Aidens case and maybe even in Wallcots case maybe a change of enviroment or a change of coaches is needed.
If the next Cetic manager cannot get Aiden to reach higher levels then maybe we must assume that Aiden is as good as he is going to get.
Duff & Lawrence have got to be the first choice wingers on the team sheet. I like Hunts commitment and energy but his technique is sadly missing. McGeady again has potential but he is not producing.
duff is passed it and everybody knows it, as for Lawrence well hes got got a cross and hes pretty big which suits Trap, I hope to **** we dont singg lawrence and Lennon stops taking those tabs that he hinks Lawrence will be a player for us.
Sorry for my previios post about non Irish playing for Ireland as I was under the influence of all sorts of spirits and narcotics but the point remains why do yous stand for this granny rule? hof the ***** in your team have english accents and in McGeadys case Glaswegian.
Damien Duff played a pivotal role in both our WC qualifying campaign and Fulham's run to the Europa League Final. He scored 6 goals in the league and 2 in the FA Cup. I, like many others, thought he was done after leaving Newcastle but you have to admit he has proved the doubters wrong this past season and forced Hunt to wait his turn
As for Lawrence being a 'defensive' player: He's scored 21 goals in 105 games for Stoke. Record of exactly a goal every five games. McGeady has 31 goals in 185 appearances, or just under a goal every six games. Admittedly, one of Lawrence's three seasons for Stoke was spent in the Championship, but most people see the Championship as a step up from the SPL anyway... For such a great 'attacking' talent, McGeady's return is very sparse given how poor the SPL is. Lawrence would get into double figures easily with Celtic.
I'm beginning to think there must be some sort of institution in Ireland housing illiterate mental cases, where as their treatment is nearing an end they are allowed onto the internet to ease their transition back into real life. Unfortunately it looks like www.foot.ie was drawn at random as somewhere for them to go.
Kids nowadays...
"Jacques Santini...will be greeted in every dugout of the country by "one-nil, one-nil" - Clive Tyldsley, 89th minute of France-England June 13, 2004.
"Ooooohhhh Nooooooo" Bobby Robson 91st minute.
Aidinho, you'll have to accept that no matter how much you defend McGeady on this site(in that Glaswegian way of typing), most if not all posters on this site make up their own mind about players. So far, in an Irish shirt, McGeady has flattered to decieve. For all his pace and trickery, his end product has been far too often disappointing.
However, most people who post here are genuine Irish supporters, and are fully behind McGeady every time he pulls on a green shirt. Is that not good enough? He needs to leave Scotland, history has shown that players improve by moving to a better league, which there is no doubt, the Premier League is.
Your other complaints of late seem to be that Paul Green and Liam Lawrence aren't good enough for Celtic. Thats fair enough, nobody here can prove any different. Lennon, Sutton, Hartson and Thompson weren't the greatest players in the world when they went to Parkhead but they played their hearts out for ye, and judging by Lawrence and Green(albeit briefly), so far in a green shirt, they certainly leave their full performance on the field. If your a true fan of Celtic, then you'll be fully behind them if they do sign.
Similiarly, you say you won't support Ireland anymore because of our style. In an ideal world, we'd be playing the free flowing football of Spain at the moment, but we aren't. Get over it. If Ireland started playing like Rangers, then I'd still support them. Its not a choice and if you really want to support Ireland, it shouldn't be something you just turn off either.
Your last gripe was that Duff is passed it! This is incorrect, Duff is passed his best but is still far superior to most players on the Irish or Celtic team. If you can't recognise that, then there is no hope for you I'm afraid. And if this is someone huge elaborate Wind up, then you should probably find something better to do with your time.
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