Aiden McGeady

[BigmanCas]

After Robbie Keane, Hunt is our second highest goalscorer of our premiership players this season.

He is still useless.

[dr_peepee]

Kevin Keegan today saying that in the summer he will look to Scotland for players as there are 5 or 6 players there that have excellent talent.... hope to god McGeady avoids Newcastle like the plague. Nothing club going nowhere and is a graveyard for players.

There's talk of Espanyol being intereseted in him.... Read online that one of the Barcalona players reckoned he was made for Spanish football. Can't for the life of me remember which player...

[eirebhoy]

Silvinho:
"McGeady has the kind of qualities required to play in La Liga. He is good and very quick.

"It would be good for him to come to Spain. He would learn more and become stronger by playing at this level."

http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/sport-ne...8057-20345534/


Also:

However, contrary to the Scottish press reports, La Liga Review understands that the player is considered to be well out of reach when it comes to Espanyol's modest budget. The Catalan club do not have "plenty of cash" and the starting valuation of 15 million Euros is way beyond their means. Furthermore, with the player having caught the eye in the Champions League this season and the fact that McGeady is contracted at Parkhead until summer 2011, LLR's sources at Espanyol claim that the club is aware that the chances of Espanyol actually signing McGeady, ahead of a host of other admirers, would be very slim indeed.

http://spanishfootball.typepad.com/l...eady-espa.html

[shakermaker1982]

[QUOTE=BigmanCas;892032]

By the same token that Billsthoughts, youngirish, etc can't write off McGeady, you can't write off Hunt. He's proven as a decent player to come off the bench when the opposition is tiring, but I wouldn't have him as a starter. He was in good form at the start of the season, but has faded in recent months, althought the same criticism could be leveled at the entire Reading squad.[/quote

I believe that the guy has no ability whatsoever. I am sorry for this.

Thaty's why he's playing in the PL and has been capped by his country.

[Junior]

Another couple of good assists today (one cross with his right and one with his left). He did ok.

He has looked somewhat tired in the last 3-4 performances in my opinion. Whether that is genuine fatigue or just that he is under ever closer scrutiny from opposition defenders/midfielders Im not sure. It would be fair to say that Alan Maybury dealt with him very comfortably in the last game against Aberdeen.

Still I think thats over 20 assists for celtic this season which hopefully he can bring in to the Ireland fold.

[Maroon 7]

Another couple of good assists today (one cross with his right and one with his left). He did ok.

He has looked somewhat tired in the last 3-4 performances in my opinion. Whether that is genuine fatigue or just that he is under ever closer scrutiny from opposition defenders/midfielders Im not sure. It would be fair to say that Alan Maybury dealt with him very comfortably in the last game against Aberdeen.

Still I think thats over 20 assists for celtic this season which hopefully he can bring in to the Ireland fold.

In fairness McGeady has carried Celtic this season especially with Nakamura out injured a lot. His performances have dipped slightly in recent weeks which is hardly surprising seeing as Celtic's tactics often seem to revert to "give McGeady the ball and hope he does something".

Also teams have taken to doubling up on McGeady knowing that he is Celtic's only creative force when Nakamura is not there.

[Razors left peg]

Hes a class act and we are lucky to have him.The Scots would snap him up in a second if they could. Was man of the match again today(admitidly against nobodies) and will eventually be first name on the team sheet for us... I honestly dont understand the level of critisizm he gets from Irish fans, he is still a kid and is improving all the time

[osarusan]

If you criticise him you honestly do deserve a kick to the face.

People who make comments like this deserve a kick in the face. Honestly.

[carloz]

He's a 21 year old with immense skill, probably in line for SPL player of the year, a valuation of 15 million and with a continental reputation.

If you criticise him you honestly do deserve a kick to the face.

Any criticism i give him is based on his performances in an Irish jersey. Im not too bothered about how he does with Celtic, i just want him to do the business for us. However his performances in Slovakia and the Czech Republic were among the worst i have seen from an Irish player in a number of years. Could be a big player for us in this campaign though

[Paddy Garcia]

Any criticism i give him is based on his performances in an Irish jersey. Im not too bothered about how he does with Celtic, i just want him to do the business for us. However his performances in Slovakia and the Czech Republic were among the worst i have seen from an Irish player in a number of years. Could be a big player for us in this campaign though

I've seen a lot worse in this & recent campaigns.

[Paddy Garcia]

People who make comments like this deserve a kick in the face. Honestly.

Hunt may at some stage.

[Superhoops]

Any criticism i give him is based on his performances in an Irish jersey. Im not too bothered about how he does with Celtic......

Agree, he hasn't done anything yet when wearing an Irish shirt to show he is a world class £15m player. Looking special in the SPL, which like it or not is not top flight football, doesn't mean much.

[Razors left peg]

Agree, he hasn't done anything yet when wearing an Irish shirt to show he is a world class £15m player. Looking special in the SPL, which like it or not is not top flight football, doesn't mean much.

What about looking at his performances in the Champions league in the last few seasons

[Junior]

.....which is hardly surprising seeing as Celtic's tactics often seem to revert to "give McGeady the ball and hope he does something".

I tend to agree, my post wasnt a criticism, more an observation.

Was man of the match again today(admitidly against nobodies)....

In all honesty he was reasonably quiet against Gretna, effective yes, with two great assists and one decent shot from distance. VofH got MOTM and Id agree with that, he played the target man excellently, created 1 and scored 1. Unfortunately it seems too many of the "Pro McGeady Brigade" (and Im one of them) have him as MOTM before hes even kicked a ball.

Any criticism i give him is based on his performances in an Irish jersey. Im not too bothered about how he does with Celtic, i just want him to do the business for us.

I understand the sentiment, but you cant simply critique or evaluate any of the Irish players based their performances for Ireland alone. A player will play 95% of his professional career performances for his club, you cant simply ignore this. Secondly how does any new player get an opportunity? I understand the criticism McGeady has got for his early performances for Ireland (well basically the two in Eastern Europe - when everyone underperformed!!) If he is still throwing in performances like that after another 5-10 full appearances, then fair enough someone else will deserve a shot but you should remember it took Duff alot more appearances than that to become the Ireland player he was at WC02.

[Razors left peg]

I tend to agree, my post wasnt a criticism, more an observation.




In all honesty he was reasonably quiet against Gretna, effective yes, with two great assists and one decent shot from distance. VofH got MOTM and Id agree with that, he played the target man excellently, created 1 and scored 1. Unfortunately it seems too many of the "Pro McGeady Brigade" (and Im one of them) have him as MOTM before hes even kicked a ball.



I understand the sentiment, but you cant simply critique or evaluate any of the Irish players based their performances for Ireland alone. A player will play 95% of his professional career performances for his club, you cant simply ignore this. Secondly how does any new player get an opportunity? I understand the criticism McGeady has got for his early performances for Ireland (well basically the two in Eastern Europe - when everyone underperformed!!) If he is still throwing in performances like that after another 5-10 full appearances, then fair enough someone else will deserve a shot but you should remember it took Duff alot more appearances than that to become the Ireland player he was at WC02.

Very good post

[Superhoops]

What about looking at his performances in the Champions league in the last few seasons

I have no interest in Celtic and have never seen them play in SPL or CL. If, as you seem to be suggesting he has given outstanding performances in the CL, the fact that he hasn't done it for Ireland is even more disappointing. I have only ever seen him play for Ireland and from what I have seen so far I consider him overrated.

[Razors left peg]

I have no interest in Celtic and have never seen them play in SPL or CL. If, as you seem to be suggesting he has given outstanding performances in the CL, the fact that he hasn't done it for Ireland is even more disappointing. I have only ever seen him play for Ireland and from what I have seen so far I consider him overrated.

you have never seen them play champions league football, not even highlights??? If thats the case you are in no position to critisize the player. And anyway he last couple of performances for Ireland against Wales and Brazil were good

[FarBeag]

I think that McGeady gets more criticism than any other Irish player and most of it is totally unjustified imo. I can think of others who never get any form of player bashing no matter how they play, Kevin Doyle being one. Ok he has player a few bad games for us but he is a kid and is getting better and to be fair he is one of our best players or has the potential to be.

Its time to move on and forget what has happened in our last campaign. Let’s concentrate on how he plays from here on in. I think there will be a few doubters eating their words.

[Superhoops]

you have never seen them play champions league football, not even highlights??? If thats the case you are in no position to critisize the player. And anyway he last couple of performances for Ireland against Wales and Brazil were good

No, not even highlights, no interest and even if I had, highlights are no way of judging a player. I have never criticised him playing for Celtic as I have never seen him play for Celtic. I have only ever seen him play for Ireland at all levels from U-15's through to seniors. I know he is still only 21 but he has 17 senior caps and ought to be producing for us by now. He certainly has not brought his underage performances through to the senior team.

Against Wales IMO he was no more that a 5, 6 at best. One good ball through to Keane, but he got caught in possession too many times and showed he cannot track back when opponents full/wing backs go forward.

Against Brazil, again IMO similar game to against Wales. Had one chance to put Duff through but delayed his pass too long and Duff ended up offside. In saying that no shame in not performing against Brazil but Wales was a game where he could have sparkled but didn't.

I've said it before but I could not care less how he plays for Celtic, but when he plays for Ireland I want to see him be an 8, 9 or 10 every game. He is not there yet, not but a long way.

His performances in this WCQ campaign will show if he is the real deal or not. While Duff is still in the picture, I'm not sure if Trapattoni will find room for both of them is his team.

[geysir]

You'd be hard to please if you would only rate his performance around 5 or 6 against Brazil. Most rated his performance much higher.

Let's agree that we will never ever see a midfield of Duff, McGeady, Ireland and Kilbane again.