marty mcfly
Player Valuation: £40m
I know. I was referring to Atsu.
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loooweee
Player Valuation: £10m
Oops sorry mate, suffering from a lack of everton , my vision gets blurry
Babel cost 13 mill, geads cost 1 mill, what do people expect? he's a useful player, your not going to sign a world beater at 28 for 1 mill
Fresh Prince of Belle Val
Player Valuation: £35m
You mean Ryan Babel? Marcus wasn't a bad player before his illness.
Didnt have a great game last night, think the stick got to him a bit as his head didnt look in the right place. He did put in one magnificent cross onto Walters head though.
mrb85
Player Valuation: £35m
Not so much a case of the crowd getting to him as the opposition -- he had 3 or 4 on him every time he got the ball.
yeah thats true, there was a number of occasions where he had 3-4 Scottish players swarming around him, still I think the whole occasion definitely got to his head.
Dithering Dougie
Banned
He's just babelling on.
ianefc
Player Valuation: £70m
Yep I did, thought it didnt feel right when i was typing it
bluebud
Player Valuation: £35m
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aiden-mcgeady-can-become-one-8118801?
AIDEN McGeady has suffered from being a jack-of-all trades in the past but has the ability to join football’s elite group of entertainers, says Roberto Martinez.
The winger - who played 90 minutes as Republic of Ireland lost 1-0 to Scotland on Friday - can make himself an ever-present in the Everton team now he has adapted to life in the Premier League, according to the man who signed him from Spartak Moscow in January.
Martinez said: “He is such a talented footballer. We need to ask him exactly what we want from him in the team. He played very different at Celtic than he was asked to play at Moscow. Then you have the way he plays for the national team.
“Sometimes being so good at many things can be a little bit of a problem. At the moment he’s shown flashes of outstanding moments while he’s been at Everton; it could be the goal at Leicester or his assist at Fulham last season. Maybe it’s when he has gone one on one with a defender.
“I’m very excited to see Aiden grow with us because he’s a phenomenal footballer, and when I say phenomenal I mean that his trickery, ball control and technical ability is something only an elite group in football have.
“The reality is now we’re seeing the way he can use those gifts to effect games. Now I know he can do it on a more consistent basis.
Martinez reckons the 28-year-old has a firm grasp of what is expected from him at Goodison now, and is fitter than ever.
“I think now we know exactly what his role is and he knows what the team expect from him,” he said. “His starting positions have been very good and in the last two games for us we’ve seen someone who is clear of what his job is on the pitch.
“Can he become indispensible? 100% yes. We’ve got very specific roles in our side. As a winger, Kevin Mirallas can play that role. But Aiden is unique for us as a right-footed winger. Christian Atsu is left-footed.
“There is always a period of adaptation for a player coming into this league. Aiden has had that. Physically he’s pristine and we’ve seen great moments from him. Now I know he can do it every week.”
McGeady had a quiet first half for his country at Celtic Park on Friday, and was booed throughout his return to the ground where he made his name.
The native Scot was booked but then improved after the break, putting in some dangerous crosses and forcing a good save from David Marshall.
His international boss Martin O’Neill said: “I think Aiden, like a number of players, for the sort of form he has shown recently, would have been a bit frustrated.”
When asked if the atmosphere and occasion had got to the Everton player, O’Neill added: “I haven’t spoken to him about that but for the form he has shown for us and the games he has won for us recently, he had a frustrating time.”
AIDEN McGeady has suffered from being a jack-of-all trades in the past but has the ability to join football’s elite group of entertainers, says Roberto Martinez.
The winger - who played 90 minutes as Republic of Ireland lost 1-0 to Scotland on Friday - can make himself an ever-present in the Everton team now he has adapted to life in the Premier League, according to the man who signed him from Spartak Moscow in January.
Martinez said: “He is such a talented footballer. We need to ask him exactly what we want from him in the team. He played very different at Celtic than he was asked to play at Moscow. Then you have the way he plays for the national team.
“Sometimes being so good at many things can be a little bit of a problem. At the moment he’s shown flashes of outstanding moments while he’s been at Everton; it could be the goal at Leicester or his assist at Fulham last season. Maybe it’s when he has gone one on one with a defender.
“I’m very excited to see Aiden grow with us because he’s a phenomenal footballer, and when I say phenomenal I mean that his trickery, ball control and technical ability is something only an elite group in football have.
“The reality is now we’re seeing the way he can use those gifts to effect games. Now I know he can do it on a more consistent basis.
Martinez reckons the 28-year-old has a firm grasp of what is expected from him at Goodison now, and is fitter than ever.
“I think now we know exactly what his role is and he knows what the team expect from him,” he said. “His starting positions have been very good and in the last two games for us we’ve seen someone who is clear of what his job is on the pitch.
“Can he become indispensible? 100% yes. We’ve got very specific roles in our side. As a winger, Kevin Mirallas can play that role. But Aiden is unique for us as a right-footed winger. Christian Atsu is left-footed.
“There is always a period of adaptation for a player coming into this league. Aiden has had that. Physically he’s pristine and we’ve seen great moments from him. Now I know he can do it every week.”
McGeady had a quiet first half for his country at Celtic Park on Friday, and was booed throughout his return to the ground where he made his name.
The native Scot was booked but then improved after the break, putting in some dangerous crosses and forcing a good save from David Marshall.
His international boss Martin O’Neill said: “I think Aiden, like a number of players, for the sort of form he has shown recently, would have been a bit frustrated.”
When asked if the atmosphere and occasion had got to the Everton player, O’Neill added: “I haven’t spoken to him about that but for the form he has shown for us and the games he has won for us recently, he had a frustrating time.”
meagher94
Player Valuation: £35m
Not sure if it was the stick getting to him though mate as this just describes 80% of McGeady's games.
davek
Player Valuation: £150m
You cant argue with the manager.
Ashtonian
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McGeady will never be a top winger for us. He is one of those lads that if he had moved down instead of jetting off to russia when he did, he may have kicked on a bit. He just reminds me of a player who had potential and squandered it. the almost a great player, player.
If he can do a job for us then great, but nothing i have seen him do bar his goal on opening day has impressed me. Hell even everytime he is running in on the wing when we attack he tends to just fade out and lose the ball or waste it.
If he can do a job for us then great, but nothing i have seen him do bar his goal on opening day has impressed me. Hell even everytime he is running in on the wing when we attack he tends to just fade out and lose the ball or waste it.
The mcgeady that burst onto the scene at celtic was one of my fantasy players. One we were linked with in the rags and i was desperate to sign but would never happen
Sadly i don't think hes that player anymore. Not as fast, not as lithe, not as confident and just hadnt developed as a player
Sadly i don't think hes that player anymore. Not as fast, not as lithe, not as confident and just hadnt developed as a player
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