Aiden McGeady

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It seems we are asking for 3 mill but Sunderland are talking of 2 mill.
Split the difference and crack open the beers!

Awful, awful player. Possibly the worst number 7 I've seen in thirty years of supporting this club. No pace, can't tackle, no end product, no goals, can't maintain possession, nothing special in the air - what Martinez ever saw in him is beyond me. His greatest achievement for us will be the profit we make on him when he leaves.
 
Split the difference and crack open the beers!

Awful, awful player. Possibly the worst number 7 I've seen in thirty years of supporting this club. No pace, can't tackle, no end product, no goals, can't maintain possession, nothing special in the air - what Martinez ever saw in him is beyond me. His greatest achievement for us will be the profit we make on him when he leaves.
Except he has pace, can tackle, and has scored goals for us. Did you expect him to be Cristiano Ronaldo on a free or something?
 
Except he has pace, can tackle, and has scored goals for us. Did you expect him to be Cristiano Ronaldo on a free or something?
In forty-three appearances for us he scored one goal. One.

He's a winger with a total of seven assists in his entire Everton career.

He has quick footwork, I'll concede that. But he is not pacy in the sense of running fast. He just isn't.

After all that, I don't even CARE if he can tackle. Even if he could (and I don't agree with you) it still wouldn't be enough.

My expectations of him have been proved pretty accurate, as it happens - I was pessimistic at the time he was signed.
 
Annoying because you always think he has more to give but then he seemingly just doesn't. You know full well he's belting in a worldie every time he plays us now.
 

In forty-three appearances for us he scored one goal. One.

He's a winger with a total of seven assists in his entire Everton career.

He has quick footwork, I'll concede that. But he is not pacy in the sense of running fast. He just isn't.

After all that, I don't even CARE if he can tackle. Even if he could (and I don't agree with you) it still wouldn't be enough.

My expectations of him have been proved pretty accurate, as it happens - I was pessimistic at the time he was signed.
Watch him play for Ireland, he tackles pretty well there, tracks back, runs fast, etc. We don't use him in any way similar to that though.

7 assists from a winger in 43 games isn't exactly great, that's true, but then again it's not like our other wingers and our attacking midfielders are blooming in those stats too? Plus in his 43 games he's played probably about 10-15 off the bench for about 30 seconds anyway, his minutes played are ridiculously low for the amount of games he's been in.

I agree with you, he hasn't been a massive success by any means and I wasn't exactly optimistic as well but had hope/expectations (which he never lived up to anyway), but let's not make him out to be satan here ffs
 
If he was fit he would be fine , but like so many of our team he is injured - when he floated that cross in for Lukarku his last assist you can see he had the class , alas injuries have took its toll on him - good luck to him in the future, if he moves on!
 
Watch him play for Ireland, he tackles pretty well there, tracks back, runs fast, etc. We don't use him in any way similar to that though.

7 assists from a winger in 43 games isn't exactly great, that's true, but then again it's not like our other wingers and our attacking midfielders are blooming in those stats too? Plus in his 43 games he's played probably about 10-15 off the bench for about 30 seconds anyway, his minutes played are ridiculously low for the amount of games he's been in.

I agree with you, he hasn't been a massive success by any means and I wasn't exactly optimistic as well but had hope/expectations (which he never lived up to anyway), but let's not make him out to be satan here ffs
Mirallas had much better stats than fatty McGeady this season.: eleven goals in thirty-six appearances, several of which were 60 minutes and then off, or twenty minutes at the end coming off the bench. Even Lennon did better, with two goals in fourteen appearances. Lennon, by the way, is pacy.

I sense however that we aren't going to agree. I wish McGeady the very best of luck in his career, but I pray to God that someone takes him away asap.
 
If he was fit he would be fine , but like so many of our team he is injured - when he floated that cross in for Lukarku his last assist you can see he had the class , alas injuries have took its toll on him - good luck to him in the future, if he moves on!
The injuries thing is a myth. He was offically listed as unavailable through injury for just two games this season. Hopefully a medical with Sunderland will give us more of a clue.
 
The injuries thing is a myth. He was offically listed as unavailable through injury for just two games this season. Hopefully a medical with Sunderland will give us more of a clue.
How is it when he plays for his country he plays well , but is often subbed then injured for the next game?
I he was 100% fit - he would have been used more for us - his crossing ability is tremendous - how many starts for us last season when we were short on the wings????
 

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