Aiden McGeady

[Azzurri]

No. But the experts have stated he's no good at all, and that was never the case...except in the minds of the "experts".

What are you being snobbish about Preston for? A solid Championship team. Does a player who finds that level have no talent for you? Is that the basis for you and your chums to laugh at a player?

As said, another smacked arse for the "experts".

Dave la, if I thought you were at all serious I'd be worried.

 

[hktoffee]

No not really, but we were a possesion based side, I'm talking about a team that look to sit deep and hit teams on the break who look to players like McGeady as an out ball and someone who can beat men and get them forward. We didn't really use him, or any of our wingers to that effect.

Then why didn't any PL side go in for him?

A player just don't play in one way. If he can't adopt and can only play in one tactic then you need to ask the question why.

 

[hktoffee]

Dave la, if I thought you were at all serious I'd be worried.

He tried to justify anything Martinez had done wrong.

Or is he trying to say McGeady is better than Bolasie lol?

 

[blueblue]

No. But the experts have stated he's no good at all, and that was never the case...except in the minds of the "experts".

I think that is fair. I think McGeady is a decent player, but maybe not quite Premiership standard. I think it is too fast and physical for the kind of game he plays.

 

[DanEFC92]

Bring a blue home.

 

[Kever10]

He tried to justify anything Martinez had done wrong.

Or is he trying to say McGeady is better than Bolasie lol?

You say he's just trying to justify anything Martinez did, when others try to crucify everything he did. So what's the difference?

The point with McGeady is, we signed a player with a reputation of having a good level of ability, for a nominal fee, in hopes that we could get the best out of him and/or potentially sell at a profit, which as I've said before, was our business model for a number of years. See Cleverley, Naismith, Beckford, Gibson, etc, all of whom get slated as though they were so called Marquee signings gone wrong, when they were nothing of the sort.

He was a gamble who ultimately didn't pay off, but was still a gamble worth taking. He clearly has ability, but maybe not the mentality. Or maybe, we were just the wrong team for him, which happens all the time in football, and which we have benefited from in the past as well (Schneiderlin, being the most recent example).

If we had had the budget Koeman now has for all the time we had Moyes/Martinez, we would be shopping in a different market, and maybe we would never have signed all those players. But we might have also signed players who didn't work out for massive sums of money, like Liverpool have done on numerous occasions and which we like to poke fun at.

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

What are you being snobbish about Preston for? A solid Championship team. Does a player who finds that level have no talent for you? Is that the basis for you and your chums to laugh at a player?

As said, another smacked arse for the "experts".

Hey , we all make mistakes. Apart from you of course,you just change your opinion. Frequently.

 

[ijjysmith]

Boss that 'people' now rate McGeady after he scored twice yesterday.

Forgetting that was only the second match he'd actually scored in this season.

 

[davek]

lollollol

You know your name - Mr Expert

 

[hktoffee]

Boss that 'people' now rate McGeady after he scored twice yesterday.

Forgetting that was only the second match he'd actually scored in this season.

Same when Niasse scored for Hull.

 

[davek]

Dave la, if I thought you were at all serious I'd be worried.

I am serious. The way that some posters are in here taking the piss out of international footballers with experience of European league is laughable. The "experts" having a good laugh probably can't kick a ball straight and need an oxygen mask to walk out to their car.

Unreal.

 

[ijjysmith]

I am serious. The way that some posters are in here taking the piss out of international footballers with experience of European league is laughable. The "experts" having a good laugh probably can't kick a ball straight and need an oxygen mask to walk out to their car.

Unreal.

Are you an expert mate?

 

[roydo]

I am serious. The way that some posters are in here taking the piss out of international footballers with experience of European league is laughable. The "experts" having a good laugh probably can't kick a ball straight and need an oxygen mask to walk out to their car.

Unreal.

Hang on. So we cant critique a player cos he is an International?

Ok.

*heads to jags thread*

 

[hktoffee]

I am serious. The way that some posters are in here taking the piss out of international footballers with experience of European league is laughable. The "experts" having a good laugh probably can't kick a ball straight and need an oxygen mask to walk out to their car.

Unreal.

Cleverley is an international. Niasse is an international oh and Bolasie is an international so why did you criticise him? You are taking the piss out of Bolasie for about 100 times. Expert.

 

[Goat]

I am serious. The way that some posters are in here taking the piss out of international footballers with experience of European league is laughable. The "experts" having a good laugh probably can't kick a ball straight and need an oxygen mask to walk out to their car.

Unreal.

I cant cook a cake, but I know what a nice 1 tastes like.

Maybe Aids fancies changing nationality again and going to play for Bobby?