McGeady - STAY OR GO

My point is, we can get a better replacement.

We have had midfielders rfecently in the mould of naka, lubo, thompson, petrov etc... who were bought at the fraction of the price people are quoting for mcgeady, and all far better players than the boy, and far more successful at celtic.

What Im saying is there is players out there.

And he is the best player in YOUR opinion, and by the looks of the poll above, more than half want him shipped...

 

The poll is acutually misleading if there was a third option "stay unless we get decent money" then I'd be willing to bet that most of the votes would be for this option. Despite this the poll is still very close.

The players think he was the best player this season and plenty of people who have voted stay and even some of those that have voted go believe he is currently one of our best players, I don't think many people could deny that.

Getting a good bargain in the transfer market is a risky business (as is all transfers) and for every good midfielder we've had in recent years we could also name bad players as well so there is no gurantee we could get better that what we have which is why plenty people have voted stay - no point weakening the team unless we are sure we have better quality to replace him.

 

Too much play goes through him making us very predictable at times and in turn, neglecting other areas of the park which we should be using.

If his end product was better, I wouldn't mind that at every given opportunity he was passed the ball. But when the clocks ticking against a team such as hamilton, do you really want a guy that has very little end product to be given the ball so much?

 

Is that not more of a criticism of the standard of the rest of the team than McGeady himself though seen as the other players always seem to turn to him to create something?

He does need to improve his end product however, when he does put good balls into the box the strikers have to do their bit too and actually finish it, plenty times I've seen really good crosses but poor finishing.

His shooting is pretty terrible so his decision making on when to shoot and when to cross also needs to improve, yet despite these obvious problems he still remains one of the better players in the team so why would people want to see him go without knowing who will replace him, that's why I voted stay, unless we get offered good money and/or a better replacement is brought in to the club I wouldn't sell as it would just weaken an already weak team.

 

Exactly Danni - we always see the best of McGeady when we aren't dependant.

While that may be a bad thing when you think of McGeady as a key player, but having him and say Naka or Maloney on the other wing is SUCH an improvement.

So basically McGeady can't do it all by himself or his limitations are vastly exposed, but in a functioning team his value really shines.

 

I think for the greater good, its time for him to move on

 

ave said it before ill say it again, he plays well when the rest of the team is playing well

 

That pretty much covers everything I would have said in reply to your post VIPER.

 

But that would suit your debate though Danni.... !!!

How many people would have said the same "If we get a good offer sell" for the past supposed best players in the team...

Larsson, Sutton, Petrov, Boruc in the past 5 years.... No one would have dared say if we get offered the right money, take it, for any of these players and more.

It just shows how McGeady was rated and what bracket he is in.

I dont think the poll is misleading, wether or not the money is offered, it wouldnt effect the support, people either want him out or not, and the above poll shows this.

 

Sorry but I don't agree with this part. I would happily phone the taxi for Aiden McGeady if we got offered £8million for him. I am not so keen to see him leave that I would just boot him out the door for £3-4million. The money we could get for Aiden IS relevant. Well it is for me anyway.

 

Never once did I say the money we get for Aiden is irrelevant, or would I simply just boot him out the door.... Never said that dude!

I am more realistic in the thought that I think £4/5M for aiden would be the price.

 

No I know YOU didn't say that. But you were insinuating that people either want him out or they don't. What I'm saying is, I don't believe that to be the case. I believe a great many people would only sell him if we got an acceptable offer. Therefore the money becomes central to the whole issue and it isn't just a simple case of wanting him 'in' or 'out'.

 

Easily when on top of his game is unplayable, simply have to keep our best players to win title back next season!

 

Viper I nor anyone else could possibly say he is in the bracket of larsson sutton etc.. but we don't have any of the players like that and aiden is the next best thing.


I don't think that in todys market aiden is worth 5 million I think that is a vast under estimation on your part.

So if you would accept 5 million what would you do with the money how could we strenghen the team enough so that his not being there could help us next season?

 

If we get between 5m-7m I'd be more than happy to sell him aslong as we spend the money wisely

 

he should go if thats what he wants,if he wants to play for celtic he should stay,,but on his game it would be a shame not to see him playing for 1 of the top 5 down there maybe also giving us in there market over 10 m or to spurs for keane plus cash,,deal done ,,paddy may get a run,But ONLY if he wants to go,,other than that hail mcgeady..getting on my * guys like braffiet saying they dont want to be here nxt season * of lad go now,instead of wasting our time and needed cash.hailhail

 

I voted GO but i wouldnt mind if he stayed, i just feel that he is gettin found out too often this season, i remember 4-5 seasons ago he would be doing all his tricks and turns, skinnin big prso. now i think the opposition knows what he's goin to do before he does, saying that he is probably our best assest and player, when he's good, there's few who can touch him.

 

But tell me how, you can say Aiden is anywhere near £8M...

A player who is unproven in the EPL, as he has neer played there, and even you would have to admit, he has rarely delivered in European competition or in the Old Firm games (or would you say he has consistantly played well in both?)

The transfer market is now slowing down, teams will pay less for players, and even less for players like McGeady.

If he was an £8M rated player, why has no teams come in for him over the past 7 years bar maybe 1 or 2... players of that standard are constantly linked with moves away.

Provan players in the EPL have went for cheaper, who are far superior to McGeady, more physical, more pace, and more ability. Guys like James Milner and niko Kranchjaer, £5M and £2.5M respectivley, are 2 that spring to mind.

So why, why would anyone be crazy enough to spend the sort of money you qoute in the summer.

It aint going to happen mate. I would absolutly bit the hand off any team who offers anywhere near £5M for Mcgeady, as he constantly fails to deliver.

MarkyBhoy99 - What Im saying is, if he is so important to our side, why would celtic supporters say they would take the cash for him, as in the past, with great players at our club, this has never been the case, celtic fans would never have admitadly said take the money...

No matter what you say, the poll doesnt lie, wether the "Go's" are filled with people wanting him to go if the money is right, they would still want him to go if an offer came in. Again, with favoured, or great players, fans would never say this.

 

how can people be saying that mcgeady is not worth 8 m or more ,right now the transfer markets prices are inflated and in the last couple of years rangers got about 8m for both hutton and cuellar and hearts got 9 for gordon,so surely for mcgeady who is an attacking player(generally worth more)we should get at least 8m and probs more

 

The thing about McGeady is ,its the EPL who are putting price tags on him ,Birmingham last season were said to have been ready to offer 11million for him ,and at that time if i remember right a lot on here were saying ,try and get more ,Now if a team like that offered something along those lines again at the end of this season ,yeah if Aiden was keen to go take the money ,you might not get asked again.