Aiden McGeady,Merged.

* you on about lennon doesnt rate him, aiden wants to go, and the fact hes goin for 10m that can be used to buy 2/3 other players is a big incentive.
MON and WGS seemed to rate him pretty highly but i suppose theyre wrong aswell.

 

What are you saying he hasnt be applauded by top managers? Haha how the * does lennon not rate him btw? . They arent desperate, but they cant turn down big offers, which are good business for the club, and make sense as the money can go towards strengthening other areas of the park.

 

we will be a better, less 1D team when he goes. We rely too often on giving the ball to him to drag us up the pitch followed by about 9 bad decisions to every good one when it comes to final ball. We were a far better team with Naka and Maloney wide. Aidan is just not a team player. Mark my words, we will play far better as a team when he is gone. When all the Amigos left we lost star quality and individual talent but Wim made us into a better more systematic and winning unit.

 

yes lennon doesnt rate him. and martin oneill hasnt signed some donkeys??? and strachan dropped him from a game at ibrox a couple of times didnt he. fed up hearing all the excuses for him, boo hoo he had 2 players on him today thats why he was *.. u cant play a passing game with him in ur team as he cant do it. as soon as the ball goes to him its end of move. i for one cant wait to get rid of him. and for £10m lets laugh all the way to the bank !!

 

where are all the big managers now then we he is available?? £10m is pocket change to the big clubs. yes lennon doesnt rate him. a £10m player that cant get into that poor ireland team?? liam lawrence is playing infront of him and he cant get a game for stoke.

 

What has managers complementing him got to do with buying him? And how many big clubs are really spending money at the moment, there isn't many. And how do you know that Neil Lennon doesn't rate him? Mate, Liam Lawrence who is 28 only has 5 caps, whereas McGeady who is 24 has 32 caps . He has played in a 'few' games ahead of McGeady because he suits their style more, simple as. You cant be telling me you rate Lawrence higher than McGeady?! It doesn't mean anything that he doesn't play for his club. *, Robert Koren is his countries captain and doesn't even have a club.

 

what has robert koren got to do with anything?? managers are hardly gonna slag him off when some1 asks about him are they?? for all his skill and pace his contrabution is terrible. we wont miss him. tell me about all his great games he had. all his great performances at ibrox. in all our big games when we really need him where does he hide??

 

McGeady is a talented player. Lennon rates him highly but if the boy wants to go he cannot stop him. Hes one of the only players in the squad that I would get excited about seeing on the team sheet as he has that bit of magic all celtic teams should have.

Yes his final ball isnt always great and his shooting isnt amazing but he is a fantastic player and any CELTIC FAN who says he is * or anything like that does not have a clue about football IMO.

For me * is somebody like SEBO or BROADFOOT.

I will miss aiden if he leaves but we are more than capable of coping without him and will start to play as a team rather than playing the ball to mcgeady every time we go forward expecting him to do everything on his own.

Gd luck to the lad!

 

Its to do with the fact that 'you' gave me an example of a guy who doesn't play for his club yet gets a game for his country ahead of Aidan, and that is why I used Koren to point out that it didn't mean anything, read the posts . Well they certainly don't need to talk him up or praise him of their own accord which many have done, do they? I honestly do not know how you think we wont miss him, he was the only player in the side who could relieve pressure and carry the ball up the park, the only player! Although With what Lennon's doing I don't think we will miss him as much as we would have beforehand. You say about him hiding, he may not be having a great game, but he doesn't hide, he is constantly looking for the ball and making runs for the team.

 

koren doesnt play for ireland so doesnt have anything to do with this?? ur point doesnt make any sence there. who are all these great managers, show me the quotes?? i remember redknapp came up to watch him last year and left without even thinking of a bid. mcgeady has only got a decent run in the team since strachan came and in that time and under mowbray we have been a * team to watch. surely if mcgeady was that good then we woudnt have been so bad to watch for the last 5 yrs?? as iv said before he is the most overated player iv ever seen and will be found out pretty soon. just my opinion ..........

 

What people forget is we have had a * defence for years, the left back spot especially problematic. Aiden has had to start runs almost in his own box, then when he gets into the oppositions half he is doubled up on.

Mcgeady would be a superior player if he had a settled defence behind him
there is no one in our team that is a better winger than mcgeady, but I'm sure Lennon will make us a better side if he is given the 10m to spend.

 

i'll be dissapointed to see him go, tbh i think he's been one of our best players over the last 2/3 years hence the big price tag he's attracting. he never has been the most defensive of players so he benefits from a strong defence which we havent had since Bobo was frozen out

9.5 million is a lot of money for us so i dont blame lennon or the club for taking it, though i am suprised to see mcgeady even consider going to russia; will be a * of a culture shock, look at gary o'connor!

if he leaves though he's not irreplaceable and i trust lennon to use the money from any sale wisely to strenghen!

 

O'connor is a way different type of person.
McGeady, I think will settle in Moscow with no problems.
Spartak Moscow is a different team with the biggest number of fans and good team atmosphere not like Lokomotiv where O'connor went. And frankly speaking O'connor was thinking much about how to spend money rather than playing for the club.

 

How do u know he's a different type of person?! He won't move to russia

 

From my view from the sideline when Michael Laudrup was coach at Spartak was that the club was a madhouse.

Not as crazy as clubs like Zenit, but still a tough place to go.

I personally think that McGeady gonna regret the move if he goes. One or two year and he gonna be homesick a seak a move back to UK.

 

ok I mentioned in one post would I would like to see if Mcgeady goes for a minimum for £9.5mill this is what I would Celtic to do with it and spend a little more on top to get what we need out of this list.

Gks
Rene Adler
Jussi Jaaskelainen

Def
Christopher Samba
Ivan Ramis
Neven Subotic
Jose Enrique
Keanu Marsh-Brown (17 year old wing back, Nephew of mine Hodgson rated him highly and managed to make the bench with their games against Juve, very quick tall and slim but full of power)

Mid
Sebastian Larsson
James McFadden
Charles N'Zogbia
Chung-Yong Lee
Giovani dos Santos (if ipswich can get him so can we!!!)
Michael Bradley

Fwd
Stefan Maierhofer
Kenwyne Jones
Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
Stefan Kiessling
Nicky Maynard

Now obviously there are some rather ambitious and audacious options there but celtic need to be like that if they want to coast the league and mount a fair effort in either Europe campaign, but if you told me Celtic would get Jussi Jaaskelainen, Christopher Samba, Jose Enrique, Sebastian Larsson and Maynard after the sale of Mcgeady while spending around £12-£13mill in the process I'd be more then happy even though I would much prefer others on that list

 

if McGeady goes to Russia we'll buy him back for 3-4m when he gets homesick in 2 years.

 

If McGeady goes to Russia he will not be back. If he gets homesick he will end up in the EPL with a club like Bolton paying the 3-4mil they can offer him the same wages as he will get in Russia where as we would not.

 

First of all in terms of interviews, I do remember what O'Connor was saying here in Russia and what he was saying in England. I have seen his games in Hibernian and I have seen his games in Lokomotiv, and I have heard a lot of things from Lokomotiv fans about him. His interviews about Russia are bullshit, the only thing he was aiming at with his interviews is covering his * attitude to proffessional duties in Lokomotiv. I have seen Aiden's interviews, his several games (not many though) and I do think he is a different type.

Fernando Cavenaghi, Nemanja Vidic, Clemente Rodriguez (you can add Stipe Pleticosa soon to that list) non of these players told bad things about Russia and especially Spartak Moscow. Fernando Cavenaghi was experiencing problems with other players in Spartak Moscow, he wasn't playing good, but all he said is that it was rather his problems than the clubs since he was too young and he is still thankful to Spartak Moscow that what he said in France. But there is always place for "players" like O'Connor.

Regarding his move, I wouldn't be so sure. There are many things that he might like in Spartak and in Moscow. We will see.

PS: Regarding Laudrup, he is a good tactic and probably coach but he had one problem, that might be a big problem even in EPL, he is very polite and he can't push players when it is needed (especially in Russia). He lost his authority in team and that's the exit ticket.