Aiden McGeady

Don't agree at all with any of the highlighted points you make! Firstly i would definately say that Maloney is better at tracking back and has a better awareness defensively!

Secondly there is no way Maloney is greedy I would actually say that McGeady will have a shot more often than Maloney which i go mad at because McGeady can't shoot to save himself!!

Maloney can play on both wings and he can play upfront or behind the strikers so i would say he is more versitile than McGeady in that respect! Don't know where you get the idea that he can't play on the right wing!

 

McGeady is by far our best outfield player. He causes most of the problems for the opposition and if we had got rid of him when he had that wee fall out with WGS then I wouldn't even like to think where we would be at now. If you took Aiden out of that team this year we would really be struggling.

 

McGeady was class on sat. The only problem i had was the lack of options he had when he was in possession thats why he was always taking on the whole St mirren team. But his crossing, his runs, movement was excellent and long may it continue

 

Mcgeady over maloney every day of the week!!!

Mcgeady is stronger, faster, better in the air, he now has better defencive awareness as well. He has been showing more consistency of late.

I think if given a run on the right and playing with hinkel, he will continue to grow in confidence which will benifit the team.

I think mcgeady is a player that teams will always show interest in, He is still young and his best years are ahead of him. I would not sell him unless we got a ridiculus offer as 1 right good season, and your looking at 10-15 million. (hutton and gordon are prime examples) epl teams have money to burn.

 

What evidence is there to suggest that he is better in the air? I think McGeady is abosolute gash in the air!<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o>
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Perhaps the fact that Maloney has been out injured for a while is the reason he has been more consistent of late…. <o></o>

 

I wouldn't doubt McGeady's quality in relation to the rest of the team - what I do doubt at times is his judgement. The 'McGreedy' jibes are often justified. However there are times when he'll pass in time to open up a defence, but I just think he doesn't do this enough. It might be true that he lacks support at times, but if you're going to coerce defences into making mistakes, you really have to show more faith in your team mates, rather than try to beat that man just one more time.

I think he's improved in this respect though.

 

Ye I agree, he has improved in this area but there was an example on Saturday in the 2<SUP>nd</SUP> half where he literally ran round in circles with the ball at the corner of the penalty area before losing it rather than just passing it to a team mate!

 

mcgeady is crap in the air, but he is better than maloney, he is slightly taller, stronger faster, has a better jumpas well.

Maloney has not kicked a ball since he came back, even before he got injured!!
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Yep, and THAT is his big weakness IMO. He can give defences far too much time to regroup at times. I still think he's doing this less recently though.

 

When was the last time McGeady scored a goal with a header mate? He might be taller but wee shaun is better in the air and scores with his head more often. You not remember the Motherwell game at home when McGeady had several headed opportunities and couldn’t get one on target? That game just sprung to mind.

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I actually remember that Motherwell game at the start of the season when we couldn't score and he had alot of headed attempts but we all know he isn't good in the air!

People can come out and say that he hasn’t kicked a ball since he came back but the bottom line is that the team haven’t! I don’t think Maloney or even McGeady have been at their best and recaptured their POTY form but it’s a team game and the team just aren’t performing imo. <o></o>

 

got to disagree up to this far in the season.

although mcgeady has had his standout performances, theyve definatly been equally weighed with terrible performances. its a shame for him really, because in the big important european games, he is really the only player who we are depending on, so everyones watching him all the time, and majority of times ( this season ) in european games, he just hasnt lived up to his reputation, or role as a key player. perfect example would be hamburg away game a few weeks ago. he was a ghost

 

Would agree with what you have just said! I think when McGeady has a good game it is well highlighted but when he has a poor game it seems to go unnoticed or almost ignored because of who it is! <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o>

 

where are all the slaters callin him a one trick pony now?

 

He's not a horse.



He's not Maradona or Messi either - I think most criticism of him is fair and hardly reaches hysteria.

 

hes our best player by a country mile! he cant be amazing every game, im just pointing out the fickleness of a lot of our fans.

 

i think that Aiden wants to carry celtic on his shoulders most games, resulting in other players sitting back and letting him do all the donkey work.
do you think he trust's some of the target men? am not too sure, only if we had some
quality up front to take some pressure off the wee man,then he might relax a bit more in the final third then hopefully start picking out better passes.
this is a major weak spot, he's my player of the 1st half of the season so far

 

I dread to think what we would be like without McGeady right now

he is the only creative player we have right now

 

Dont agree with that.

Yes maybe the only fit creative player we have but in my opinion wee shaun is the only player we have with a good football brain since naka left.

 

I would agree with the first part that I dread to think what we would be like without McGeady right now but I don't agree that he's the only creative player we have right now. There are others who can be creative, McGinn, Maloney, McCourt, Mizuno, Zhi and soon to be Ki Sung Yong. But McGeady's the only one who's doing it for us just now. I think McGinn should be given a chance on the left with McGeady on the right. He's got good skill and isn't afraid to take players on and have a shot at goal. I think if he had a few good games Maloney would struggle to get his place back in the starting line up but Mowbray needs to give him that chance.