Aiden McGeady

Not Much...

 

How many goals have the rest of our midfileders scored between them?

 

The whole of the mid have scored 10 goals and Aiden has scored 7

 

Well not the whole midfield... Maloney has scored 4 so straight away thats 11 between McGeady and Maloney!

 

I cannot believe people are still arguing about this boy!

Does he consistently deliver against our fieriest rivals - No
Does he consistently deliver on the big stage in Europe - No
Does he consistently deliver at places like Tyncastle when the pressures on - No
Does he score enough goals - No
Is his final ball good enough - No
Does he release the ball at the right time - No
Is his attitude right on and off the park - No

The list goes on guys, hes had a handful at most, of good games combined against Rangers and in Europe.... Can anyone say a convincing yes to any of the above....!

If Celtic can get the likes of Pederson at the end of the season, and get £4M for McGeady, I would be utterly, utterly delighted. Massively over hyped by a section of the Celtic support.

He has had little if no improvement in his game over the past 7 years. And it will stay that way as you cannot put in what * has left out. Time for Aiden to move on to pastures new I think, as he has went stale with celtic.

 

I think one of the most dissapointing things about this thread is the timing of it. Never even took anytime to enjoy a victory over our greatest rivals before dishing out another dose of negativity.

This season, take Aiden out the first team and replace him with any of our current (fit) squad and we may well have ended up 3rd in the league.

Like many have said here before me, we'll miss him when he's gone.

 

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Having an opinion is one thing, but you start to make your post look like some kind of statistical facts which can only be announced as what you think and nothing else.
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Steven Davis got player of the year this year, yet Aiden beat him hand down in almost every department be it goals scored, shots on goals, shots on target and only on assist at present Davis is one goal ahead of him.
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Now isn’t it funny how there are many people on this site who have the opinion that Davis has been great this year yet McGeady seems to be an escape goat for our bad season and would be lucky to get a D+ for his efforts this year.
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The fact that our players picked him for Best Player of the Year doesn’t seem to wash with a lot of you out there tells me that there must be a different agenda.
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I hope it is not based on the fact that he can bring in the most money because it kinda contradicts everything of what all your opinions think. I mean, who would want to buy a player who answers all of the above questions as NO, never mind expect to get a vast amount of money for it into the bargain.
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I said it before, thank * the likes don’t have a say in who stays and who goes.
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Mcgeady has scored more goals and probably had more assists than any other midfeilder and maybe the whole team.So why dont you treat the other midfeilders with the same distane.Mcgeady is what 24 years old? he might not have improved a lot in 7 years but he can still improve.Best ever example,,Henke came here when he was 27 and had been struggling to get a game at his previous club,henke became world class during his time here,you can always improve and theres more examples out there.Nice selection of questions you asked and answered yourself,we could all doctor up a set of questions to suit our own veiws..Has mcgeady scored more than any other celtic midfeilder this season YES.Is mcgeady one of our main assist suppliers YES.Is mcgeady worth more than £4million YES.Is mcgeady our biggest threat from midfeild YES.Has mcgeady improved defensively YES.I could go on all day,but Im sure you get my point.Mcgeady is a vital part of our sqaud,a lot of celtic fans will not be happy if hes sold..

 

Its opinions mate....

But you can say "Yes" he is consisntant against Rangers and in Europe... his final ball etc is consistantly good enough.... ???

If so bud, you are watching a different game from me and a lot of other Celtic supporters.

So this rubbish and * you say Im talking mate, again, its only opinions bud, we are all entitled to them, and the OP posted this thread as he had an opinion.

Never has a player diviided our support so much as your hero Aiden matey!!!

Also bud, are you honestly saying you think that McGeady had a better season than Davis.... ???

 

The way i see it is,out of our squad he is one of our main danger men, most teams that we play try and stop the source and they do, most teams doubled up on him and are not bothered about others as the threat of other players at present is not that great,we know this

If we sort this out and have more danger men on the field then this might just give him more room as defenders will be not too sure who to go to when we are attacking

the whole season we have had to depend on Aiden to pull us out the *

 

The questions you have answered yes to, just highlight how poor our midfield and attacking option have been this season mate.

Your comparing him to a failing team, lets take Aiden on his own, as thats the consistency of the thread.... What are his strengths and weaknesses.

Has he improved defensively - no

I do get your point mate, but comparing his with the rest of the celtic midfield is ridiculous, especially a midfield who have predominantly been defensive minded (Brown, Crosas, NgUemo) etc....

Its the same as the other poster who compared his with Davis.... Its laughable!

 

Nothing ridiculous about it Viper it should make you actually realise where the problems are,because if Mcgeady aint doing it no one from midfeild is.We need a Burley,lubo central midfeilder who can attack.Your wee comment about comparing our most influencial midfeilder against der huns being laughable is just bizarre,the poster made a valid point about their stats being almost identical,yet the orcs lord Davis and Mcgeady gets made a scape goat from some of us.

 

It's a team sport, you can't just take him on his own the entire team has been awful yet you want to get rid one of the players that has performed better than the others.

Every time someone says something positive about McGeady you accuse them of hero worshipping him, maybe people can see his faults but are sick to the back teeth of people using one of our better players as a scapegoat for our poor season.

McGeady has improved his tracking back, on Tuesday night he was clearing a ball inside his own box at one point, if that's not tracking back and helping out defensively then what is?

Not one person has said he's great or that he's irreplaceable etc, what many Celtic fans are saying is he is currently one of the best players in our squad and we don't want to see our best players being sold.

When McGeady doesn't play well, Celtic doesn't play well surely that says something about what he means to the team?

 

They are different types of players.... Davis is never going to score 10 plus goals in a season, thats my point...

(Apologies if laughable came across as demeaning, never was meant like that bud)

Davis in my opinion is a better player than Mcgeady, but I totally agree with you that we need a goal scoring, attacking midfielder in there too.

What are you going on about!

Once ive said hero and McGeady in the same post, so thats a complete fallacy by you there....

He has had a poor season Fact

When McGeady doesnt play well, Celtic dont play well, thats utter nonsense too!

People like you despise McGeady getting any flack at all, and that is nonsense, this is a thread not started by myself, that i have given an opinion on, like you. Im not the only one either, so maybe get off your high horse danni, as again, its simply an opinion, and again, no-one splits the Celtic crowd like good Auld Aiden ehh....!

 

I think we've all just got to accept that he's not going to be the world-class Cristiano Ronaldo type that we all expected from the glimses in his first year or two.

He looked like he had it all - extraordinary pace, dribbling, flair, creativity and a good shot.

But the more asked of him defensively, the more petulant he got and the more he took his eye off the game. He's ended up going backwards.

So we need to face up to that we have a really good SPL player on our hands, if a little inconsistent, but at times the best in our squad and the SPL. Only an idiot would pay £8m or more for him now but I think he's the right type of player we need in our team. Shame he's not the World-class player we all hoped for, but that doesn't mean he can't be very good for us.

 

look at the facts.


.........................McGeady-------------------- Davis
SOG..................... 84 --------------------------not in top 12 (below 53)
SOT .....................45-------------------------- not in top 12 (below 28)
GOALS ...................7 ---------------------------4
ASSISTS ...............13 --------------------------14


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Probably because I look at the facts more that I do of people’s opinions.


SOG = shots on goal SOT = shots on target

 

You have every right to think McGeady has been better than Davis mate, but you are watching a different game from me!

Again, different players, Davis being more defensively minded, so your stats dont match up.

the fact is that Davis had a far superior season than mcGeady, who wasnt even listed in the awards....

 

Davis is'nt better than Mcgeady,he plays in a better organised team where everyone pulls their weight.

 

spot on. He is a very good player by SPL standards. In fact he has the typical mix of talent and major flaws that good SPL players have and that is why they are SPL players. If they had their talents (In Aidans case dribbling at speed) but not their flaws (in Aidans case football brain, attitude, shooting etc) then they would be playing at a higher level and worth a fortune. I think Aidans mix of ability and flaws makes him a player similar to say Fortune and his level in England would be similar too IMO. I think he is worth about 5.5 million. I would keep him unless someone offers well above that - say 7 or 8 million. I think its as simple as that.