Aiden McGeady

valo88 wrote: The O'Shea wrote: Grayson sacked following another draw. Unlikely to do Aiden or the other Sunderland Irish any good. The inevitable. Himself and McGeady are morons for moving there in, poison of a club, both had great things going on at Preston that they should have/would have been able to build on this season. Would have largely benefited Horgan, Boyle and O'Connor too given they were his signings and not getting much a look in under Neil.

deise316 wrote: Wasn't assuming McGeady would sign for Preston, no, especially considering Grayson was saying all toward the end of last season that they likely couldn't afford his wages when the loan deal expired. I am saying that from an Ireland point of view, he should have thought about his move more carefully, but when lads get toward the end of their careers, they tend to go for the biggest contract they can get, which is understandable for the player.  Daryl Murphy, though a few years older than McGeady, rejected at least 2 other offers before going to Forest, mainly because they offered him a 3rd year, which to be honest, he is unlikely to see out at his age. McGeady surely had other offers after his good form last year, don't think Sunderland were a good shout.  And I forgot completely about Wilson in last post.

deise316 wrote: True that, his form has mainly held up this year, and they likely won't be able to afford him in League 1 next year anyway.

6 Irishmen on show in Sunderland vs. Middlesbrough today. Randolph and Christie were very good for Middlesbrough, while Wilson and Gibson were both decent for Sunderland. McGeady mixed some good with a lot of very bad, while O'Shea looked very vulnerable, particularly against a pacy Middlesbrough forward line.

Sunderlands main problem from what I can see is an absolute lack of pace through the middle. Wilson would be a good partner for a younger centre-back, and Gibson could excel with an athletic midfielder beside him. His lack of mobility really is unfortunate from our POV, because he is so much more composed on the ball than 90% of our other midfield options. Unfortunately said lack of mobility can make him a bit of a dead weight when his team is out of possession, which we usually are...

I’ve been as big a fan of Aidan as anyone on here over the years, but just thought to myself tonight that it’s time for him to hang up the boots
We can no longer go on watching him shimmying inside a defender and crossing to hit the next defender
That sort of bad habit should have been eradicated from his game 15 years ago. At 31 he isn’t going to get any faster, stronger or cut out the errors anymore, and tricky wingers usually start to decline around now.
Thanks for the memories Aidan and goodbye

Have a feeling he’s going to retire. He just doesn’t look like he’s enjoying it anymore

It will be a sad day for Irish football if this donkey makes it to 100 caps. Currently on 93 caps which is about 80 more than he's deserved. Hope to christ he retires.

ShamtheRam wrote: It will be a sad day for Irish football if this donkey makes it to 100 caps. Currently on 93 caps which is about 80 more than he's deserved. Hope to christ he retires.