Aiden McGeady

Mick is strange as Mon/roy.....he Said. judge was needed because he was the beat attacking mid ...didnt see any minute of football at all.

The O'Shea wrote: Conan wrote: The stats are much what you'd expect of a winger playing regularly in the championship. He's not performed at the the top level , either in the Premier league or internationally and his performances for us have deteriorated over the years to the point of becoming a caricature of himself. He's not going to get any better now that he is...... officially..... 33 and playing in league 1. Pretty much what you'd expect, are you having a laugh?  A cursory search will confirm that's nonsense. Ezgjan Alioski, for example, who has played more games for arguably the best Championship side this season, has managed 7 goals and 5 assists (ie the same as McGeady's total for last year for the worst team in the division, managed in fewer appearances)....

 

Edited by Conan - 04 Apr 2019 at 3:42pm

DC96 wrote: People also forget that while he had good spells at some clubs, he had some horrific ones also. Wednesday - 1 goal in 13, was frozen out fairly fast. I certainly wouldnt put him in the bracket of "setting the division alight" and I'm a Leeds fan I've suffered enough of the damn division at this rate. He's solid, can be very good, can be very bad, hence overall - solid at that level. I was a tad harsh on him in my first post but likewise I think people thinking he'd storm the league are being a tad optimistic....

DC96 wrote: People also forget that while he had good spells at some clubs, he had some horrific ones also. Wednesday - 1 goal in 13, was frozen out fairly fast. I certainly wouldnt put him in the bracket of "setting the division alight" and I'm a Leeds fan I've suffered enough of the damn division at this rate. He's solid, can be very good, can be very bad, hence overall - solid at that level. I was a tad harsh on him in my first post but likewise I think people thinking he'd storm the league are being a tad optimistic....

You are judging a player who has been playing senior football for 15 years on a 3 month loan spell? Whilst it was a poor spel, he went and joined Preston 2 months later and excelled and got player of the season, scoring some excellent goals along the way.

The Portsmouth fans were raving about him the other day after he ran the show in Wembley, after scoring 2 goals and a peno.

On the same day, Preston fans were arguing whether he was the best ever player to play for them.

The reality is that he's playing very well and scoring goals, albeit at L2, not many other Irish footballers are doing the same.

Alan Judge got called in ahead of him, and has 0 goals and 0 assists, yet McGeady has 12 goals and 5 assists (at a lower division).

He should, at least make the squad.

Sunderlands player of the year.

https://www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/football/sunderland-afc/sunderland-afc-news/aiden-mcgeady-and-luke-o-nien-big-winners-at-sunderland-afc-player-of-the-year-awards-1-9728689

Apparently broke his foot against Accrington, but is planning to finish the season with painkilling injections. His commitment (and performances) have been 1st class for Sunderland.

McGeady and Dunne miss out on promotion with Sunderland. I wonder will he hang around there another year? They'll be desperate to keep him but he'll surely have Championship suitors, even at 33.

Also depends if his contract is up. If he doesn't have another year on it, he's a free agent. He might not want to move, he might. All depends where the family are settled, I suppose.

I wonder has he played his last game for Ireland.