McGeady
On the most part
No doubt a good player and real moments of brilliance but i always felt he was there as a journeyman and numerous performances when he showed said brilliance seemed to be when he felt like it - he could go AWOL just as quickly ?
I have no real emotion for the positive or negative towards him
Aiden who? That streak of piss who was red carded at Deepdale t'other week?
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And before the Arsenal game he was actually pretty ineffective. 1 goal, on his debut, before February and then 7 after.
Absolutely this.... McGeady was given the reception of a returning hero by the AKTE prior to the game at home . The manner in which he didn't reciprocate & acknowledge it really put a lot of peoples, who sit around me in the AKTE, backs up. The rest is history. His actions that day tell me that he doesn't care a jot about the fact that he has left us to go to an obviously inferior football team & that he just cares about the £'s at the end of his career. I think minimal acknowledgement that he is actually on the pitch will be the way forward. We don't need to give him any excuse to find some motivation.
Pretty much every club will boo/jeer ex-players or opposition players every now and then. It really isn't that bad and certainly doesn't disgrace the name of clubs. It's part and parcel of fan banter etc etc.
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A returning hero? He was here for a season! It's the arrogance of some of our fans that think that returning players should come back and not celebrate if they scored or clap the fans as if he had supported that club all his life. Mcgeady had no loyalties to PNE. I don't hate him for that - he didn't support us and was here as a loan player. If a former player scores against us I expect them to celebrate - they aren't our player any more. Mcgeady didn't need to clap our fans - he shouldn't be expected to, and for some of our fans to still be a tad upset over that - it says more about them then it does about Mcgeady.
I won't clap Mcgeady on Saturday nor will I boo him. He was here for a season and that's all he will be - a loan player who once played for us... not a 'returning hero-' give me strength please!
I didn't realise every former loan player had to acknowledge the fans of a club he played a season for. And to be honest - if he was being booed all game and scored he was well within his rights to act like that, because lets be honest most people would have done exactly the same.
I agree that a player should celebrate a goal, even if against his former side although emotional circumstances can dictate, for example had Grezza scored against us for Burnley, reasons why a player might not wish to celebrate.
However, with McGeady, we voted him PotY and upon his return, he was applauded pre-match which he chose to ignore. This shows a lack of class and reciprocating manners on his part as we acknowledged his achievements whilst here.
Of course, after this show of poor manners, he was always going to get the bird off the crowd. Whilst his goal celebration was excessive, it was also pantomime stuff at the end of the day. It shows to me that he was emotionally unstable that afternoon, he probably didn't expect the vitriol despite his pre-match snub.
I presume that you didn't boo Healy upon his Deepdale return about 9 days after his transfer given his tasteless stunt at Elland Road whilst wearing the colours of PNE earlier in the season? I would hate to think of you as being an hypocrite.
There is a huge difference in what Mcgeady did and what Healy did. Mcgeady didn't clap a crowd - he didn't have to! He was a loan player here that's all- he had no loyalties to Preston. played for a season and that's it. He wasn't our player. Healy on the other hand was our player - he missed an open net and applauded the leeds fans whilst he was still playing for us. He deserved all the stick he got, and was rightly labelled a judas. Mcgeady wasn't a judas - he was a quality player, and if the fans are that arrogant that they thought mcgeady had to clap them back then unfortunately the celebration is what they deserved. As you said though - it was pantomime stuff and added some extra spice to quite a decent game.
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McGeady played for us for a full season, got incredible support from our fans and we practically rescued his career after a disastrous time at Wednesday and him doing nothing for Everton reserves and underperforming throughout his International career.
A complete lack of class from him I am afraid and for all I care he can suffer a bad injury - I'll reciprocate his lack of class by not applauding him off the pitch and hoping his career continues to nosedive. Fuck him.
Players like Garner will remain legends. Mcgeady a fleeting memory that I couldn't give a fuck about now.
A complete lack of class from him I am afraid and for all I care he can suffer a bad injury - I'll reciprocate his lack of class by not applauding him off the pitch and hoping his career continues to nosedive. Fuck him.
Players like Garner will remain legends. Mcgeady a fleeting memory that I couldn't give a fuck about now.
The way I look at it then it’s Sunderlands fault. Just more of their mismanagement causing problems.
McGeady ended up playing some brilliant stuff for us, and he obviously enjoyed his time here on and off the pitch. I heard rumours about him being a disturbing influence though about wages, who knows.
Then he went back to Everton, who obviously didn’t want him, so what next? Would he come back?
Then Larry goes to Sunderland, he needs new blood, he signs McGeady for a paltry fee because Sunderland have no transfer kitty, but takes on his ridiculous additional wages with a 3 year contract just to add to the Mackems huge ongoing losses, Everton are so pleased to get rid of him they chuck in Browning and Galloway (ouch).
You can’t blame him for going there, but I bet he’s hating it. But he’s got 2 more years on £1.5 to £2 million a year in his pocket, and they won’t get rid of him to anyone unless they heavily subsidise it.
You can see why Sunderland are in the shit.
McGeady ended up playing some brilliant stuff for us, and he obviously enjoyed his time here on and off the pitch. I heard rumours about him being a disturbing influence though about wages, who knows.
Then he went back to Everton, who obviously didn’t want him, so what next? Would he come back?
Then Larry goes to Sunderland, he needs new blood, he signs McGeady for a paltry fee because Sunderland have no transfer kitty, but takes on his ridiculous additional wages with a 3 year contract just to add to the Mackems huge ongoing losses, Everton are so pleased to get rid of him they chuck in Browning and Galloway (ouch).
You can’t blame him for going there, but I bet he’s hating it. But he’s got 2 more years on £1.5 to £2 million a year in his pocket, and they won’t get rid of him to anyone unless they heavily subsidise it.
You can see why Sunderland are in the shit.
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Yes I think you're absolutely correct, it's the North End fans who applaud the player they chose as Player Of The Year who are arrogant, not the player who ignores the sporting gesture 😕
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Indeed. Can't say my hearts bleeding for anyone involved though .....
A loan player for a season he may have been. But for many he was one of the most entertaining players we have seen in our time supporting PNE & it was during this spell, with patience from the fans, that he hit some of the best form of his career & rediscovered his love of the game. So.... yes he did receive a reception from many who hold him in high esteem and were showing him the respect for what he did during his time at Deepdale despite being in the opposing ranks that day. I thought that it showed a lack of class to not even give the slightest bit of acknowledgement (BTW I didn't boo him). Do you not agree?
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