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Andy Reid

Salad
Salad Posts: 10,189
edited August 2008 in Other Football and Sports
notice he was captain for Sunderland last week, however he didn't feature for Ireland this week, the manager basically said he won't play Reid in a 4 man midfield.
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  • Ledge
    Ledge Posts: 7,179
    cosmic
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,235
    Class goal tonight from the Slimline looking reidy.
  • No.1 in South London
    No.1 in South London Posts: 3,961
    2 for him already
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,345
    What is their problem
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,983
    Absolutely love Andy Reid. Just a naturally gifted footballer. His vision and range of passing whilst at the valley was a pleasure to watch. People thought his weight was a problem but if you have harworking midfielders around him he is a luxury. One of my favourite ever Charlton Players and a joke that we ever let him leave IMHO.
  • NorthStandUltra
    NorthStandUltra Posts: 2,540
    I got Andy Reid's autograph at the West Brom FA cup game (was it last season or the one before, went to a replay & we went out on pens) but I acted liked a 7 year old, Maria was ashamed of me LOL!

    Would love to see him back one day, maybe he can be the Paolo Di Canio signing in a few seasons!
  • Exiled_Addick
    Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,169
    [cite]Posted By: valleygary[/cite]Absolutely love Andy Reid. Just a naturally gifted footballer. His vision and range of passing whilst at the valley was a pleasure to watch. People thought his weight was a problem but if you have harworking midfielders around him he is a luxury. One of my favourite ever Charlton Players and a joke that we ever let him leave IMHO.

    Reidy actually worked very hard, which I think is what made him so endearing. He had a lot of talent but he wasn't scared to track back and make the odd tackle and as soon as he made a pass he was moving, trying to get into space and make himself available for the pass. The only reason his weight was problem is because it probably contributed to his patchy injury record. As far as getting through 90 minutes and working hard was concerned, he was more than fit enough (when not injured!). Apart from Benty, he's proably the only player of the last 4 years who's was a consistent pleasure to watch play.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,983
    I agree with that. What i suppose i was trying to say is that people immediately saw the size of the man and assumed that he was unfit. If he was slimmer in his time at Charlton, would it have made him a better player do you think? For me, i think he was so good with the ball it didnt matter what he did without it.
  • Weegie Addick
    Weegie Addick Posts: 16,523
    Reidy and Benty together again. Lucky Mackems.
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,380
    [cite]Posted By: valleygary[/cite]I agree with that. What i suppose i was trying to say is that people immediately saw the size of the man and assumed that he was unfit. If he was slimmer in his time at Charlton, would it have made him a better player do you think? For me, i think he was so good with the ball it didnt matter what he did without it.

    I do think fans of other clubs assume he's talented but overweight, lazy and wasting his career, when like Exiled said he actually worked hard.
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  • bingaddick
    bingaddick Posts: 8,181
    Went to the Narwich v Mackems match tonight with Maglor. Thought Reidy was a class act and took his goals well especially the delightful chip for the first.

    Game was enjoyable though, five goals, one on OG, some thunderous shots, a sending off and a the Narwich keeper taken off for a facial injury after all the subs had been used which mean't a rookie in Goal for the last ten minutes. Plenty for the neutral.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,857
    I remember the spurs boss at the time reidy was there, saying all their tests showed he actually had the 2nd lowest body fat ratio in the squad. And that his build makes him look fat.
  • 101
    101 Posts: 2,456
    Yea he scored last night against Norwich good chip too.
  • bingaddick
    bingaddick Posts: 8,181
    A few Narwich fans behind us were chanting "who ate all the pies". Frankly he looked pretty trim to me.
  • Salad
    Salad Posts: 10,189
    what a massive blunder we made selling him
  • cfgs
    cfgs Posts: 11,477
    his first was sublime and his second was not far behind it, real class, he could have had a first half treble if a through ball had reached him
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,481
    [cite]Posted By: Salad[/cite]what a massive blunder we made selling him

    Aint that the truth!
  • C_f_W
    C_f_W Posts: 1,433
    [cite]Posted By: Weegie Addick[/cite]Reidy and Benty together again. Lucky Mackems.
    Spot on Weegie. Great to see Benty enjoying himself again, seems the same applies to Reidy. Two of my favourite CAFC players of recent times and kind of ironic that they are at Sunderland, a club who, since that magic day 9 years ago, we've had many things in common.

    Love to draw them in the FAC 3rd round if we get that far
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,481
    [cite]Posted By: C_f_W[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Weegie Addick[/cite]Reidy and Benty together again. Lucky Mackems.
    Spot on Weegie. Great to see Benty enjoying himself again, seems the same applies to Reidy. Two of my favourite CAFC players of recent times and kind of ironic that they are at Sunderland, a club who, since that magic day 9 years ago, we've had many things in common.

    Love to draw them in the FAC 3rd round if we get that far

    Which we wont of course.............having been knocked out earlier at home to Torquay!
  • bingaddick
    bingaddick Posts: 8,181
    [cite]Posted By: SoundAsa£[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Salad[/cite]what a massive blunder we made selling him

    Aint that the truth!

    The thing is could we have stopped him going, given that the Mackems had offered to double his salary, and Pardew needed some funds to strengthen the team elsewhere on a copper bottomed 20 goal a season striker like........errr....Andy Gray!
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  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,955
    [cite]Posted By: Weegie Addick[/cite] Two of my favourite CAFC players of recent times and
    kind of ironic that they are at Sunderland, a club who, since that magic day 9 years ago, we've had many things in common.

    I think you'll find the magic day was 11 years ago .... time goes by so quickly. Now that is scary.

    ;o)
  • Plaaayer
    Plaaayer Posts: 9,001
    What always gets me is how did he know they were going to pay him double his salary?

    Surely if an offer comes through for a player at the club it doesn't say how much they're going to pay him? The only way he would have known how much they were going to pay would be if they tapped him up?
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    Apparently is out for 3 weeks "with a Grade 2 Thigh Problem" ?!
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,955
    [cite]Posted By: Plaaayer[/cite]What always gets me is how did he know they were going to pay him double his salary?

    Surely if an offer comes through for a player at the club it doesn't say how much they're going to pay him? The only way he would have known how much they were going to pay would be if they tapped him up?

    Agent, of course.
  • ads
    ads Posts: 3,224
    [quote][cite]Posted By: Miserableold-ish git[/cite]Apparently is out for 3 weeks "with a Grade 2 Thigh Problem" ?![/quote]

    which means he has a greggs grade 2 pie problem and is hoping to shift it in the new year
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    Thank you.
    Wondered about that "Grade 2" bit.
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,070
    Just joined Sheffield on loan
  • JT
    JT Posts: 12,348
    Sheffield....?
  • WSS
    WSS Posts: 25,070
    United. ;-)
  • cafcdan18
    cafcdan18 Posts: 3,664
    Good luck to him, hope he stays fit and does a good job there.

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