Aiden McGeady

[Dunbar Hibee]

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If he's not looked after the decent sums of money he'll have earned playing for Everton and Moscow then he might be best sitting in the stand watching Sunderland struggle for the next 18 months.

I don't think money will be his primary motivation, he might just want to finish his career enjoying his football playing under a manager he respects?

Hopefully mate, I think it’d be a great signing, just can’t see it happening.

[Billy Whizz]

Sounds like their Manager could be bumped before McGeady

[Itsnoteasy]

Just on SS news. Mcgeady has been told to find new club.

[Brightside]

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Just on SS news. Mcgeady has been told to find new club.

But they need to pay him off.

[blackpoolhibs]

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I got told by someone who knows Jack Ross that McGeady was on nearly £40k a week (along with Oviedo, whos now left), might be less now as he signed an extension last year, hence why hes never moved on from Sunderland as he wont get that anywhere else.

Going to put that rumour under, not happening.

For what its worth, even at 33, hes still a cracking player & wont get into any team outwith the old firm up here.

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McGeady on around 30k per week at Sunderland so unless he fancies a massive pay cut in the last few years of a short career we can forget it

I reckon if this keeps going, we might be able to afford him by sunday afternoon.

[The 90+2]

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RUBBISH - he is HALF Irish by blood as both his dad's parents are Irish.

You have a bone to pick with plastic paddies obviously - well how about restricting it to that rather than people with a genuine heritage. You sound like a bigoted hun with your slaverings FFS!

How on earth does that make him half Irish when he and both his parents are all born and raised in Scotland 😂😂😂

Ooft there goes the hun card, if there was a hun traitor who chose England over Scotland because his grandad was English I would call them out as a traitor too.

Of course I have an issue with plastic paddies, they’ve used Irish heritage to become a super power in Scottish football while our club decided to move on with the times.

[PeeKay]

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How on earth does that make him half Irish when he and both his parents are all born and raised in Scotland 😂😂😂

Ooft there goes the hun card, if there was a hun traitor who chose England over Scotland because his grandad was English I would call them out as a traitor too.

Of course I have an issue with plastic paddies, they’ve used Irish heritage to become a super power in Scottish football while our club decided to move on with the times.

Aw nah! I'm three quarters English but identify strongly with Scotland having lived here for almost all of my life. Does that make me a plastic jock?

[Captain Trips]

Does he improve our team yes or no? don't care about Ireland/Scotland. I think he would be good addition.

[JimBHibees]

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Does he improve our team yes or no? don't care about Ireland/Scotland. I think he would be good addition.

Totally agree think he would be a good signing.

[Since90+2]

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Does he improve our team yes or no? don't care about Ireland/Scotland. I think he would be good addition.

He'd improve our team without question. The whole Irish/Scottish conversation is nonsense and straying into Old Firm territory.

[superfurryhibby]

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I couldn't care less of he's a Boris-voting Tory from Timbuktu. He'd be good for Hibs, I reckon.

Calling him a traitor sounds like National Front sort of talk. Is this what it's gonna be like in Boris' Britain ?

Fixed this for you.

[Since90+2]

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How on earth does that make him half Irish when he and both his parents are all born and raised in Scotland 😂😂😂

Ooft there goes the hun card, if there was a hun traitor who chose England over Scotland because his grandad was English I would call them out as a traitor too.

Of course I have an issue with plastic paddies, they’ve used Irish heritage to become a super power in Scottish football while our club decided to move on with the times.

This is a Hibs forum , we don't judge players on claimed ethnicity , or not as it may be , but on their ability to improve our football team.

You need to have a think about some of your comments.

[The 90+2]

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Aw nah! I'm three quarters English but identify strongly with Scotland having lived here for almost all of my life. Does that make me a plastic jock?

Why would it make you a plastic jock? You’ve lived here almost all of your life - unlike the plastic paddy in question who’s never lived in Ireland.

[The 90+2]

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This is a Hibs forum , we don't judge players on claimed ethnicity , or not as it may be , but on their ability to improve our football team.

You need to have a think about some of your comments.

I support Hibernian and the Scottish National side.

I’ve no issue with any race or ethnicity either and openly welcome any player regardless of race and religion. I call it down the middle though, I’m not one of those who hate Thomson or Murray more than Brown or Griffiths either, in fact I like all four of they players.

[Since90+2]

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I support Hibernian and the Scottish National side.

That's great. Probably the same as about 90% of the forum then?

[The 90+2]

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That's great. Probably the same as about 90% of the forum then?

Probably yeah. So you will hopefully see why there could be an issue with an amazing footballer who’s lived here all his life before leaving Celtic choosing another country to play football for over Scotland and that’s regardless of the country they go to play for.

[Since90+2]

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Probably yeah. So you will hopefully see why there could be an issue with an amazing footballer who’s lived here all his life before leaving Celtic choosing another country to play football for over Scotland and that’s regardless of the country they go to play for.

To be honest I reckon most folk will just comment on the possibility of an amazing footballer, as you describe him,potentially playing for Hibs or not. Why does anything else matter?

[easty]

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RUBBISH - he is HALF Irish by blood as both his dad's parents are Irish.

You have a bone to pick with plastic paddies obviously - well how about restricting it to that rather than people with a genuine heritage. You sound like a bigoted hun with your slaverings FFS!

Nah. He’s not half Irish at all. He’s Scottish.

[Big_Franck]

Don't want this wee rat anywhere near my club, especially not now he's finished. He can't get a game for a mid table League One side so he's clearly done. No thanks.

[Captain Trips]

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Don't want this wee rat anywhere near my club, especially not now he's finished. He can't get a game for a mid table League One side so he's clearly done. No thanks.

I am sure there is quite a lengthy list of players we have signed with that same criteria and done very well and I am sure also as you say done poor.

[weecounty hibby]

My heid is going to explode. We have 90+2 arguing with since90+2. All about whether a guy born and bred in Scotland with parents born and bred in Scotland is Irish or not. 🤯🤯🤯

[Waxy]

I’ll go along with what Jack Ross does.

[Since90+2]

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My heid is going to explode. We have 90+2 arguing with since90+2. All about whether a guy born and bred in Scotland with parents born and bred in Scotland is Irish or not. 🤯🤯🤯

Your head must have exploded then as I've not commented at all on his nationality as my whole point is that it doesn't matter.

Reading your post you seem to have a stronger opinion on it than me. I only care about whether he would improve our team or not.

[weecounty hibby]

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Your head must have exploded then as I've not commented at all on his nationality as my whole point is that it doesn't matter.

Reading your post you seem to have a stronger opinion on it than me. I only care about whether he would improve our team or not.

I don't give a **** where he comes from, who he most identifies with or where he thinks of as home. It was meant to be a bit light hearted about the user names really.

[Baader]

Awful lot of genealogy and ethnicity experts on here. Folk who are eligible to play for more than one nation can represent who they want. Or should that freedom to chose not be allowed and we go back to guys like Joe Baker wanting to play for Scotland but not able to because he was born in England?

'Traitor' is the sort of nonsense I expect from an idiot like Farage - not Hibs class.

[mayo hibee]

Some pretty poor comments in this thread. McGeady is a talented player and would significantly improve the Hibs team if he signed.

As for as his international career, he chose the country he felt more of an identity towards and, reading some of the comments on here, it's easy to understand his decision.

In return he was rewarded with 90+ caps and played in two major finals tournaments - that's more caps and more finals tournaments than any other Scottish born player has managed this century. Hibs would be lucky to have him if Jack Ross was able to get him in.

[GreenOnions]

Nationality itself is an artificial construction IMO and serves only to divide people. QED

[The 90+2]

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Some pretty poor comments in this thread. McGeady is a talented player and would significantly improve the Hibs team if he signed.

As for as his international career, he chose the country he felt more of an identity towards and, reading some of the comments on here, it's easy to understand his decision.

In return he was rewarded with 90+ caps and played in two major finals tournaments - that's more caps and more finals tournaments than any other Scottish born player has managed this century. Hibs would be lucky to have him if Jack Ross was able to get him in.

I’m sure you would have felt the same if Robbie Keane decided he was more English back in the day.

[basehibby]

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Erm, you can only be half Irish if either of your parents are full Irish, in the case of having 2 Irish granddads, 2 quarters don't make a half. I have 2 Irish granddads but I'm only a quarter Irish.

2 quarters don't make a half??? Go back to school numbskull

[staunchhibby]

If our manager thinks he can do a job for us then I will respect that decision and give the player my support.