A pie supper with Andy Reid

grenache

I'm a massive fan of Reid. But the jokes write themselves here me thinks

http://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/article/foundation-qa-with-andy-reid-393598.aspx

The Forest Foundation would like to invite you to be part of an audience with August’s player of the month, Andy Reid.

Why not bring your family and friends to The City Ground and enjoy a pie supper followed by an evening of laughter with Andy.

Seaneh

Playing great this season and looking like he's in great shape.

kryogen

Seaneh wrote: »

Playing great this season and looking like he's in great shape.

Just had deja-vu, seem to remember hearing that before once or twice

Seaneh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78kjjaCoEOI

looks pretty fit to me.

Had no problem leaving the right full for dust anyway.

That was last week btw.

kitakyushu

I can picture it now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zK0JaEde4VI

token101

Seaneh wrote: »

Had no problem leaving the right full for dust anyway.

That was last week btw.

Jesus, that's a cracking finish. Wouldn't be a bad option for Ireland would he?

Xavi6

Too creative for Trap tbh

Grid.

Fair play ..he's slimmed down alot.......always admired him as a player.

Corholio

kryogen wrote: »

Just had deja-vu, seem to remember hearing that before once or twice

It was true then, as it is now. Other forces were at work though.

grenache

Taken from twitter last week, players night out - he's devouring that cake with his eyes!

http://www.forestforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=34006&page=2&p=1596892#post1596892


He's been very good for Forest this year, great going forward on the wing. My only concern is he tends to drift into the middle, thus leaving our left back exposed.

Until James McCarthy appeared on the scene, he was the best passer of a ball that Ireland had since John Sheridan. Trap has treated him very badly, but what's new.

noodler

I just like to point out that I sawe the cracking goal on Sky Sports News last week as well but I don't pretend to know how he's been getting on for Forrest.

Francie Barrett

Paul Green is obviously a superior option than Andy Reid.

FutureGuy

Francie Barrett wrote: »

Paul Green is obviously a superior option than Andy Reid.

Finally, some sense!!!






:pac:

Kerrydude1981

Hopefully Trap will get the P45 this week,thats want is being reported and the likes of Andy Reid will come back and get us moving in the right direction again,still get another 2 years out of him at International level and he can bring his guitar,himself and Shane Long can write a song about Trap

event

He can piss off tbh.
It only took him until the age of 30 to slim down.

Pro. F

Seaneh wrote: »

looks pretty fit to me.

Had no problem leaving the right full for dust anyway.

That was last week btw.

Grid. wrote: »

Fair play ..he's slimmed down alot.......always admired him as a player.

event wrote: »

...It only took him until the age of 30 to slim down.

He still looks fat as fúck to me in that video.

Seaneh

Pro. F wrote: »

He still looks fat as fúck to me in that video.

He's 5'7 and broad, he's never going to look like Nathan Dyer ffs.

Pro. F

Seaneh wrote: »

He's 5'7 and broad, he's never going to look like Nathan Dyer ffs.

There was a time when he was trying to win his way back into the Ireland team and he got plenty slim. He could definitely do it if he wanted to.

Seaneh

Pro. F wrote: »

There was a time when he was trying to win his way back into the Ireland team and he got plenty slim. He could definitely do it if he wanted to.

He's as fit now as he's ever been.

He's playing 90 minutes week in, week out for Forest and is one of their better players.

Also, judging by his burst of speed to get away from the full back, he's not carrying any extra weight.

curry-muff

Seaneh wrote: »

He's as fit now as he's ever been.

He's playing 90 minutes week in, week out for Forest and is one of their better players.

Also, judging by his burst of speed to get away from the full back, he's not carrying any extra weight.

Ah cmon, in fairness he isn't all that fast in that video and the full back looks even slower.

Great finish, just think if he was up against a quicker player that would have never happened.

Not good enough, never really got the love for him tbh. It was the bandwagon at the time I guess.

I'd rather have younger lads in the team. Good luck to him though.

curry-muff

curry-muff wrote: »

Ah cmon, in fairness he isn't all that fast in that video and the full back looks even slower.

Great finish, just think if he was up against a quicker player that would have never happened.

Judging a player on a YouTube clip is always a fail.

TerryTibbs!

Trap was right about Reid.

Accept it and get off the bandwagon.

ctrl-alt-delete

No doubt he had quality, loads of it.

Commitment and motivation were lacking, got himself in super shape at Sunderland, may have been a stone over a Summer if I remember correctly. Was in fine form after that, watched him many a time from the stands.

Fell back into his old ways after that though for whatever reason.

LuckyLloyd

People still think Trapp was wrong about Reid? Funny stuff tbh.

Seaneh

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

People still think Trapp was wrong about Reid? Funny stuff tbh.

I find it funnier that certain people still defend trap.
:rolleyes:

LuckyLloyd

Seaneh wrote: »

I find it funnier that certain people still defend trap.
:rolleyes:

Trapp was dead on about Andy Reid. At the time Reid was playing for Sunderland, yes? He never kicked on, had to drop a division, etc. Bad attitude, not needed, good riddance.

noodler

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Trapp was dead on about Andy Reid. At the time Reid was playing for Sunderland, yes? He never kicked on, had to drop a division, etc. Bad attitude, not needed, good riddance.

No, Trap was not correct about Andy Reid.

1) Reid was playing out of his skin at the time and for about a year after his initial exclusion in Autumn 2008.

2) Just because Reid subsequently fell from grace doesn't mean jack sh1t. The manager didn't make some future prediction about Reid's career - he dropped him over what we believe to be a disciplinary issue. You play your best players when they are playing well - you don't exclude someone because you think they will disimprove in 12-18 months time.

3) If he was truly against the idea of Reid in the squad on footballing merits, then he wouldn't have been in the squad for the first two qualifiers against Georgia and Montenagro.

4) Finally, Reid is playing in the Championsship - not the Blue Square Premier League. Plenty of our players play for Championship teams and are still selected and indeed still perform for the national team. "he plays in the Championship now so Trap was right" isn't an argument for his non-selection on its own.

LuckyLloyd

Reid hasn't demonstrated the discipline or desire to be the best player he could be, hence why he never really cut it in the Premiership. Trapp deduced that he wasn't worth the hassle, and Reid hasn't exactly proved him wrong by staying in tip top shape and pushing his career forward.

The Irish fan base's love of Andy Reid will always be comical to me.

noodler

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Reid hasn't demonstrated the discipline or desire to be the best player he could be, hence why he never really cut it in the Premiership. Trapp deduced that he wasn't worth the hassle, and Reid hasn't exactly proved him wrong by staying in tip top shape and pushing his career forward.

The Irish fan base's love of Andy Reid will always be comical to me.

I think you are putting words in Trap's mouth there or maybe even thoughts in his head.

It was a disciplinary issue.

I admit that I thought Reid in the centre was one of the few bright points of Stan's reigns and I really thought a team would be built with him in it but this isn't to do with love or any obsession.

Trap's knowledge of the Irish player base has been questioned many times - I find it very hard to believe he made some Nostradamus-like prediction on Reid back in 2008.

LuckyLloyd

noodler wrote: »

I think you are putting words in Trap's mouth there or maybe even thoughts in his head.

It was a disciplinary issue.

I admit that I thought Reid in the centre was one of the few bright points of Stan's reigns and I really thought a team would be built with him in it but this isn't to do with love or any obsession.

Trap's knowledge of the Irish player base has been questioned many times - I find it very hard to believe he made some Nostradamus-like prediction on Reid back in 2008.

Nothing has been lost by Reid not being around the squad, that's the bottom line really. Like a few other players, it doesn't seem like he wanted to be there anyway.

noodler

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Nothing has been lost by Reid not being around the squad, that's the bottom line really. Like a few other players, it doesn't seem like he wanted to be there anyway.

I agree that nothing has been lost but only because Trap wouldn't have started him anyway.

Reid would have been at least a useful option in home games against minnows and might have helped with our ball retention a bit.

I don't want to start the footballing pros and cons argument again but I just don't agree that Trap got it right with him just because Reid now plays in the Championship.

stevenmu

He looks to be in good shape, but you need to be seriously fit to get on to Traps team. It takes a lot of stamina and endurance to spend 90 minutes running away from the ball.

mixed up

I never got the hype about reid tbh. Irelands anwser to charlie adam

SirDelboy18

LuckyLloyd wrote: »

Trapp was dead on about Andy Reid. At the time Reid was playing for Sunderland, yes? He never kicked on, had to drop a division, etc. Bad attitude, not needed, good riddance.

You are talking complete rubbish. He had a fantastic spell of form in the first half of 2009-2010 but was ruled out through injury for basically the entire second half of the season, and a portion of the start of the next. By the time he returned, Sunderland were playing well (having beaten Chelsea 3-0 away) and he was unable to force his way into a lineup ahead of Danny Welbeck and Jordan Henderson etc. (who at the time was playing excellent football) - What a crime!

So he drops down a division to get some games, did well at Sheffield United and unfortunately his time at Blackpool didn't work out - but he is now doing well at Forest.

Trap was a fool to exclude him as at the time he was playing fantastic football - I particularly recall the game against Man Utd at Old Trafford where he bossed the midfield in a 2-2 draw. Just because poor luck intervened, does not mean that Trap's ignorance is vindicated.

grenache

SirDelboy18 wrote: »

You are talking complete rubbish. He had a fantastic spell of form in the first half of 2009-2010 but was ruled out through injury for basically the entire second half of the season, and a portion of the start of the next. By the time he returned, Sunderland were playing well (having beaten Chelsea 3-0 away) and he was unable to force his way into a lineup ahead of Danny Welbeck and Jordan Henderson etc. (who at the time was playing excellent football) - What a crime!

So he drops down a division to get some games, did well at Sheffield United and unfortunately his time at Blackpool didn't work out - but he is now doing well at Forest.

Trap was a fool to exclude him as at the time he was playing fantastic football - I particularly recall the game against Man Utd at Old Trafford where he bossed the midfield in a 2-2 draw. Just because poor luck intervened, does not mean that Trap's ignorance is vindicated.

Great post. You've covered pretty much all that I was going to say.

The injury was just before Christmas and came at a bad time for him, he was playing outstanding stuff for Sunderland at the time. I can remember a few cracking strikes from him around that time, the last minute one against West Ham at SOL was probably the best, great technique involved.

The amount of ignorance displayed by some posters in this thread is truly pitiful. Andy Reid is never going to win a slimmer of the year contest, but he is as fit as any other footballer out there. His physique has never prevented him from being a good footballer.

Football is played with the feet and head - not the stomach!

RandolphEsq

grenache wrote: »

Taken from twitter last week, players night out - he's devouring that cake with his eyes!

http://www.forestforum.co.uk/showthread.php?t=34006&page=2&p=1596892#post1596892


He's been very good for Forest this year, great going forward on the wing. My only concern is he tends to drift into the middle, thus leaving our left back exposed.

Until James McCarthy appeared on the scene, he was the best passer of a ball that Ireland had since John Sheridan. Trap has treated him very badly, but what's new.

"Not one of them turned up in trousers, chavvy bastards."

grenache

Another gem from Reid today. The FAI could do worse than send that cranky dinosaur to a Forest game. If he was willing to admit he made a bad judgement on Wilson, maybe he can do likewise with Reid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbF1eY69_fU

Corben Dallas

Looks fighting fit, should be playing for Ireland.... oh i forgot we >(Trap) isnt interested in putting out our best players...silly me.

Seems in top form, always was great crosser, can score too.... :mad:

After Norwich ....next trip to Nottingham pls