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da poker： Aiden McGeady is a thriving big fish in a small League One pond.
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The margins in League One football are often so minute that they’re practically intangible.
Barring the gulf in class between the top-six and the rest of the Premier League, the same principle can typically be applied throughout England’s top four divisions.
But in the midst of a bundle of evenly-matched football teams and an even bigger sample of evenly-matched players, there are always a handful of standout individuals.
At Sunderland, McGeady is one of those outstanding players who can produce moments of technical quality which others can only dream of.
The 93-cap international bagged his 10th League One goal of the season against Bristol Rovers with a delightful free-kick, which earned him esteemed praise from Black Cats boss Jack Ross in the aftermath of proceedings, per Sunderland Echo.
“Aiden’s pedigree and what he has achieved as a player shows the quality he has.
“I don’t think he gets enough credit for how good he is if I’m honest. Working first hand with him, he is a really talented footballer.”
As Ross has alluded to, McGeady is a supreme technician who stands out on the football pitch, but his reputation does not align with his ability.
The reasons for this perhaps lie in his failure to make the transition to Premier League football.
Never stepped up in the Premier League
England’s top-flight is often used as a tool from which to measure a player’s overall quality: only the very best players can hack the physical and technical demands of the division, so the theory goes.
McGeady failed the Premier League test during an unsuccessful spell with Everton, and that has served to tarnish his reputation.
When the then 24-year-old swapped Celtic for Spartak Moscow in a £9.5 million deal he was highly regarded as a truly exceptional product and a genuine star for the future; the move was merely the first step towards a much bigger challenge.
Pat McCourt, a player who struggled to fill the void left by McGeady, claimed that Celtic had “probably lost the best player in the league” when he departed for Russia.
The promise he showed during the formative stages of his career should have translated into a glowing career in one of Europe’s top leagues, whether it be in the Premier League or elsewhere, and the fact he underachieved at Everton after leaving Spartak can explain why he doesn’t get the credit Ross feels he deserves.
McGeady is merely a victim of his eye-watering success with Celtic and his subsequent struggle to live up to the hype which characterised the early stages of his career.
Perhaps he was always destined to be one of those players who flourishes as a big fish in a small pond.