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[Sheedy]

reports on twitter that aiden mcgeady is set to sign on free transfer and with heitinga set to sign for west ham it looks like Martinez is looking to get any business done early. hopefully we can get a couple more in and end the season strongly. if mcgeady signs that'll be 4 irish internationals in the squad and another (shane duffy) out on loan.

[Fuzzman]

Yeah bloody Heitinga has decided not to go in the end and so is happy to sit on his arse and take the £60K wages.
Talk of Newcastle or some Italian clubs coming in for him. I really can't see him getting near the Dutch world cup squad at this stage anyway but don't know much about who they have at CB.

Funny, I used to hate watching McGeady but I actually think he could do well for us.
Was reading about him earlier and I hear he's hard to get on with.

I really hope we get a good goal scoring forward even if we have to burst the bank.

[Mr. Nakata]

Comfortable home win today. Hopefully Barkley won't be out for too long. We are playing with some confidence at the minute. So we've signed McGeady on a 4.5 year deal. He's clearly carrying a bit of timber and won't be fit for a few weeks. I'd say the russians got a minimal fee to cover the last few months of his contract. Was never that big a fan but Martinez rates him highly. I hope he can get the best out of him. Keane watching at Goodison today. Himself and O'Neill will be regular visitors now...

[Sheedy]

never been the biggest fan of mcgeady but if Roberto reckons he can do a job for us that's good enough for me. we're suffering big time with injuries at the minute and the squad is being really stretched. it will be a nightmare if barkley is out for a long period. hopefully we can get another 1 or 2 new faces in.

[Fuzzman]

2 great goals yesterday but back to 5th again with those reds winning again. We're away to West Brom next with Pool home to Villa. Hope we stay on their tales for the derby at the end of the month. With Jelavic all but gone now there's an urgent need for a striker. Talk of Oriol Riera from Osauna in Spain or the standard Liege lad Batshuayi. I think McGeady may be slow to get going but I think he will do well with us under a great manager who believes in him. You forget he has played CL football now for a good number of years unlike most of our team

[gawa316]

Any chance Lescott would head back there with the World Cup coming up? Seems surplus to requirements at citee. Would he get in the team ahead of Distin?

[Fuzzman]

I think Les is off to West Ham by all accounts. I think Martinez is happy having Stones & Alcaraz as backup for Jags & Distin. Can't see Lescott happy to come in as 2nd choice and he's on massive wages I'd imagine from Man Shitty

[trueblue1234]

Any chance Lescott would head back there with the World Cup coming up? Seems surplus to requirements at citee. Would he get in the team ahead of Distin?

I'd have been happy to see him go to Liverpool. I rate him.

[Sheedy]

comfortable win tonight, marred by a really horrible leg break for bryan Oviedo. his season is probably over but hopefully he can recover in time for the world cup.

[johnneycool]

And he was going well too, pity for the lad, he'd need a good recovery to make it to the world cup.

Tuesday night will be interesting, but with the injurys its unsure if the lack of Coleman, Delafeau, etc, etc that chances could be created against a very ropey Liverpool defence.

Would like to see Stones get a start against Suarez and Sturridge to see how far he's come on..

Hopefully this big lad on loan will share the scoring burden for Lukaka who's been off the boil, but allegedly has a good record against Liverpooool..

[Mr. Nakata]

Baines signs a new 4 year contract. Nice boost for us heading into the derby. Seriously hope that Pienaar and Coleman are fit for selection and young Barkley can play a part.

[AZOffaly]

I hope they are not, and the rest of them come down with the galloping trots.

[johnneycool]

Baines signs a new 4 year contract. Nice boost for us heading into the derby. Seriously hope that Pienaar and Coleman are fit for selection and young Barkley can play a part.

Surely Barley is still a few weeks away with his broken toe?

[Mr. Nakata]

The Barkley toe injury was put down as 3-5 weeks. Not as serious as the fracture Baines picked up before Christmas where he was out for 5 weeks. I am being very optimistic here, but even if we got a half hour out of him...I live in hope.

[Fuzzman]

Yeah both teams have a lot of injuries but by the sounds of things Everton have more first time players out. From the talk on Toffeeweb even Jags could be out but we won't know until the night.
Am really looking forward to watching it though often they let us down a bagful in such big games.

Mirallas, who I've been slating all year, looks to have finally got his finger out and be working a bit harder. His pace could upset the Red shite back four but I'm more worried about how we handle their S&S. I was looking forward to this game all over Christmas but now that its here and we've so many injuries I'd take a draw.

How do you think McGeady played on Sat?