mcgeady: supporters can drive us on

David Friel
AIDEN McGeady has thanked the club’s fans for their support during Saturday’s derby at Ibrox and asked them to maintain that level of backing for the rest of the season.

McGeady, currently in the running for a host of Player of the Year awards after an outstanding campaign, was as disappointed as anyone at the outcome of the Rangers match.

However, the 21-year-old is adamant that there is still plenty of life left in Celtic’s title challenge and believes anything is possible with the backing of the Hoops fans.

He said: “The fans were brilliant on Saturday and we need that support for the rest of the season. We need them to get right behind us for the rest of the games and I know they will do that.

“Everyone at the club needs to be together. The players don’t believe the league race is over and we need the fans to look at things that way as well.

“There are still a lot of points to play for, so nothing is over yet. Saturday’s result didn’t help us, but there’s still a lot to play for and we now have to look at the remaining eight games and try to take maximum points from them.

“Having two home games against Rangers gives us the chance to claw back some of the points and those matches are going to be massive now.

“If we can win the first one, it will allow us to close the gap and give us a real boost going into the next one. Those games are so vital for us now and we’ll do everything we can to take full points.”

McGeady, who did everything in his power to take the game to Rangers on Saturday, admitted the result was a sore one for all the players – especially after the first-half performance.

He added: “I don’t think anyone watching the game would have said we deserved to get beat. In the first half especially, I thought we played really well.

“In the second half, we didn’t play quite as well but I think we had enough chances in the first half. If we’d taken those, we could have won the game.”