Tom Boyd: Scotland wary of Aiden McGeady’s revenge

“I always thought there was something wrong with Aiden’s eyesight,” smiles Tom Boyd, when told that Aiden McGeady reckons Ireland have a better first-choice XI than Scotland – a difference of opinion that will be put to the definitive test in their Euro 2016 qualifying clash in Dublin on Saturday.

Tom Boyd: Scotland wary of Aiden McGeady’s revenge

“I know Aiden very well, certainly during his time at Celtic, but I would say there is not much between them,” Boyd continues.

“They are evenly matched. It could be one piece of brilliance - it could be from Aiden, it could be from someone else. We’ve got guys with bundles of skills like Shaun Maloney. There is certainly a lot in both teams that could win the game in an attacking sense, but there is not much in it.”

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