Aiden McGeady left my pal needing Celtic unscrewing and Hibs cannot ignore that magic - Tam McManus

Every time I’m at Celtic Park I take a close look at the wing on the Main Stand side .. just to see if I can spot a Darren Young shaped piece of patchwork on the grass.

My old Dunfermline mucker will hate me for bringing this up but it’s the best illustration I have of the genius that is Aiden McGeady.

And an example of why Hibs should be doing everything they can to get the winger in the door at Easter Road.

I’d just signed for the Pars back in 2007 and we were playing Celtic at a time when McGeady was at the peak of his powers.

Our regular right back was a guy called Aaron Labonte who went down injured in the warm-up.

Believe me when I say it was the best injury he will ever have picked up.

Poor old Darren Young, a cracking central midfielder, was told by the gaffer Stephen Kenny to go in and cover at right back for Aaron and try to stop McGeady.

I’m actually creasing myself remembering his attempt.

I was on the bench so got a close up of what turned into 90 minutes of McGeady tearing poor Daz a new one.

He must have done a triple, double drag back at one point and the groundsman was still trying to unscrew Daz out of the Parkhead pitch an hour after full-time!

It actually got so bad we were laughing on the bench .. not professional I know but when you can’t help yourself then you can’t help yourself.

Unfortunately nobody could help Darren Young out that afternoon either and the biggest surprise was we only lost 2-1.

McGeady might be 36 now but if Hibs have a chance of getting him in on a free then they’ve got to grab it.

He’s still a top player, he’s still hungry to succeed. I saw him for Sunderland a good few times last season and he had lost none of his magic. Or his boundless confidence - and that’s exactly