Aiden McGeady admits the past season with Everton has been "frustrating" for him.
The Republic of Ireland winger was speaking to Off The Ball tonight with clashes against England and Scotland on the horizon this month.
McGeady made 16 Premier League appearances in an injury-affected campaign, only playing a full 90 minutes on one occasion, which was far from ideal as he told Joe.
"It's mostly quite frustrating. I was in and out of the team with injuries and stuff so pretty frustrating to sum it up really. But the aim for me is to go away after these games and have a good summer, but come back pre-season and get myself in the team," the Glasgow-born winger said.
Comparing the difference between the Premier League and his previous spells in the Scotland and Russia, he cited athleticism as the main factor in England since moving there last January.
And he admitted that was a slight shock to the system when he first joined Everton initially.
"Probably when I first arrived because I came off being put in the youth team at Spartak [Moscow] and I'd had about eight weeks off. By the time I'd signed I probably wasn't but in the last year or so I've had no problems," he said.
Turning his attention to Ireland's Euro 2016 qualifying campaign, he reminisced about his match-winning performance in Georgia at the start of the campaign.
"I've always said, I've got a lot of caps but not loads of goals to show for it and that's a frustration of mine. It's something I have to improve on definitely. But that night, everything seemed to come together and a bit of instinct took over and something happened that I ended up scoring the goal to win the game," he said.
McGeady also shared his disappointment at losing to Scotland in the November qualifier.
"I would take our team over there's but they had the better possession and chances on the night. But the biggest disappointment was that we lost the goal from a set piece," he said, adding that Ireland's midfielders were closely marked during that game.
But the 29-year-old also touched on the build-up to that game which saw Gordon McQueen criticise him and club and international colleague James McCarthy for choosing to represent Ireland over Scotland and the booing from the Scottish fans.
"At times I thought, this is quite intense. Going over for a corner and there were coins getting thrown about landing next to me. That's fair enough but it was for the full 90 minutes, gettting booed every touch. I knew it was going to come and I knew that's what the build up was going to be about and I tried not to really do much media before it because I knew it would add fuel to the fire," he told Joe.
Aiden today launched the McDonald’s FAI Future Football 2015 programme.
It’s a programme designed to support grassroots football clubs by enriching the work they do at local level.
Over 10,000 boys and girls from 165 football clubs in Ireland will take part this year, generating 70,000 additional hours of activity. This year, McDonald’s will shine a special light on the 800 coaches that help run the programme, by rewarding them as a thank you for their tireless work in developing young footballers throughout the country.
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