Graham Carey isn’t a great goalscorer but, by Jesus, he’s a scorer of great goals.
That’s why, when the 28-year-old Blanchardstown native lobs the ‘keeper when the ball is running away from goals, Plymouth Argyle fans shrug their shoulders and reason that they’ve seen it all before from the attacking midfielder.
🚀 Another Saturday, another Graham Carey screamer.
💚 #PAFC pic.twitter.com/j8GlIXZepz
— bet365 (@bet365) December 30, 2017
💚 A world without Graham Carey is a world not worth thinking about. #PAFC pic.twitter.com/vf2bogpzjQ
— Sky Bet (@SkyBet) December 30, 2017
Carey is making quite an ordinary habit of the extraordinary these days.
The Dub, who signed for Celtic as a 16-year-old but never made the breakthrough, has been lighting up League One with Plymouth and has five league goals in 21 appearances this season.
The effort on Saturday though during the 2-2 draw away at Blackpool was a little bit special. You might even say it was Carey-esque.
The former Republic of Ireland under-21 sped in behind the home defence and latched onto a flick-on and curled an audacious beauty over the head of the goalkeeper for every travelling Argyle fan to watch it at eye-level drop into the back of the net.
ROUTE ONE FOOTBALL!!! Graham Carey finishes cleverly an aerial counter-attack for @Only1Argyle in a tense affair at @BlackpoolFC. #PAFC #BFC
➡️ @EFL highlights from 9:05pm on @channel5_tv. pic.twitter.com/lP7W8ifIMF
— Channel 5 Sport (@Channel5Sport) December 30, 2017
Plymouth are just above the relegation places in League One so every bit of Carey magic helps.
It just helps other things in general too – like life and making it worth living for the normal football fan. And the heroics he produced from what looked like a nothing situation obviously went down a wondrous treat.
— Plymouth Argyle FC (@Argyle) December 30, 2017
Ball into the channel is latched onto by Carey, but he's facing the corner flag, at a terrible angle and going absolutely nowhere.
So naturally he volleys it into the top corner. #pafc
— Plymouth Argyle FC (@Argyle) December 30, 2017
Dear Sky, Football on 5 and whoever else is relevant – don't bother with your goal of the day malarkey. Just send your prizes to Home Park, PL2 3DQ, marked 'GC10'. Cheers. #pafc
— Plymouth Argyle FC (@Argyle) December 30, 2017
The screamer gave Plymouth a 2-0 half time lead but they were eventually undone in the second period and succumbed to a 90th minute equaliser and had to make do with a point for their efforts.
Football is about so much more than points taken and wins and losses though – it really is. It’s about memories, and no-one makes memories more beautiful than Graham Carey does.
