Actually thinking back to Nige and one moment sticks in my mind as a perfect summation of him as a player. It's in part why I always liked him, but also why he was never top 6 standard player.
The Peace Cup before O Neills final season. We're playing Juve. It's the last minute of 120 and IIRC Nige has played every minute and covered every blade of grass. We're under the cosh a bit. Juve keep attacking but can't get through our defence or past the mighty Guzan having a Bossie-esque game.
We're just hanging on in there for pens. Nige intercepts a ball on the edge of our box and then despite the fact he's been running round like a maniac for 120 minutes, he takes the ball and runs all the from our box, through about 4-5 of their players to the edge of there box. Its awe inspiring, it's fantastic...
But then he doesnt know what to do with the ball. He tries to run past one player too many and then gives the ball away. However it's just about enough to take the pressure away and we hang on for pens, and ultimately the win.