QuoteBit unusual this. Rowan has an article stating Ireland are considering Keane for the gig and an article stating Ireland should consider Keane for the gig in the same paper on the same day...
Well, Rowan covers this to an extentOriginally Posted by Diggs246
"The Israeli league is a higher standard than the League Of Ireland but FAI chiefs are believed to be even more impressed by Keane's achievement in leading Tel Aviv to the last 16 of the Europa Conference League, where they were were narrowly beaten over two legs by the eventual winners Olympicos."
Bit unusual this. Rowan has an article stating Ireland are considering Keane for the gig and an article stating Ireland should consider Keane for the gig in the same paper on the same day...
South Korean league is a random one to compare against!
It's ranked 17th in the UEFA rankings for what that's worth. Scotland are 11th. Belgium 8th. Very little between 17th and 12th though
https://kassiesa.net/uefa/data/method5/crank2024.html
Last edited by pineapple stu; 09/06/2024 at 12:10 PM.
Loses a poor year in the rankings after this season, so stands to jump up to 11th or 12th themselves from 17th, bypassing the likes of Switzerland, Scotland, Norway and Austria, as long as they don't have a disaster of a year in Europe.
https://kesslereffect.bandcamp.com/album/kepler - New music. It's not that bad.
Does anyone know if Keane managed any Palestinian or arab players at Maccabi?
Not 100% sure but went through the squad and pretty confident it's a no...
No Maccabi are staunchly anti-arab
interesting article from 2020: https://www.dw.com/en/violent-protes...ets/a-54463825
All football in Israel is political - Maccabi Tel Aviv are a right-wing, very much part of the political establishment club. Arab players have played for the club - but have been constantly subject to racist abuse by the club's own supporters.
In contrast Hapoel Tel Aviv is a left-wing / far-left working class club ('Hapoel' means 'the worker'). For decades the club was owned by the Histadrut, the Israeli trade union federation. The symbol of the club is the hammer and sickle and banners of Karl Marx adorn the ground on matchdays. The club has significant support among Israeli Arabs.
However, Beitar Jerusalem is an openly far-right, racist/fascist club that is noted for anti-Arab and anti-Muslim bigotry. It is the only Israeli top flight club never to have signed an Arab player. The club's players have a tradition of aligning with Zionist far-right paramilitary militia groups.
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