Better as a team without Keane!!

[Nailer77]

Carloz

Well he has played on numerous occasions on the right wing for Spurs and was excellent there against Chelsea around Xmas


And Roy Keane played RB for United on a number of occasions, Duff's played LB for Newcastle, I wouldn't be advocating playing those guys in those positions. Keane is not a winger, never has been. He might have drifted to the wing against Chelsea but he's not a winger. We've a limited number of players so the get the best out of them you play them in their correct positions and Keane's is off the striker in the hole. I thought we learnt that this business of shifting players around for the sake of it isn't that productive?

[Condex]

I started this thread but even I must admit he had a good game for Spurs against Seville last night, could be the fact he has Jermaine Defoe breathing down his neck at Spurs...

[eirebhoy]

I watched the Seville match and he seemed to be playing as the furthest man forward with Berbatov playing off him. The two of them just seem to play exactly as Jol wants. Excellent partnership.

[Irish_Praha]

I watched the Seville match and he seemed to be playing as the furthest man forward with Berbatov playing off him. The two of them just seem to play exactly as Jol wants. Excellent partnership.

Does Berbatov have an Irish granny?:)

[Stuttgart88]

Robbie's persistent gesticulating and appealing drives me mad and I'm convinced any referee who knows him will not give him the benefit of marginal decisions (e.g., early penalty claim at home to Israel) as refs think he's a chancer. He's a very poor header of the ball in front of goal too.

I think that his frustrating performances for Ireland versus his better performances for Spurs is down to having a properly functioning midfield behind him at Spurs. For Ireland he's starved of quality possession and has to go all over the place just to get on the ball. Nowhere was this more apparent than in Germany.

I think if we had a good central midfield we'd be far more appreciative of Robbie's contribution and his commitment.