I suppose there's some Argentinian Drog who complains 'if only Messi could be as important for Argentina as Robbie has been for Ireland'.
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I suppose there's some Argentinian Drog who complains 'if only Messi could be as important for Argentina as Robbie has been for Ireland'.
I just had a vision of us employing a whacky wavy arm inflatable tubeman up front against Austria.
Well played Messrs Stu and Charlie.
LA Galaxy's season opener against Chicago Fire live on ESPN UK right now
Half-time and he hasn't scored yet. Magee has managed to get himself a goal despite doing all of Keane's donkey work, so good for him.
Could he really have been in that bad of shape? I know people that watch MLS and have season tickets and stuff and they thought he was the best player in the league.Quote:
Originally Posted by MeathDrog
With the upcoming games, I would love to see Long and Walters start and Robbie be used as an impact sub, possibly coming on with about 30 minutes to go. Quite a contrast in styles which would upset most defences and might help Robbie in terms of longevity.
It's an interesting question of whether Robbie could be used as an impact sub. His movement would certainly pose a problem for tired defenders, but it's debatable whether Ireland do enough to tire out opposition defenders and he wasn't suited to the role at Spurs.
assist on the second goal, Keane received the ball just inside the D, but waited too long to shoot, allowing two defenders to get between him and the goal, so instead he chipped it through to McGee to get his second of the game.
Keane's been playing in the attacking centre mid position, and some of passing in the final third has been sublime. Despite the two goals, McGee has been very wasteful and could easily be on four goals instead of just the two. Hard to judge on the opening day, but this game is about Championship level
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McGee scored the third after some build up play from Keane on the byline, and Keane scored the fourth, finishing from close in after a knock down
Hat trick Magee's donkey work has paid off with Robbie grabbing a fourth.
Break up the Galaxy! Looking to take over LA with the Lakers struggling and Dodgers doomed to failure. Clips will be RKs competition. And they lost today.
No Beckham or Donovan in the Galaxy squad. Obviously Beckham won't be returning and Donovan is on sabbatical. Do they normally get three designated players? Is Robbie their only one right now?
Donovan is coming back next month. I think they missed the window to replace Beckham, at least until June.
Robbie's goal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=-P5i4z7Dkcw
Terrible defending, didn't connect cleanly with the ball, brutal and poorly executed cartwheel, not to mention the yellow boots :rolleyes:. Call him up Trap!
The 'massive' deflection had the final and telling effect on that goal. Robbie has no shame, celebrating like that.
No I wouldn't have any strikers in all time Irish top ten. I don't believe we have produced any great / world class forwards. I think Keane and Stapleton were the best that I have seen and I would favour Stapleton because I think he has more to his all around game then robbie.Quote:
Originally Posted by DannyInvincible
Robbies is a good / very good player and had had a fantastic career. If you asked objective non irish fans to name their top 50 forwards of the last 20 years I wonder where and if robbie would feature?
On that mls clip, firstly decent finish by robbie (not sure about stunning as the title clip states!) but the defending from the short corner is comical - you'd get slaughtered in a junior league for that. I didn't want Keane to go or mls because I though the standard is poor and I have seen nothing to change that.
If we talk about what Robbie has done in a green shirt, then he is easily one of our greatest ever players. He has been a vital player to our team for close on 15 years and he has scored a huge amount of goals, often in crucial games against big teams. His decision to continue playing for the BIG is admirable and shows his commitment to playing for his country. It is Trap's decision not to pick Robbie and while I would not start him in our next two games, I do respect him for not retiring.
If you talk about Robbie in the global grand scheme of things, then he has probably been in the 2nd tier of strikers for most of his career (very good but not world class), but has occasionally showed glimpses of being a world class player, such as at WC 02 and the season before he went to Liverpool, when if he was English, he may have won the PFA player of the year - think he scored 30 odd goals in a calendar year from January to December around that time.
A comparison could be made with someone like say Ronnie Whelan. Ronnie was a truly world class player in one of the greatest club sides of all time. However, his form for Ireland was at times poor if I remember.
Cormac Byrne happy to report from LA for the Indo.
http://www.independent.ie/sport/socc...-29107106.html
Why would that matter?Quote:
Originally Posted by kennedmc
We're talking about best Irish players of all time , How they measure in an overall context is irrelevant.
Christ on a bike, I've seen some head in the sand stupidity in my time but some of the posts on Robbie Keane are beyond ridiculous on this thread.
The "Aldridge, Stapleton and Givens would have scored more than him against the same level of opponents" really takes the biscuit.
Robbie Keane is in the top 10 Irish players of all time. In fact, he's probably in the top 5 for most reasonable people. To say he is nowhere near just stinks of someone having an awful, petty bias against him.
This.Quote:
Originally Posted by barney
barney, wait til you're accused of being biased for him.
When I read people saying Robbie isn't one of our greatest ever players, I feel like I'm on crazy pills.
Top 5 for me, no question. He has over 50 goals! I mean.....come on!
But most of them were...Quote:
Originally Posted by Yard of Pace
*in friendlies
*against weak opposition
*tap-ins
*penalties
Circle as many or as few as appropriate.
Added a little more clarity to the anti-Keane argument.Quote:
Originally Posted by BonnieShels
This should settle things, Keane is the #2 player in MLS currently. :D
http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/articl...keane-ride-top
Hey stu do you ever go to Regina Pats games?
I've been to three local games in 6 years one of which was a Moose Jaw Warriors game. Not a huge fan of hockey tbh. Much prefer the CFL - Go Riders!
Bandwagoner!
I didnt know moose jaw played there. theyve had some pens propects over the years. do they fight in the WHL?
Of course they fight! There are far more fights in the Dub than there are in the NHL.
How soon before our (somewhat) beloved Skip picks up an injury on Costa Ricas horrible playing fields?
Some indicate it could come soon.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/tough-t...4677--mls.html
Of course, officials don't make mistakes, or God forbid they'd be prone to a bribe, back in the first world...Quote:
It's a different world south of the border, and the challenges that await Major League Soccer clubs, from poor field conditions to hostile environments to questionable officiating, is part of the game.
The number 1 player is Mike Magee!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Crosby87
He is of Irish descent!!
He has not played a full international for the USA (just U20)
It has to be said.....
SIGN HIM UP TRAP!!!!
Robbie is the world's 15th-richest footballer: http://www.independent.ie/woman/cha-...-29124799.html
Quote:
Welcome to the multi-millionaires club, Robbie Keane. The Ireland captain, who is based in LA with his wife Claudine and 3-year-old son Robert Jnr, is worth an estimated €40.6 million.
The 32-year-old is now wealthier than Premier League bigwigs such as Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and John Terry, thanks to his lucrative move to play for the LA Galaxy in 2011.
The list of the world's top-earning footballers was revealed with David Beckham, unsurprisingly coming out on top with a €200m net worth. The Goal.com rich list also sees Lionel Messi's €132m, Ronaldo's €128m and Wayne Rooney's €57m rounding out the top ten. And Irish teammate Damien Duff also appears on the list at number 39, with a net worth of €21.2million.
While their football pay packets are the stuff of dreams, many of the top earners' large bank balances are due to 'freelance' income from modelling gigs, endorsements and public appearances.
"The world's top footballers can no longer be regarded as just athletes," Goal.com managing editor Amar Singh explained. "They are major international brands. And David Beckham is the biggest brand of them all. Our findings show just how much wealth footballers are able to accumulate by leveraging this."
Robbie is believed to be earning €2.5m a year from the LA Galaxy, not including bonuses, and he and his model wife are in the middle of moving home once again. The high profile pair were living in a Malibu beach house, however they decided to move once again and sold the property to Spice Girl Mel B.
'Robbie Keane scores as LA Galaxy progress to Concacaf Champions League semi final': http://www.goal.com/en-ie/news/3942/...ss-to-concacaf
Robbie's goal:Quote:
The Galaxy captain scored in a 4-1 victory over Costa Rican side Herediano to help send the club into the semi-final of the Concacaf Champions League
Republic of Ireland captain Robbie Keane scored in LA Galaxy's 4-1 victory over Herediano in the quarter-final of the Concacaf Champions League.
Galaxy took the lead on 18 minutes through an Omar Gonzalez header, while second half goals from Jose Villareal, Jack McBean and Keane secured the win for the MLS side.
Villareal scored on the 69th minute to put Galaxy 2-0 up, while Keane latched onto a through ball from Michael Stephens in the 83rd minute before slotting home. Herediano scored through Elias Aguilar on 85 minutes, but Jack McBean's stoppage time goal made the final score 4-1.
Speaking after the game, Keane praised Villareal's decisive goal and suggested that it could be a 'big season' for the midfielder.
"He has done well. As I've said before, it could be a big season for him," Keane told the club's official website.
"He stepped up tonight and showed his quality. He scored a vital goal at an opportune moment so it was good for us."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZWBBf1zWgE
Full highlights of the game here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MSESUvoxYc
Top 5? Let's see... Irish players who I rate better than Robbie Keane, in alphabetical order to avoid arguments :)
Liam Brady
Shay Brennan
Damien Duff
Tony Dunne
Steve Finnan (criminally underused in a green shirt)
John Giles
Shay Given
Ray Houghton
Charlie Hurley
Denis Irwin
Paul McGrath
Roy Keane
Kevin Moran
Ronnie Whelan
Robbie Keane is the Irish Pippo Inazaghi. A goal poacher with an incredible instinct for goal. But not a great team player and tactically rather poor. But he has certainly been in the top 20 Irish players of all time. I would say he is one of the greatest strikers we have ever had, for sure. Difficult to compare Stapleton and Robbie Keane, seeing as they played in completely different eras. A player like Robbie Keane would have been kicked off the field in 1980s British football. Quinn was also a great Irish forward, but had a different role (holding up the ball), so also difficult to compare.
"Unidentified Fan" now on LA Buses:
http://static.independent.ie/incomin...bbie-keane.jpg
And with all the traffic people will have plenty of time to try to work it out.
Can't help but note that the unidentified fan is pictured right next to the ventilation system.
I don't buy a word of that. So what if Stapleton and Keane played in different eras? If Stapleton had played in the 1890s, how would have gotten on with the big heavy leather ball? It has no relevance to how good they were during their playing careers. Players don't choose when you get to play for Ireland — all you can judge them on is how much of a difference they made when they were picked and, quite frankly, we would be nowhere without all 54 of Robbie's goals for Ireland.Quote:
Originally Posted by brine3
Robbie Keane is in the top three players for Ireland.
I have to question the sanity of anybody who would put Frank Stapleton ahead of Robbie Quinn, let alone Niall Quinn. Good players all but Robbie is a cut above.