Printable View
Keanes goal last night was sublime great first touch as he took the ball from Mido's flick beautifully, Pity he was not been played by Jol in October as I think an on form Keane could have made the difference. But if my my aunty was a man she would be my uncle
I'd be surprised if Parmarot not choosen for the bench as could cover centre back position too? Kelly would have good chance of few games while lee is injured as would suit Spurs attacking fullback tactic.Quote:
Originally Posted by livehead1
Yeah, Kelly is definitely ahead of Pamarot for full back positions.
Some nice scenes in that match. In the tunnel before the match Keane walked back and shook Ireland's hand. He also had a nice long talk with Dunne on the pitch after the match. Nice to see the camaraderie amongst the Irish.
Dunne and Keane are from the same area, more or less, and usually room together when they're on Ireland duty, at least Keane said that in an interview a while back. Good to see him acknowledging Stephen Ireland as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fergie's Son
Keane seems to be turning the corner at the moment. Jol threw down a challenge and Keane appears to be responding. This might help mold Keane into a leadership role which would be great for Ireland. The Keane/Mido partnership is clearly working. I would have been one of the posters who would have put Dafoe ahead of Keane but on current form Keane is on a roll.
I've never lost faith in Keane. He is more effective than the £20m rated Defoe imo.
Robbie Keane has no desire to leave TottenhamQuote:
Originally Posted by Fergie's Son
The Ireland striker has fought back from being left out of the team earlier this season to forge a partnership up front with Mido, and the 25-year-old is delighted with the way things are going.
"Full credit to the gaffer, he has given me a chance in the last couple of games and I am happy with that," said Keane. "We've got such a young squad and it looks so bright for the future of Tottenham."
Everton were known to be monitoring the situation with Keane, as manager David Moyes pondered a bid when the January transfer window opens.
http://oneteaminireland.bravehost.com/
STEPHEN WANTS IRELAND CALL
By Ken Gaunt, PA Sport Stephen Ireland believes that while he may not be good enough for the Republic of Ireland first-team squad he is ready to come in from the cold and play for the under-21s.
The 19-year-old midfielder is making great strides at Manchester City after
signing an extension to his contract in October.
Ireland looks likely to be involved in the derby against Manchester United at
Old Trafford on Saturday.
However he has been out of the picture at international level for a couple of
years after a row with the coaching staff.
Ireland is hoping a new year will bring a new start for him and the nation
with the Republic searching for a successor to Brian Kerr.
``We had a problem a few years ago, which has never been solved,'' he told PA Sport.
``I would love to play for Ireland. It is one of my dreams.
``I am not sure if I am ready for the first team yet but maybe the under-21s.
``It would be great to get involved at some stage. I have not given up on
Ireland, not at all.''
Under-21 coach Don Givens has already indicated that Ireland could feature in
a youth tournament in Madeira next month providing it does not clash with his
City commitments.
playin in manchester derby now.
He played a blinder,near enough to man of the match i would say. Good vision,strong in the tackle and a good engine.He has to be called into the senior squad.He should go no where near Givens u21. Poor Richie Dunne played well too but went off with a knee injury,hope its not too serious.
Fist time I've seen him in a full game. Thought he had a cracking game
First time I've had a chance to watch him as well. He played very well. A few stray balls here and there but otherwise fine. He's not a bad tackler either. O'Shea wasn't that bad either. Silvestre was utter muck. Dunne had a fine game as well.
I watched the highlights on Match of The Day, I didn't see Ireland put
a foot wrong, he played a decisive part in two of the goals and also
helped create some other good goal scoring oppertunities so I was rather
baffled to see him get a rating of 5 (gave the ball away) on Sky Sports!!!!
However a quick look at some of the Man City forums shows what a poor
guide Sky Sports is. This is the typical sort of comment I saw there:-
"Special mentions however go to Trevor Sinclair (Shaun Wright-who?) and
the impressive Steven Ireland."
he was a little wasteful (who wasn't in them midfields yesterday) but his overall contribution deserved a 7 if you want to do a number thing. how united could use a player of his vision! seems composed and able to do simple, creative things in an unhurried fashion. he could be a beautiful player, reminds me of some clever little argie. he is lightweight as has been mentioned ad nauseum and, while he did make some interventions in his own box, he doesn't seem the type of player to physically stamp out a piece of ground for himself.. perhaps the other stephen could help him out with that for ireland.
nice article in the guardian yesterday on Mr Ireland.
He played well yesterday and he has a good little engine on him.
Skys rating is a fook up in my opinion, he made the team of the weekend in alot of the papers, and he is in the squad (not quiet team) of the weekend with BBC, all the man city forums rated his performance too..
The Scum gave both Richie Dunne and Ireland a rating of 9 , towering display by Dunne and Ireland was excellent.. i am used to Irish players getting 6 out of 10 but 9 is odd but good even for the scum..
On another note Ireland should not be called into Givens underage set-up, what a waste we need to start moulding himself and joey O'Brien ASAP for the senior squad and European qualifiers, I for one will be outraged if these two are not included in Stans first squad against Sweden, but stranger things have happened..
Bang on. We need to integrate these players into the senior set-up as soon as possible in order that they hit the ground running for the European qualifiers. If they continue their development apace, these guys should be on around 20 caps each when we start qualifying for WC2010. It was good enough for Robbie and Damien and look what happened on the pitch in WC2002. We can do it again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Reality Bites
:ball: PP