Robbie Keane

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Originally Posted by EastTerracer

Straight past Greece and it's just there on your left....... I'll get my coat:roll:

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you won't need your coat it's 40 degrees :)

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Originally Posted by Crosby87

How did you find Turkey, Bear?

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recommend it crosby, lovely weather lovely food, great spot

I can see Keano years from now with his grandchildren bouncing on his knees, waiting on his every word, as he tells the story of fulfilling the life long dream of playing Alajuelense. "Papa, there was a football league in the states?" They will ask. "Yes", he'll say, with a twinkle in his eye.

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Originally Posted by EastTerracer

Robbie makes his CONCACAF Champions League debut against the Costa Rican team Alajuelense tonight....

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I met them once back in the old championship manager pc games.

On the same day I forget a dental appointment...I remember sh!te like that. Such is life. :D

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Originally Posted by cclinton

robbie interview here from 18 to 26mins... reaffirms commitment to Ireland, from 18 to 26mins: http://www.mlssoccer.com/extratime

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entertaining bit when they ask robbie if he was surprised to get called up to the national team. I don't think he'd ever been asked that before. Felt a little like when that tv3 girl asked eddie o'sullivan if he was considering his position...

Looked lively is an apt description for last night... after that, he was tactically very poor, running aimlessly and without any sense of combination play. Had potential to score off two decent crosses in the first half but went behind the defenders and the chance was easily dealt with by the defender. --- On this performance, Robbie should be behind both of our other two primary forwards for upcoming euro games. --While it's only the 2nd game over here, last night would be an indicator that internationally (the level us on this board are focused on) there's not much left in the tank for Robbie...... and it's a situation that's not dependent on what league he's playing in.

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Originally Posted by cclinton

Looked lively is an apt description for last night... after that, he was tactically very poor, running aimlessly and without any sense of combination play. Had potential to score off two decent crosses in the first half but went behind the defenders and the chance was easily dealt with by the defender. --- On this performance, Robbie should be behind both of our other two primary forwards for upcoming euro games. --While it's only the 2nd game over here, last night would be an indicator that internationally (the level us on this board are focused on) there's not much left in the tank for Robbie...... and it's a situation that's not dependent on what league he's playing in.

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That'd be the level he's scored 5 goals in 6 games this campaign while not really playing consistently at club level, would it? The way people go on about Robbie Keane, I'd fecking love to see a good forward play for us. He'd have a thousand international goals to his name, his first touch would cure cancer and his off the ball movement would be so beautiful as to make grown men weep in joy.

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Originally Posted by cclinton

Looked lively is an apt description for last night... after that, he was tactically very poor, running aimlessly and without any sense of combination play. Had potential to score off two decent crosses in the first half but went behind the defenders and the chance was easily dealt with by the defender. --- On this performance, Robbie should be behind both of our other two primary forwards for upcoming euro games. --While it's only the 2nd game over here, last night would be an indicator that internationally (the level us on this board are focused on) there's not much left in the tank for Robbie...... and it's a situation that's not dependent on what league he's playing in.

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You're right there. It's a situation more dependent on his international form. Top scorer in our group despite playing very little club football in that time is enough for me.

Let's drop the top scorer in our group because he's only scored one goal in two games for his new club.

Interesting that if he had stayed at Spurs a little longer he likely would have come up again Shamrock Rovers.

Saw fair bit of LA Galaxy game last night in a bar in Chicago. Robbie looked fairly sharp. As was said above he didn't really get much goal opportunities but certainly looked like he was putting himself about and well up for it.
In other matters I'm hung over to bits.

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Originally Posted by theworm2345

Interesting that if he had stayed at Spurs a little longer he likely would have come up again Shamrock Rovers.

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Another of the teams Robbie has "done a Robbie" on and admitted to supporting as a boy. (Seriously.)

The folly of a youth.

agreed, certainly enough for me too .... I was commenting on what I saw over the last two club games, since he has not seen much club action lately. Really hoping that with a decent run of club games he can go on for a long time.

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Originally Posted by Drumcondra 69er

Have you actually examined who Robbie has scored his goals against? The minnow thing is a myth and you're either a WUM or an idiot. Czechs, Italy, Spain, Holland, Germany France, Yugoslavia, Croatia, Russia etc etc...Scored in qualifiers, play offs and 3 in 4 games at his only finals, his international record can't be faulted.

Date↓ Venue↓ Opponent↓ Result↓ Competition↓ Scored(Tally)↓
14 October 1998 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Malta 5–0 Euro 2000 qualification 2 (2)
1 September 1999 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Yugoslavia 2–1 Euro 2000 qualification 1 (3)
8 November 1999 Ta' Qali Stadium, Mdina Malta 3–2 Euro 2000 qualification 1 (4)
13 November 1999 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Turkey 1–1 UEFA Euro 2000 qualification 1 (5)
23 February 2000 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Czech Republic 2–0 Friendly match 1 (6)
2 September 2000 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Netherlands 2–2 2002 World Cup qualification 1 (7)
10 November 2001 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Iran 2–0 2002 World Cup qualification 1 (8)
13 February 2002 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Russia 2–0 Friendly match 1 (9)
27 March 2002 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Denmark 3–0 Friendly match 1 (10)
5 June 2002 Kashima Soccer Stadium, Kashima, Ibaraki Germany 1–1 2002 World Cup 1 (11)
11 June 2002 International Stadium of Yokohama, Yokohama Saudi Arabia 3–0 2002 World Cup 1 (12)
16 June 2002 Suwon Big Bird Stadium, Suwon Spain 1–1 2002 World Cup 1 (13)
21 August 2002 Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Finland 3–0 Friendly match 1 (14)
7 June 2003 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Albania 2–1 Euro 2004 qualification 1 (15)
11 June 2003 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Georgia 2–0 Euro 2004 qualification 1 (16)
18 November 2003 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Canada 3–0 Friendly match 2 (18)
31 March 2004 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Czech Republic 2–1 Friendly match 1 (19)
5 June 2004 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam Netherlands 1–0 Friendly match 1 (20)
4 September 2004 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Cyprus 3–0 2006 World Cup qualification 1 (21)
13 October 2004 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Faroe Islands 2–0 2006 World Cup qualification 2 (23)
16 November 2004 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Croatia 1–0 Friendly match 1 (24)
4 June 2005 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Israel 2–2 2006 World Cup qualification 1 (25)[99]
1 March 2006 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Sweden 3–0 Friendly match 1 (26)[100]
15 November 2006 Lansdowne Road, Dublin San Marino 5–0 Euro 2008 qualification 3 (29)[101]
22 August 2007 NRGi Park, Aarhus Denmark 4–0 Friendly match 2 (31)[102]
11 November 2007 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Wales 2–2 Euro 2008 qualification 1 (32)[103]
29 May 2008 Craven Cottage, London Colombia 1–0 Friendly match 1 (33)[104]
20 August 2008 Ullevaal Stadium, Oslo Norway 1–1 Friendly match 1 (34)[105]
15 October 2008 Croke Park, Dublin Cyprus 1–0 2010 World Cup qualification 1 (35)[106]
11 February 2009 Croke Park, Dublin Georgia 2–1 2010 World Cup qualification 2 (37)[107]
1 April 2009 Stadio San Nicola, Bari Italy 1–1 2010 World Cup qualification 1 (38)[108]
29 May 2009 Craven Cottage, London Nigeria 1–1 Friendly match 1 (39)[109]
5 September 2009 GSP Stadium, Nicosia Cyprus 2–1 2010 World Cup qualification 1 (40)[110]
18 November 2009 Stade De France, Paris France 1–1 2010 World Cup qualification play-off 1 (41)[111]
28 May 2010 RDS Arena, Dublin Algeria 3–0 Friendly match 2 (43)[112]
7 September 2010 Aviva Stadium, Dublin Andorra 3–1 Euro 2012 qualification 1 (44)[113]
8 October 2010 Aviva Stadium, Dublin Russia 2–3 Euro 2012 qualification 1 (45)[114]
26 March 2011 Aviva Stadium, Dublin Macedonia 2–1 Euro 2012 qualification 1 (46)[115]
24 May 2011 Aviva Stadium, Dublin Northern Ireland 5–0 Carling Nations Cup 2 (48)[116]
29 May 2011 Aviva Stadium, Dublin Scotland 1–0 Carling Nations Cup 1 (49)[117]
4 June 2011 Philip II Arena, Skopje Macedonia 2–0 Euro 2012 qualification 2 (51)[118]

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The ones in bold are hardly the greatest of sides?? I stand by my argument that his record will be beaten in the very near future. Retire Robbie, your time is up!!

How near is "very near"? It took Robbie 13 years to hit 50 and there's nobody in the current squad with more than 10.

Does nobody remember what weldononho said the last time?and we didn't hear from him in months.he reminds me those doom days prophets who buy themselves loads of time with their future predictions.

Btw i think cxlinton was more trying to make the point about the mls than robbie....

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Originally Posted by weldoninhio

The ones in bold are hardly the greatest of sides?? I stand by my argument that his record will be beaten in the very near future. Retire Robbie, your time is up!!

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You're right.

If only the piece of crap that he is could have scored against teams he hasn't played against then we could really judge him and his career.

We should judge him on the goals he didn't score in the games he didn't play.
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Originally Posted by weldoninhio

The ones in bold are hardly the greatest of sides?? I stand by my argument that his record will be beaten in the very near future. Retire Robbie, your time is up!!

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A bit harsh on the Danes putting them in with the likes of Andorra & Malta considering they're former European Champions and were preparing for a WC in 2002 when Robbie scored against them....