All this negativity

[tetsujin1979]

What were Robbie's CL stats this year?

From UEFA.com's Champions League Fantasy Football: http://en.uclfantasy.uefa.com/M/stat..._filter=&view=

    Date   Matchday  Opposition Result Minutes Goals  Assists  Yellow Red
    				        Played
16/09/09          1      MAR(A)    2-1       4     0        0       0   0
01/10/09          2      PSV(H)    3-1      76     1        0       0   0
22/10/09          3      ATL(A)    1-1      53     1        0       0   0
04/11/09          4      ATL(H)    1-1      71     0        0       0   0
26/11/09          5      MAR(H)    1-0       0     0        0       0   0
09/12/09          6      PSV(A)    3-1      90     0        1       0   0
Total                                      294     2        1       0   0

[weldoninhio]

So, 2 goals and a MOTM performance. Doesn't sound like he's up to playing in the CL to me.

So thats a goal and a MOTM performance against the 5th placed team in a poor Dutch league and another against a team who have conceded 43 goals in 28 league matchs.

By your arguement Juan Culio of FC Cluj is CL quality, since he got 2 against Roma. Or Jeppe Curth who scored against Villareal and Manchester United for Aalborg.

By the by, if he was Champions League quality why did Benitez, who has won the thing before, let him go back to Spurs with Liverpool still challenging??

[boovidge]

We've got a midfield of two championship players and two guys who deserve to be in the championship against the greatest playmaker in the game, one of the top 5 box to box midfielders in the world and a pair of world class attacking wing backs.

We don't have a prayer. Very few teams would.

You're actually Dunphy arent you?

[weldoninhio]

You're actually Dunphy arent you?

Bill, Bill, Bill Would you let him drive the train to Cork?? Would ya??

[livehead1]

Weldoninhio, You're a F*cking muppet!

[weldoninhio]

Weldoninhio, You're a F*cking muppet!

Are you on the Trinity College debate team???

[Stuttgart88]

My subjective opinion that both Keane and Doyle are very good quality players stands. I think neither would look out of place against some of Europe's better club teams, like neither does playing against good international teams.

I'm not basing any argument soley on Keane's stats but they back up most people's opinion that he's a quality player, who, in case you hadn't heard, actually did score against Italy last week.

[Scram]

Bill, Bill, Bill Would you let him drive the train to Cork?? Would ya??

Brilliant

[livehead1]

Are you on the Trinity College debate team???

If you view my previous post's you will notice that I asked you the question as to what satisfies your curious requirement for 'Champions League quality' yet you saw fit to ignore it so try not to make sarcastic comments as to an alleged inability to debate when you have ignored the opportunity to debate in the first instance.

[weldoninhio]

If you view my previous post's you will notice that I asked you the question as to what satisfies your curious requirement for 'Champions League quality' yet you saw fit to ignore it so try not to make sarcastic comments as to an alleged inability to debate when you have ignored the opportunity to debate in the first instance.

My criteria for a champions league quality player is someone who plays consistently in a team which qualifies for the CL consistently. I would probably rate Robbie Keane as Europa League quality

[tetsujin1979]

My criteria for a champions league quality player is someone who plays consistently in a team which qualifies for the CL consistently.

Darren Fletcher?
Niklas Bendtner?

[weldoninhio]

Darren Fletcher?
Niklas Bendtner?

They only play if there are injuries and are not 1st team regulars, therefore they do not play consistently.

[Colbert Report]

John O'Shea plays regularly for Manchester United. Do you consider him to be Champions League quality? Richard Dunne has never played in the CL. Would you not consider him to be a better player than O'Shea?

[gustavo]

They only play if there are injuries and are not 1st team regulars, therefore they do not play consistently.

Bendtner has played in 9 of Arsenal's 10 games in Europe this season

[weldoninhio]

Bendtner has played in 9 of Arsenal's 10 games in Europe this season

Bendtner started 5 games and came on as a sub in 4. This was down to injuries!!

He is the 4th choice striker at Arsenal behind Adebayor, Van Persie and Eduardo. He is also only 24, and under Wenger will develop as a player..

[mypost]

My criteria for a champions league quality player is someone who plays consistently in a team which qualifies for the CL consistently. I would probably rate Robbie Keane as Europa League quality

Just like earlier in the week, when you were predicting we would get steamrollered by Italy, you're talking crap again.

Robbie Keane has about 150 goals in all competitions as a domestic player playing in some crap teams. He has double Don Givens 15-year old goalscoring record for his country, he has scored at all levels of the game, be it at Crumlin United, or for Ireland at the WC, the highest level of football. He did what all good strikers are supposed to do last week, and took his chance when it came.

The player is outstanding and brilliant, and as a Liverpool fan, I was upset to see him thrown on the scrapheap after 6 months and used as a political football to kick around. It has contributed to us playing catch up in the EPL race, rather than been way out in front.

And we'll be relying on him to get us to Africa next year.

[Greenbod]

And we'll be relying on him to get us to Africa next year.

Agreed. Were it not for him, I believe we'd already be out of the race.