QuoteOriginally Posted by ArdeeBhoy
Robbie, England's top scorer!!
Erm, who?
Robbie, England's top scorer!!
That's a great list. Amazing to look at the likes of Bum-Kun Cha, who got 55 international goals by the time he was 25, and was never selected again after he moved to the Bundesliga bar a call-up for the 1986 World Cup. Similar story with Puskas and Kocsis once they left the Hungarian league. And how many goals would Kazuyoshi Miura have if his international career lasted as long as his club career (1986 to present)?! Or Gerd Mueller if he hadn't quit international football at 29, when he had four more 20+ goal seasons in the Bundesliga left?
Poul Nielsen's record for Denmark looks very impressive. He was incredibly prolific with 52 goals in 38 games; a rate of 1.37 goals per game.
Although when I tried to find out a bit more about him, I realised he played at a time when teams lined out with just two at the back and scores like 7-3 or 8-2 were par for the day. Sophus Nielsen, for example, who played in the same Denmark team as his namesake between 1910 and 1919, scored 10 of his 16 international goals in a 17-1 victory over France at the 1908 London Olympics. I'm not aware they were related or anything.
51 goals and Robbie Keane still doesn't know how to celebrate properly. That made me laugh this morning.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/b...tional-weekend
nice little write up on Keano.
"If God had meant football to be played in the air, he'd have put grass in the sky." Brian Clough.
You'll NEVER beat the Irish.......you'll just draw with us instead!!!
Looked to me like he was going to do the old-school cartwheel for the 50th but Andrews came over too quickly, so he couldn't.
How great would Robbie to Fulham be, linking up with Duff and Jol. Playing for a small market team that he could be a big name for would be a perfect fit for Robbie too.
As well as his goals, his work rate and pressing was great the other night. Doesnt get enough credit for pouncing on the defenders error so quickly that led to the second goal. My only qualm would be for the Andrews free kick I think it was that the keeper spilled, really either Keane or Cox shouldve been right on top of him to finish the rebound home.
Yep, "anticipating the mistake" is a key part of football. Robbie did it well on saturday, and I find it really annoying when forwards don't do it. I think Dr_Peepee here has said the same in the past.
Trap was quoted about Keane in the papers. I know I'm laying myself open to criticism of being a committed "Trapologist" (copyright PO'S) but I find the guy really engaging in what he has to say. Even in his wrong language the way he described Robbie smacked of a guy who understands football. "Great forwards can smell the goal opportunity...".
I'm sure Stan and many far more successful coaches than him understand the banter and a lot of the "football insider" stuff, but I don't think that many really understand the finer points. Stan's mutterings on the telly last week were embarrassing. Maybe they just have a load more footballing cliches in Italy.
I thought the same when I heard about Jol this morning. 6 goals in his last 4 ain't a bad shop window performance from Robbie.
He's looked really sharp and alert these past few games. Totally agree about that shot the keeper spilled though, and you could see they were both pi$$ed with themselves too.
Definitely. The latter error was a bit surprising actually seeing as that's exactly how Keane scored against Macedonia in Lansdowne just a couple of months ago.
We've done well enough out of 'keeper errors in our last few games. Let's not get greedy
has jol come out and said he was interested in signing keane or is it more a case of people just putting 2 and 2 together. would be a great move for him, decent prem side and in london to boot. not sure a striker will be his priority thay already have zamora, johnsen, dembele, gudjohnsen and dempsey who could prob be classed as more of a midfielder. keane on top form could keep any of them out of the team imo though
Gudjohnsen's been released, and there's strong rumours linking Johnson and Dempsey with moves away. So could well be room for him.
Ou-est le Centre George Pompidou?
sad to see gudjohnsen being thrown out of club after club, was a great player at chelsea and barca to an extent.
hopefully keane goes and they keep dempsey and the duffer. keane would link up well with zamora
I met Eidur (first name terms) the other day, he was out jogging around the local lake.
Once upon a time he could have jogged across the water.
Could be happening which would be great news!
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...Tottenham.html
ya it would seem perfect for him, hope he gets a move sorted quickly and gets it wrapped up. usually he has to wait till the last day before it happens. kelly, duff and keane would be nice at fulham.
We did a massive post recounting all Robbie's goals, if anyone is interested (and I know you are):
http://greenscene.me/2011/06/robbie-...ational-goals/
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