Robbie Keane

**Supreme feet** · 08/09/2008, 6:38 PM

34 goals for Ireland... says it all, when you consider that Niall is the next highest with 21 - and legends like Stapleton and Aldridge not far below, despite playing with more gifted Irish sides than that of today (though Aldridge was, admittedly, 26 when he declared for us). How Charlton would have loved a striker with Keane's all-round ability. He was double-marked on Saturday, and struggled against Kaladze's physicality (and cynicism), so didn't have the best of games, but the likes of Murphy, Keogh and Long will have to improve beyond belief to really challenge Keane's position. Given the inexperience of Montenegro's back-line, (as opposed to Kaladze and Khizinashvili), I'd back Keane to score on Wednesday. I was right with my Georgia prediction, after all!

**Razors left peg** · 08/09/2008, 7:42 PM

slightly off topic... but still involves gutter journalism... Cahal Dervan in todays Star.Said some thing along the lines that if he was Andy Reid he would be on the first plane home from Frankfurt after not getting a game. Now setting aside whether Andy should be in there team or not(enough Threads on that already) but this is the same Cahal Dervan who as Mick McCarthys best mate in the media has slaughtered Roy Keane at every possible occasion since Saipan(doesnt matter if Keane was right or wrong)... my point is that could Dervan be anymore of a hypocrite.I was disgusted with myself for even finishing the article

Oh....and as for Pat Dolan telling Trap to stop picking on Brian Kerr and pick on someone his own size in the same paper... how this man gets paid to talk about football is beyond my comprehension

**Paddy Garcia** · 08/09/2008, 7:46 PM

Originally Posted by finnpark

Darly Murphy for Ireland.

You could not make it up.

**Razors left peg** · 08/09/2008, 7:52 PM

Originally Posted by Paddy Garcia

You could not make it up.

Hes been looking for reactions to that one for a long time now... best ignored I think

**old git** · 08/09/2008, 8:08 PM

Originally Posted by Ciaran

I thought Keane was quietly brilliant on saturday. Just because he wasn't on the ball much doesn't mean he didn't play well. He made space for McGeady's assist and hit the post. What more do you want?

He made space for McGeady's assist and hit the post. What more do you want?[/

hit the post .. put it in the net thats what we want

**seanfhear** · 08/09/2008, 8:20 PM

Originally Posted by Razors left peg

slightly off topic... but still involves gutter journalism... Cahal Dervan in todays Star.Said some thing along the lines that if he was Andy Reid he would be on the first plane home from Frankfurt after not getting a game. Now setting aside whether Andy should be in there team or not(enough Threads on that already) but this is the same Cahal Dervan who as Mick McCarthys best mate in the media has slaughtered Roy Keane at every possible occasion since Saipan(doesnt matter if Keane was right or wrong)... my point is that could Dervan be anymore of a hypocrite.I was disgusted with myself for even finishing the article

Oh....and as for Pat Dolan telling Trap to stop picking on Brian Kerr and pick on someone his own size in the same paper... how this man gets paid to talk about football is beyond my comprehension

hear hear!

**FarBeag** · 08/09/2008, 10:08 PM

I have heard it all now. Robbie Keane is one of the best players we have. Give him the ball and he will score, just like any good forward does. Don�t give it to him and he will go looking for it leaving him with a much less chance of scoring. This is why Andy Reid should be playing. He is the one who will feed Keane.

I often wonder why people who quite obviously no nothing about football post on a football forum. I wouldn�t post on a tennis forum for e.g. for that very reason.

**DRDoc** · 09/09/2008, 12:30 AM

Surely if someone comes along and starts a thread about an article they should at the very least say who wrote it???

**EastTerracer** · 09/09/2008, 2:13 AM

Next to Shay Given, Robbie is our most important player. Several people on this forum have slated him for not trying hard enough but the truth is that during the last 6 years Robbie has been guilty of trying too hard. The service he gets has been patchy at best during that period and Robbie has always gone looking for the ball (chasing back to midfield and beyond at times).

Anyone who watches him playing for Tottenham over the last few years knows how good a player he can be when he gets decent service. His goal record for Ireland proves his quality as well (even if he does get more goals against so-called weaker teams - what striker doesn't?). His goals against Iran (in the playoff game) and against Germany in Ibaraki are amongst the most important goals we've ever scored. As for the nerve when he took the last-minute penalty against Spain - I wouldn't have trusted any other Irish player to score in that situation.

Someone told me that Philip Quinn wrote the article but its just another in a long list of anti-Robbie articles in the rag press.

**HarpoJoyce** · 09/09/2008, 12:06 PM

More bad news for Robbie, He has some property stolen including jewellery, (I think maybe some money aswell).
Source; FM104 Radio News.

**Razors left peg** · 09/09/2008, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by HarpoJoyce

More bad news for Robbie, He has some property stolen including jewellery, (I think maybe some money aswell).
Source; FM104 Radio News.

Also on the front page of the Sun

**OwlsFan** · 09/09/2008, 2:42 PM

Yep:

"Robbie Keane has become the seventh Liverpool player to have his house burgled in the last two years.

His penthouse flat was broken into while he was away on international duty with the Republic of Ireland and an expensive watch and jewellery are believed to have been stolen.

Keane, 28, had been using the city centre apartment while house-hunting following his �20million summer move from Tottenham.

Over the past two years six Anfield players have been burgled while playing."

Hope it doesn't put him off his game!!

**finnpark** · 09/09/2008, 2:52 PM

Originally Posted by HarpoJoyce

More bad news for Robbie, He has some property stolen including jewellery, (I think maybe some money aswell).
Source; FM104 Radio News.

Did they steal his shooting boots cause I think he left them at home

**Seano** · 09/09/2008, 3:01 PM

Originally Posted by finnpark

3 of those matches were meaningless friendlies where teams don't try. The other was against Wales in another meaningless match. Enough said!!

Darly Murphy for Ireland.

It doesn't really matter in the Trap system as Ireland will only create 2-3 chances per game average. Ireland wont score much but won't concede much either. Montengro conceded 9 goals in their last 3 matches which makes this a very interesting match indeed.

I really can't understand how people attack the quality of the opposition when refferring to Keanes goals. It is widely accepted that there are no more pushovers in international football, so I don't think that thats a fair dig to have at anyone. If your going to attack the persons attitude then fair enough . I met him once and found him to be a bit of a plank, but I wouldnt question his attitude on the pitch or the circumstances in which he has scored. Also of Johnny Aldridges international goal record, all barring 2 maybe ( Mexico and Northern Ireland , assuming Turkey back then were a weak side) would have been against what could have been considered inferior oposition and nobody had a problem there, because rightly so 19 international goals is a record to be proud of no matter who you're playing.

**jbyrne** · 09/09/2008, 3:07 PM

Originally Posted by finnpark

Did they steal his shooting boots cause I think he left them at home

please go away

**mypost** · 09/09/2008, 3:18 PM

Originally Posted by Seano

of Johnny Aldridges international goal record, all barring 2 maybe ( Mexico and Northern Ireland , assuming Turkey back then were a weak side)

Turkey were a poor side, they lost all their games in the group.

**Razors left peg** · 09/09/2008, 3:50 PM

Originally Posted by jbyrne

please go away

just ignore him

**SalvadorSanchez** · 09/09/2008, 4:22 PM

Originally Posted by John83

Now, there's your problem.

Yeah reading the Daily Mail, the worst, most vicious anti-Irish rag ever to come out of the UK, how Irish people read that paper is beyond me....

and they're wrong, Keane did alright and if we improve the final ball from midfield into the strikers he'll score goals, he is a moaner but many footballers are.... anyone remember Hristro Stoichkov? it was like an night at the Opera watching him play...