QuoteWolves need to sign a top class defender any way they can
Robbie could move to Wolves and score 20 goals but they would still concede 25 and go down.
Wolves need to sign a top class defender any way they can
also linked with blackburn according to the BBC
I bet he regrets that xmas party now!!!
"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!!!
To be fair, he's cost Spurs more money than Liverpool....Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
This could be a massive January for my club, Wolves. Rumours are rife that we are bidding for a return of both Keane and Jolean Lescott. There was also a rumour on one forum that Big Mick wants to sign Damien Duff. Despite needing more obvious reinforcements in defence and central midfield, I don't think we're in a position to turn-down Keane who clearly needs out of White Hart Lane. Equally, I don't think we've ever had a better chance of signing him, even if it's just until the end of the season. Incidently, we were reportedly after him last January transfer window when he went to Celtic.
If we do sign him, I imagine a big factor would have been his appearance at Molineux a couple of months ago. His good friend Matt Murray had just announced his retirement and went out on the pitch at half-time with a microphone and a pre-prepared speech. In a nice gesture by the club, it was arranged that a few old team mates including Lescott and Keane would surprise him by joining him out the pitch. They were each greeted with applause as they entered the pitch but Keane was greeted with "Sign him up" chants as well the odd "Messiah" gesture.
Exactly. Robbie ain't the dressing their particular gaping wound needs right now.
This is true, it must be his relationship with Redknapp and that Christmas knees up in Dublin, I hope so anyway because we need him for another campaign at least.
I'm not a big fan of Redknapp at the best of times. But to be fair I don't think Keanes done enough when given the oppertunity to warrant selction ahead of other options. There's more to it than just the Christmas doo or relationship with Harry. It's totally different to the Benitez thing where even when he did perform he was bombed!!... Villa would be the best he could hope for at this stage of his career. I hope it materialises.
When Jol was at Spurs, he usually favoured a Big Man-Little Man combination up front. Berbatov was his first choice "big man" (with Mido as back up) and initially Defoe was his first choice "little man", with Keane as back-up.
However, when Defoe got a bad injury and Keane was in for a good spell, he so impressed Jol (and the fans) that he kept his place even after Defoe's return to fitness.
Meanwhile, when Harry took over at WHL from the floundering Ramos, he restored the same "big man-little man" formation. Of course, Defoe was always likely to be his 1st choice (previous history etc), alongside Crouch (another favourite).
But instead of remembering the lesson from Jol, keeping his head down and awaiting his chance should Defoe get injured (which he regularly does), Keane seems to have got 'above himself' - hence the Xmas Party business etc.
Worse, not only did he alienate Harry on a personal basis, but professionally he was swimming against the tide, too. For he was 30 in July past i.e. not likely to get any better. Whereas Defoe has only just turned 28, so approaching his peak.
And quite honestly, whilst I was always a big fan of Robbie's, he has done nothing this last season or two to justify for me why he should be in the team.
Therefore it's probably best for all concerned if Spurs can get £5-6m for him from some other Premier League club outside the Top Six.
P.S. James Olley, a writer I quite like, had this commentary on Keane in yesterday's London Evening Standard. I think it is fair:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standa...-his-appeal.do
After 340 epl games, 100 lower division games, 100 caps and over 200 goals scored, sure his best days are behind him.
What a career so far, though. May he have a long twilight.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standa...-his-appeal.do[/QUOTE]
good read but this quote is as big an insult as ive seen from a small minded reporter
"He looks like a scally from an Irish council estate more suited to the world of flyweight boxing or perhaps a cameo in Snatch, with a cartwheel and gunfire celebration that is presumably a bizarre fusion of schoolboy gymnastics and Wild West cowboy."
Word is he's heading to West Ham. Oh lord.
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
I'm sure he'll be linked with a dozen clubs between now and February. I wouldn't put much stock in any specific rumour.
Funny you should say that as soon as I posted that there was another rumour floating that he's be going to the Vancouver Whitecaps. Oooooooooooh LORD!
DID YOU NOTICE A SIGN OUTSIDE MY HOUSE...?
He'll end up at the one club he wasn't linked with. Probably these chaps then.
Have to agree - quite a bizarre thing to say in an article that is supposedly reviewing his capability as a footballer.
I also thought the following is a bit of a strange comment "he has cost various clubs nearly £75m and has only one League Cup medal to show for his undeniable talent".
A lot of very good players win few, if any, medals. The reality now is that unless you play for Man U or Chelsea, trophies are a rarity. For example, Jermain Defoe has never won a medal of any description. In fact, the current Arsenal and Liverpool squads (supposedly 2 of the big 4) have very few medals between them.
The article is quite poor really, includes an amount of edging towards cynical surmises,
in order to support the Journo's viewpoint.
No wonder EG likes the journalist James Olley
Marco's account'Twice he was given an opportunity to enter the stratosphere occupied only by the game's elite — Inter Milan and Liverpool saw greatness in him and yet on both occasions he faltered.'
Within seven months of arriving, Keane was gone. Tardelli himself didn't survive until the end of that season. Tardelli was asked about it his time with Keane
The former Italian World Cup winner answered with a straight bat. "I did say to Robbie Keane that he had a great future and it turned out he did," Tardelli said.
"It didnt happen with Inter, but unfortunately I wasn't the only one making decisions at Inter and I wasn't the one handling the money.
"I stand by my words, he did have a future and he is a good international player."
Why should they remember him? after a few games as a teenager 11 years ago.'The impact he made was negligible; judging by his second-half appearance as a substitute in Spurs' 4-3 defeat in the San Siro, the Nerazzurri faithful barely even remember him.'
Robbie's career moved on, fulfilling Tardelli's confidence that he would have a great future.
They all remembered him but only heroes and villains get vocal receptions from fans. Blokes who played a few games for clubs wil have fans chattering, but not screaming about it
Pathetic stuff IMO
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I think the failure at either Liverpool at Inter is very harsh. Yes it didnt work out at Inter, but mainly because a change of manager who was not willing to give him time. The failure at Liverpool is certainly invalid. In fact, in my opinion he performed well there considering his opportunities were very limited by a manager who was determined to use the lad as a pawn in his internal battles with the club.
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