Robbie Keane

[tetsujin1979]

2. His goal celebration is ridiculous. In particular in 2002 when he scored V Saudi Arabia and his team-mates mobbed him - he was pushing them out of the way in order shoot an arrow at the camera.
(BOD scored a hat-trick V France in Paris and did a mysterious circle thing with his hands, that has been his most flamboyant try celebration)

A friend of his from Wolverhampton asked him to do that bow and arrow celebration if he scored.

[Crosby87]

And that friend was named...Russell Brand.

[Crosby87]

And Keano continues to take the U.S. by storm, grinding with Becks and now doing an interview with NBC sports.
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/496300...sports-soccer/

[strangeirish]

"His English has gotten a heck of a lot better," Arena said with a grin. "When he's complaining, we understand him a heck of a lot better now than we did when he first got here."

[Olé Olé]

"His English has gotten a heck of a lot better," Arena said with a grin. "When he's complaining, we understand him a heck of a lot better now than we did when he first got here."

What are these "heck" things that Arena keeps referring to?

[tricky_colour]

What are these "heck" things that Arena keeps referring to?

One theory is that it is a combination of two words, hell and f*ck. As in what the hell and what the f*ck.

Described as "euphemistic alteration of hell, first recorded 1865.".

So now you know, as do I.

[Crosby87]

Yes, I believe you are correct, it was 1865, and Abe Lincoln (soon to be portrayed by D.Day Lewis) turned around at Ford Theatre and said "What the Heck are you doing lurking back there?"
True story.

[bennocelt]

The "fans" are actually Russell Brand's children. It is on Newstalk, Gift Grub this morning, the John Murray show, the Metro etc etc. I find the national delight in trying to make a fool of Keane annoying. If it has been O'Driscoll would it have made these programmes. Sure send the picture around a few friends and have a giggle if you like, but worth prime time on at least three different stations/newspapers? As I said bizarre. Can you imagine the BBC running with a story with Wayne Rooney being named as a fan in similar circumstances. It just wouldn't happen. I go to games and have listened to the abuse Keane gets even in his prime and I can/could never understand it. Is it something about him being a Dublin working class guy who has made a lot of money and being successful abroad? Three national broadcasters !

unlike a lot of the team? Nah i think its cause he isnt really that articulate (also like a lot of the team but he is captain)

[Charlie Darwin]

unlike a lot of the team? Nah i think its cause he isnt really that articulate (also like a lot of the team but he is captain)

Keane is plenty articulate. He might not have a lovely middle class accent but he speaks well and always has.

[gastric]

Played pretty well in Galaxy's playoff loss to San Jose (first leg at home). He whinged about everything as usual which drives me insane, but that's Robbie! What I found bizarre was the referee spraying a line on the pitch inside the box before free kicks. It was new to me, maybe not to others.


http://www.lagalaxy.com/news/2012/11...akes-late-goal

[geysir]

I had seen that white spray used by the refs in the Brazilian league to mark the 10m line for the wall at free kicks. I thought it worked well and cut out all that piddling about.

[Colbert Report]

Played pretty well in Galaxy's playoff loss to San Jose (first leg at home). He whinged about everything as usual which drives me insane, but that's Robbie! What I found bizarre was the referee spraying a line on the pitch inside the box before free kicks. It was new to me, maybe not to others.


http://www.lagalaxy.com/news/2012/11...akes-late-goal

It works great and dissolves within a minute. It stops the players in the wall from inching forward. They've been using it in South America for thirty years or more.

[Fixer82]

Keane is plenty articulate. He might not have a lovely middle class accent but he speaks well and always has.

Where are you going? He's not articulate at all. It's painful watching him being interviewed at times. And it's nothing to do with him not being middle class.
Roy Keane is very very far from having a nice middle class accent but I certainly wouldn't call him inarticulate

[paul_oshea]

Crosby and Geysir well said about Brand, i really don't get how he got so big. Even before he appeared in those two films he was big and i was like i've never heard of him, and he isn't even funny.

Ya i was impressed the first time i saw the spray in Mexico, but how come they are allowed to do this? Surely this is a FIFA directive?

Robbie is "plenty articulate"? He is full of superlatives and monosyllabic words, and old football cliches. I feel sorry for him because, probably due to a lack of education and I doubt he reads very much he just can't construct his sentences very well. I always sorta cringe because he tries his best but he is extremely limited and I think someone like john o'shea would be far better speaking in his place. Unfortunately O'Shea has shown he isn't a leader.

[the bear]

Crosby and Geysir well said about Brand, i really don't get how he got so big. Even before he appeared in those two films he was big and i was like i've never heard of him, and he isn't even funny.

Ya i was impressed the first time i saw the spray in Mexico, but how come they are allowed to do this? Surely this is a FIFA directive?

Robbie is "plenty articulate"? He is full of superlatives and monosyllabic words, and old football cliches. I feel sorry for him because, probably due to a lack of education and I doubt he reads very much he just can't construct his sentences very well. I always sorta cringe because he tries his best but he is extremely limited and I think someone like john o'shea would be far better speaking in his place. Unfortunately O'Shea has shown he isn't a leader.

Aren't most footballers like this. Its just a load of spoof every interview. Never found Keane particularily inarticulate, he seems well drilled in saying what the manager would want him to say. He does say a lot without saying anything, they all do. I wouldn't let O'Shea bring out the bins

[paul_oshea]

Does anyone else notice that when they run out of things to say they finish the sentence with something like "but at the end of the day it was a very good performance and the players all did really well", its like a filler and they have more than likely said it already at the start of the interview. I really wonder are they schooled in this or just too stupid to say anything other than something well versed in their head. Even martinez who generally comes across as a great speaker,and a breath of fresh air in general has been guilty of doing this. Its God awful.

[SkStu]

dont most average people do that when theyre speaking to something? I know i do...

[pineapple stu]

I really wonder are they schooled in this

Absolutely schooled in it. LoI players and managers have had courses in media handling for the past few years, I think. It's a shame, cos Pete Mahon's comments were always great fun.

Post-match interviews should be banned. Though someone (probably Dodge) posted a plausible if obscure reason why they're kept; something to do with keeping attention in pubs or summat.

[CraftyToePoke]

summat.

?

Hmmmm

[bennocelt]

Keane is plenty articulate. He might not have a lovely middle class accent but he speaks well and always has.

A matter of opinion Charlie, I have met Robbie and he is a nice guy, but just saying he aint changing the image of the inarticulate footballer any day soon