Well done to Robbie. Always a dream to win honours in the career you earn the crust in.
Lets talk about six baby
Fair play to Robbie. He's really taken the MLS by storm. I wonder would his presence there have aroused the interest of US-born players with Irish roots potentially eligible to play for us...
It's a great achievement to be fair. His professionalism really can't be overstated. Many thought he was taking the easy way out by joining to the States and living the good life. I'm sure the lifestyle was important in his decision, but instead of going winding down he obviously put his heart and soul into giving as much as he possibly could for his team. This is a fantastic recognition of his time there to add to his championships.
They love a few stats don't they?Originally Posted by DeLorean
Football's 'Moneyball' revolution is well underway and is not merely confined to the US.
Bradley Wright-Phillips and former King's Lynn youth team player Dom Dwyer are the only players ahead of Keane in the scoring stakes.
Is that final on Sunday a first leg or one off game? Anyway, it's live on BT Sports 2 around 8ish.
http://www.herald.ie/sport/soccer/ro...-30798338.html
At least four more years for Robbie after pipping Nguyen, Martins & Wright-Phillips to MVP award.
MLS going up against the NFL for the final? Should get a nice robust Nielsen rating of 0.00.
Give over, he beat every other player in the MLS - including Thierry Henry, Landon Donovan and Clint Dempsey - for the award. Each of the finalists played well this season and deserved their nomination, regardless of who they used to play for.
Its true, Henry leaving got ink in the New York Times skinny sports section even. It was decent ink in the tabs. Profile in WSJ.
The other 2 blokes with him in the mvp race are good players.
Unless you are being sarcastic Adam which I just considered.
interview from Ken Early with Robbie Keane in today's Irish Times: http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/socc...lory-1.2028952
Hopefully this excerpt puts one more argument about Robbie to bed
There’s something I want him to clear up. In 2011 he said, somewhat mysteriously, that “if I didn’t play for Ireland and someone else comes in, I’ve always said I would walk away.” Did he mean that he would walk away from Ireland if he was no longer starting the matches? We both know that the Scotland game last month in Glasgow was the first time he had started a competitive Ireland match on the bench since 2001.
I can see he’s slightly irritated by the question, as though this isn’t the time to be asking about his future with Ireland. But he answers it anyway.
“No, I said ‘if I’m not wanted’. If you’re not wanted - if you’re not picked for the squad, you won’t go. So I’m very lucky that people still want me. So as long as they want me, I’ll keep playing.”
I'm still confused because there was, quite rightly, not a chance in hell of Robbie Keane not being selected for squads four years ago. 2011 is not that long ago. I do recall conjecture over who should/would be starting up front for Ireland. I do not recall anyone surmising that he shouldn't be getting selected for squads. It's quite a big jump from not being an automatic starter to not being picked for squads. That's why the walking away comment is a source of confusion because - and I reiterate - not being picked for squads was irrelevant and out of the question. It was never brought up as a possibility. Rotation was and even that never gained steam.
I believe what I believe but it's not really that important and I respect other people's right to disagree about it.
And RE: the two prior posts you quoted, I will admit I was being a little banterous with the first one but I wasn't trying to be with the second one. I was honestly just naming the players he was competing with for the award.
The "walk away" comment is still only a source of confusion for you methinks. In everybody else's book it's pretty clear. Liam Mackey set the remarks in context ages back, not that I needed any explanation of what he pretty obviously meant. Richard Dunne is playing great football, week in week out for QPR these days and looks healthy. He thought it was time to walk away, his words. Nobody doubted he meant to retire gracefully. But it remains a huge bone of contention for you when Keane says that when he is no longer wanted he'll retire gracefully too, no matter how many time he sets it straight.
Keane!
Robbie has just made it 2-1 to galaxy in the second half of extra time in tonights MLS cup final
Nice tidy finish inside the box from a long pass
Robbies Goal
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Edit: Robbies Winner
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