Comments on: Should Irish fans give Robbie Keane more credit?

By: James Clancy

James Clancy — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 03:21:41 +0000

I, as author of this piece, agree totally with what you have said Joe Molan. Sadly we appear to be in the minority.

I hope you keep reading in the new year Joe.

By: Catamount

Catamount — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:01:39 +0000

Actual quote was: "This was on its way in, but it's OK," laughed Wilhelmsson, a Swedish international. "He's a striker. That's how they should think. It's better to be there one time too much than one time too little." Keane, Galaxy top Seattle 3-0

By: James Clancy

James Clancy — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 11:56:40 +0000

I didn’t know that Wilhemson said: “He’s a striker. That’s what I would expect him to do,” – it is of course a totally accurate statement. The look on Wilhemson’s face immediately after ‘that’ goal was hilarious though.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:33:35 +0000

I agree that Robbie deserves more respect. His goals record, especially at international level, speaks for itself. I’ve always been most impressed with his appetite for football. I don’t remember hearing complaints from him whenever his career hits a roadblock, like the brief stint at Anfield. He just gets on with it.

I’m a Villa fan and Robbie’s brief stay last season gave the squad a lift and his goals contributed to us staying up. His goal celebrations make him look like a drunk gymnast and don’t add to his likability but the lad is excited to pop a goal in so fair play to him. I hope he keeps banging in the goals and ignoring the begrudgers.

Richard Dunne is another player who I think receives unfair criticism. Most mentions on club forums complain about his defensive lapses but I think he was the most important Villa player last season.

By: Catamount

Catamount — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:30:43 +0000

As an American and Galaxy supporter with Scottish lineage I want to add my wholehearted “Dislike” to any Irish fan that slates Robbie Keane. I’m sure Irishmen and women could care less, but there it is.

If Robbie didn’t bleed green we’d love for him to don the Stars and Stripes as so many millions of Irishmen have. Wilhemson, who struck the shot that Keane finished off from a yard out said, “He’s a striker. That’s what I would expect him to do.”

Perhaps all Irishmen should take a clue from the Swede whenever they consider something Robbie Keane does: “He’s a striker, and Irish to boot. That’s what I would expect him to do.”

By: Alan Nolan

Alan Nolan — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:29:21 +0000

Robbie’s commitment, attitude and work rate are an example to all young sports people. But we shouldn’t lose sight of his quality and here he gets very little credit from the media and from some fans. His record for Ireland speaks for itself:

He is the 8th Highest International Goalscorer of all time in Europe.

That is ahead of Thierry Henri, Bobby Charlton, Dimitar Berbatov, Andriy Shevchenko, Patrick Kluivert, Gary Lineker, Wayne Rooney, Denis Law, Ian Rush etc.

His strike rate per game is behind some of these and ahead of others but of course he was playing for the Republic of Ireland so he had it easy with all of the creativity and goal scoring chances that our team has been famous for during his career. Some of the other guys only played for Netherlands, France, England etc. so you can’t compare Robbie to them…….is that how it goes?

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:02:36 +0000

No.

By: Joe Molan

Joe Molan — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 15:45:12 +0000

Pretty shameful that Robbie’s performance in MLS has been totally overlooked by the Irish press & yet his lampooning for the Brand/Beckham picture gets top billing.

Whilst Beck’s exit was paraded around on most news outlets, I still had to google the result of the final, to see who the hell won!

Keane was commits himself 110%, and it’s good to see the Galaxy fans see that quality in him.