New Posts For Thread: Robbie Keane the Andy Cole of Irish football?https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/26047785/robbie-keane-the-andy-cole-of-irish-football5 gilt edge chance now equals 1 goal, IF youre lucky?no problem paddy .https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/26047785/robbie-keane-the-andy-cole-of-irish-football?post_id=470518653#470518653no problem paddy .Sun, 17 Oct 2010 07:53:34 -0500Thanks Workrider,just that one time every top club had Irish and Scottish players now there's only a few. As you said very few making the grade these days.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/26047785/robbie-keane-the-andy-cole-of-irish-football?post_id=470518477#470518477Thanks Workrider,just that one time every top club had Irish and Scottish players now there's only a few. As you said very few making the grade these days.Sun, 17 Oct 2010 07:51:44 -0500paddy hair they have scouts alright , lots of young irish lads on pl clubs books , its just very hard to make the grade .most clubs bypass youth system and buy direct if you know what i mean .i see chelsea had a young lad come on as sub yesterday anhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/26047785/robbie-keane-the-andy-cole-of-irish-football?post_id=470516277#470516277paddy hair they have scouts alright , lots of young irish lads on pl clubs books , its just very hard to make the grade .most clubs bypass youth system and buy direct if you know what i mean .i see chelsea had a young lad come on as sub yesterday anSun, 17 Oct 2010 07:26:25 -0500The main problem is Keane isn't playing regularly for his club and so isn't as sharp as he should be.But there is no one to take his place, Doyle works hard but isn't in Keanes class.The other problem is that the Premier league clubs don't have as mahttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/26047785/robbie-keane-the-andy-cole-of-irish-football?post_id=470430033#470430033The main problem is Keane isn't playing regularly for his club and so isn't as sharp as he should be.But there is no one to take his place, Doyle works hard but isn't in Keanes class.The other problem is that the Premier league clubs don't have as maSat, 16 Oct 2010 13:51:15 -0500Keanes had a decent International career, show me ten in the (money bags/bankrupt) English Premier league that have done more for their country.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/26047785/robbie-keane-the-andy-cole-of-irish-football?post_id=470389277#470389277Keanes had a decent International career, show me ten in the (money bags/bankrupt) English Premier league that have done more for their country.Sat, 16 Oct 2010 08:41:29 -0500excellent shots to goals ratio stats sirwinalot, looks like I wasnt far off on my original assessment that he scores 1 in 5......https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/26047785/robbie-keane-the-andy-cole-of-irish-football?post_id=470245653#470245653excellent shots to goals ratio stats sirwinalot, looks like I wasnt far off on my original assessment that he scores 1 in 5......Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:12:16 -0500Just a point on the Shearer/Lineker comparisons...The England number 9 shirt is a lot more hotly contested than the Irish No.9. Shearer and Lineker had to wait their turn and then had several top class strikers breathing down their necks to take thehttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/26047785/robbie-keane-the-andy-cole-of-irish-football?post_id=470245349#470245349Just a point on the Shearer/Lineker comparisons...The England number 9 shirt is a lot more hotly contested than the Irish No.9. Shearer and Lineker had to wait their turn and then had several top class strikers breathing down their necks to take theFri, 15 Oct 2010 07:09:34 -0500for me the signs were there before the Slovakia match, seemed to struggle to hit the target with bread and butter chances in the internationals leading up to the Slovakia match. But after I started to question his finishing recently, I always said tohttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/26047785/robbie-keane-the-andy-cole-of-irish-football?post_id=470244713#470244713for me the signs were there before the Slovakia match, seemed to struggle to hit the target with bread and butter chances in the internationals leading up to the Slovakia match. But after I started to question his finishing recently, I always said toFri, 15 Oct 2010 07:02:03 -0500I feel generally disappointed that the great youth teams have failed to deliver substantially at senior level. Duff's career has been blighted by injury and to have qualified for only one tournament since the Charlton era is depressing. The near misshttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/26047785/robbie-keane-the-andy-cole-of-irish-football?post_id=470243653#470243653I feel generally disappointed that the great youth teams have failed to deliver substantially at senior level. Duff's career has been blighted by injury and to have qualified for only one tournament since the Charlton era is depressing. The near missFri, 15 Oct 2010 06:50:37 -0500irishro , agree fully re gibson , he took a free and sent the ball back to our full back , with all our lads in their box waiting for him to cross .https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/26047785/robbie-keane-the-andy-cole-of-irish-football?post_id=470239853#470239853irishro , agree fully re gibson , he took a free and sent the ball back to our full back , with all our lads in their box waiting for him to cross .Fri, 15 Oct 2010 06:03:11 -0500