Robbie Keane and Jason McAteer dragged Ireland to the 2002 World Cup.
Roy Keane was a peripheral figure bar a fluky deflected goal in the home draw against Portugal.
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How did a conversation about Messi spiral into a discussion on Jason McAteer out of interest? I can’t be arsed reading the last 60 posts.
Some lunatic said Roy Keane was a great player and better than Pirlo who I said was better than Messi. I helpfully clarified that Roy Keane was fairly useless and Jason McAteer had a better international career than him.
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Thanks mate. Can’t say I agree with it all but I’ll happily sit and observe.
Queen bottled it before he had to face the big boys in the World Cup. Ireland got on fine without him.
United got on fine without him when they made it to the Champions League final, Queen was ordinary and is a joke figure on the continent. He’s known as the guy who got destroyed by a traffic warden in the Scottish Cup.
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Shocking lack of credit for Damien Duff who was by far and away the dominant player on the field when we beat Holland in Lansdowne road.
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He wasn’t really a regular in that campaign.
50 posts since I last logged in on this thread, fishing worthy of the Raven in his day
agree
Keane was viewed as a leader on the pitch and the father figure for the younger stars around him at United. In reality his perceived achievements and the success of United was more resultant of the talented group of young players like Scholes, Giggs, Beckham, Neville etc. and some shrewd signings from Ferguson.
The fact is Keane was quite a technically limited footballer whose greatest skill was the ability to bully and intimidate the players on his own team, the opposition and the officials. He would not last 5 minutes at a top level club these days where his dangerous tackles and personal vendettas would not be tolerated by the officials or the club.
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Wonderful stuff.
No he’s not. Michael Platini is the all time top goal scorer in European Championship finals with 9 (all scored in just the one tournament -1984), followed by Alan Shearer on 7.
Zlatan (in three tournaments) is one of plethora of players (including Nuno Gomez) who have scored 6,
Zlatan will be the record holder by the close of next summer and I will resign from the forum if that is not the case.
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What an utter capitulation. Presented with some basic facts, you’ve now moved from Zlatan is one of the all time top scorers to Zlatan will be the record holder by the close of next summer.
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Needless to say, I will have the last laugh as I’ve done many times before. Bomber has been vindicated in this thread, the chickens have come home to roost with regards to Mythi.
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He’s known throughout the continent for his performances in the Scottish Cup?
Yes, not positively either.
Most Irish people are probably familiar with this on their holidays abroad:
“You Irish???”
“Yes”
“Roy Keane???”
“Yes”
“He guy who destroyed by bin man in Scottish Cup”
“Yes”
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Keane was an excellent passers of the ball. He was technically sound for that level and would do well in any era
His leadership was his best quality though.
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stick to the bogball mate
Keane was a poor leader as the way his tenures with Ireland and Man Utd played out. For those who point to his success, both teams continued to excel without him.