Turkey v Ireland 23rd of March

Sport
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Didn’t see the game last night but good to see a few new players bedded in.

I think 3-5-2 will be the way forward with the players at our disposal. The likes of Christie could slot into a back three and give a bit of pace back there. How did Browne and Hourihane do?

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Radio1 has a couple of lads here talking about the match, it seems that we’re fucked since Robbie retired, we’ll probably never ever see his likes again :rofl:

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What’s the laughing about? We never had a better striker before him and we don’t look like having a better one anytime soon

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I wouldn’t pass much heed to Mary Poppins, he’s a stale WUM.

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We never had a better striker before him???

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Thats the problem with the Johnny come lately joe.ie fans Kev :roll_eyes:

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**[quote=“caoimhaoin, post:45, topic:25791, full:true”]
We never had a better striker before him???
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We did.

Gerry Armstrong

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No. There isn’t even an argument to be made that we’ve had better but I’m sure you’ll try

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The funny thing is that it’s considered highly unlikely that we’ll ever see one as good again :grinning:

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Ireland’s goalscoring record before Robbie Keane was 21. It is now 68. That’s all that needs to be said

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The joe.ie fans will point to the goalscoring record vs previous generations not taking into account the absolute scutter that is international football now, the cannon fodder friendlies lined up for them and the sheer number of games played.

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Robbie Keane scored competitive international goals against Spain, Italy, France, Holland and Germany - all teams who have either won or played in World Cup finals during Keane’s international career.

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Ooft

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Ya cos thongs are that black and white:rollseyes:

Keane wouldn’t have made the team in late 80’s/early 90’s

But to think or say we could not have another better is so laughable it’s incredulous.

Mind you the FAI are doing a great job of narrowing the playing Poole as much as possible to reduce the chances

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Gas cunt. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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I never said we couldn’t have another better :rollseyes:

Robbie Keane would have been one of the best strikers in the English league if he played in the 80s

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He wouldn’t have got a game

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Stick to bogball you dimwit

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Ah the usual.

No discussion.

No logic.

No nuance.

No memory.

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He would have been one of the best strikers in England. Jack Charlton regularly didn’t play our best players so you could be right. Robbie was unlucky that his career coincided with the emergence of foreign players into English football, otherwise he’d be rated a lot higher that he is

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