Keane's wife

[Rex Banner]

He was so upset his wife wasn't up North it made him miss sitters, that's true love.

[Anny Road]

 

Orangetastic.

[Liquid football]

This is certainly something that people close to Spurs have been saying. As I keep repeating on this site, KEANE ASKED HIS AGENT TO ENGINEER A MOVE BACK TO TOTTENHAM IN EARLY NOVEMBER!!! Please can some posters get this little piece of information into their heads!

 

If that's true, it's interesting because before then he'd had a long run in the side and he didn't start getting dropped until around then. I think people saying he was treated like shit might have to think again.

 

If it's true.

[diego]

Keane got two signing-on fees and a pay rise and sustained national and international media exposure. He also got a few months at the best club in the world and five goals. Whose sorry for him? His troubles will start if he can't perform for Spurs.

 

LFC paid too much for his services because the brains trust calculated they would get it back through expansion of the "market" in Eire and with the Irish diaspora. Those commercial calculations skewed the price. They were not made by Rafa.

 

The decision to go all out for Keane was driven by the failure to get Barry. It was the brains trust who failed to get Barry, not Rafa. Barry was Rafa's No. 1 target. The brains trust did not understand and or appreciate the footballing reasons for Rafa's priority.

 

Management meddling in the manager's area of expertise in order to curry favour with the owners is the root cause of this "embarrassment".

 

As always it is Rafa who has put it right. His decision not to play Keane after it was clear he was not compatible brought the matter to a head. His decision to let him go saved the club and the team continuing negative publicity and stress and, incidentally, about 2 million in wages (assuming Keane would have been sold in the summer, anyway). The potential total financial cost to LFC is probably no more than 2 million and may even be break-even, thanks to Rafa!

[ScottyT]

If we'd got Barry, Alonso might not have had the same impact.

 

Swings and roundabouts.

[Red-Ed]

If we'd got Barry, Alonso might not have had the same impact.

 

Swings and roundabouts.

 

Or more of a one - maybe he'd have scored some goals, had a few more assists and turned those draws into wins.

 

I don't believe that, but it's a thought!:whistle:

[ScottyT]

I like Barry, but there's no way of knowing whether he'd have the same impact at a bigger club with the added expectation. Whereas Alonso is a proven top player and important cog in our machine.

 

It was a huge risk for 18 million quid and I was glad when it fell through, especially as I was sick of getting pissed about by O'Neil.

[Stu Monty]

She would have walked into a senior position in the terracotta army.

 

Missed chances and regrets; the story of the Keanes.

[Catch22]

Keane got two signing-on fees and a pay rise and sustained national and international media exposure. He also got a few months at the best club in the world and five goals. Whose sorry for him? His troubles will start if he can't perform for Spurs.

 

LFC paid too much for his services because the brains trust calculated they would get it back through expansion of the "market" in Eire and with the Irish diaspora. Those commercial calculations skewed the price. They were not made by Rafa.

 

The decision to go all out for Keane was driven by the failure to get Barry. It was the brains trust who failed to get Barry, not Rafa. Barry was Rafa's No. 1 target. The brains trust did not understand and or appreciate the footballing reasons for Rafa's priority.

 

Management meddling in the manager's area of expertise in order to curry favour with the owners is the root cause of this "embarrassment".

 

As always it is Rafa who has put it right. His decision not to play Keane after it was clear he was not compatible brought the matter to a head. His decision to let him go saved the club and the team continuing negative publicity and stress and, incidentally, about 2 million in wages (assuming Keane would have been sold in the summer, anyway). The potential total financial cost to LFC is probably no more than 2 million and may even be break-even, thanks to Rafa!

 

 

Good post.

 

I hadn't thought about the Irish market issue but could well be right

[ScottyT]

Give it a rest.

 

The only 'brains trust' was Benitez. Keane was his choice, he fucked up and got rid.

[Anny Road]

Good post.

 

I hadn't thought about the Irish market issue but could well be right

 

What an absolute load of tosh.

[TommyW]

Irish market? that untapped resource of 3m people where half already support us and the other half support the mancs

 

doubt it somehow

[Newport]

 

Orangetastic.

 

Racist...

[stringvest]

Keane got two signing-on fees and a pay rise and sustained national and international media exposure. He also got a few months at the best club in the world and five goals. Whose sorry for him? His troubles will start if he can't perform for Spurs.

 

LFC paid too much for his services because the brains trust calculated they would get it back through expansion of the "market" in Eire and with the Irish diaspora. Those commercial calculations skewed the price. They were not made by Rafa.

 

The decision to go all out for Keane was driven by the failure to get Barry. It was the brains trust who failed to get Barry, not Rafa. Barry was Rafa's No. 1 target. The brains trust did not understand and or appreciate the footballing reasons for Rafa's priority.

 

Management meddling in the manager's area of expertise in order to curry favour with the owners is the root cause of this "embarrassment".

 

As always it is Rafa who has put it right. His decision not to play Keane after it was clear he was not compatible brought the matter to a head. His decision to let him go saved the club and the team continuing negative publicity and stress and, incidentally, about 2 million in wages (assuming Keane would have been sold in the summer, anyway). The potential total financial cost to LFC is probably no more than 2 million and may even be break-even, thanks to Rafa!

 

Wow! Another couple of reasons to be grateful to Rafa! Thanks Rafa. No, really - thanks.

 

and thanks for putting us straight, Diego.

[hamstrung]

Well, midnite came and clock did strike

And in she came, did Robbie Keane's wife

With legs like scissors and butcher's knives

A tattooed breast and flaming eyes

And a crimson carnation in her teeth

Carving her way through the dance floor

And I'm standing over by the bandstand

Every eye gaping on Robbie Keane's wife

Yeah, every eye gaping on Robbie Keane's wife

 

Now Robbie Keane's wife was something of a mystery

In a town where to share a sworn secret was a solemn duty

I had brass knuckles and a bolo knife

Over near the bandstand with Robbie Keane's wife

She got perfumed breasts and raven hair

Sprinkled with wedding confettis

And a gang of garrotters were all giving me stares

Armed, as they were, with machetes

And the night through the window was full of lights

Winking and awatching at Robbie Keanes' wife

Winking and awatching at Robbie Keanes' wife

[23_Carra_Gold]

She makes Amanda Harrington look classy

[stringvest]

Liverpool will be a duller place without her. Literally.

[BatChainPuller]

Do whips crap?

 

The legendary Jimmy Shitlash does.

[Funkasy]

i think she's hot, ive got a thing for popgirls ;*

[TheBitch]

we dont

 

We do.

[Domasall]

She wouldnt buy a place and only wanted to rent - They looked in Cheshire and around that neck of the wools but she wasnt really impressed. After they got broken into within two weeks of moving here - She lost a lot of personal swag as well as the ipod's and all that lark - she never really settled in the area. All of this is true however, how it made her husband miss from three yards I cant work out.

[Liverpool lad]

Has she got a lazy eye there?

[Anny Road]

Getting your stuff nicked is no fun.

[Section_31]

Are footy players' wives all bred in hatcheries or what?

[ScottyT]

She must have been devastated after losing her ipod *groans*