Robbie Keane Injuried in Friendly with Rangers!

Dewey

Robbie Keane is a MAJOR Doubt for the start of the Premiership season AND Irelands World Cup Quiliflyers.

I got this from BBC:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/3934981.stm

Tottenham striker Robbie Keane could miss the start of the season after being stretchered off in a friendly.
The injury happened during Spurs' 2-0 pre-season friendly defeat at Glasgow Rangers and is a major concern for new boss Jacques Santini.

"Robbie has an ankle problem and I think when the doctor sees him he will confirm it is serious," said Santini.

"For this to have happened in the two weeks before the start of the championship is a serious problem."

He added: "The club need Robbie Keane for the first match against Liverpool but now I do not know if he will be able to play.

Report: Rangers 2-0 Spurs

"The physio thinks it is ligament damage. He has not gone to hospital. He will return with the team to London."

Keane sustained the injury when Marvin Andrews attempted to block a shot after 27 minutes.

And the injury further heightens the problems facing Santini, who is already without winger Simon Davies, who has had surgery to clear up a shin problem.

TV3 said it could be a broken Ankle. I hope to god he is alright for the Swiss game. I dont think i could watch with Connolly and Morrison up front.

knobbles

SH!T
6 weeks to game in Switzerland


arguably our most important player as there's no decent cover for him

Villain

Hes having an x-ray today, if it is ligaments he'l be out for about 6 weeks!!!!

Big Nelly

Looks like he will prob be out....if so stick Duff up front and play Reid on the left!!

Big Ears

neilbrady79 wrote:

Looks like he will prob be out....if so stick Duff up front and play Reid on the left!!

is there an option to play no strikers , cause I would pick that option .

It would be a very bold move by Kerr , but maybe he could play Mceady up front .

cournioni

I bet WWM will change his tune after the Rangers' fans blatant racial abuse directed at Keane when he was stretchered off. WWM being a Spurs fan he shouldn't have liked that one bit. Celtic fans may be bad, but Rangers fans are the scum of the earth.

Hopefully Keane will be ok to play for Ireland but its more important that he has a full recovery from this injury.

bizmark

What racial abuse ? what was said

cournioni

They were booing him when he had the ball and they started cheering when he was brought off. They were at the same stuff with O'Shea and Roy Keane last season too. Sing anti-Irish songs and racially abusing them when they took throw ins etc. You could even make it out watching the tv what they were shouting.

eirebhoy

He's supposed to be out for 6 weeks but the last time he injured his ankle against Australia he was back playing within a month.

We have decent cover in Reid/Connolly though. I'd prefer Robbie injured than Cuningham, Roy or Duff in that order.

mayordenis

if ireland are organised they can get through without him.

AngelofFire

Morrisson is showing good pre season form, him paired with duff would probably be the best option.

gandalf

Well to all those that argue for its ok to boo you shouldn't be hypocrites then should you. If you say its ok for Celtic fans to boo Rangers players at Internationals then why not Rangers fans booing Irish Internationals player for their clubs against Rangers.

Personally I hate bigots of all types and those that booed Robbie and then cheered him being carried off injured are scum of the lowest kind.

bizmark

wouldnt Andy reid be a better option up front than Duffer? reid seems to be a natural scorer duffer would be best staying on the left.

cournioni

gandalf wrote:

Well to all those that argue for its ok to boo you shouldn't be hypocrites then should you. If you say its ok for Celtic fans to boo Rangers players at Internationals then why not Rangers fans booing Irish Internationals player for their clubs against Rangers.

Personally I hate bigots of all types and those that booed Robbie and then cheered him being carried off injured are scum of the lowest kind.

I never said it was ok to boo, what I said was Celtic fans are bad, Rangers fans are worse. Celtic fans boo at players that play and have played for Rangers (and yes I think it is stupid to do it and especially at internationals where the club isn't involved at all). But it may not be racism (some of it may). Rangers fans are being blatantly racist.

To boo and racially abuse players because of where they are from and what culture they are born into is the lowest of low. People can choose to play for Rangers, but they cannot chose what country they are born in.

Big Ears

PORNAPSTER wrote:

I never said it was ok to boo, what I said was Celtic fans are bad, Rangers fans are worse. Celtic fans boo at players that play and have played for Rangers (and yes I think it is stupid to do it and especially at internationals where the club isn't involved at all). But it may not be racism (some of it may). Rangers fans are being blatantly racist.
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he never said you said it was ok to boo .

cournioni

LOL. Late nights getting to my head I suppose. Sorry bout that gandalf.

gandalf

No probs probably should have made myself clearer. It was a general comment went into rant mode there for a second. No matter who my team (Arsenal or Ireland) are playing against I respect the opposition and I enjoy seeing them play good football and I will clap them no matter who they are, where they are from and who they play for.

BTW the way I think Celtic and Rangers fans who boo are equally as bad, they are both being racist small minded idiots. Of course I am not slagging the real Celtic and Rangers fans who do not take part in this childish action.

eirebhoy

bizmark wrote:

wouldnt Andy reid be a better option up front than Duffer? reid seems to be a natural scorer duffer would be best staying on the left.

Aye, Reid is definitely a better option. Taking Robbie out of a team would make us, say, 85% as effective. Taking Duff off the left wing and putting up forward just makes us less effective. Reid is not guaranteed a place in the team so playing him up front and keeping Duff on the left can only make us more effective. Duff is tried, tested and failed up front.

BTW - The booing at Lansdowne is now in the past except for a few kids. The last Rangers player to play there was actually their (soon to be ex) captain, Craig Moore, and there were very few boo's to be heard. The reason being, it was one of the main topics in newspapers and bulletin's. It was always a small minority who started the booing and in the end the whole of Lansdowne would join in, not actually knowing the reason they were booing. As soon as the topic was raised people were very weary of what people were booing for. Also, I was watching England U-21 -v- Portugal U-21 and Ronaldo got an awful time because he plays for Man U but nobody mentioned the word bigot.

IMO, the booing of Robbie, Roy and O'Shea was Rangers fans getting their revenge for the incidents at Lansdowne. The thing is, I think the booing of Irish at Rangers matches is now a permanent thing.

Drag00n79

Robbie is out for first month according to the BBC.

Full report here:

Keane out for one month
Tottenham's Robbie Keane will miss the first month of the season after it was confirmed he has ankle ligament damage.
The injury, which occurred during Wednesday's defeat at Rangers, will keep Keane out for four to six weeks.

The 24-year-old told the club's website he was "a quick healer" which will delight boss Jacques Santini, who said his injury was "a major problem".

Santini may now turn again to Lens' Olivier Thomert, who was the subject of a £2.6m offer from Santini this week.

Unless the move for Thomert comes off, Santini will begin the season with just two senior strikers, Jermain Defoe and Frederic Kanoute.

And the manager has not enjoyed the best relationship with Kanoute in the past, with the striker reported as having chosen to play for Mali ahead of France because he did not like Santini.

However, Kanoute will be his only serious option to partner Defoe in the absence of Keane with Helder Postiga having returned to Porto this summer for £5m.

"For this to have happened in the two weeks before the start of the championship is a serious problem," said Santini after the Rangers game.

"The club need Robbie Keane for the first match against Liverpool but now I do not know if he will be able to play.

Keane sustained the injury when Marvin Andrews attempted to block a shot after 27 minutes.

And the injury further heightens the problems facing Santini, who is already without winger Simon Davies, who has had surgery to clear up a shin problem.

Dewey

So it looks like Robbie will be out for 4 to 6 weeks. There is an outside chance he will make it for the Swiss game but wont be match fit. I'm glad its only 4-6weeks instead of the 3 months like the papers were saying yesterday.

Ranger fans are scum for cheering when Robbie was strechered out. you dont get any lower then that.

Big Ears

if he starts first team training (full proper training) , in 4 weeks from know , he should be perfectly fit for the Ireland game , and as Robbie said himself , 'I am a quick healer' .

cournioni

eirebhoy wrote:

Also, I was watching England U-21 -v- Portugal U-21 and Ronaldo got an awful time because he plays for Man U but nobody mentioned the word bigot.

IMO, the booing of Robbie, Roy and O'Shea was Rangers fans getting their revenge for the incidents at Lansdowne. The thing is, I think the booing of Irish at Rangers matches is now a permanent thing.

No one said that the English fans were being bigoted because they were booing him because of what country or culture he came from. When you boo someone because of where they're from makes you bigoted. Booing because of what club they are from is only a bit of fun. But booing because of where they are from like the Rangers fans were booing Keane is no fun, it is blatent racism.

Big Ears

PORNAPSTER wrote:

Booing because of what club they are from is only a bit of fun.

no thats being a Bigot aswell .

cournioni

So you are saying that the likes of say Spurs fans booing at Arsenal (or former Arsenal) players is being bigoted and vise versa? Or United fans chanting "City reject" at a former City player is bigoted?

gandalf

No I would say they are small minded ignorant idiots.

Big Nelly

Big Ears wrote:

no thats being a Bigot aswell .

U go to games? booin ex players and so on is just a bit of crack! da Rangers fans always take it a bit 2 far

Remember was at Ireland v Denmark game and a rangers player came on at half time! well so the loud speaker said! everyone was booin him but then they said it was a mistake and he didnt play for Rangers! everyone started cheerin him then! then the whole crowd was cheerin Denmark and booin Ireland just for the crack! (Friendly and 3-0 so was already over) next thing McCarthy the muppets starts shoutin at the crowd and the loud speaker is going on about not booin players! it was just a bit of crack because the game was gettin boring and it was frezzin!! no malice or anythin in it

Next day all over the papers about how the crowd where against Rangers players and a load of crap over Religion! f**k sake! everyone was in tearin laughing in the crowd! didnt look to me that 40,000 people where all bigots as you say!

Rangers fans always bring it down to a scummy level!

AngelofFire

I think that booing any player because of the club he plays whilst hes on international duty is silly.

I also Booing any player who is coming off injured is bad form particularily if the club he plays for is not directly a rival club.

Not all rangers fans are scum.Labelling all fans because of the actions of a minority of scumbags is unfair,its just like judging people for being from Ballymun.I know a few rangers fans in scotland and up north who a decent people and are just in it for the football.

Granted there is large links between Rangers supporters groups and National Front factions and Loyalist Paramilitarys.

cournioni

AngelofFire wrote:

I think that booing any player because of the club he plays whilst hes on international duty is silly.

I also Booing any player who is coming off injured is bad form particularily if the club he plays for is not directly a rival club.

Yes it is silly because international games have nothing to do with the club competition. I agree with you on that.

Rangers fans were not booing him because he played for Spurs, they were booing him because he was IRISH which is RACIST.

cournioni

gandalf wrote:

No I would say they are small minded ignorant idiots.

That is your opinion. I don't think that all supporters that boo players because of what club they play for are doing it out of hatred. Sure some Celtic supporters are small minded pricks but you'll have them at every club.

But you can't say that booing 3 seperate players because of what COUNTRY they are from isn't out of hatred. Can you imagine someone booing the likes of Nigeria for example, because of where they are from? Imagine what FIFA would say about that!

gandalf

There are times when booing a particular player is acceptable. But its only because of what has happened in that particular game. For example if he is feigning injury or has been responsible for a bad tackle on one of your team. Reasons like he plays for a certain country/club, his race, his religion, his sexual orientation and such like are not valid reasons to boo a player period !!!

cournioni

I'm not saying they are valid reasons for booing them. I'm saying that there is possibly no malice in booing a club where as there is when they are booing players from specific countries. Its called racism.

Bateman

>Reasons like he plays for a certain country/club

So Galdalf, hypothetically if a Rangers player played in Landsdowne in 1988 (when Glasgow Rangers still had a sectarian signing policy) small minded ignorants are the people who boo him?

Rangers are a bigoted institution. You can get kicked out of Celtic Park for waving a starry plough or a sunburst flag (FACT), but at Rangers you are allowed wave any flag you like (FACT). I don't even follow Celtic in any way, but Rangers are a racist institution. Most of us on this board were playing schoolboy football thinking of playing for a top English club, while Glasgow Rangers had a ban on signing Roman Catholic footballers. Galdalf get off your high horse, you have the aura of a Championship Manager type football fan, many of which I know, who are heavily-opinionated, have an excellent football knowledge, but have totally OTT opinions of how PC football crowds should be, due to the fact that they have never actually been inside a footbal ground (which is not an allegation I would level against you personally). 10,000 Rangers fans at St James Park says they have some committed hardcore fans, and aren't all ****.

Bateman

>>>where as there is when they are booing players from specific countries. Its called racism.


So race and nationality are the same thing now. There are a fair few chancers like Houghton, Aldridge, Cascarino, Holland, and Morrison who would some over all at that comment.

gandalf

LOL Bateman I have been inside a football ground but not as many times as some people here. I did play schoolboy football as well but sucked badly. I also played in University and in places I worked in my early twenties on a fun basis.

As for aspiring for people to cheer good football rather than be negative and boo people just because your a bloody sheep whats wrong with that.

I think its so called "hard core" fans like you Bateman that get on your high horse with your "Championship Manager" type labels :rolleyes:

Regarding your Glasgow Rangers comments, the first part deals with past and then you go back on things with your second comment about committed fans, what are you trying to say ? As far as I am concerned Rangers and Celtic both have bigotted fans, they also have geniune fans as well I would hope that the geniune fans are in the majority!

mayordenis

problem with championship manager you can take it up with me. no really its just silly that we are even discussing this, booing players basedany sectarian madness is plain wrong. simple as.

cournioni

Bateman wrote:

>>>where as there is when they are booing players from specific countries. Its called racism.


So race and nationality are the same thing now. There are a fair few chancers like Houghton, Aldridge, Cascarino, Holland, and Morrison who would some over all at that comment.

Say if an English person called an Irish person a Paddy it wouldn't be a racist comment in your opinion? Race isn't all to do with colour, its about nationality, culture etc.

AngelofFire

PORNAPSTER wrote:

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Rangers fans were not booing him because he played for Spurs, they were booing him because he was IRISH which is RACIST.

I agree, sorry thats what i meant to say i didnt make it clear enough in my previous post.

AngelofFire

Bateman wrote:

>Reasons like he plays for a certain country/club

. You can get kicked out of Celtic Park for waving a starry plough or a sunburst flag (FACT), s.

Forgive me for going way off topic, but how is a starry plough flag secterian? yes it was a 1916 flag used by James connolly`s Irish Citizen Army, but Connolly was emphatically opposed to Secterianism,His wife was protestant.