Kevin Kilbane

LegacyUser

He works his bolllox off for the team. That alone is more than some players on the pitch do.

RE*AC*TOR

Thanx 4 The Fish wrote:

So how many of the people who say that Kevin Kilbane is not good enough to play international football would like some sauce to eat their words with ?

He was superb on Saturday, great running, good passing and all the stepoverlike skill of C Ronaldo. Any nay sayers aftre his MOM performance on Saturday ?

I'd probably fall into that category. I'll admit on Saturday, he was a class act. Having gone to 95% of the Ireland home matches in the last 4 years though, that is the very 1st time I've been impressed by him. For the most part he makes good runs down the line, which lead to nothing. Perhaps his appointment to a central role has precipitated the turnaround, but I'll reserve my judgement until further evidence has been acquired.

The Muppet

Thanx 4 The Fish wrote:

So how many of the people who say that Kevin Kilbane is not good enough to play international football would like some sauce to eat their words with ?

He was superb on Saturday, great running, good passing and all the stepoverlike skill of C Ronaldo. Any nay sayers aftre his MOM performance on Saturday ?

Interestinly he was played in a differnt position on Saturday and did well. I would wait until he reproduces that performance for a couple of games before going overboard about him. We would not want to get caught up in the English habit of overhyping players after one good performance and slaughtering them when they have a bad one would we ?

I don't think Kilbane is good enought to play on the left wing when we have Duffers avaiable. I didn't see anything to change my mind about that on Saturdauy last and that's taking nothing away from Kilbane who put in a good performance as the whole team did.

eirebhoy

Kilbane hasn't played on the left wing since the Switzerland game exactly a year ago. He played in the centre against Brazil, Czech's, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Switzerland and France and is a completely different player. People still have memories of the old Kilbane running endlessly down the left wing. Forget the old Kilbane, the new transformed Kilbane is a lot better than Matty Holland (I'd still have Kav ahead of both though).

I would wait until he reproduces that performance for a couple of games before going overboard about him. We would not want to get caught up in the English habit of overhyping players after one good performance and slaughtering them when they have a bad one would we ?

The Swiss match was his only ever bad performance in the centre in those 6 games mentioned above, I think people who slated him after the Swiss game are the ones who are getting caught up in the English habit.

The Muppet

eirebhoy wrote:

The Swiss match was his only ever bad performance in the centre in those 6 games mentioned above, I think people who slated him after the Swiss game are the ones who are getting caught up in the English habit.

Well I,m not . I have never thought he was good enough for International Football and I,m not going to change that opinion after one good performance. I don't agree with you that Swiss match was his only ever bad game in thoise 6 games . Hopefully he will prove me wrong .

thejollyrodger

With such a great performance of Kilbane on saturday night and Kavanagh giving a demonstration of his passing skills and tackling ability its time we finally say adios to mr invisible

The Muppet

thejollyrodger wrote:

With such a great performance of Kilbane on saturday night and Kavanagh giving a demonstration of his passing skills and tackling ability its time we finally say adios to mr invisible

We've the Invisible Man playing for us ? Is that why our results have improved of late and here was me thinking it was because we had our only world class central midfielder back.

eirebhoy

The Muppet wrote:

We've the Invisible Man playing for us ? Is that why our results have improved of late and here was me thinking it was because we had our only world class central midfielder back.

He's talking about Matt Holland.

The Muppet

eirebhoy wrote:

He's talking about Matt Holland.

????

Your point is.

It was a joke.

puntosporting

Kilbane is a good honest player but at times i cant help but feel he is out of his depth,loosing possesion in key areas and delivering poor balls into the box!
Then on the other hand his performance on saturday was excellent,its always going to be tough on a player like kilbane,for his heart alone do i reckon he is deserving of his place in the team he helps bring a strong team spirit together which is important for any irish team!

eirebhoy

The Muppet wrote:

????

Your point is.

It was a joke.

:eek: Would you like to tell me which post I've posted recently turned you against me Muppet?

Also, are you honestly telling me you knew he was talking about Holland (and not Keane)? Of course I knew it was a joke going by the but it looks to me like you though Big Ears was calling Keane Mr.Invisible.

The Muppet

eirebhoy wrote:

:eek: Would you like to tell me which post I've posted recently turned you against me Muppet?

Sorry if you think that. I didn,t mean to be so abrupt with you, Had a bit of a c**p day yesterday and I wasn't in good form but that's not your fault so sorry again. I have never had any problems with any of your posts Eirebhoy.

eirebhoy wrote:

Also, are you honestly telling me you knew he was talking about Holland (and not Keane)? Of course I knew it was a joke going by the but it looks to me like you though Big Ears was calling Keane Mr.Invisible.

Big Ears????

I wasn't sure who thejollyroger was talking about TBH . I thought it could be Keano because of the specuulation surronding his injury and him picking and choosing his games.He mentioned playing Kavanagh and Kilbane so it is still possible that he was talking about Keane but I agree its more likely to be Holland. Maybe Thejollyroger was being deliberately vague to cover a fewplayers. Anyway my post was intended as a joke while covering the bases at the same time.

Big Ears

since yee brought me into this discussion on the invisible man , I would like to remind people of the real invisible man Mark Kinsella , he even disappeared from the squad without a trace .

He played in the World Cup only too years ago , yet how much do we need him now ? Its great to see the quality of Irish midfielders on the rise .

cournioni

Thanx 4 The Fish wrote:

So how many of the people who say that Kevin Kilbane is not good enough to play international football would like some sauce to eat their words with ?

He was superb on Saturday, great running, good passing and all the stepoverlike skill of C Ronaldo. Any nay sayers aftre his MOM performance on Saturday ?

I was one of his main critics and I hope he continues to prove me and other critics wrong.

StickyMcGinty

anyone see kilbane the last 2 games?

legend

impr0v

PORNAPSTER wrote:

I was one of his main critics and I hope he continues to prove me and other critics wrong.

Likewise. I would have added my criticism to this thread earlier except it had all been said already. Any time I think of Kilbane I see him missing the open goal with the rebound from Harte's penalty against Spain. But credit where credit is due and he has been exceptional in the last two games, long may it continue.

Big Ears

The thing is Kilbane's a conifdence player , brilliant when he has a lot of confidence and crap in the extreme when he has little confidence , but with getting confidence from playing well and playing well because of confidence lets hope Kilbane keeps up this current form for the rest of the season at least .