Talk:Robbie Keane

Back to Spurs?

SkySports are reporting Keane is on his way back to Spurs subject to a medical... BBC website agrees.

According to Sky Sports, he's in the Spurs Starting XI. The loan apparently expired in February of 2010. - Xatticus 02:02 EST 08.06.10 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.246.155.125 (talk) 06:03, 6 August 2010 (UTC)

Reading through this, I am often struck at what appears to be fan worship, there hardly ever being a bad word said about him. I note that there is no mention for example that he was disciplined by Spurs for organising an outing to Dublin for his fellow players contrary to orders from the manager, not to go on a celebration until the Xmas rush of games was over. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.7.85.68 (talk) 12:51, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

U16 and U18 Euro wins?

He won the U16 UEFA Euro Champs in 1998, when he was 17? Also, the U18 Euro championships links to the U19 Euro championships, is this correct? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jam-Fly (talk • contribs) 16:47, 28 June 2008 (UTC)

Goal Tallies

Why why why does the appearences/goals tally only show Premier League Goals? Its club apps and goals, not league —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.231.241.230 (talk) 18:55, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

because the infobox template has a footnote about that which clearly states 'domestic league only' - I don't know why someone decided that is what it should be years ago, but that is what it is. I guess that is ultimately changeable, if you sant to battle for consesus. --T (talk) 19:14, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

The goal tallies in the tottnaham section need to be changed from (100 to 76) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gero13 (talk • contribs) 03:35, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

I'll do that for you shall I ;-) Done! --T (talk) 06:16, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Roy Keane

who put the bit in about him NOT being related to Roy Keane? I've never heard anyone say that he was related to Roy, in fact I would say it's common knowledge that there is no relation.

It's because someone keeps putting in the article that he IS related to Roy Keane - Mike1971inter March 18th 2005.

where did Robbie go to University?

No harm in leaving the comment about him not being related to Roy Maurice so as to allay confusion. Didn't think Robbie went to University? Lochdale 03:23, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Fans usualy sing that their are only two keanos, not one.McAidan 20:09, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

They don't at Tottenham. I guess that fans of the Republic of Ireland national team may do but I don't know, that would be something that would need to be made clear. Thurls 08:24, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

I thought they were brothers and it has crept up on me for a couple of years. !! It's the blue hair and brown eyes.
ThisMunkey (talk) 09:25, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

NPOV

This badly needs some NPOV treatment. --18.242.7.243 22:40, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism

Could someone please if this, some fool has done a job on it. We can take a joke, but this will take a long time to fix for whoever has to do it... not funny Htb50 20:44, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Done, in conjunction with Chickenflicker. Also added many missing sources, combined into new "References" section as there are so many. Best wishes, and hope the idiots de-camp somewhere else. Refsworldlee^(chew-fat)(eds) 22:55, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Robbie Keane is 28 years old irish international striker who will probably become a Liverpool football club player in couple of days. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.3.62.211 (talk) 16:49, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Don't think so some how! Govvy (talk) 20:02, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

It is more than likely, however it is rightly removed per the protocol here at wikipedia regarding crystal-balling.Londo06 20:24, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Someone speculated that Robbie will be given the number 7 shirt - so I have changed it to a fact by saying the number 7 shirt is available 86.133.144.90 (talk) 18:08, 28 July 2008 (UTC) Paul (Chasetown FC)

Introduction

This is not an introduction, it is far too long. It needs to be integrated into the main article. Cloudz679 (talk) 14:12, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

• Now reduced. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 16:50, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

I've removed further duplication and it looks fine now. Thanks for your help. Cloudz679 (talk) 10:41, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Transfer fee

transfer fee is wrong for re-joining and leaving Spurs. The bbc source which says 19m + add ons and the editor changed this to 18.3m + addons. He was made up a figure of 16.3m as the amount including add ons which Spurs may pay Liverpool when the source does not say how much. I believe the editor has made up these figures to argue a case on the bbc discusion forum I was taking part in as he quoted the wikipedia page which was edited around that time from what was correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Colmkav (talk • contribs) 20:02, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Fixed and cited. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 00:23, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Death

I have not been able to verify his death, currently listed on the recent deaths page as the result of a meteor strike.

It does appear he has been on the outs with his current club Liverpool. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dfuertges (talk • contribs) 21:43, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

That was vandalism, not fact. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 22:04, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

GOAL??

in "international goals" there's a mistake:
>> 2001-11-10 Lansdowne Road, Dublin Czech Republic 2-0 Friendly match 1 (6) << but, 2001-11-10 is the same date of the match vs Iran so the date is wrong --79.44.99.29 (talk) 20:22, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

Yes that was a mistake. It is corrected now with the real date of the goal. Sillyfolkboy (talk) 01:29, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Career Stats, Mistake

Wolves 97-98 league apperances is incorrect. It does not tie up with the total. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.210.38.27 (talk) 10:53, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Pictures

This page needs other pictures!!!! --Exorcist90 (talk) 17:19, 14 June 2009 (UTC)

Competitive goal tally

I have added a line about Robbie Keane's international goal tally in competitive matches being 25 in the international career section. But it has been deleted three times; I don't understand why, it is a fact.--213.94.192.200 (talk) 09:38, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Because it is repeated information when you do that, there is already two tally's one in the infobox and the last down the bottom of the page showing his goal tally. No need to added that in writing. Govvy (talk) 18:42, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

Ireland Never Lost When Keane Has Scored?

Is This Really Correct? With 30+ Games This Is Quite An Achievement If True. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.11.151.251 (talk) 10:46, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

It was true until late 2010 when Ireland lost 3-2 to Russia after Keane had scored one of Ireland goals. Also, Ireland drew 1-1 against Spain in the knockout stages of the 2002 World Cup. Robbie Keane scored Ireland Equalizer from a late Penalty. Ireland lost in a Penalty shootout. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.200.27.9 (talk) 21:02, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

More vandalism

The small bit of the Celtic section which talks about the Old Firm derby is quite clearly vandalism - I'm not sure about the procedure for removing things like this, but since it's obviously NPOV (biased towards Rangers/ against Celtic/ Keane) it should really be removed. Apparently they're continuing to edit the Celtic section - maybe hoping that someone, somewhere will laugh if they keep repeating the same jokes. Doesn't wikipedia have an auto-ban system? (I was fairly certain there were some kinds of provisions for banning harmful IPs.)

-JH 20:27, 2 March 2010 (edited, 21:08) (UTC)

Please stop editing intra-game

Can we agree not to edit players bio's intra-game? Its a little Silly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.200.27.9 (talk) 20:59, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

What is this trying to say?

Towards the bottom of the international section someone has said "On June 4 2011, Robbie Keane scored twice against the Republic of Macedonia to become the top international scorer for Ireland with 51 goals in 108 appearances." Clearly this is not true as he became the top international scorer for Ireland some 6 years and 30 goals before last Saturday. I'm not entirely sure what they are trying to say or I'd just edit myself. 198.240.128.75 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 09:03, 7 June 2011 (UTC).

Me again, I created an account! I've changed this a bit it now says this match marks the point where he passed 50 goals. Hoosay (talk) 09:25, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

European Cup appearances for LA Galaxy?

Someone added a European Cup appearance for the LA Galaxy in the appearances and goals section. I'm sure it's supposed to mean a CONCACAF Champions League appearance??? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.200.27.20 (talk) 17:53, 29 August 2011 (UTC)

Aston Villa goals

He has 3 league goals in 4 league appearances as of 05/02/2012 for Aston Villa. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.46.145.164 (talk) 14:50, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

• Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 January 2012. This has wrong date. The correct date is 5 February. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.46.145.164 (talk) 18:19, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

No Irish footballer category?

Can someone please explain to me why Ireland is the only country in the world that does not have an Irish footballers category? Every other country from Northern Ireland to Norway to North Korea has a "Northern Irish", "Norwegian" and "North Korean" footballer category. I think there should be an "Irish footballer" category added for every Irish footballer and it intrigues me and bothers me as to why this isn't the case. Could someone please explain this to me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.44.253.129 (talk) 19:21, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Goals in 10 Competitions

The stats show that Keane did not score in Serie A, however, the paragraph at the bottom of the opening section states he did. He did score in the Coppa Italia, Super Coppa Italia and in Europe for Inter though so one of those should be added in place of Serie A. 203.189.136.15 (talk) 17:27, 1 June 2012 (UTC)

early life

he actually played for Fettercairn before Crumlin United as schoolboy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.100.176.213 (talk) 22:58, 7 July 2012 (UTC)

International goals and caps

Not to self or other editors, WP:Overlink needs applying to tables. Govvy (talk) 16:02, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

Which county is Robbie Keane from?

We can agree that Robbie Keane was born in County Dublin in 1980 and moved to Wolverhampton (England) in 1995. User:Laurel Lodged has made SIX edits in a row to change the Category:Sportspeople from County Dublin to Category:Sportspeople from South Dublin (county), referring to the administrative county created in 1994. Which county do you think Robbie Keane should be described as from: the one in which he was born and raised, or the one that was created a few months before he left for England? And should Laurel Lodged receive a topic ban on edits relating to Irish counties? Brocach (talk) 00:52, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

He is clearly Irish! He even has an Irish accent, I don't know why you need to ask! Govvy (talk) 18:51, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

The only arbitor of this question is the usual wiki one: it's whatever that relaible, verifiable sources say it is. This source says that he is from Tallaght which is the county town of South Dublin. Are there any sources that disprove this source? Laurel Lodged (talk) 21:14, 5 April 2013 (UTC)

Whatever the "relaible" "arbitors" say, Keane was born in 1980 in Tallaght, which was then and still is a town in County Dublin. The 1994 legislation that created "South Dublin" as an administrative entity clearly stated that County Dublin remained in existence for all purposes other than local government administration. So, when Keane was 14 years old, his parents' bins began to be lifted by "South Dublin" council, but he was, and still is, "from" County Dublin. Brocach (talk) 01:32, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

I was so busy rolling on the floor with helpless laughter at Brocach's many spelling jokes that I was unable to come to the PC before now, so apologies for the late reply. Oh my aching sides! They never get old, no matter how often they are repeated. Anyway, while I was tempted to point out that most of the above is inaccurate, I will instead confine myself to the comment that it is irrelevant as the issue will be decided at the central discussion here. Laurel Lodged (talk) 20:41, 6 April 2013 (UTC)

Given the recent decision at WP:CFD here and the immenent decision here, would you not agree that current county boundaries are acceptable? Have you not read Brownhairedgirl's comment? Here it is for you "County Dublin is no longer an administrative county, and Fingal is one of the 4 sub-divisions which replaced it for administrative purposes. These new counties have clearly defined and stable boundaries, and form an excellent basis for sub-dividing Category:County Dublin.". I would also point you in the direction of Finnegas's WP:ANI case. He's thrown in the towel there. Laurel Lodged (talk) 22:08, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

(1) First CFD discussion was on another matter altogether; the second one, which you call "immenent", is not necessarily imminent as discussion is ongoing. (2) BHG is entitled to her views. (3) Finnegas' ANI case did not involve me in any way. Brocach (talk) 22:39, 14 April 2013 (UTC)

Here's a few more of BHG's "opinions" : "what LL has been doing is diffusing articles to more specific sub-categories, which is routine category maintenance. So long as the categories exist, they should be populated ... and if editors think they should not exist, then nominate them at CFD. And don't depopulate them just because you disapprove of them. If they are merged at CFD, the changes will be made by a bot ... and if they are kept, then they should remain populated. Both Brocach and Finnegas you have done far too much depopulation of categories you dislike. If you continue, there could be sanctions." Finnegas doubted BHG's "opinion"; look where it got him. Your obstinacy here is just fuel to the fire of your future ANI case. Keep it up. Laurel Lodged (talk) 20:42, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

(shivers fearfully) Maybe you missed the shocking outcome of the last ANI case brought against me, by, as it happens, BHG. Brocach (talk) 21:41, 16 April 2013 (UTC)

As the cited offendee in the ANI case, I'm a bit annoyed that I was not informed. My forbearance seems to have been interpreted as "no offence was received". I could have brought plenty of valuable evidence to the table that would have contradicted much of what was offered in defence. In the end however, it was probably not needed; the defendant did an excellent job of being the best witness for the prosecution himself by a fine display of boorishness. While the comments of the closing admin admin were, "And we're done. Plenty of growing up all round to be done.", I fear that they were said more in hope than expectation. Laurel Lodged (talk) 11:50, 21 April 2013 (UTC)

My two cents worth deals with a hypothetical. A man is born in Lwow, Poland in 1938. In 1939 Germany and Russia agree to carve Poland up, and the Russians incorporate Lwow into the old USSR as part of Ukraine. Is the man born in 1938 a Pole or a Ukrainian? 46.7.85.68 (talk) 19:08, 19 November 2014 (UTC)

Is South Dublin officially a county or an administrative area? As far as I know, the Republic still has 26 counties.46.7.85.68 (talk) 13:01, 9 September 2015 (UTC)

2013 statistics...

15 goals in the league but 12 in total???? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Em 88 (talk • contribs) 04:14, 13 October 2013 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Robbie Keane

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Robbie Keane's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "rsssf":

• From Republic of Ireland national football team: Ireland – Record International Players Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
• From Paul Gascoigne: "England 1986–87". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 27 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-02-24. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
• From List of international goals scored by Robbie Keane: "Robbie Keane – Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF). 25 June 2015. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
• From Henrik Larsson: Henrik Larsson – Century of International Appearances Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, 29 October 2009
• From Chris Waddle: "Christopher Roland 'Chris' Waddle – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 18 July 2012. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT⚡ 08:30, 30 June 2016 (UTC)

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FAI Contract

I have added back the piece about Robbie Keanes's FAI contract and the fact that he is paid €250k PA for doing absolutely nothing and will not walk away in the name of protecting grassroots football without a golden handshake. This piece is AGAIN backed up with articles from 3 respected broadsheets who confirm that this information is correct (The Irish Times, The Sunday Times (who exposed John Delaney) and the 42.ie) and many more publications report the exact same information.

Another user keeps deleting this piece. For their information wikipedia is not a personal blog site for the vanity of Robbie Keane, this piece of information is in the public interest and the facts I presented have been in the media for almost 12months and not once has Keane disputed this and is happy to take the cash each month. (Preceding comments made by Barry Flanagan84 in this edit, now moved to the proper location.}

Barry, this is an encyclopedia article. Write factually, and neutrally, and if what you write is properly sourced, it will stay. You've got the sources, so concentrate on the other two now. Leave out the personal opinions. This isn't your Facebook page. "...at the time was bailed out by UEFA and the Irish Government and could clearly not afford. Keane has remained on the payroll of the FAI for many months while doing zero work and in the process has denied grassroots football clubs much needed funds" is barely legible and is just a rant. Bastun^{Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ!} 00:27, 23 January 2021 (UTC)

I am the user who has edited this piece to remove the defamatory and speculative content around Robbie Keane's FAI contract. As the above user has already stated, please write factually and from a neutral position. Any reference to Robbie Keane remaining "... on the payroll of the FAI for many months while doing zero work and in the process has denied grassroots football clubs much needed funds" is conjecture at best. Sportcorrection (talk) 11:45, 25 January 2021 (UTC)

@ Bastun, appreciate the feedback, I have just updated the article in line with your guidance above together with a at this stage 5th confirmation news source from only a few days ago confirming what I have posted is correct so I hope my edit can now stay.

For the record it is @sportscorrection who deleted my entries multiple multiple times before you, this caused me to write in a more "ranty" fashion, each time they deleted my contribution they included the comment "completely untrue" despite news articles from multiple sources which backed up my contribution being included. For the record @sportscorrection has acknowledged to wikipedia via email (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Sportcorrection) that they are Robbie Keanes publicist hence why they are trying to turn this into a vanity blog post and delete anything negative.

Hi Barry Flanagan84. I don't wish to enter into any edit warring with you but I assure you, my intentions are not to "turn this into a vanity blog post and delete anything negative". You have to write from a neutral position, as do I. Your continuing need to publish your assertions is not going to be denied, but your latest entry reads as out of chronological order with the rest of the Coaching Career section and a couple of citations appear to be broken. I would also argue that your wording "...with two years left on his FAI contract refused to vacate his Republic of Ireland assistant manager role until he received a large payoff from the FAI..." is speculative and misleading as the negotiations for the resolution, both practical and financial, of Robbie's contract are still ongoing. I am not going to edit your entry myself for fear of further backlash, and with respect to the potential conflict of interest I have, but I request that you review your entry objectively. Thanks. Sportcorrection (talk) 15:43, 9 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi Elsewhere20. Thank you for editing this. I have made a small change to your edit, simply removing the references to payroll and contract. This does not affect the entry. Sportcorrection (talk) 11:34, 12 March 2021 (UTC)

@sportscorrection, appreciate your finally coming to your senses and realizing that the piece I have been trying to include but you kept deleting is entitled to be there as its backed up by at this stage 6 separate mainstream newspapers. FYI, I have just made a small edit to include some more FACTS from another news article published on 21st of March. I am sure you as Mr.Keanes publicist are familiar with same. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Barry Flanagan84 (talk • contribs) 16:46, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi Barry Flanagan84. I'm not sure which article you refer to with "more FACTS" but the link you created is broken and there is no article to further support your assertions. Stop trolling and make better edits in line with Wikipedia's standards. Sportcorrection (talk) 10:41, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

I've removed the defamatory allegations and reverted back to the previous edit. Sportcorrection (talk) 11:07, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

Hi Sportsincorrection, it looks like the independent article published yesterday (titled " Robbie Keane is hanging around like a bad smell and tainting his reputation" by Tommy Conlon (most read article on independent.ie) has been pulled due to legal threats so that is why my link was dead. Therefore I have updated the link to other publications with the exact same content. Please stop deleting these facts which all of the Irish mainstream media have reported on.

Hi Barry. Please sign your posts, using four tilde characters (~~~~). The Template:Cite news page will show you how to format your citations correctly. That will number them properly and automatically. I'd be grateful if you could fix those, but if you don't get a chance, I'll have a go later. Basically, a proper citation will include the article url, title, publisher, (ideally) the author, date of publication and date accessed, rather than just a basic web address. I also intend examining the citations for accuracy; the sentences on the contract seem to be worded as an attack on Keane, but if all the facts are correct and cited, then perhaps it can be worded more neutrally. Bastun^{Ėġáḍβáś₮ŭŃ!} 15:21, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

I've reworded the sentence to be more neutral. Sorry, Barry but your wording makes it sound like some sort of attack on Keane for being paid while doing nothing. I also don't think that the level of his salary is relevant especially when the various newspaper reports vary so much in their estimates of how much he is paid. Please take Bastun's advice and learn how to add a reference correctly and I'd add please read WP:OVERCITE - we don't need 6 or 7 references saying the same thing, most of which are now almost a year old and multiple references really add to the impression that you are trying to make a big(ger) deal out of the situation. The most recent will do to justify the statements. Nthep (talk) 16:45, 22 March 2021 (UTC)

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