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As well as the flurry of predictable gags about Robbie Keane growing up as a kid in Tallaght with posters of assorted Maccabi Tel Aviv legends Football Daily has never heard of adorning his bedroom wall, news of the former Republic of Ireland striker’s recent appointment as the Israeli club’s new manager has prompted plenty of reaction. Since a brief spell as player-manager of Indian Super League team ATK in 2018, Keane has dabbled in coaching without ever taking on a full-time management role. He helped out Mick McCarthy during his most recent stint as Ireland manager, worked alongside Jonathan Woodgate at Middlesbrough and was last spotted filling the Sammy Lee-shaped void in Big Sam’s backroom team after a judge refused to release the former England midfielder from jury service in time for a doomed attempt to keep Leeds in the Premier League.
Your recall of British players in Germany (yesterday’s Football Daily) failed to mention Paul Lambert and his time at Borussia Dortmund. Lambert was the first Brit to gain a winners’ medal in the newly formed Big Cup and was pivotal in Dortmund’s run, defeating Manchester United in the semi-final and Juventus in the final. Lambert supplied the cross for the opening goal in the final and was credited with quelling the threat of a certain Zinedine Zidane” – Danny Sullivan.
Although I’m not an economist, I find myself extremely concerned by commodity prices skyrocketing to unprecedented heights. A whopping £105m for Rice! Some £60m for Kane … sugar! And more than £30m for Timber! The only good news is that Tin remains relatively affordable” – Peter Oh.
Anyone who thinks Declan Rice is overpriced should consider some of the offerings Arsenal have foisted on West Ham over the years” – Steve Butler.
While looking for a work-related email, I found the edition of your tea-timely missive from 2 September 2022, the day after the transfer window shut. Here’s what you had to say: ‘On the face of it, Manchester City, Newcastle, Leeds and Southampton appear to have done pretty good business, while Bournemouth and Leicester have not.’ I guess a 50% guess rate isn’t too bad” – Albert Lo.
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