Is Robbie Keane?
Ahhhh so long, it’s been so damn long. I’ll tell you all about The Bagel’s comings and goings when I have the time but there’s news to discuss.
Frankly, I’ve been in shock since Monday just after midnight when I read the headline in the Mail online that Keano had handed in a transfer request over the rumours about Rafa’s requests. I felt sick to my stomach. If I think about it too long I still do. Robbie is not only very special to Tottenham but he’s very special to The Bagel. The day I decided to buy my season ticket was the day he signed for Spurs and I’ll never forget him holding his Tottenham shirt aloft with a feeling in everyone’s hearts that we’d bought an exceptional player, one looking for a place to call home and that’s exactly what the Lane has become since he arrived.
No one tries harder than Keano and no one can do what he does. He is unique in style, in shape, in attitude and it’ll be one of the sadest days of my life when he leaves Spurs. We don’t sing “All I want is a team of Robbie Keanes” for no reason. I’ve always marveled at the way other teams haven’t coveted him before and in some ways it’s no surprise that finally one of them has seen sense. I’m sure he’d be a legend at Anfield. You simply cannot resist his charms, his chop-suey and his little Irish jigs. The thing is, he’s not going to go.
I’ve had to add this one up slowly and surely but The Bagel has come to his decision - Keano stays. It was first of all when I Twittered my horror that the Yid of the North gave me the first sign. “Surely this is all arse water,” he said. “Arse water,” I thought as I began to anlayse the details of the story.
It was a solitary source, the Mail and there were no direct quotes. In fact all of this speculation that’s hit the net has been the result of some bloke who knows a bloke. Now, maybe that bloke is genuine but then, maybe he just heard Keano mention that Liverpool is a team he has a soft spot for? So that was clue number one.
Number two came from Oog who reminded my that - and no offense Red Rum - this is Liverpool. This is not Manchester United. They don’t have the same clout or pressure. They’re not the same force of nature and if we don’t want to sell Keano we don’t have to because, and this is where clue number three comes in, he’s under a long contract - somewhere in the region of 3 or 4 years minimum. We can even price Liverpool out of the deal if we wish.
As Oog pointed out, and I quite agree, Crouch is a reasonable enough player but the offer from Rafa is ludicrous. If that was a scout, it’s been captured, interrogated and shot dead. Not a bleeding chance. £20 is probably closer to market value and I’msure we could jack it up to £25m just to scare them off. That’s clue four.
Clue five is that Dimi or no Dimi, Ramos doesn’t want to sell Keano. I totally understand how Robbie may have been annoyed with all that 60 minute subbing last season but I don’t think it was a reflection on what Juande thinks of him. Also, just because Berbatov is left on instead of you, doesn’t make you a bad player. To be fair, there’s not a lot of fact in clue five but I just sense it in my crumbs. Any manager who works with Robbie is going to value him. You’d never let him go.
Clue six is my favourite though. I’ll try and upload this bugger…
…nope still haven’t go that sorted. Look at this. The Spurs came back to town today in the first training session. A much publicised red-faced Dimi returned with his transfer tail between his legs and ignoring the lunchbox comparison between Ledders and JJ on the right, take note of the figure on the far left. Yes, that lovely looking chap with the broad grin on his face; thay one who looks to be having a thoroughly wonderful time in the company of his mates - his mates plus a few extra talented new ones that are going to make him want to play with them. Two days with Johnny Two Saints, Luka the Mod and a smaller reminder of how good BALE! BALE! BALE! is and any thoughts of leaving, if at all true, will disappear.
While we’re on the subject. Check out this picture of the Yids of the future. It warms my buns, I tell you. Incidently, I’m judging by the kit that my third strip 3/4 length training shorts should be on their way to the Bakery shortly. Splendid. I can put them to the intended use but lazing about in them.
In terms of striker number 3, I shouldn’t worry too much about the fact that Makams have yet to agree a fee with us. The fact is that can you see anyone, even Niall Quinn, turning to Roy Keane and explaining that they didn’t want to spend the money. He’d just stare back until Quinn talked himself back into the deal and then walk out of the room. He does the same at petrol stations - just goes in to the mini-mart, walks up to the cash desk and stares at the pump monkey for twenty seconds before walking out without paying. Maybe we won’t get £10m but he’ll go.
Bentley/Little Aaron to Tottenham/Slackburn is another issuette but I’m not getting into that today - well, not much. Ince wants to keep Bentley and that ain’t going to happen. I doubt he’ll get Little Aaron either but he will receive a lot of cash and possibly one of the spare full backs we have in stock. Ok, really have to go now but while we’re full-backing, did anyone notice that Daniel Alves finally made his move from Sevilla to Barca? £23.5m it was in the end making that the record for his position. So, not coming to Spurs then or Chelsea either thank God.
Little girl, can I borrow your…hover bagel?
The Bagel.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:21 pm
Nice post Bagel. Seeing those pictures on spurs site made me a happy man too. Couldnt have asked for a better picture of Keano to kill off this rubbish talk.
July 3rd, 2008 at 3:32 pm
Just quickly, in photo number two on the site. Who is the giant between Tainio and Gunter? Is that Pekhart?
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:19 pm
Heard through another site that “David Michael Bentley who underwent a medical Tuesday 24th of June 2008 at 9pm at Holly House Hospital, Buckhurst Hill, which the player passed without incident.”
The hospital has been used by Spurs for the last 5 years for medicals etc.
The source is a ‘Big Yid’s’ wife who works there and to quote him… “I am all over my missus like white on rice about other players having medicals.” White on rice- sweet.
Looks like just a matter of time that bentley is ours.
Bagel will need to look at the rules of the Bageliga for next season- rules last season stated no ex-scum.
Yeast
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:25 pm
It must have been a tough decision for Danny Alves !!!
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:45 pm
I got it! Back to the future!
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:47 pm
hope you’re right Bagel! as these quotes from Trappatoni giving his approval are getting me shakey over here
nice film quote. wonder if Biff was a liverpool fan as well? - Manure! I hate Manure!
July 3rd, 2008 at 4:54 pm
I imagine Alves’ choice was fairly easy as it seems to have been fairly money-motivated and of course, who wouldn’t want to play for Barca.
Its probably going to be a far harder decision for Ade-bye-bye whether to move to Spain or Italy or even to Stamford Bridge, as that has nothing to do with cash apparently. Decisions, decisions eh Oi oi?
Same goes for Flamini, or Hleb or, hang on a minute, what about Cashley, seems to be a bit of a trend growing down the highbury dump.
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Good post Bagel
I must admit my first reaction to the Keano news was that it was BS - I know they have CL football but I would venture that no club’s fans as a whole value, support and idolise a player more than Spurs fans do Keane, and I honestly believe Keano is the type of bloke who values that and would rather play 80% of a season even if he does get subbed at 60 mins (personally because I think Ramos had seen enough to make a judgment about next season) rather than sit in a rotation policy that costs the club any chance of achieving as high as they could do!
Nice to see the lads back in training, makes you realise its not long til next season!!!
July 4th, 2008 at 2:49 am
sputnik: rest easy now bb is right and Keane is safe
July 4th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Love it sputnik - never thought of that!
No offense taken Bagel, Im a realistic man and know full well - however much i hate to admit it - that we’re not the force we once were and it’s increasingly unlikely that Keano’s moving our way. I’d never heard the rumours that he’d actually handed in a transfer request tho, only to be kept updated to the situation.
Now here’s hoping the Barry tranfer saga ends, we keep Alonso and we spend the money on a decent player. Oh btw, Kewell’s finally left us to Galatasary, thank god! Such a fucking waste of space, he cost us around 150k for each game he played for us and he was shit in 99% of em…
July 4th, 2008 at 9:44 am
Ade bye bye can go for the reported £30M no problems at all, he’s easy to replace, same as hleb, already replaced with Nasri, Vela or eventually Ramsay.
What about your wantaway ’star’ ratface berbatov ?
Nobodies even making noises about signing him, nobody is even slightly interested, perhaps because not only does he look lazy on the pitch, he is lazy.
keano as well, it’s true they aren’t wanting to leave for financial reasons, but, more embarrasingly for you, for footballing reasons !!!!
July 4th, 2008 at 10:31 am
To be honest thems the breaks when your not a top four side, footballers of a certain standard - such as Berba - are always going to want CL before the end of their career. We had our chance a couple of years ago and blew it, but hopefully it will come around again.
To say that no one is interested in Berba is just, well rubbish, I expected better from you Oi oi. If reports are to be believed, we’ve had an offer in from Barca and if we we’re to lower the price by £5m, Manure would take him at the drop of a hat. If someone gives us the ‘reported 30M no problem’, if not I’ll enjoy watching him next year.To call him lazy is clutching at straws, but seriously - good for you, you stick to those ill-informed opinions.
Keano is going no where son (see the Bagel’s excellent synthesis above) and whats all this about Ade being easy to replace… with who? Seeing as the man in the stained rain coat refuses to spend more than 40p on a player you may be at odds with that one. The main problem down the N5 dump is that you are constantly stop-gapping players and seem to ignore the depth of squad that both Manure, Chelski and to some extenet Liverpool have. Thats why you’ll be winning sweetFA again this season. VP will be injured before December, Eduardo is not a certain starter and Walcotts good, but not yet a well rounded cuban.
July 4th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
so were do you think spurs will finish next season just a shot in the dark i reckon in my heart of hearts im gonna say it fuck it it 3rd
July 4th, 2008 at 1:52 pm
Good call steaduk,
I’ll remind you of that when you are mid table (again) in may.
I dont think we have the problems people seem to think.
We have lost one player, a player that can be easily replaced (in my opinion) with Gilberto, as for hleb, he’s not such a big loss, and with Walcott getting more games, with Nasri, Vela and Ramsay also offering options, I dont think the sky looks so dull. We might even see Rosicky by April.
With a fit (for a change) RvP leading the line and a rapidly improving Bentley keeping the coals warm for the just settled Eduardo I see us scoring goals next season. There are also some fantastic young players that are waiting round the corner for first team action.
If Adebayor goes I hope he will be replaced with the quality that his £30M would bring. I hope he stays and he will be rewarded with better terms ONLY when he proves he’s not a one season wonder, thats something he needs to understand.
I would like to see David Villa or Arseshaving sign, but then, who wouldn’t.
July 4th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
Koi koi Bentley is a rovers player aint he?Maybe you meant
brendner(sp?)..
RVP,Rosicky and Eduardo will be injured for most of the season,no?
Ramsey and Vela will get a few carling cup games
at best…
Have you actually signed Nasri yet?
Do you expect a title challenge this year?
July 4th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Sorry dude, my bad. I have man flu and the drugs must be making me a little giddy.
As usual I expect a title challenge.
If steaduk is right, I still expect us to be above 6puds
July 4th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
im only saying third if we can keep ledders fit i think hes the most important player we have i just really think we can challenge liverpool and arsanal this season
gomes
hutton woodgate king bale
lennon or (bently) modric huddlestone dos santos
berbatov (poss) keane
now thats better than everton man city maybe two signings away im getting excited i think arsanal liverpool are getting worried i would be
July 4th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Bagel, this post has made me feel much better about Keano…
thankyou.
July 4th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
steaduk,
Obviously you are new to this 6puds lark.
The fact is you say the same thjings every year, challenge the top 4, get into CL, win the CL etc etc etc.
But when push comes to shove, you’re mid table (or lower) again and again. This rebuilding process has been going on for 47 years now and still doesn’t seem any closer to it’s target.
Sorry to burst your bubble.
By the way, I liked you little joke “if we can keep ledders fit” - very funny. 8^)
July 4th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
I love Robbie Keane.
I Love the Back to the Future 2 quote.
I love the thought of a full strength squad. Boy - the teams competing for 5th/6th - And, realistically, that’s what we are aiming for, is going to be great this season.
Oi Oi -
‘Nobodies’ is just not a word, no matter how hard you want it to be. Man flu or not.
‘Title challenge’ - it can’t really be a title challenge for Arsenal if all anyone talks about is ‘Man U or Chelsea??’…Come on.
July 4th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
No worries koi koi,always knew you were on drugs…
July 5th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Tobytheskid,
Do you concede we had a title challenge last season ?
After all we led the race for most of the campaign. As oppose to 6puds who had, despite ambitious pre seasonal expectations, a usual (by 6puds standards) or awful (by the MIghty Arsenal standards) campaign.
In that case, I expect more of the same with a couple of extra players to push those who were a little lazy and a couple of players to kick on from last year.
And ‘thjings’ is not a word either seeing as you fancy pulling your pedant cap on. Man flu or not.
July 6th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
oi oi just one question you seem to post here more often anyone even the bagel! whys is this if you support arsanal? did you get kicked off the arsanal message boards for not being good enough! and yes your right we have said all this before but look from a football point of veiw for once and not a complete retard for two seconds ok the team ramos is putting together is pretty good dont worry they wont come and get you for agreein
July 7th, 2008 at 1:08 am
oui oui
Arse winger has been quoted as saying that the a5ena1 will struggle to hold onto their best players for the foreseeable future, as they continue to cover the cost of moving to the effemerates. The arse are unable to match the wages of rival clubs.
Quote: “we have to free up, for 17 more years, an annual surplus of £24m to pay for our stadium”
So the arse are in hock big time. No doubt you being an investment banker (I’m bloody certain that’s rhyming slang) you will spout some tosh or indeed, arse water about monetry investments, so you just carry on geezer
COYS
July 7th, 2008 at 9:49 am
There’s no question we have to find money for the stadium, obviously, because we borrowed the money and have to pay it back.
The insurance company we co-borrowed the money with to increase our S&P (or moodys) rating to AAA has been downgraded making it more expensive to borrow the money with increased spreads, but this is not news, this happened months ago.
The extra £24M for the stadium is paid for by the fans, match day revenue and extra events such as international friendlies, the Emirates trophy and the ‘Boss’ coming to town. This is all factored into the business plan that has been around for 5 years odd now - it includes an annual transfer budget of £5M plus outgoing residue.
I suspect the ‘quote’ was just a rehashed mixture of other quotes - was it in the notw ? Honestly, you should read the sunday sport, at least it’s honest that it’s full of shite !
You will find the same problem if you ever get approval for a new stadium, finding cash is difficult at the moment and your current stadium, being in the middle of a slum, isn’t going to create the same return as Highbury.
Maybe you could just move to MK instead ?
July 7th, 2008 at 2:22 pm
oui oui
Oh how wrong you were, I didn’t read the quote in the notw as I never read such piffle. The quote was on the Sky Sports interactive, I’m surprised you didn’t notice it, but you’re hardly going to open up that can of worms on this site, are you?
As for the emirates trophy, that did make me laugh… It’s the only trophy you’ll see in the new library
I’ve heard you lot are having a crockery sale… thousands of mugs but no cups!
COYS
July 7th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
We need a sale, gotta get rid of all those league titles - remember them ? League - you know, those 38 meaningless games you play each year ?
July 7th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
Slum?? How could y…..alright fair enough.
July 7th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
oui oui
No games are meaningless
But crockery sales for thousands of mugs, but not a cup in sight is a bit sad, even for the a5ena1
July 7th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
I see Tommy Forecast has gone to saints
July 7th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Oops
typo: should have been ar5ena1
Tut, tut… I don’t want the spelling police from the new library to feel my collar
July 7th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Funny Stuff. Why does Oi Oi keep saying we always finish mid-table? Did he not notice the back-to-back 5th place finishes? I started to read his post of excuses as to why the scum didn’t win the league this year n fell asleep. Boring cunt. I read a bit that said being top for a while constituted a title challenge, yet he fails to acknowledge spurs can challenge the top 4 (well, Liverpool n the scum) when we spent 4 months in 4th spot with an inferior squad to what we now have. Wanker. In Modric, it looks like we have finally replaced Carrick -a player we have missed.
Also Oi Oi, I think we were busy winning European trophies whilst you were winning the league. How many have you won?
July 7th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
its not that no one is interested in Berbatov. we just told them all to get stuffed. something you can do if you have financial stability
July 7th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
One thing that really tickled me about the arsenal financial troubles was the fact that our neighbours are having trouble shifting the flats that the Library were converted into. Brilliant. Nobody wants to live there.
The Bagel.
July 7th, 2008 at 11:28 pm
Cursed ground, Bagel.
July 8th, 2008 at 8:41 am
Funny smell perhaps?
July 8th, 2008 at 9:23 am
Maybe you should start flashing all those european trophies around, then maybe you wouldn’t keep getting knock backs.
I hear Rafael van der Vaart is the latest in a long line of players saying - “6puds!! vats not whaa hyme toiking abut !!!” *
Seems like levy is punching well above his weight, even ex Mighty Arsenal junior Bentley looks like a tricky fish to pry from the murky depths of blackburn. Levy has apparently offered falied keeper fat robbo, flappin striker darren bent, forlorn defender gardner plus various other barely walking personnel and all the cash from the petty cash kitty for englands next hope.
Maybe he should have just stuck to overpaying for average players.
* Another example of the class of fan the 6puds produce - Lee McQueen
July 8th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
oui oui
Once again you’re letting yourself down… Not just the usual drivvle, but drivvle with no substance & more importantly, no humour… You used to make us chuckle slightly, you had a mild entertainment factor… But not anymore… Buck your ideas geezer, you’re rapidly becoming a hasbeen that never was
July 29th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
HAHA