tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786650740808299081.post7307612565978598272..comments2023-03-25T10:35:59.058+00:00Comments on Thinking Outside The Box: Do us all a favour Robbie - Retire from international football, effective immediately.Austin Richardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06021520684488707415noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786650740808299081.post-68606304119597823702011-11-14T10:40:23.392+00:002011-11-14T10:40:23.392+00:00The biggest team that Wayne Rooney has scored agai...The biggest team that Wayne Rooney has scored against in a competitive match is Russia. Or Croatia.<br /><br />The rest of them came against Liechtenstein, Kazakhstan and Belarus etc.<br /><br />This just shows how little chance players get to play and score against 'big' teams. He is one of the best players in the world and his record can't get near Robbie Keane despite playing for a much better team!<br /><br />Go on Robbie!!!Alex442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786650740808299081.post-9909076124930129352011-11-14T10:33:01.886+00:002011-11-14T10:33:01.886+00:00Ali Daei? Stern John? Bashar Abdullah?
Surely you...Ali Daei? Stern John? Bashar Abdullah?<br /><br />Surely you would have to factor in that they don't play in Europe or South America?<br /><br />You cannot judge a player on his international career nor his club career alone. That is why Robbie Keane would be considered a better player than Ali Daei, who was an excellent player.<br /><br />But neither would be considered better than Ger Muller, Miroslav Klose or Romario for instance.<br /><br />They had massive success at club level AND at international.TheBoxBlognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786650740808299081.post-75307804685576269262011-11-14T10:24:12.808+00:002011-11-14T10:24:12.808+00:00"... and imagine how many he'd have score..."... and imagine how many he'd have scored if he was good."<br /><br />more than any irish player ever I'd say. oh wait, he's already done that!! He's not in the same league as a player like rooney or suarez or villa but he's by far the best ireland has ever produced. why don't we give as much abuse to doyle, long, best, stokes, walters or cox as they are nowhere near as good as rooney either!!johnnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786650740808299081.post-43225088052148572722011-11-14T10:08:52.478+00:002011-11-14T10:08:52.478+00:00Ali Daei scored 109 goals in 149 matches. That'...Ali Daei scored 109 goals in 149 matches. That's a return percentage of 73.1% ... for Iran ... a country whose international team were ranked 122 at one point.<br /><br />Robbie has a return percentage of 46.9% for Ireland for a team that has never been ranked lower than 57th.<br /><br />So does this mean that Ali Daei is the greatest striker to have ever played the game? <br /><br />Is he better than DiStefano, Raul, Henry?<br /><br />Oh and here's Alie Daei's amazing club history:<br /><br />Esteghlal Ardabil <br />Taxirani <br />Bank Tejarat <br />Persepolis <br />Al-Sadd <br />Arminia Bielefeld <br />Bayern Munich <br />Hertha BSC <br />Al Shabab Dubai <br />Persepolis <br />Saba Battery <br />Saipa<br /><br />Yet, he has 109 international goals. <br /><br />So, we should conclude that he is the best international player of all time and accept that statistics can prove anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7786650740808299081.post-18403185550676112592011-11-14T09:53:21.215+00:002011-11-14T09:53:21.215+00:00... and imagine how many he'd have scored if h...... and imagine how many he'd have scored if he was good.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com