Robbie Keane on Football’s Biggest Problem: Where Are the Elite Strikers? | Leeds United Memories

[@rioferdinandpresents]

What was your favourite goal celebration?

[@damianmclaughlin9451]

Utd fan but Henrys' kneeslide comes to mind,the son would call them "clean"

[@manszema4593]

Vardy eagle celebration and connor flag slide tackle

[@jameswilliams2716]

The Sharpy shuffle. Iconic. UTR 🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪🇾🇪

[@officialchinz]

Henry’s Free-kick, when he had to retake and he looked at the referee for approval LuaLua from Portsmouth. His Summersaults were insane Jimmy Bullard. Think it was Phil Brown, impersonating him for the celebration, legendary

[@Mr_Tobot]

SIUUUUUUU

[@TheAlleycat0909]

Best interview on Rio's channel so far. Robbie is an open book and a pleasure to listen to.

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Thank you

[@liammanwaring3805]

Something about that Irish accent - so friendly!

[@matthewdoyle3877]

@@rioferdinandpresents As a player you were so over rated

[@BoxingB0oda]

@@rioferdinandpresentsYou man love to disrespect current strikers. The game has changed and you dont get the time on the ball you used to. You cant tell me, man like isak and cunha wouldnt have thrived back when you old man were playing

[@Senanshero6]

I just spent an hour that I did not have to spare and watched this start to finish 🙌🏼🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@rioferdinandpresents]

00:02:39 - Transfer to Inter Milan: A Young Irish Talent Moves Up 00:05:12 - Life Among Football Legends: Living with Ronaldo 00:07:37 - Memorable Moments with Leeds 00:10:01 - The Game of the Penny 00:12:24 - Champions League Memories: Valencia Semi-Final 00:15:58 - The Evolution of Strikers in Modern Football 00:17:04 -The Decline of Elite Number 9 Strikers 00:21:58 - Transitioning from Player to Manager: Challenges and Realities 00:26:42 The Importance of Communication with Players 00:28:45 Principles of a Robbie Keane Team 00:31:06 Effective Running in Football 00:33:40 Observing the Referee: Finding Space on the Pitch 00:36:19 Successful Partnership with Teddy Sheringham 00:38:44 Discovering a Special Talent in Training 00:41:01 Challenges of Football Defenders: Staying Mentally and Physically Sharp 00:43:29 Insights into a Top Player's Intuition 00:45:57 Tactical Training Under Rafa Benítez 00:48:18 The Art of Striking: Techniques and Mindset 00:50:52 Creating a Boy Band from Former Teammates Who's the front man? 00:53:27 Iconic Football Celebrations, Henry, Crouchy, Keane.

[@f.......f-w1z]

00:06:46 Joel laughing at you saying mindzet

[@bonkerzisgood]

I’ll never forget his 2002 World Cup run and cart wheel celebration as a 7 year old Irish boy. I did that celebration for years in the park after that every time I scored a goal 😂

[@matthewdoyle3877]

werido

[@bonkerzisgood]

@ Ahh let me have my moment Matthew 😢

[@phuston087]

Love the Gary Kelly stories. Hes a legend, used his testimonial money to build a cancer research centre in his home town Drogheda. Done great work over the years.

[@jameshiggins9474]

Irish pride and Dublin pride to hear our top goalscorer and all around legend speak so well, hung on every word. 🇮🇪☘️

[@Enforcer901]

2000s era premier league was the most fun PL era. So many ballers on every single team and robbie was one of them.

[@aleksandarkrstic5341]

Ah Robbie Keane, on of my favorite players when I was a kid. His late goal vs Germany (2002) and some of his Tottenham highlights were absolute classics! Great show btw, greetings from Serbia :)

[@Dublin-ribeyeking]

Goal against kahn , best thing about being born in 90s ireland

[@williamfence566]

Leeds fan reminiscing about the O'leary days here. Used to travel from South wales to elland road for the Champions League games midweek and be back in work the next day . Great to hear Robbie about those times.

[@michaelmcfadden4397]

It was so nice to hear Robbie and Rio mention David Batty who was a great player who just did his job and then went off into the sunset. Some people are just like that.

[@rioferdinandpresents]

#FindDavidBatty

[@matthewdoyle3877]

@@rioferdinandpresents Your a wanker

[@Southie.]

As a Leeds fan the memories you gave me was amazing so thanks to you both for your efforts back in the day MOT

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Our pleasure!

[@kevinpurcell4201]

Yeah best Rio interview ever. These lads were obviously good mates back in the day. Robbie is very charismatic

[@amantensue1734]

hugely underrated player, could play as a 9 or 10

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Premier League 💯 club

[@Domriderone]

One of the best interviews in recent history loved this

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Thank you

[@cpw182]

I’m 29 (born in 1995) now and first properly got into football in 2003/04 and picked Liverpool as my team as I loved John Arne Riise. The premier league between those years of 2005-2015 were just pure drama and excitement that you could want in football especially with those 2 striker partnerships that were world class It’s so sad to see this 4-3-3 modern system and also the fact like Rio said, there isn’t any world class 9’s anymore. All the ‘world class’ players are on the wings or playing in midfield

[@adrianmarrinan7707]

Its impossible to be a number 9 now or at least a good one....NO service into the box! I think if any team in the prem went old school, a right footer RW and a leftie on LW with a half decent striker, they would cause carnage for any team in the prem. As well as a shortage of strikers theres a shortage of defenders who can actually defend!

[@lufckopite5448]

Quality show and got the feeling from you both that you were telling truths. So many shows you watch & listen and you know they are talking nonsense but you can tell everything you both talked about was genuine. Great memories from 2000 to 2002. Was absolutely gutted when you both left the club but knew it wasn’t all down to you. This was a great watch & to reminisce about those great days. What a ride it was.

[@Itskevooo17]

The striker partnership and the IQ and chemistry some of the duos had together is such an underrated thing in football history. It just doesn't exist. Think about all the times that position created magic together without anybody else even being involved

[@donkingbong420]

Yeah I miss that some players just knew what the other was think or how they played and they work off eachother miss the double strikers 😢

[@zigzag4189]

Can’t believe we had both of these at Leeds seem like a dream from where we are now. MOT ALAW

[@daviddavies2428]

Robbie was a serious player!!! And he’d be ready to have it with anyone. Great episode Team 5 👏🏻

[@power279]

Such a lovely striker..iconic celebration...just pure class

[@hadimehio]

The player i first got when I started championship manager is Robbie Keane.

[@paulrichardson9843]

I used to love CM season 01/02. I would often be Leeds as they had a top class team from keeper to strikers and quality young back up players in nearly every position. The strikers were Keane, Viduka, Smith, Kewell and Bridges. I think Keane was one of the very best CM players in a slightly earlier version of the game when he was classed more as an attacking midfielder equally good on either foot.

[@MrHambud1987]

​@@paulrichardson9843I always played him in the 10 with Tristan ahead of him as the 9.

[@LifeOfRiley100]

We were so spoiled back then with strikers! Glory days!

[@kmn7600]

A legend of Irish football, and one of the most prolific finishers the premier league has ever seen 🔥 ☘️

[@Dara-jz9hl]

Robbie Keane was a quality striker his movement and finishing was very under rated

[@paulrichardson9843]

The late 90s, early noughties was a golden age for elite strikers in England and across the major European leagues.

[@donkingbong420]

And now there's like one or 2 top strikers back then every team had a top striker

[@bepsi6770]

00:05 Robbie Keane reflects on his football career and iconic moments. 02:25 Robbie Keane shares experience at Inter Milan and his roommate's quirky habits. 06:34 Robbie Keane reflects on the importance of elite strikers in football. 08:24 Team camaraderie shaped their unique bonding experience off the pitch. 12:25 Team camaraderie is essential for success in football. 14:18 Exploration of the striker's role and contemporary challenges in football. 18:14 The decline of elite strikers in modern football is evident. 20:12 Kids today prefer playmakers over traditional strikers. 23:26 Robbie Keane discusses the responsibilities and challenges of coaching amidst personal commitments. 25:26 Robbie Keane emphasizes the importance of coaching and developing young strikers. 28:41 Robbie Keane emphasizes purposeful passing over possession statistics. 30:25 Focus on winning games, not just individual running stats. 34:12 Strikers must understand space and positioning in relation to referees. 36:09 Robbie Keane emphasizes the importance of striker partnerships in football. 39:48 Robbie Keane discusses the competitive nature of elite strikers. 41:31 Lack of communication between strikers and midfielders hinders goal-scoring opportunities. 45:05 Robbie Keane discusses challenges in competition and management under Rafa Benitez. 46:56 Robbie Keane discusses the importance of tailored training for strikers. 50:27 Robbie Keane reflects on forming a band with former teammates. 52:29 Robbie Keane discusses the origins of his iconic goal celebration. 56:20 Robbie Keane discusses the scarcity of elite strikers in football.

[@robertallan4916]

Thank you Robbie for your Celtic contribution. I wish you had started with us!

[@AJ-nd4nk]

4-3-3 is the reason why you don't see many out and out number 9s anymore. Wide forwards have taken over today.

[@farnaghtom]

We know, that's what he said

[@KyleLazarus-zi5ux]

Rio thanks for touching on this subject of how the level as dropped. Im watching football especially epl since 1998. It saddens me to see what it has become with all respect to current footballers we still love yourl

[@xPEOx1990]

Nice to hear about Leeds and good to know the old Leeds lads staying in touch

[@jamesdennett1933]

What an interview!! Far play to Robbie, very open and honest. Great insite behind closed doors of football. Nice one, Reo

[@jamesdennett1933]

*Rio

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@theavengers.]

Love the legend on and off the field since young ❤

[@OJSCollectables]

One of the most underrated strikers in history!! As a Coventry fan I never got to see kean play for us as I was to young but I got to see him later on his career and at spurs he was class! With Berbatov class players!! Proper ballers 🎉

[@Iam_Figo_Royal]

Big baller for sure

[@garbags9610]

The best striker ireland ever had, what a player

[@shaneoconnor8597]

Harsh on David mcgoldrick that

[@glennbyrne8746]

Jon Walters played tennis then? 🙄😂

[@garbags9610]

I mean they were both decent but clearly nowhere near keano for caps or consistency. Keane scored 100 goals in the premier league, mcgoldrick doesn't even have 20 caps

[@iCedric77]

We need an interview of R9 surely he is like the mascot of this channel :D

[@mercedesEQUA]

Robbie Keane a legend of irish football,interesting conversation thanks Rio

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Thanks for watching

[@tyido8445]

Robbie my absolute idol such a fantastic man keanoo keanoo keanoo

[@enamulislam9778]

These shows just get better and better !! Top show !! Keep them coming !

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Thank you

[@peteaustin9636]

Could listen to him all day long

[@derekngum4675]

Amando Recoba, what a player. My all time best Uruguayan footballer.

[@sevans606]

Not Suarez?

[@romeop2345]

Alvaro recoba lol

[@derekngum4675]

@@sevans606 no

[@kevcantona]

Amando Recoba is a legend but I always preferred Django Forlan myself

[@wowla1]

The ref' strategy is REVOLUTIONARY. Plus. loosing words for berba' shows real admiration. Top bloke.

[@CoachCharles254]

Best show yet. Loved it

[@joesgaragedoorservice7506]

under rated loved him!

[@thesealeynetwork]

One of the BEST to do it!!! - That Leeds squad was special 👏🏾 - Loved the penny story aswell lol

[@j2248]

Top man and top striker, Robbie. Scored 95% of Ireland's most important goals over nearly a 20 year period

[@7864U]

R9 is the unofficial GOAT 🐐

[@sunnyang6464]

When I was young and playing with my mates on the streets I used to always do Robbie Keane’s rolling cartwheel machine gun celebration whenever I scored a goal for the team.. We would usually play on hard rough tarmac surface with a few jagged edges here and there.. Usually after my second goal celebration I would have had so much blood flowing down my head (due to my head grinding on the tarmac during the rolling celebration) that no defender would want to mark me anymore! 🩸🩸🩸😂😂😂

[@dondamon4669]

Ridiculous made up story

[@tahmed2176]

Love this guy, bangs in all the goals with that Powershot+ on FC25

[@Deji918]

Brilliant insight from Robbie Keane expecially his take on stats in football.

[@Sriram24044]

Just found this today. As a Leeds fan I really enjoyed this. Rio - amazing job!

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Welcome aboard!

[@Sriram24044]

@ cheers Rio!

[@yahyamahmood3391]

Banging interview 🔥 One of the best so far on this channel. The one with Kevin Prince Boateng still tops it for me haha ❤

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@SteCurtis]

Great interview! Brilliant guest and good banter 👍

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Thanks for listening

[@rytface]

Absolutely legend,great interview very enjoyable ☘️🇮🇪👍

[@simonclarke6809]

awesome episode! class insight into the mind of an elite forward!

[@rioferdinandpresents]

We agree! Great insight

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Some brilliant comments! Thank you & Robbie Keane for some great insight

[@Iam_Figo_Royal]

What a legend hard working player ...good good striker ...

[@TheBomber15]

Great striker, basically carried Ireland after many other big names retired / fell off. Shame about what he’s been up to in recent years, it’s tarnished is legacy somewhat, but people are flawed.

[@karldelaney-mm8ch]

Robbie ur loved by us Irish - eternally

[@happy_camper]

"The ref is always free" MAD!! I love it!!

[@TauCeti973]

I did not know Rio had his own podcast, a new sub for me.

[@patrickburke3509]

What a player Robbie was

[@Ireland1.9.8.1]

Brilliant 👏 👏

[@omarh-93]

Definitely top 3 best episodes. Legend Robbie Keane 🤸‍♀️🔫

[@markstv40]

I was absolutely gutted it didn’t out work for him at Liverpool, was so excited to see him going there as a Liverpool fan.

[@LeMerch]

He was played out of position compared to how Liverpool played right? Or what happened?

[@BenBrett-n6d]

Great interview Rio

[@BankkZarawut]

I'm man united fans but like Leeds 2 cuz what they did in champions league was insane, and when they face again man united always existed too watch😊

[@SoccerinMN]

Great pod 💚 Robbie is bang on, I coach 12-13-year-olds, and none of them wants to be a pure sticker like everyone I grew up with in Ireland in the 80's

[@LeMerch]

Why do you think that is?

[@jameswilliams2716]

How did they not mention the Sharpy Shuffle. Iconic!!!

[@Steviep90]

What a player he was in his day 💯🔥

[@anthonysheridan8057]

Best one yet

[@rocketman5931]

People forget how good Robbie Keane really was 💯

[@BelfastManUtdTherapy]

Wish you could have asked him a little more on r9. In 2004 rep of ireland played brazil in dublin, my mate and i drove down and hoped to buy a ticket off a tout. got one for about 150euro, anyway im the only one in a particular stand with a brazil shirt on, everyone was there to see r9 and r10. They were the reigning world champions, robbie keane was interviewed on sky and said he hopes to r9's shirt, i always wondered did he get it

[@zoomgallygally]

R9 was the best ever 🙌

[@gb_10]

It isn't about resigning. The point is that he should never have taken the job in the first place. Absolutely pathetic. Don't go and work for a racist football club in a racist, colonising apatheid state. Loved Robbie as a player but as a man I have lost all respect for him. Judge a person by their actions not the poxy goals they scored.

[@ianmcdonald3053]

Dry ur eyes

[@wbafc1231]

Couldn't agree more. Especially as an Irishman who should know something about our history of colonisation and the solidarity of the Irish people with the people of Palestine. A disgrace.

[@renegademaster32]

You can tell that as soon as the camera stops rolling they shout 'Smashed it ' 🤣. The lads 👊

[@vijinho]

I remember watching Robbie the first time at Molineux, 17 years, and he stood out like a sore thumb amongst the other 21 players, his vision, control, technique, different class, you knew he'd be onto greater things. He was better than Michael Owen I thought, more of a 10, and long-term his international record alone in goalscoring speaks for itself. I always wished he'd come back to Wolves, and respect how he never celebrated against his old clubs. It had to be him on loan at Villa scoring against us years later! I remember seeing Keane and Joleon Lescott running together near the stadium... Classy guy, straight up talker. Great interview.

[@peterabnormal327]

Loved that there great intake of r9 flat and stuff lol.. Robbie Keane great content down to earth💚💚❤️❤️✅

[@goldbridge]

23:30 “You were in tel aviv when the war begun” “At the end of the day I’m a football manager” Mate, you accepted a job in a country that illegally occupies other nations territory since 1967, displacing millions of people, killing women and children every day. There’s no get out for that

[@zaidahmed9527]

Best one so far…

[@rioferdinandpresents]

Thank you

[@whitelinecoaching]

I met Robbie Keane prob about 1998 in a hotel in Nottingham. I was on a tour with a team from Bristol and he was playing forest for wolves the next day. Keith curle was also in the wolves team. They were so polite and nice to us. As a 13 year old that was about as exciting as it gets. The next day we met Kevin Campbell at the city ground and he didn’t have a second for us! 🤣 God rest his soul!

[@riddley39]

I remember Van Nistelrooy use be the master at standing off side behind the defender then quickly getting back on when the ball was played. Anyway top player Keane!

[@slickflickcoolie2169]

Robbie Keane what a striker ... technique and goals .... Glad I witnessed this golden Era

[@Mr_Tobot]

I love this channel, guys talking about futbol and having fun. Any thoughts on Ronaldo's accomplishments at Al-Nassr, and the rumors of Sergio Ramos and Marcelo moving to Al-Nassr?

[@mamalange2277]

Banger interview. Get Jermaine Defoe after this.

[@stevenodonnell1990]

What a hero. I was a young kid dreaming of being a footballer when Robbie Keane was doing his thing. One of the most underrated players of his generation. So clever and just loved the game. Played like a kid in the park all his life. He scored some unbelievable goals too. His 100 club is well worth a watch. I'm mid thirties now and when/if I score his celebration is still the 1st thing that comes to mind. A living Irish legend 💚🤍🧡

[@davidpurcell8189]

Very underrated player robbie was and the way benitez treated him at Liverpool wasn't right.

[@kieranheneghan4132]

Great choice of guest

[@tiborpataki749]

Recoba was ahead of his time. He could have been an all time great if taking football seriously.

[@princedavid88]

Who else remembers Robbies iconic celebration?

[@jasonhenderson7477]

Part 2 needs to happen, only bad part was that it wasn’t longer than 1HR

[@brianogorman7752]

Should be hero to all of Ireland instead he is disliked by most outside of Crumlin.

[@francorodriguez3903]

Mi ídolo de chico 🇦🇷

[@ManavTheking-k8k]

Love you rio .A very interesting topic podcast I love the way you put the topic so precisely and in an womderful way. Hope i can see a collab between you messi and ronaldo its a dream of every fan to see both the goats together as media always shows that they both hage each other. ❤❤

[@Rodney-Blackburn]

Ronnie Keane used to cook 🔥

[@thomasfriis8106]

This is hilarious. Top stories from Leeds United

[@jonnystaffs]

Tell us some stories about Gary Kelly, Rio.

[@Vincentdeoliveira]

Luka Modrić is going to be such a fun character to listen to when he hangs his boots and gets invited to all these podcast shows.

[@eoinmaguire6691]

Robbie never got the credit he deserved. A top striker and a baller, Rafa played him on the right of midfield like a winger dont think he either rated him or trusted him?? When played in his best position he scored goals at every club he played for, Inter and Liverpool bought him for a reason, Scored goals for fun at Coventry wolves and spurs and Leeds, I played in the same school boy league as Robbie for one of the best school boys clubs in Dublin he played for a brilliant club called Crumlin utd and he was banging in hatricks and more every week everyone knew about him.. I cant not mention he played for the last good national team we had and he's Irelands all time leading scorer and his record will definitely not be beaten 👌👌👌🇮🇪

[@theavengers.]

Love both legends Ronaldo Messi coming soon 🐐🐐❤❤

[@upyerkilt9125]

i never wanted to be a striker when i was a kid I wanted to be a left footed Beckham but i got stuck in defence then i wanted to be a Vidic, a warrior ready to be yourself on the line to stop a goal from happening