brian o'driscoll

People like O'Driscoll and Robbie Keane should be universally appreciated in this country. The media might be going a bit OTT but that's not O'Driscolls fault. He deserves the accolades. He comes across as a modest fella and will probably be happy when the fuss dies down.

No matter what Robbie Keane does it's a sad fact that he'll never be appreciated or respected in the same regard as O'Driscoll among the general public here. I've had countless arguments with gobsh*tes who love to put him down. I'm dreading the day he retires. He epitomizes class. A great captain who scored against the best teams in world football.

Even the English despite their gutter tabloid press don't knock their record scorer Charlton to the extent we do in this country. They seem to show more appreciation than we do

Edited by irishmufc - 15 Mar 2014 at 9:24am

Bobby Charlton won a World Cup.
Slight difference.

Also I would have BOD streets ahead of Robbie.

irishmufc wrote: People like O'Driscoll and Robbie Keane should be universally appreciated in this country. The media might be going a bit OTT but that's not O'Driscolls fault. He deserves the accolades. He comes across as a modest fella and will probably be happy when the fuss dies down. No matter what Robbie Keane does it's a sad fact that he'll never be appreciated or respected in the same regard as O'Driscoll among the general public here. I've had countless arguments with gobsh*tes who love to put him down. I'm dreading the day he retires. He epitomizes class. A great captain who scored against the best teams in world football. Even the English despite their gutter tabloid press don't knock their record scorer Charlton to the extent we do in this country. They seem to show more appreciation than we do

I agree with everything you see. Both O'Driscoll and Keane are amongst the best sports personalities to come out of this country. Both are great role models. With O'Driscoll he is highly respected by the sporting public in general were as Keane gets unwarranted abuse and criticism for been Robbie. It's when he retires that people will realise how much the Irish team relied on him. The lad owes us nothing and could of retired after the Euros but has soldiered on and this should be commended.

I'm not really a rugby fan but I hope Ireland win today with a performance that would be fitting for Brian O'Driscoll's last game in an Irish shirt.

Edited by SuperDub - 15 Mar 2014 at 10:08am

Gary McKay wrote: Bobby Charlton won a World Cup. Slight difference. Also I would have BOD streets ahead of Robbie.

So Robbie Keane who was equally as vital to the the country's national football team as O'Droliscoll was the the rugby one doesn't deserve to held in the same regard. Why because he's not world class?!

The fact he's not world class makes his fantastic scoring record all the more impressive.

irishmufc wrote: 9fingers wrote: Gary McKay wrote: Bobby Charlton won a World Cup. Slight difference. Also I would have BOD streets ahead of Robbie. Exactly. One is one of the greatest ever players at their sport, the other grew up dreaming playing for LA galaxy Give over Muff. I beginning to think Drugs is the reason why your brain farts ever couple of weeks Whatever about me that's very harsh on Keane. I'd expect that from one of the many gobsh*tes in this country that love knocking him

I've never knocked Robbie.
I've simply stated the truth

Some amount of green about Paris since early this morning. Really hope the boys can do the business and give BOD the send off he deserves.

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Don't think you compare Keane and O'Driscoll, apples and oranges. Just my two cents on the matter, a lower percentage of the global population play rugby so O'Driscoll would have a greater probability of being remembered as one of the greatest in the world than Keane would be in football. 

I am big fan of Robbie,can't understand Irish clowns putting him down.We'll only know how good he was for us when he's gone.

However,if you talk to people who have a good interest across different sports I think most would agree BOD is streets ahead of Robbie on a world stage.


Edited by kimbap - 15 Mar 2014 at 3:05pm