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Richard Keogh 600th Career Game


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22 minutes ago, EmissionImpossible said:

Gives his all and is wholehearted as I said, but I certainly don’t consider him as one who got away.

Even with the terrible Central defenders we have had since he left?

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2 hours ago, bengalcub said:

A top pro , represented his country many times .

Agree 100%.  Not the most talented but 100% committed and carved out a great career.

2 hours ago, bengalcub said:

A top pro , represented his country many times .

Agree 100%.  Not the most talented but 100% committed and carved out a great career.

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I saw Keogh's very first game for us, a friendly at Twerton Park against Bath City, and even then he was taking charge from the back.

Never quite understood why he left us.  I believe there was some kind of falling out with Gary Johnson, and weren't their rumours that Keogh and David Noble, who I believe shared a flat, were a bit too fond of partying?

 

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31 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said:

I saw Keogh's very first game for us, a friendly at Twerton Park against Bath City, and even then he was taking charge from the back.

Never quite understood why he left us.  I believe there was some kind of falling out with Gary Johnson, and weren't their rumours that Keogh and David Noble, who I believe shared a flat, were a bit too fond of partying?

 

Noble and Keogh did flat share for a couple of years and were indeed regularly out on the lash. Credit to Keogh for maturing and going on to forge a decent professional career. Contrast this with Noble who arguably had significantly more talent but whose career failed to hit the heights it could have if he’d got his head down. 

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I seem to remember he shot to prominence in the season we played Middlesborough (then premiership) in the cup (he scored I think). Anyway lots of talk of big money moves then he wanted more money. GJ decided he wasn't going to give him what he wanted and after being player and young player of the year in the same season was allowed to leave.  He dropped down the division from memory but has found his feet a Derby.

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51 minutes ago, The Dolman Pragmatist said:

I saw Keogh's very first game for us, a friendly at Twerton Park against Bath City, and even then he was taking charge from the back.

Never quite understood why he left us.  I believe there was some kind of falling out with Gary Johnson, and weren't their rumours that Keogh and David Noble, who I believe shared a flat, were a bit too fond of partying?

 

Yep I think RK was packed off because of his socialising.  To be fair he went and rebuilt his career at Carlisle and hasn't looked back. I remember seeing as well at pre season friendlies and thinking he was captain material e

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Football is all about opinions. For various reasons I thought he was only ever going to be a squad player with us. I always thought though he could play a bit. I think he's been very clever with his career path. He was a mainstay at Coventry which lead to his big move to FLDC and he's also played international football.

Whenever we've come up against him I've always felt confident we would get the better of him.

I think at the time a different City manager would've probably played him more because of his ability on the ground.

To play 600 games is some achievement [as is Skuse nearing 500]. It just proves that coaches/managers see things differently 

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9 hours ago, bengalcub said:

From my memory we rarely played him and when we did it wasnt for sustained periods , then when an opportunity came around he jumped ship and has never looked back .

Sounds exactly the same as the way we treated Bolasie....and he gets told to ‘F... Off’ in that pathetic S82 chant....

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