Robbie Keane - Yes Or No Poll Results

i voted no thanks. We are 5 years or so too late.If we buy him now we will definately loose money. I just cannot see any value in it unless we can secure for less than 4m. Having said that Gabby-Delf-Carew-Keane does sound good...but Bellamy would be better...we need some attitude/agression in the squad

Nooooooo.... far too late, Keep Gabby, Carew, and we have delph as well......

As others have said, five years too late. Those who are in favour of signing him ...... do you intend putting 12 players on the pitch? Or who would you leave out?

No, he's on the downhill slide. I'd rather see some gambles on young unknowns. They at least have a chance (however small) of becoming great for years to come. Keane has a 0 probability of being great for years to come. I doubt if he has 2 moderately good years left.

It is not our job to do the finance (as Fear tells me lol) but lets do the maths. He is almost 30 and this would be his last major contract. He would have absolutely no sell on value. His form, committment and ability at the top level is questionable to say the least. His wages would be in excess of the £60K a week (£3million a year to you and me) he reputedly gets at Spuds. Lets say for arguments sake that we buy a player who is obviously at the tail end of his career for a fee in the region of £7.5m (I am splitting the £5m and £10m price that is muted). His wages over 4 years (£12m minimum) + £7.5M transfer fee, signing on fees and agents fees at 15% of the contract (£3m) would mean a minimum total of £22m!! The figure with everything is likely to be nearer £25m. Roughly the same money that is being muted for Milner. Do Villa fans think that the money generated from Milner (who I don't think will be leaving and I have reasonable info on this) would be worth putting on Keane. I certainly don't. If M'ON can't find a better way of investing the clubs money then I would be very worried. Think of it as buying a car. If you had the choice of buying a brand new Merc that comes with a guarantee to give you trouble free motoring for several years and a resale value that you could put against its replacement. OR. A 10 year old Merc for lesser money, but with a history of trouble, breakdowns, high manintenance costs and performance not up to the newer model, and likely to be classed as an old banger with no resale value when you have run it into the ground. To me it is a no brainer. You steer clear of the trouble and the expense. If you had £25m and you wanted to get the best possible value from it, would you A) spend it on 4 young potential players who may double, treble or possibly increase your intial £25m tenfold or B) gamble it on an ageing player, with suspect ambition and a guarantee of absolutely no return? Answers on a postcard to Martin O'Neill at B6

I agree with most of what you say about Keane, but at the right price on the right wages he would be worth a shot. Also, his fitness has never been in question, he only flopped at LFC because Rafa lost out on buying Barry and panic bought Keane instead and then couldn't use him because he's such a negative manager...it is a big dhame we're years too late becvause he would've been worth it....Van Nistlerroy was older, more of a chip and a worse injury record when sold on to Hamburg(??) but he has proved a instinctive goal scorer and I feel in our young team we could take a worthwhile punt if, as Lesley Crowther used to say: THE PRICE IS RIIIIIIIGHT! Or Bellamy, anyone? Anyone?...

No thanks, see Albarnista, glensider and VotH above. How come 65% voted 'yes please'?? Yes 'please'? At the most it's 'yes, oh alright then, if he takes a huge drop in wages and comes for £5M and changes his attitude'.