Wolves striker Andy Keogh has been tipped to be an Republic of Ireland star of the future by new international boss Giovanni Trapattoni.
Keogh, who has come under fire from Molineux fans, has impressed the Italian by scoring in both games on their tour of the Algarve.
The forward netted in the 1-1 draw with Portimonese on Sunday and Monday’s 3-1 win over Lagos.
Along with Keogh, Wolves team-mates Kevin Foley and Darren Potter - who also netted against Lagos - have caught the eye. But Trapattoni has been particularly pleased with the form of Keogh.
Asked about the 22-year-old, he said: “He has time to think. He’s not an easy opponent. When the ball comes, he understands immediately what to do. That’s important, very important.”
Trapattoni added: “I already know the famous players - Damien Duff and Kevin Doyle and the older players.
“But the young players like Kevin Foley have been a beautiful surprise. He wasn’t bad. He can improve.
“What’s been very important for me this week is the players understand our mentality better.
“When they understand we can play quicker, we have more possibilities.”
Trapattoni and his players will watch tonight’s Champions League final on TV as their time on the Algarve draws to a close.
They will return to Dublin tomorrow before their friendlies with Serbia and Colombia with the manager delighted at his week’s work and the performance against Lagos.
He said: “I’m very happy with the result but also with our attitude and what the players showed us.
“I hope we can also show our fans how important this week has been when we play against teams like Serbia and Colombia.
“I’ve said to them I’m happy with their attitude. Results are important, but it’s important also they’re happy because they understand that this system will help us go forward.”
Potter sat out yesterday morning’s training session with a heel injury but he is expected to be fit for the Serbia game on Saturday when Foley hopes to win his first cap.
By Tim Nash
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If he gets fitter and stronger and learns where the back of the net is he could be.
He also probably needs to learn when to speak and when not too.
FINDS THE NET FOR IRELAND, WHAT ABOUT FINDING THE NET FOR WOLVES, HE HAS PLAYED ENOUGH TIMES UN LIKE FREDDIE, SCORES FOR WALES REGULAR BUT DOESNT GET A LOOK IN ???
*insert ridiculousely unfounded and unecessary criticism of keogh*
Crapattoni !!
YEAH WELL..COME TO THE MOLINEUX AND WATCH HIM WEEK IN WEEK OUT, BET YOU WON’T BE SO IMPRESSED THEN.
COS WE CERTAINLY AIN’T.
Snipers - please open fire…
Or how about you keep quiet on this one?
Lets hope this carries onto into next season. All the best Andy
Keogh is soo rubbish, unlike eastwood with his 3 goal tally.
Not great opposition,particularly if Potter scored!
Just make sure you carry it on to next season!
change that to SOME wolves fans please! its only the dime bars in the southbank that sell there tickets for a pie and a pint that moan about players!
keogh is quality! constant goals come with experience! his work rate is 100%. oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo KEOGH!!
Good luck Andy. Anyone with half a brain cell can see you are talented and deserve to play!
Keogh-Keogh…!
i was talking to a wolves season ticket holder last nite and he said hes a really good player,boing boing up the MOWBURY WAY
Fair play to Keogh, if anyone deserves to aspire to be a sucessful international, then its Keogh and his exeptional work rate. Maybe if Boothroyd worked as hard, he’d still be playing first team football for us.
You get what you give.
Nice to see Andy getting some good comments from a wise old pro. Lets hope he has a great season next year along side SEB and we find the next BULLY & MUTCH ??
i moan at keogh but i hope he proves me wrong he is a good player but on basis what ive seen so far only average championship player!
as to the goal congratulations and hope it continues
but….. and yes theres always a but…..
dont get to carried away he scored vs Portimonese and Lagos
i remember everyone saying so what when freddy scored international goals so it should be the same with freddy
Re 1 -ridiculousely unfounded and unecessary criticism of keogh
Erm -
First never have & never would boo our own players BUT Keogh is a striker employed to score goals & can’t. He runs around like a headless chicken & his ball control borders on hopeless. He misses the easiest of chances & generally looks out of his depth.
I would love him to turn it around next season not least because he is genuinely a nice young chap BUT lets be real here for heaven’s sake.
If keogh plays like last year & continues to picked by Mad Mick we might as well be playing with only 1 forward.
Shrewswolf: perfect.
What a surprise that there’s hardly anyone on here too sing his praises. Virtually all of you are too quick to jump on his back.
Keep it up Andy and see you next season.
From yesterday’s posts
‘wolf said: May 20th, 2008 at 2:33 pm NOT FIT TO WEAR THE No.9′
Now this is a difficult one lads, the anomymous ‘wolf’ or Giovanni Trappatoni…..er
If the fans got behind him and Molineux was an altogether more positive place for young lads to play football he and the other young guns would prosper and the team likewise - boo boys bugger off!!
KEOGH KEOGH KEOGH
He’s obviously talented but we, THE MOANERS get frustrated when he misses a hatful of chances and as a result we lose.
pump some iron and put some bulk on lad and you will be a star alright!
Keogh and SEB will do for me!
Lets hope this form carries through until next season. MM note the style of play from Ireland, its not all kick it into space and run like a ass. I watch the match via internet and it was passed to feet. More to AK’s strengh!
Trap is one of the greatest coaches of the modern era. I’m sure he knows a “good” player when he sees one. Onwards and upwards AK we’re behind you.
WWFC Forever!
lets have some biting from the southbank!
sold ya seat for a pie and a pint!
sold ya seat for a pie and a pint!!! haha
I wonder what standard the opposition were ?
It will be interesting to see what Trapottoni thinks in 12 months time. In my esimation he has gone backwards since he arrived at wolves.
Good on yer Andy, bet it wont shut the no brainers that slag you on here though.
good player plenty of improvement there
Agree with 1, 2 & 3
Keogh is only 21 & will make mistakes, its called the learning curve. But it is clear to people who really understand their football that he has a huge amount of talent & if he continues to work hard will become a very good player.
Giovanni Trapattoni can see that, its a pity some of the Molineux faithful can’t
Well done Andy ! Its good to see that you’re scoring during the close season to keep that goalscorer’s instinct about you, we (the loyal fans) know that you wont score 25 goals a season for us and lets face it, you’d be overseas or with one of the big 4 prem sides (NO, not the baggies!) if you were banging that many away a season ! Just keep up the good work, stay fit and focused and lets see you on your top form next season along side Ebanks-Blake and you never know, it could be your best season yet !
Any1 with half a brain can see you are NOT talented keogh and resemble a drunken scarecrow being blown around the pitch with your daft orange boots as beacons ……clear off cos you arent good enough worzel,your chances missed cost us at least a playoff spot and Im sick of hearing your ridiculous comments about boos you have received.You are carp lad and your wretched shooting,weak frame and poor play is about as useful as a worm going into a shoe shop….clear off
Eddie - That counts out 90% of the South Bank then…
Hard to argue with the judgement of Giovanni Trapattoni.
Keeeeeeeeeoooooooogh
He still needs to work on mass/upper body strength so that he’s not brushed off the ball like he was last season.
Other than that, yeah, great player…
I’ve never criticised Keogh’s performance on the pitch, although I do agree with him that he could bulk up a bit.
Last week I was unhappy with his ‘true fans’ comments…but that was last week.
Simon
A fine player with an excellent future with Wolves unless the moronic idiots who don’t understand how good he is manage to get their way…
This is a time of development for a lot of our younger players.
I think sometimes, emotions and expectation get the better of us all and we lose sight of how the team is progressing. Next season is a big test, and if we retain a fully fit squad with a few quality additions, I think promotion is achievable. Central defence is where we need bring in quality and pace, and is my only concern.
I think if we fall short next season, any criticism would be completely justified.
Keogh is a good player, no doubt - he just needs to score goals and he could be a great player. He is hard working has excellent skills on the ball, he just needs to get his positional sense more often than he does and score goals.
Definately one for the future. Let’s hope it all comes together for him next season..
3 totally agree i remember when the fans wanted comitment on the pitch keogh nevers gives up, and his striking record with ebanks blake is right up there, one full season with them pair together, i predict 20+ goals a piece, i was one that wanted freddy to play, like most of you but lets be honest thats not going to happen is it so lets get behind what we have we are not that far away from being a good championship team Keogh keogh keogh
well done!!! its about time people made some positive comments about him!! hes a damn good player & we’re gonna need him this season!!!
good one andy!!!!!!
So he was voted in the top 20 players outside the premiership and Trappatoni rates him highly. Makes you wonder why certain boo boys don’t rate him… WIth Ebanks Blake as the out and out goal scorer, Keogh will get his fair share - we need the rest of the team to chip in…
wolves play well when keogh plays well fact !!!
No.3
I don’t think people even need that much brain! unfortunately we just seem to have an unfair share of people who have no brains and no reason.
He worked his socks off and created a lot of our scoring opportunities last season and should be supported.
He’s a top man
In hindsight, our promotion prospects ended once Kights got injured.
When we went on our excellent run that took us to the play-offs in 06-07, we were genuine 4-2-4, with McIndoe and Kights doing their stuff. We still struggled against the better sides but the formation worked quite well.
Being without genuine wingers for most of this season, having sold McIndoe and Jarvis being less experienced and unfit for a large chunk, hurt us. Ward, Keogh, Bothroyd, etc. were all tried out wide when McCarthy stuck to his formation rather than playing to the team’s/players strengths.
I really think the unsuccessful stint as a winger hit Keogh’s confidence/form and certainly this had some impact on some fans’ views on him.
His form last season, like a number of Wolves players, was a dip from his first year. A large part, I believe, was due to the absence of Kightly; I’m guessing but I reckon around half of our goals that year had assists from one of those two.
Good luck for next season Andy; I hope your form improves and think it will once Kightly’s back. However, we need another wide man to help us out should we suffer injury problems again.
We also need more competition up front; SEB, Keogh and A.N.Other with the three wide men should be a fairly formidable squad to chose from. Hopefully!
he’s a joke!! i can run around like a headless chicken all day so why rnt i in the wolves team?
12.
It is not about the standard of team Keogh was playing against but, the talent that Trap had seen in Keogh while in training and on the pitch.
Trap knows what he is on about, you should be pleased too.
where are the “keogh knockers” today then???
i posted the quote from trappatoni yesterday in the other keogh story, and how can you disagree with the bloke and like No.9 stated its played to feet when he plays for ireland (think thats like 4 in 4 for ireland now, counting U21) and when he plays for us its try to flick the ball on with his head!!
play to feet and a lot of our players will shine like they did in MM’s 1st season in charge!!
we all know he’s not the strongest, neither is jarvis,imagine if keogh was built like elokobi???? lol
nice to see some positive posts for once!!
long may it continue
God bless Andy Keogh may he be Wolves for a long time.
Keogh, is good he is Irish and we love him. So does MM its his dad
His form aint been as good as when he first came - people quickly forget how good he really is. His confidence needs a good boost and booing the player will never help. How about supporting the lad for once?
Wolves need some quality in now at molineux and if mick gets these players in we will be prem next season defornate !! we need quality from the lower leagues like we hace done with kightly,jarvis,foley etc.
Defenders:
A.GERRARD WALSALL 22 CB .. FREE ( GET HIM NOW )
C.GUNTER TOTTENHAM 18 CB .. LOAN IN
L.NYATANGA DERBY 19 CB .. £1M TO £1.5M
Midfielders:
K.COMMONS NOT FOR 24 ANYWERE IN MIDFIELD .. FREE ( REALESED TODAY .. GET HIM NOW )
D.BELL LUTON 24 ANYWERE IN MIDFIELD .. £750K TO £1M
D.JONES DERBY 23 CM .. £750K TO £1M
Strikers:
A.MCLEAN PETERBROUGH 24 ST .. £1M
S.VOKES BORNEMOUTH 18 ST .. £1M TO £1.5M
Come on mick get these in and wolves will be premiership .. and if moxey isnt tight with the transfer fee and wages we could get somewere i.e PREMIERSHIP .. MOXEY AND MICK !!
GET THESE IN AND WE WILL BE PREM FOR SURE !!
UP THE WOLVES !!!
There are some people who post on here who are obviously missing their vocation. I mean they know more than a long line of Wolves’ managers did and they obviously believe they are better suited to the task than MM is - and now they apparently know more about players’ potential than Trappatoni. Wow! I am honoured to sit amongst them.
I can’t believe the negative muppets who can’t see any good in him. Sure he’s missed a chance or two…but so has SEB. When you look at the footage of, not only the goals he did score but the assists….Just view again the matches where he came from the bench and suddenly provided not only mobility and pace, but also his ability to beat his man and pull defenders out of position. This kind of ability cannot be coached and if he’s SUPPORTED and ENCOURAGED, there’s molre to come which will be of benefit to the team. Then even the muppets will be singing his name.
Maybe it’s a simple question of management !
The right manager and…….
as a wolves fan we all loves players who try and he trys good luck next season…
anyone who is anti wolves players dont bother coming to molineaux we dont need you.remember two yrs ago.how little some people remember…
I don’t mind him, but he is there to score goals and entertain, but he isnt doing that. The coaching staff don’t appear to be improving his game, his standard is about the same as when he arrived at the club, so thats not progress for me.
50,solent, ive just had that for my tea with garlic bread,and pasta, boing boing just one cornetto giv it to me
SOLENT, now they apparently know more about players’ potential than Trappatoni. Wow! I am honoured to sit amongst them.
SO YOU SHOULD BE!!!!! NOW SHUT UP AND STOP INTERUPTING.
50. if Anthony Gerrard is 22, then he cant be on a free!!
bosman is only allowed for 24 year olds and over.
so walsall would be entitled to a fee!!
but like your thinking with the players you named although…….
think we missed out big time when coventry signed dann and fox, fox especially looked superb when we played them at the ricoh, and although dann gave the penalty away he too looked solid!! and what did coventry pay for them £500k for the two???
and Mclean of peterborough knows kites from his grays athletic days!!
commons is good, but a bit like bothroyd if you get me, blows hot and cold!!
nyatanga is no where good enough for me, no better than elokobi or d.jones!
but the other players you mentioned sound good!
although i know ill prob get slaughtered for it, id sell murray AND hennessey, i know morgan as money etc but murray injury prone and hennessey although a great shot stopper doesnt really command his area, id sell the both for a combined what 5-7m and by joe lewis from peterborough, recently called up for the last couple of U21 games, and is quite a keeper and im sure peterboroughs most expensive signing this season!
and id also throw ashley williams into the mix, strong player for Stockport, quick defender,can read the game well and is only 23, in discussions with swansea,but he seems to be stalling (waiting for a bigger club perhaps, and im sure gleeson can have a word)
50.
This is for real,a real club, real players, real contracts not a playstation game.
Grow up!
I think Giovanni has been on the Guinness.
Sorry he is just a second div player.
Keogh has the makings of a top quality forward - Trapattoni is no fool. He is still young and learning the game - have patience moaning gloom merchants.
And as for young Irish types - what has happened to Potter? - he is playing well for Ireland. Am I alone in thinking he is miles better than Gibson? - Why were we wasting our time with him last season, with Potter hardly getting a look in?
51. Solentwolf
That long list of managers you revere so much have failed to get us into the Premiership, and the one who succeeded was given no money and then sacked when inevitably we were relegated.
After 20+ years of failure, we fans want some success! The current crew are set to fail yet again, which is why those with some footballing savvy are bitching so much.
They are making monkeys out of us yet again, and they get away with it because the happy-clappies do as they are told!
Having played a level most of you could dream of, please give Keogh a chance, he might be a legend one day.
No.5, I’m on the South Bank too, and I AM impressed by Andy Keogh, so don’t say “we”!
OK, I agree this season McCarthy has played Keogh out of position–he is not a pure striker! Trappatoni knows how to use him but McCarthy doesn’t–like Gary Johnson and McCarthy with Michael McIndoe!
To me it’s obvious, though, that Keogh has bags of talent as an attacking midfielder. For sure, a star in the making! If not with McCarthy, at least with another manager!
SEB and SGO on their way, 4M for lafferty.
Oh no………..
Need to keep them 2 and i wouldnt waste my money on lafferty, id go for Marlon Harewood. Its the supply to the forwards we need to improve with a quality midfielder, what about Savage for a season to get us up…………….
C,mon me babiees……………….
NOT FIT TO WEAR THE WOLVES No.9
poster number 33 sums it up fairly eloquently I feel and players like keogh are a cancer in this club that needs to be removed to make way for quality…..worzel,moxey and mcCarthy OUT!
I THINK ITS RIGHT WHAT SOME HAVE SAID ON HERE,AND IVE SAID IT ALL SEASON HE,D BE GOOD PLAYIN JUST BEHIND THE FRONT 2,TO LIGHTWEIGHT FOR UP FRONT,BREAK THE BANK FOR ANOTHER 20+ STRIKER NEXT TO SEB,A PLAYMAKER AND A QUICK CENTRE HALF,NOT SOME 1 SEASON WASTE OF MONEY THIS TIME MM
A great goal for ireland tonight,this kid has potential far beyond Freddy Eastwood ever will.