Roy Keane’s investment in experience put another 27 years on his side with the loan deal to bring Djibril Cisse from Marseilles to the Stadium of Light. The enigmatic ex-Liverpool striker scored 16 goals in 35 games for Marseilles last year in Ligue 1. Bet Sunderland
Old boys v new boys. Roy Keane has bought heavily from Spurs pre season and Spurs found the that pre-season ascendancy did not bring results at Middlesbrough in the real things last week. Sunderland were unlicky to lose to Lievrpool last week but will be luck y to get anything here. Home win. Get all the odds here
Waving the flag - Rafa Benitez introduces Robbie Keane to Anfield
Goals win titles, but whether Robbie Keane is the missing part in the Rafa Benitez jigsaw puzzle remains to be proven. On paper Keane might score 20 goals a season, albeit so might anyone else alongside Fernando Torres. But in fact the best he managed in six years at Spurs was 16 goals in a season. Keane is also a robust player not dissimilar to Dirk Kuyt who impressed for Holland in the the Uefa European Championships. If the on/off saga of Gareth Barry’s move from Aston Villa goes through, then the summer would have seen a significant change in the Benitez thinking, opting for proven pushy Premier League performers or little known younger players he can groom. Last week he also picked up the promising French talent David Ngog who may pop in a few goals too although he might be better employed as far as the Kop is concerned creating them.
Strangely goals were not Liverpool’s major issue last season. They had the same goal difference as Chelsea who finished 11 points clear. They only scored four less than Arsenal. Admittedly they were 19 goals short on Manchester United but that was because United were showboating while Liverpool were scrapping. They are still 7/1 this morning to win the premiership.
Liverpool open the season away to Sunderland where Roy Keane has also been shipping in some proven top flight experience in the shape of Bolton’s El-Hadji Douf, the Tottenham pair Teemu Tianio and Pascal Chimbonda with more to come. Liverpool are 3/4 to win at the Stadium of Light in the late kick off on August 16. It is games like these that Liverpool need to win to get into contention but historically in recent seasons they have been slow starters.
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Darren Bent celebrates his hatrick against Norwich, and for good measure then banged in another from 10 yards
Has Juande Ramos discovered a new striking sensation or at least revived the potential of an old one. The £16.5 million Spurs shelled out on Darren Bent looked a tad overpriced but last night he banged in four goals in a 5-1 thumping of Norwich at Carrow Road. Roy Keane was apparently ready to take Bent to Sunderland along with four or five others which is ther sort of deal that could almost see the Stadium of Light becoming a feeder club for the north Londoners. But if Ramos does sell Dimitir Berbatof- who stayed on the bench last night - to Manchester United then he has been playing a long game with his strike force, which would see three front line strikers offloaded for the best part of £60 million. Perhaps as a Spaniard he fancies the strength of Bent up front to just tap in as he did last night for the fifth goal after an end to end passing move. Maybe he thinks centre forwards are overrated? His other purchases have seemed so canny in midfield and defence, that it would be disrepectful to presume that he has not got a master plan unfolding.
