Ireland vs Israel - To play or not to play, that is the question Read OP for Mod Warning

He is being vilified on social media by Celtic fans in particular for spending the 2023/24 season as manager of Maccabi Tel Aviv.

When the abuse extends into his family then it has crossed a boundary. Some of it is vile.

We will have the same things about Ireland players in autumn after the two Ireland v Israel games

This is a palestinian journalist after the Scotland Israel Women's game

If he is going to comment, he should have his facts straight.

The Albanian game was fairly tame stuff. Anyone who thinks otherwise is a snowflake. A football match in a semi Hostile atmosphere, god forbid. What is the world coming to.

Ive been to LOI games where pigs heads, feet have been thrown onto the pitch. Your going on Like there was a full on riot in tirana. It was a bit of pushing and shoving.

People going on social media making threats against Robbie Keane's wife and family are scum.

He literally mentions the government. So why mention them if he doesn't want them to get involved? Ita exactly what he has said. Yet you are twisting it.

Bizarre stuff from you. Its not a government issue. The government should be more focused on fixing Ireland given israel/gaza ranks very low on the publics priority lists.

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There was no violence in the albania v Israel game. If that is what you see as violence then that is snowflake territory.

People posting threats or wishing certain things happen to Robbie Keane family just because he spent a year In Israel is disgusting.

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Nothing bothering me. Just a pity I wont get to see the Ireland v Israel game in person.

The government cannot make any representations and nor should they, its not their place. JOS is clearly calling on the government to get involved. He shouldn't be.

If pushing and shoving is violence then you are a snowflake. "Incitement to violence", you really need to get out a bit more.

The home game will be moved to Hungary or Austria sadly

People stating they hope Keanes kids die is vile or making body shaming misogynistic comments/videos about his wife. He is an Irish legend and deserves to be shown some respect. He doesn't owe anyone an explanation about anything and is free to make decisions about his own life.

You obviously dont go to football matches if that Albania game triggers you so much. It was fairly standard fare. You wouldnt be commenting on it if it wasn't for Israel playing.

If that was violence, how many player were taken to hospital with injuries? Presumably there was large number of casualties? Did the Albanian cops make many arrests ?

JoS literally called on the government to intervene, they cannot and should not. Its upto the FAI to make representations , they already did, it was dealt with. Move on now.

Game will be behind closed doors, in Austria or Hungary. So pointless to travel. Its a shame really that the game is lost to dublin. Ireland losing home advantage especially. Makes the nations league campaign that bit more difficult.

The same fans posting this stuff had no problem with IDF soldiers representing "their club" in the last 25 years. And its not like Israel/Palestine fell out in October 2023 when Palestine decided to attack Israel, which was 4 or 5 months after Keane moved there. So where was the outrage then?

The same fans, many of them Irish, attended the game last week in Aviva v Qatar judging by their timeline, a country with a horrific human rights record. But yeah Robbie Keane is the problem because some Israeli fans chanted a few things. Football is tribal, chants happen, have heard and seen much worse. Look at Leeds/Liverpool/ Man Utd over the various tragedies their fans have endured.

Ive seen/heard celtic fans singing songs about the "orange crush" at Ibrox where kids as young as 8 died. So no, i wont be using them as a moral compass and they should wind their necks in about Robbie Keane.

Ive Been to ~ 1700 football matches (mostly LOI/European games) in my life. About 260ish ireland internationals including the 2002 world cup. Have seen actual violence at games. The Albania v Israel game was nothing.

It speaks more about your obsessive, unhealthy hatred of anything to do with Israel that you need to hype that up from what it was (nothing) to some sort of outrageous event. A referee dished out two yellow cards. Appalling stuff. Won't somebody please think of the children.

The FAI have my money for the game v Israel. If it gets moved out of Ireland, I won't be seeking a refund. If they boycott the game I will seek a refund.