(4) Kevin Keben

Discussion in 'The Team Bus' started by Crezzy95, Aug 20, 2024.

  1. Malteser2

    Malteser2 Squad Player

    In keeping with the Easter theme (or at least post Easter) he appears to have risen from the dead.
     
  2. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

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  3. Carpster

    Carpster Squad Player

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  4. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Be a week so probably injured by then as doesn’t his knee swell up after a number of days ?
     
  5. Carpster

    Carpster Squad Player

    Mine does getting out of bed.
     
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  6. Leetanner

    Leetanner Academy Graduate

    So the club must of appealed the red card now he has a 1 match ban instead of 3 ,
     
  7. Leetanner

    Leetanner Academy Graduate

    Why the one match ban
     
  8. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    It's always a one match ban for a professional foul red card.
     
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  9. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    Maybe he'll be fit for the last game then..
     
  10. Irishorn

    Irishorn Gael Force

    For a portion of the last game!
     
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  11. leighton buzzard horn

    leighton buzzard horn Squad Player

    That game comes just too soon for him. Maybe in August he will think about a 5 minute run out.
     
  12. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Shame - he looks a good player if he could only stay fit.
     
  13. westbridgfordhornet

    westbridgfordhornet First Year Pro

    TC confirmed, rather sheepishly, in his Press Conference that no appeal to the red card went in. Wiser heads around him have prevailed. It was as soft a red card as you get for denial of a goalscoring opportunity and though Keben and Murphy were each fouling and the latter threw himself down at the crucial point, once the ref gave it any appeal was almost bound to fail. As others have said it only attracts a one match ban but I suppose 'frivolous' appeals (as this one would probably invite) might have added an extra game to his ban. You only get a reprieve in these sort of circumstances if you are a Portuguese, buck-toothed, flouncing captain of an underperforming Premier team. Others needn't apply.

    Oddly enough despite the absence of any evidence and I'm working on blind optimism here, the rare sightings of the lesser-spotted Keben at Boro away, for a big chunk of the Hatters at home and for the majority of his recent outing at Fratton Park, I reckon we might have a potentially important signing on our hands here. Yes, his knee issue is the big unknown so I'll happily accept contrary views that his is a typical Watford sicknote's career; bought injured, always on the mend and becoming available for the squad in a rolling two weeks with numerous setbacks preventing reappearances.

    Next season - I hope with Abankwah also loaned back/sold to us - will be Keben's breakthrough season. Let the mockery commence...! o_O
     
  14. Malteser2

    Malteser2 Squad Player

    Yes. If there were such a thing as quality v minutes played, Keben’s rating would be high. He’s looked decent. But obviously he’s not played enough, and I still feel signing a player injured wasn’t the wisest move.
     
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  15. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    More likely to be his break-leg season but fingers crossed. As I posted above, he looks good when he plays.
     

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