00:00I wasn't very well that day, that was two days, and the chairman, he just got in his car and
00:06drove up to O,
00:06he said, I'm not having anything to do with agents or anything like that, I'm just going to drive up
00:09there,
00:09knock on the door, and give them an offer, and that's by far the best way of doing it.
00:15And he did very well, because I was, as I said, I was ill, and I got a call about
00:18half eleven when I was in,
00:20I don't know where I was, I was in Noddyland, and when I woke up about three o'clock,
00:26and I said to my wife, I said, I've had a dream that the chairman's signed Robbie Keane.
00:29He said, it's no dream, he's phoned again, he said, I think he's clinched it, so, very good.
00:34Yeah, I spoke to Gordon Shracken over at length, sort of, in the future, what the club's ambitions are,
00:41and I was happy what he got to say, with the new stadium coming, you know, I mean,
00:46obviously Coventry had gone places, it was going to hold, I mean, there's no question, I mean,
00:53to feel that, Coventry obviously need to be doing well, and I believe that Coventry will, in the future, will
00:57be doing well.
00:58On Saturday, the 21st of August, Robbie Keane exploded onto the Premiership stage,
01:04making an immediate impact with a superb match-winning display against Derby County.
01:19Aji, Ed Worthy, taking it away from Seth Johnson.
01:26Keep it, keep it, make a play!
01:28Good man!
01:29I'm getting lost, too!
01:30Telfer.
01:34Pryor's ahead of us straight to Keane.
01:37That's his first opportunity in a Coventry shirt.
01:46Now Beck, who has just come on, he's got Sturridge to his right, Powell is up as well.
01:50This is Mikko Beck for Derby.
01:54And it was an ambitious effort from the substitute.
02:02And now Haji in the crowd, pawn punching, this is Shippo.
02:07Gets it back from Telfer, finds Ed Worthy.
02:13And Whelan comes near post, and Whelan!
02:16Oh, it's come off Carbonari for a corner.
02:25It's over Haji's head.
02:27Oh, and it came out to Telfer.
02:32There was a good striker of the ball from that distance.
02:38This is Burrows.
02:41And now Shippo.
02:48Well, they're not afraid to have a shot, these Moroccans, there's no question about that.
02:52Shippo coming across Oranio here.
02:56And making his own space, if you like.
02:59I think Mark Paum had that well covered, mind you.
03:07Jim Smith.
03:09Just wondering, coming up to half-time.
03:12Whether his side can force anything here.
03:14Maybe the other way, because it's Keane who's broken onto Haji's pass.
03:18Whelan is in the centre, Shippo is joining him.
03:21Still Keane.
03:23And still the newcomer.
03:25Oh, and he's got it in somehow!
03:28What a start!
03:31For Robbie Keane.
03:34How did he get it in from there?
03:37The Derby defenders are wondering as well.
03:41Coventry in front.
03:43And it didn't look dangerous at first.
03:46They had plenty of players back, Derby.
03:49That's Jakob Larsson facing him.
03:51Carbonari's there.
03:52So is Pryor.
03:54Well, I think it must have just caught Mark Paum's arm.
03:58The goalkeeper.
04:00But there's no question who's claiming the goal.
04:02It's the 19-year-old.
04:04The £6 million teenager.
04:09Who has put Coventry in the lead on his debut in the Premiership.
04:19Telfer on the far side for Coventry.
04:23Pryor with the header away.
04:24Ed Worthy backing up well as well.
04:26He supplied the cross.
04:31Cheep-o.
04:36Here's Telfer.
04:39That's not a bad effort at all.
04:42It's interesting that when Ed Worthy goes outside him,
04:46Telfer has more space inside to deliver shots like that.
04:53Oh, and it's Keane who's away.
04:56Wheeling inside him.
04:59Froggert just come on.
05:01Burrows.
05:03Keane again.
05:04Oh, that was very close.
05:07He wasn't far away from it.
05:11And Froggert again.
05:13He's starting to cause a little bit of concern for Derby.
05:15The left winger.
05:16He's got Keane inside here.
05:18He's onside.
05:19It's Robbie Keane.
05:20And it's two.
05:23Two on his debut.
05:25Derby are appealing for offside.
05:27They're not going to get it.
05:31Well, what a day for the teenager.
05:34And indeed for the man who signed him.
05:38And Gordon Strachan's substitution is paying off here because Froggert really played a part in that.
05:45But when Keane gets away, is he offside is the question.
05:49Well, Derby may have a case.
05:51He finishes brilliantly.
05:53But they were looking towards the assistant referee and nothing came.
05:59And that will be debated in the Derby camp.
06:05Robbie Keane.
06:07Could he have believed this?
06:11And that through ball is for Harper.
06:13And he's got away from Ed Worthy.
06:15And Beck is in the middle.
06:17Surely for Derby off.
06:18What a good chance.
06:20And that really sums up Derby's afternoon.
06:23Give Hedman some credit.
06:25But here's a real opportunity.
06:28And shot straight at the goalkeeper.
06:31Yeah, it was great.
06:32Obviously, coming to a new club, I was only here two days or so.
06:35And you want to get to know the lads as soon as possible.
06:38And there's no better way to get to know them quicker than scoring a few goals.
06:41Because obviously, they respect you for that.
06:43So, it was great for me.
06:46It was a dream debut.
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