Keown is BACK

[bigp]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/topstories/tm_objectid=16605902%26method=full%26siteid=94762%26headline=keown-signed-to-toughen-up-kids--name_page.html

He should try and toughen up Gilberto while he's at it.

[655321]

I'd imagine he'd be a pretty good teacher...

[Milkman]

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/topstories/tm_objectid=16605902%26method=full%26siteid=94762%26headline=keown-signed-to-toughen-up-kids--name_page.html

He should try and toughen up Gilberto while he's at it.
Good find BigP!!!

I was curious about that when I saw Keown in his suit during the Boro match... great to have him back in the fold!!!

[Gunner Phan]

...and this is an english version of a Dusty Rhodes elbow drop....
http://gogo73.tooblog.fr/images/keown_lev.jpg

[wwnyc]

...and this is a english version of a Dusty Rhodes elbow drop....
http://gogo73.tooblog.fr/images/keown_lev.jpg


haha - that's a great pict!!!

[Dave_M]

mmm dead link already

[mixmastermatt]

he has been back for quite some time iirc.

[leepyswetr]

mmm dead link already Works for me. Here's the gist of it:

EXCLUSIVE: KEOWN SIGNED TO TOUGHEN UP KIDS
By John Cross
MARTIN KEOWN is back training with Arsenal - teaching the Gunners' new midfield hardman how to tackle and get stuck in.

[fox point fury]

Sweet! Nothing teaches heart, character and commitment better than an old guy who'll kick you in the knee if you're not training hard enough!

Keown, he's got a monkee's head,
he's got a monkee's head,
he's got a monkee's head!

[PsychedelicCeltic]

********, can he play in the back for us?

[KevTheGooner]

That is great!! When I saw him in the tunnel behind AW last weekend at halftime i had to wonder what was up. This is great...many peeps 'round here (and elsewhere) have said that Wenger needs a new assistant or two. If we could get someone to work on our set pieces (esp. corners) we'd start to see us get some indomitable form again!!

[splara10]

Mirror Article for the linkless:

20 January 2006
EXCLUSIVE: KEOWN SIGNED TO TOUGHEN UP KIDS
By John Cross
MARTIN KEOWN is back training with Arsenal - teaching the Gunners' new midfield hardman how to tackle and get stuck in.

The former Arsenal and England defender has taken £3million signing Abou Diaby under his wing.

Keown, 39, did similar work with Patrick Vieira and Thierry Henry when asked by Arsene Wenger to help them adjust to the physical side of the Premiership.

Diaby, 19, signed from French club Auxerre, has a similar build and stature to Vieira but is not a tough tackler - and Wenger wants to add that to his game.

Keown, whose last deal ended with Reading last summer, asked to come along to the Arsenal training ground to keep himself in shape and may be considering a move into coaching.

One Arsenal insider said: "Martin joins in the small-sided games and he's as committed as ever. Arsene has been happy to use that sort of experience in the past and has been very clever to tap into the knowledge and help.


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"But Diaby was really flying into challenges and there was Martin saying: 'Go on, get stuck in'.


"People say that Diaby is an unproven talent but they said that about Arsene Wenger when he first arrived."


Diaby, talking in the latest official Arsenal Magazine, revealed: "Chelsea had contacted me before I moved here but the fact that Arsenal have a French manager in Arsene Wenger means a lot to me. The way the club conducted themselves in the negotiations was also impressive. I am really pleased to be here.


"I know of Thierry Henry and Robert Pires, as well as the other French lads, but I thought to myself that this is the best place to be and I'm sure they will help me to settle.


"I've met Henry and a couple of the others - they have been really good to me. It is a great feeling to be so warmly welcomed."