Keith Griffin
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Keith's Bio

A lover of all things football, Keith is a die-hard Manchester United fan. The love blossomed in the 90's watching the enigmatic and silky Frenchman - Eric Cantona. And although a huge admirer of current Manchester United stars, he still misses the unique striker to the extent that he routinely wears his collar up and kung-fu kicks his friends in rememberance of his hero.

He experienced one of the greatest nights of his life last year when he ventured out for the Champions League final between United and the Blues and what a final it was! What followed that was the consumption of many, many litres of alcohol in a celebration of his team's emphatic victory.

However following this years Champions League final loss to the brilliant Barcelona, Keith's mood dampened somewhat. The dream trophy haul died at the merciless feet of Andreas Iniesta and his death grip upon the football. Still, like any true fan, he chose to drown his sorrows and await next year with renewed hope.

Keith enjoys writing Manchester United based articles but tries his best to stay objective and unbiased. A Sports Journalist hopeful, he has enrolled in college to help him achieve his goal.

Keith is also extremely fond of the sport of his homeland Ireland, with Hurling his preferred activity of the Emerald Isle. Keith was born and raised in the "sunny south-east" of Wexford town and still somehow remains proud to be from a place that basically lied to him, not once has he seen the sun of the "sunny south east" in the last six months.

A proud Irishman, he follows the Ireland national side with pride and hopes that Trapatonni can lead the men in green and restore their former glory.

A happy go lucky guy, he enjoys socialising, the pain of tattoo's, the exhilaration of a Manchester United victory, the simple sarcasm of life and a good pint of Guninness.

Keith welcomes you to enjoy his articles and urges you to comment and rate freely.

Slán go fóill (Bye for now!)
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"The distance between insanity and genius is measured only by success."

"We are the middle children of history, with no purpose or place. Our generation has had no Great Depression, no Great War. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives" --- Tyler Durdon

"No matter how liberated this world becomes, man will always be judged by the amount of alcohol he can consume and women, whether they like to admit it or not, will be impressed."

"I would rather have one breath of her hair, one kiss of her mouth, one touch of her hand than an eternity without it" --- City Of Angels

"Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. And if you must drink, drink in the moment that takes your breath away" --- Hitch

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The Short List What Keith thinks about sport's most pressing questions

  • Favorite Athletes

    For Manchester United: Paul Scholes, Wayne Rooney, Eric Cantona, Nemanja Vidic, Gabriel Heinze(even if he did want to commit the ultimate treachery), Anderson, Ryan Giggs, Ruud Van Nistlerooy and Cristiano Ronaldo(if he stays!!) Outside United: Fernando Torres, Kaka, Michael Essien, Cesc Fabregas, Brad Friedel, Guti, Wesley Snejider, Klass Jan Huntelaar and Karim Benzema. But Greatest Player Ive ever watched and hail as my all time favouite, Roy Keane. Manchester United and Irish legend, the like of which will never be seen again.

  • Favorite Sports Teams

    Manchester United. Im a die-hard red and my only regret is that due to my geographical location I cant get to many games at Old Trafford!!!

  • Favorite Coaches

    Sir Alex Ferguson

  • All Time Sports Moment

    It was 1999, the all famous treble winning year. I still remember where I was when I watched the Champions League final and it will stay with me forever!! A more recent one would be United beating Roma 7-1. A game of pure footballing genius.

  • Most Memorable Game Attended

    Man United 3 Chelsea 0

  • Most Unbreakable Sports Record

    Denis Law/Alan Shearer joint record of 46 goals in one season. Ronaldo and Van Nistlerooy have come close but it looks like it will be a long time yet before it is broken.

  • Jordan or Russell?

    Jordan of course!

  • Pele or Maradona?

    Pele

  • Federer or Sampras?

    Nadal

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  1. Salomon Gonzales by Salomon
     about 7 hours ago

    GOD BLESS CAPTAIN TERRY...

  2. Austin by Austin
     about 11 hours ago

    we got robbed. That was not a foul.

  3. Andrew Jordan by Andrew
     1 day ago

    Who do you have winning the "Battle of England?"

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/285952-man-united-and-chelsea-meet-at-stamford-bridge-in-battle-of-epls-best

  4. Salaar Shamsi by Salaar
     2 days ago

    Hey mate,

    I've started a bit of a column, here's the first, The Bottom Corner, paying tribute to a real legend.

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/285521-the-bottom-corner-how-do-you-find-another-ryan-giggs

    Be sure to have a look at it.

    Thanks.
    SS.

  5. Austin by Austin
     4 days ago

    He needs to learn how to strike the ball though. Could've had a couple against Birmingham.

  6. Deepak Israni by Deepak
     4 days ago

    But you forget one thing, Cristiano doesn't need a midfield to perform, neither does Higuain! Remember last year, Higuain was the one who ran half the length of the field to score a goal!

    Plus you are underestimating Lass and Xabi! Lassana was impressive last match, he just needs to sit behind Xabi like Masch did at Liverpool! We all know Xabi's quality!

    I wouldn't count Barca winning against us this season, you'll see! I am expecting them to flop against Kazan in the cold today too! Xavi is not playing well, and when Xavi doesn't play well Messi doesn't play well, it is evident! Plus Barca won't be able to dominate anything during the ACN! Yaya and Keita both their destroyers gone, the La Liga will swing in our direction!

    The English teams will be the hardest opponents if they sit back, which they will do against us, but you are forgetting the pace and individual brilliance of Kaka and Cristiano!

    This slump has more to do with the numerous injuries sustained to forwards and the team not gelling properly and Lassana thinking he's Gerrard or Zidane!

    Come on Arbeloa wasn't that bad yesterday, considering he's a RB! Albiol and Pepe have a decent understanding. Ramos is awesome, I wish we had 4 Sergio Ramoses! The defense is okay, not that bad!

  7. Deepak Israni by Deepak
     4 days ago

    Come on you're too harsh on Kaka, yes he's not that old player of 2006-07 but damn his link up play with strikers is awesome, in the pre-season he was linking up pretty well with Robben, then we went out and sold Robben and shoved Kaka on the left wing! Kaka was better than Cristiano in pre-season, he will come through.

    The team is gelling up pretty quickly, it is for all to see. Kaka and Pellegrini both said in the interview that the only positive from the Milan game was that now we are playing a little like a team. We were awesome in the first half before that cheat Ronaldinho put in a penalty.

    Arbeloa is playing at LB now, he may not be the best, but damn he was good yesterday except for some slip-ups.

    Sergio is returning to form, he was a treat to watch yesterday, you have to agree on that. How many players can defend and showboat like that?

    The problem with our defense is that we don't have a leader in the center of defense, our leader is at right back, you should have seen him shouting orders to Pepe yesterday!

    If we could just shove Sergio Ramos in the center (you should have seen him dominate Soldado and play an awesome match against Getafe). Albiol isn't as good as Ramos in the air. So imo Albiol should be made right back (he plays there for La Roja sometimes so why not for Los Merengues?). Pepe well he's good. Our defense could do a good job with some place shuffling. Plus we haven't tried a good defender Garay at LB! Wow, they should really make me set up the defense, shouldn't they?

    Let Cristiano come back, we'll make it to the finals easily!

    And now if we are talking seriously, we should talk about United's chances with those mediocre central midfielders!

    Valencia is starting to play well with the team, I have to add!

  8. Deepak Israni by Deepak
     4 days ago

    Vidic? He's so last season! We all know Vermaelen is the new thing!

    Kaka ain't a flop! Damn that Milan just sat back all day waiting for a counter attack!

    You are lucky you got an easy group! Ours was easy too, those Milanese bastards cheated and got 4 points out of us! We deserved to go through early with 2 wins against Milan!

    True or False question:

    Manchester United has scored lesser goals in the Champions League this season than Real Madrid did in their first 2 games of the CL this season.

    God, I didn't think I would have to ever say this, but I miss Cristiano.

  9. Deepak Israni by Deepak
     4 days ago

    I told you Keith a future Madrid player will blow you away and he did! Did you see Dzagoev?

  10. Austin by Austin
     8 days ago

    Did you see that graceful Berba strike? I'm thinking about writing a poem about it.

  11. Austin by Austin
     10 days ago

    They do seem to be getting pretty hostile. I thought momma jokes were universal. I stand corrected.

  12. Mohamed Eldin Masri by Mohamed Eldin
     10 days ago

    AHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA

    You call that WAR WON!!!!!!

    Going for insults doesn't make you winning, it's coz you're losing.

    No mom jokes you manure fans.

  13. Austin by Austin
     10 days ago

    Oh it was won along time ago, Keith. Eldin just made it official.

    Kinda like how United have already won the league. They just have to go through the motions and actually play the games for the fans' sake.

  14. Deepak Israni by Deepak
     11 days ago

    ...............................

    I am speechless either Pellegrini is a douchebag or........

    It's good that I didn't watch the match, the news alone gave me a heart attack, I am going to see my psychiatrist after this....

    sigh

    I am hoping we can win 5-0 at our home....

  15. Jubei Kibagame by Jubei
     11 days ago

    you should check this out

    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/280048-real-madrid-imploding-galactiocs-20-crisis-or-just-a-bad-spell?just_published=1

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