Tony Cascarino speaks of his love for Evan Ferguson and why he must avoid Robbie Keane mistake

Cascarino believes Keane's decision to swap Coventry City for Inter Milan when still only 19 was the last thing he should have done.

HUGE PRAISE: Tony Cascarino is a big fan of Evan Ferguson (Photo by David Davies/Offside via Getty Images)

Tony Cascarino is 23 years retired. That's oceans of time for the old yarns about his exploits with Ireland and with clubs across England, Scotland and France to curl at the edges but the delivery remains note perfect and the people still lap them up.

He spent 20 minutes doing a Q&A with Virgin Media staff in Dublin yesterday afternoon and among the anecdotes he dropped was the one about an Irish training sessions when he witnessed Robbie Keane and Damien Duff first-hand and for the first time.