Roy Keane

SteveJ said:
David Beckham: "I didn't realise how much integrity Roy Keane had until he told me about it 477 times while we were filming an advert for Monster Munch. His will-to-win was legendary - during a break he was arguing with a losing scratch card."

Yawn.
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Roy Keane: "Shut up Becks!"
 
The Class of '92 – all good players, but their role at the club has become exaggerated. The 'Class of '92' seems to have grown its own legs; it has become a brand. It's as if they were a team away from the team, and they're not shy of plugging into it. But we all had the same aims – we all had the hunger. Scholesy was a top, top player. But I still don't fall for that boy-next-door image, or that he's dead humble. He has more of an edge to him. Everyone thinks he lives in a council flat.
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The Law of Denis said:
The defensive style those sides were built on made us one of the best teams in Europe at the time.

For all his big talk, Keane has been proven wrong again and again in how the team should have been lead during our rebuilding phase of 03-06.

Instead of understanding that transitions take time and that there will be lows, his impatience lead to high acts of unprofessional behavior towards our youngsters. His arrogance I have no doubt also contributed to his failure as a manager.

Keane is forgetting that by that time he was truly past it as well. The latter half of 05/06 we played significantly better, including going on a huge winning run (similar to Liverpool last season, come to think of it) with a central midfield of O'shea-Giggs.

He could have taken the high route and admitted that the methods and players he criticized lead to multiple CL finals and PL titles, but instead he is hell bent on repeating repeating criticism that has come out to be invalid.
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For me it's the key difference between SAF and Keane and perhaps why Keane couldn't understand why it always felt like business with SAF, dah well.
 
There have been many times over the last few years when I've wanted nothing more than the ground to open up and swallow Roy, leaving me with the burning images I have left of him bestriding the pitch like a colossus to keep me warm on those cold, dark winless Winter nights. But he's happier now and when he's happy, he makes more sense, he edits what comes out of his gob a bit better. I've enjoyed everything I've heard from him since he took up with O'Neill and have no doubt I'll enjoy this latest tome. He's spot on with the class of '92, by the way.
 
Keane is probably my favourite non Chelsea player. I genuinely love him. His determination to win and his hatred of losing is incredibly admirable and mines is similar. Enjoyed his first book, is it Thursday this is out?
 
Spiersey said:
Keane is probably my favourite non Chelsea player. I genuinely love him. His determination to win and his hatred of losing is incredibly admirable and mines is similar. Enjoyed his first book, is it Thursday this is out?
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Yes! October 9th.
 
KiD MoYeS said:
He's a strange man, but I love him.
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It's his flaws that make him so endearing in a way. Love him and I don't like how people are slowly but surely revising what an integral part he was to our success.
 
Minimalist said:
Keane of all people, as it turns out can tell it more succinctly than I can...



He was a coward in Saipan because he chose the easy option. Created a massive tension in the camp and he knew fine well (although with his ego, perhaps thought he would get his way) that McCarthy would have to remove him if he didn't back down. He pretty much engineered his own exit, that's my view.

He let his team mates down hugely. He could have quite easily played the tournament and then destroyed McCarthy in the aftermath for poor preparation and incompetence but he made it all about him. That's cowardly, not being brave enough to do something you SHOULD do, even if it's not something you're happy about. Perhaps it's a fine line between stubbornness and cowardliness but I think there's both in Keane's Saipan scenario.
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Arriving at a world cup training camp without any training gear and having to wait 2 days fr it to arrive did that. That and the atrocious pitch that was deemed acceptable.
 
Wow! Those Clarke Carlisle comments.
Edit: Misread Clive Clarke :wenger: One name is the same afterall :lol:
 
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He doesn't half have an opinion about everything does he? I don't really like him as a man. He was an excellent footballer but I don't know why people see his arrogance, temperament, and angst as charming. He's got too big a mouth and he's too sure of his own opinions. Frankly, he's an asshole and that shouldn't be seen as a positive thing.
 
Rykker_4united said:
He doesn't half have an opinion about everything does he? I don't really like him as a man. He was an excellent footballer but I don't know why people see his arrogance, temperament, and angst as charming. He's got too big a mouth and he's too sure of his own opinions. Frankly, he's an asshole and that shouldn't be seen as a positive thing.
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Not sure anyone views him as charming, he's an arsehole, but one who isn't afraid to speak his opinion, some agree, some disagree. Most who like him, myself included, are under no illusions. He's a ruthless bastard, like Ferguson.
 
Spiersey said:
Keane is probably my favourite non Chelsea player. I genuinely love him. His determination to win and his hatred of losing is incredibly admirable and mines is similar. Enjoyed his first book, is it Thursday this is out?
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This made me chuckle. Maybe you do, maybe you genuinely have the same will to win as Roy Keane.

PS. You don't.
 
Some of those quotes :lol::wenger:

He's a prick, but he is quite funny at times.
 
KiD MoYeS said:
Not sure anyone views him as charming, he's an arsehole, but one who isn't afraid to speak his opinion, some agree, some disagree. Most who like him, myself included, are under no illusions. He's a ruthless bastard, like Ferguson.
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Ruthless bastard, or just seeking attention? I think that is my point. He speaks to be heard mostly.
 
“Looking back at it now, I’m disappointed in the other Manchester City players. They didn’t jump in to defend their team-mate. I know that if someone had done that to a United player, I’d have been right in there. They probably thought he was a prick, too.”
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:lol:
 
The image of some of these quotes/stories occurring are cracking me up. Imagine Schmeichel and Keane fighting with Nicky Butt egging em on whilst Bobby Charlton stands in pyjamas wondering what the feck is going on FFS. Also the vision of van der Sar piping up and suggesting Keane got the tone wrong with his infamous interview to be met with, 'Edwin, why don’t you shut the feck up? You’ve been at this club for two minutes and you’ve done more interviews than I’ve done in my 12 years,' FFS.
 
Wow! Yes some funny stuff in there - you expect that from Keane... But I honestly take exception to him writing what he said to Quieroz about how he's 'making love' to his wife. Did he really have to write that? I cringed.

I've thought for a long time though that his 'bitterness' is more hurt at the way it ended for him at United. The club and Ferguson were a huge part of his career, and I just sense it's that rejection he can't get over.

For sure he was a beast of a player, but he sure is a mad bastard!
 
Must admit I went through a Keano hate phase a while back, but having re-read his old book and rewatched his old performances... I realised you can't hate Keano.. his sheer madness and cuntishness is part of parcel of what makes him such a legend. He simply doesn't give a feck and how many nutjobs out there actually have the credentials to back up their big mouth... I look at the likes of Zlatan and Barton.. similar in terms of arrogance etc but Keano was a big man when it counted.. on and off the pitch, he's earnt the right to say what he wants even if I don't agree with some of it.

It is mostly funny too to be fair.
 
ArmchairCritic said:
The image of some of these quotes/stories occurring are cracking me up. Imagine Schmeichel and Keane fighting with Nicky Butt egging em on whilst Bobby Charlton stands in pyjamas wondering what the feck is going on FFS. Also the vision of van der Sar piping up and suggesting Keane got the tone wrong with his infamous interview to be met with, 'Edwin, why don’t you shut the feck up? You’ve been at this club for two minutes and you’ve done more interviews than I’ve done in my 12 years,' FFS.
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Also worth mentioning that Keane and his new beard has a touch of the Rasputin about him. Even with all the revelations I don't think Fergie will hate him, he'll just have learned that the potion he made for him & gave him was a tad too strong.
 
KiD MoYeS said:
He speaks because he's paid to, he's a pundit. This book is simply his retort to Ferguson's.
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Isn't he a manager now? He's not doing punditry atm. I don't even find him that insightful. He just spouts off about macho tough guy stuff he misses in the game.
 
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