Roy Keane



Titles a bit over the top, but it's a decent watch this...

Will another club ever take a pint on him again?
 
So alpha that even incey thought he was still playing for us and had to follow him out.


With the squad we have now I’d expect no one to follow him out.
“No Roy we can’t go out before wolves do”
 


Titles a bit over the top, but it's a decent watch this...

Will another club ever take a pint on him again?


With the way footballers have become today, it's a real shame that most clubs expect managers to be politicians. Back in 2006-07, players from any division would follow Keane into battle and thrive with that kind of bluntness.
 
With the way footballers have become today, it's a real shame that most clubs expect managers to be politicians. Back in 2006-07, players from any division would follow Keane into battle and thrive with that kind of bluntness.

I think people only did that because he was a brilliant player. When he started to lose that, his attitude became a burden and Ferguson wouldn't tolerate it.

Keanes attitude is helpful to a point but he needs to be good enough to justify it and he hasn't managed that as a manager.
 
The Athletic had been posting articles on Premier League's greatest individual performances and this one caught my eye — at the 10th place they've put Roy Keane's performance against Manchester City — his first ever Manchester derby. So I decided to revisit that game and made a compilation of his performance and it was a fascinating watch — to continue the ever-lasting discussion on just how good of a footballer Keano was on top of being an intimidating hard-tackling menace. On a better day he could've scored & assisted 2 or 3 goals more but a last-minute winner in a comeback that saw United 2 goals down after the first half is a decent result nonetheless.



Those are some excerpts from the article:
At that stage, United had not won at Maine Road for eight years but the first half had been 50-50 in terms of possession and chances, and Keane should have given United an early lead when released by a sharp Denis Irwin pass.

This was early-years Roy Keane: Keane, the boy from Cork with a Young Offenders bowl haircut; Keane, the fast-forward midfielder, the box-to-box runner, the scorer of goals, creator of chances. This Keane was just as likely to turn up wide and cross — as he did for Hughes in the eighth minute — as to tackle in front of the defence. In fact, when Keane delivered the opportunity for Hughes, the TV commentary declared Keane’s run as “his trademark, really”.

“I still saw myself as a goalscoring midfield player,” Keane said, “working box to box, tackling, closing people down, grafting to win the ball back. Offensively, I believed I was at my most effective running on to the ball to finish moves such as the one that produced the winning goal at Maine Road."
 
Should be on standby with a baseball bat in the team dressing room this season if 10Hag fails to discipline the players.
 
With the squad we have now I’d expect no one to follow him out.
“No Roy we can’t go out before wolves do”
„Roy, I feel uncomfortable and I told you before, my pronouns are him/their, I kindly ask you to use them instead of cnut“
 
The Athletic had been posting articles on Premier League's greatest individual performances and this one caught my eye — at the 10th place they've put Roy Keane's performance against Manchester City — his first ever Manchester derby. So I decided to revisit that game and made a compilation of his performance and it was a fascinating watch — to continue the ever-lasting discussion on just how good of a footballer Keano was on top of being an intimidating hard-tackling menace. On a better day he could've scored & assisted 2 or 3 goals more but a last-minute winner in a comeback that saw United 2 goals down after the first half is a decent result nonetheless.



Those are some excerpts from the article:


Roy Keane from 1997 - 2000 was genuine world class

Loved this Box to Box Roy Keane mind.

Ince and Keane in midfield was so unfair to the opposition.
 
The Athletic had been posting articles on Premier League's greatest individual performances and this one caught my eye — at the 10th place they've put Roy Keane's performance against Manchester City — his first ever Manchester derby. So I decided to revisit that game and made a compilation of his performance and it was a fascinating watch — to continue the ever-lasting discussion on just how good of a footballer Keano was on top of being an intimidating hard-tackling menace. On a better day he could've scored & assisted 2 or 3 goals more but a last-minute winner in a comeback that saw United 2 goals down after the first half is a decent result nonetheless.



Those are some excerpts from the article:

Remember this game vividly, one of the first I saw in full when we got Sky at my parents' house. I don't recall much from that long ago but, thanks to the epic comeback, that one sticks in the memory... :devil:
 
The Athletic had been posting articles on Premier League's greatest individual performances and this one caught my eye — at the 10th place they've put Roy Keane's performance against Manchester City — his first ever Manchester derby. So I decided to revisit that game and made a compilation of his performance and it was a fascinating watch — to continue the ever-lasting discussion on just how good of a footballer Keano was on top of being an intimidating hard-tackling menace. On a better day he could've scored & assisted 2 or 3 goals more but a last-minute winner in a comeback that saw United 2 goals down after the first half is a decent result nonetheless.

Beautiful simplicity from Keane. He was all over the pitch during this game and almost always in the right place at the right time. Although Keane version 2.0 was more influential on games, this version was certainly fun to watch. The best to ever do it I believe.
The character within this team was ferocious. I remember being completely unsurprised by the comeback.
Also, can’t beat the black shorts & black socks combo.
 
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That performance at Juve in the CL semi second leg in ‘99 by Keane was colossal. His determination and pure desire would be priceless today.

It’s true that you don’t realise how good something is until it’s gone.

People saying Declan Rice worth £120m - what would prime time Keano be worth today?

If we could have one player from ‘99 to drop into our current team I’d take Keano.
 
That performance at Juve in the CL semi second leg in ‘99 by Keane was colossal. His determination and pure desire would be priceless today.

It’s true that you don’t realise how good something is until it’s gone.

People saying Declan Rice worth £120m - what would prime time Keano be worth today?

If we could have one player from ‘99 to drop into our current team I’d take Keano.
that would be a really difficult call. Don't totally disagree but what I would also give for a winger like David Beckham who could not only cross the ball but actually find a guy wearing the same colour shirt as his! Not to mention corners and free kicks...
 
Yes - case can be said for Scholes and Giggs as well! We were so blessed back then!

However, do you think standards would have been allowed to drop like last year with Keano around? He’d have been calling them all out - no way would he have downed tools or be of accepting players throwing their arms in the air or not trying.

There would have been lots of stories of scuffles at training and a few black eyes but you would have had CL football this season!
 
That performance at Juve in the CL semi second leg in ‘99 by Keane was colossal. His determination and pure desire would be priceless today.


Also what gets forgotten a lot is Keane was playing against a midfield of Zidane, Deschamps and Davids. Scholes didn’t come on until the 70th minute.
 
That performance at Juve in the CL semi second leg in ‘99 by Keane was colossal. His determination and pure desire would be priceless today.

It’s true that you don’t realise how good something is until it’s gone.

People saying Declan Rice worth £120m - what would prime time Keano be worth today?

If we could have one player from ‘99 to drop into our current team I’d take Keano.

prime Keano in today's market would be at the level of what teams are paying for top class forwards...150m or more. When keano was in his prime there wasnt a better leader or CM in all of Europe. Fuk me i wish we had a guy like him in our squad right now with his leadership, drive and determination even with half the skill set.
 
Yes - case can be said for Scholes and Giggs as well! We were so blessed back then!

However, do you think standards would have been allowed to drop like last year with Keano around? He’d have been calling them all out - no way would he have downed tools or be of accepting players throwing their arms in the air or not trying.

There would have been lots of stories of scuffles at training and a few black eyes but you would have had CL football this season!
my guess is he might also have threatened to quit... just like a certain Cristiano ronaldo
 
Gulf in difference between standards then and now. We cannot compete for top honours unless we have a top center midfielder. Our club should have at least one CM considered to be in the top 3 globally. The position is too critical for mediocrity never mind the sub standard we have now
 
His performance v Liverpool in the 96 FA Cup Final was also outstanding. Also his performances for Ireland v Italy in USA 94 and Holland 2001 in Dublin were colossal. There were many in fairness.

The Juventus one, whilst very good has become a bit overrated or mythically. Keane himself has said it wasn't his best performance.
 
my guess is he might also have threatened to quit... just like a certain Cristiano ronaldo
He almost certainly would have. Well he might not have been given the choice, he had an awful toxic cloud around him when his legs went at the end, constantly lashing out at his teammates for his own decline.

Actually that’s another comparison between the two.
 
Loved him as a player, still like him as football analyst
 
Love the fact that Casemiro made a be line to him when he saw him :devil:
 
We've been clamoring for a roy Keane figure to anchor our midfield , hopefully casemiro is going to be that figure .

Obviously different players but also alike in many ways.
 
I was thinking the same. He takes things well.

don’t mind carragher at all, he’s difficult to disagree with on most of the things he says. Also love that in the Charity matches he plays in he takes no prisoners.