Roy Keane

Keane has a lot of credit in the bank for Ronaldo.

I expected Spurs to try and counter and be quite negative so we'll see how good we are soon, we were obviously better by own poor standards in recent years but I'm not getting carried away. We're improving, still need to finish chances and Spurs were poor, a bit of both really.
 
Like Neville & Rio, the straight-talking hits a few bends in the road when it comes to his team-mates
 
He is the last person for whom i would expect that he will be fanboy. Shocking take from someone who is legendary captain of this club. Shocking
 
Keane also thought he was bigger than Man Utd at the end of his career so nothing surprising here
No one is bigger than Manutd not even Ronaldo and his 1billion followers
 
Tbh I expect most players who have played at the highest level to back Ronaldo. It takes a certain type of mentality(Arrogance + stupidity) to reach that peak. They will see Ten Hag asking Ronaldo to come on in the 88th minute as a power play and as an insult.

It’s a insane thing to think but top level sports millionaires aren’t normal people.
 
Not defending either Keane or Ronaldo here. Personally I think we are a better team without Ronnie now sad to say but that's just the way it is.

However nothing Keane said there is actually wrong or out of order.

Players have done far worse at United we all know that. Keane for one, Eric obviously, I believe Scholes refused to play before in a huff.

Ruud wanting a transfer before the FA Cup final where he then had a stinker.

Players of a certain level can be seriously hard to deal with. They have a mentality that has gotten them to where they are it can blind them at times.

Ronaldo behaved the way he did because he wants to play and that's the bottom line. He believes he can make a difference every game and that's something that will never change about him.

Erik believes otherwise and I feel he is dealing with this well. I don't think it will phase him at all and he will carry on managing the team the way he is.

If he feels he needs to play Ronaldo I'm sure he will if not he won't and that won't change until Ronaldo is no longer at the club
 
I really don’t get why Roy Keane of all people has such a hard on for Ronaldo. Unless this is all really about Keane himself and how he’s still not over becoming expendable.
 
Schmeichel called out ronaldo and i think he must have beat keane also in that fight between them.
 
Doesn’t surprise me. People mention Sir Alex but these players all saw that Sir Alex DID in fact make exceptions for special players. He brutally got rid of them when they no longer justified that special treatment though which is what I don’t think Rio, Roy etc understands.
 
Really? Keane has been hugely biased in favour of Ronaldo for ages. I don't remember him ever saying anything negative about him
I know. I wouldn't expect that he will be a fanboy. And especially that he would put a player before club
 
Keane got too big for his boots and Fergie got rid of him and Keane has never forgiven him for that so it's not surprising that he can't see what Ronaldo has done wrong.
 
I really don’t get why Roy Keane of all people has such a hard on for Ronaldo. Unless this is all really about Keane himself and how he’s still not over becoming expendable.

I honestly think he's permanently scarred from that.
 
Maybe it would be a good idea to ban heading from the game... look what all that heading did to some of our ex players (Keane, Rio, Evra)
 
My theory based on absolutely nothing is that Keane saw this scrawny show pony with his braid of blonde hair and his 17,000 stepovers come into the dressing room and did what Roy Keane would do and cropped him in training every chance he got... and Ronaldo just kept bouncing up and getting on with it.

I think once you've earned Keane's respect, he won't say a bad word about you again.
 
Keane becomes such a fangirl when it comes to Ronaldo. Has been bitching about attitude and commitment for so long and now when Ronaldo does it, it is “human mistake”.

Sooner Ronaldo leaves along with his circus, the better it will be for United