Roy Keane

[TrapAPony]

I very much doubt he is going to get the Hull job. He just seems to be the token name linked with anyone and everyone in the bottom half of the Premiership or the top half of the Championship when a vacancy arises.

[geysir]

I'd prefer if he stayed with the national team.
i didn't know you supported Hull?

[OwlsFan]

I like this photo of him celebrating all the same. Shows there is a human/football supporter side to him. You can see Martin O'Neill though thinking about what to do next.

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[DeLorean]

Class photo! He really took off, which is possibly more unusual seeing as it was a penalty. I think the fact that it went in off the post added to the relief though, there was that split second when you think it's been missed.

[geysir]

If he had used that high jumping ability in his playing days, he might have been a half decent player.

[tetsujin1979]

was watching Barcelona train today
LmcapWuqMnE

[DannyInvincible]

Stephen Elliott's latest piece has a bit lamenting Roy Keane's decision to cancel 2006-07 Championship-winning Sunderland's celebratory street-parade: https://www.sportdec.com/app/article-single/1sp6h5q7wa57l1mjwuau0pjf2h


As i mentioned earlier on, I was also part of another Championship winning squad at Sunderland in 2006-2007.

We had just won the league again after a tremendous squad effort under the guidance of our new manager Roy Keane. It was the club’s second one in three years and the squad were all set for the open top-bus parade through the city. We were really over the moon as we had got off to an absolute shocker that season, which made winning the league all that sweeter.

The excitement for our big day out soon dwindled when we realised that Roy had decided to cancel the parade and the civic reception that was planned.

His reasoning being that he didn't think winning the Championship trophy warranted a street party. Instead, we were going to receive the trophy privately at a plush hotel with only our family present.

It was a bit of a disappointment to say the least, as there was not nearly as much buzz in the squad when our captain Dean Whitehead received the trophy in front of our wives, then there would have been in front of thousand of supporters.

It turned out to be a great night where leading Irish comedian Tommy Tiernan played a blinder in performing a fantastic little gig for us.

Still though, I do wish Roy had thought more about his decision to cancel the parade. I understood his reasoning that we shouldn't be having a public celebration for getting to a league where the club should be anyway.

But I also feel that because he was so used to winning the Premier League and other major trophies as a player, he may have been slightly embarrassed at that time celebrating a lesser one.

The reason I say this, is because there were players in that squad who had never experienced what it was like to win a trophy before that season. I'm sure they would have loved to have experienced the buzz of what parading the trophy through a packed out city was like.

I remember our veteran goalkeeper at the time, Darren Ward, telling me he was absolutely devastated that the bus parade had been cancelled. He was in the twilight of his career and was hoping to share the moment with his kids and family as he had never won anything before then.

He also knew it would probably be his last chance to do so. There were a few others in a similar boat to Wardy and some who are still playing now who have yet to win anything.

Even to this day, it saddens me a little knowing that there are a few lads who were part of that squad, who will never get to experience such a special occasion, as it really is the best feeling ever.

Most footballers play football to try and manufacture special moments that live with them forever and I can't help but feel like Roy took these moments away from certain guys that season.

However, I'm glad that I was lucky enough to experience more days like this afterwards. I will be forever grateful for these memories and nobody will be able to take them away from my family and I.

[geysir]

Stephen Elliott
"It turned out to be a great night where leading Irish comedian Tommy Tiernan played a blinder in performing a fantastic little gig for us.

Tommy Tiernan recalls the time he got the Roy Keane ‘scowl’


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9MU5vM4mRE

[seanfhear]

Roy ain't a people person ...........and for at least some of his football management he wasn't a footballers person either.............

I hope he is working on it if he wants another go at management............

[CraftyToePoke]

Roy ain't a people person ...........and for at least some of his football management he wasn't a footballers person either.............

I hope he is working on it if he wants another go at management............

Well, looking at his punditry even recently, I would say Roy still has a bit of that journey ahead of him on that front. I am sure he will achieve full enlightenment though and post you tubes of himself by trout streams picking spring flowers.

[seanfhear]

How many times do a club like Sunderland get the kind of success that they can even consider an open top bus for............

If that was the only use for the bus then it would be seized up............Roy should have let hem on the bus.......

[DeLorean]

Phil Neville discussed Roy Keane, amongst other things, on Off The Ball last night. - http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/premier-league/manchester-united/i-dont-think-people-realise-how-good-he-was-phil-nevilles-glowing-tribute-to-roy-keane-35720234.html


He was the greatest captain I ever played for and the person that I learned most from in my career in terms of standards that you've got to keep. In terms of leading a team from the front, in terms of never giving up, never letting your team-mates down and standing up for your team-mates when they're in trouble.

I learned so much from him and I had a great relationship with him when I was at Manchester United. He was a large part of that young group coming through. He helped us so much, he sat with us, talked to us, joked with us.

You talk about Alex Ferguson not giving me a telling off; you got a telling off of Roy if you dropped your standards.

As a player, I don't think people realise how good a player he was. People say he was tough, he was aggressive. He was a brilliant passer of the ball, he was as brave as a lion in terms of getting on the ball. He used to always say if I was at left back or right back, 'If you're having trouble and I've got men round me, just give me the ball I'll get you out of trouble'.

And you can trust him with your life. He was brilliant in the last couple of years when I stepped into midfield and played alongside him. You just felt safe with him being in your team. I don't think I've seen anyone close to that kind of level of leadership that Roy gave that United team over a four or five year period.

Full interview here - http://www.newstalk.com/podcasts/Off_The_Ball/The_Football_Show_on_Off_The_Ball/192005/The_Phil_Neville_Interview

[KrisLetang]

Why would Roy want the Israel job? That wouldn't last 30 days.
But I can see the worldwide headlines now....Roy Keane to managed Israel.

[Charlie Darwin]

Roy Kean surely?

[Fixer82]

Roy Cohen

[DeLorean]

Came across this on my travels, a lot of footage from Keane's Nottingham Forest career we don't see very often. Ignore the still shot, there's very little from that Keane/Vieira documentary.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=25&v=BsJRiFWYCcQ

[Fixer82]

Why would Roy want the Israel job? That wouldn't last 30 days.


Maybe 6 days

[tricky_colour]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXPEXvLufJ0

[Fixer82]

Maybe 6 days

I sometimes feel my incredible intellect and wit is lost on this forum.

[seanfhear]

Maybe 6 days6 day war one assumes . Who would Keane blame when he lost ?

[Fixer82]

6 day war one assumes . Who would Keane blame when he lost ?

PLO for not having his back.
Look at their war medals. Wouldn’t take long

[geysir]

Hard to credit a packed hall of 2,000 fawning over every idiotic hypocritical utterance from Keane. That no decent 2nd level team would hire him these days, leaves him with plenty of time to dive into his ever expanding bag of grudges that he carrries around, peddling his bitterness to any microphone that will have him, this time against a player that stood up to him fair and square and he can't live that down. I said at the time that Walters should have decked the coward.

[seanfhear]

Hard to credit a packed hall of 2,000 fawning over every idiotic hypocritical utterance from Keane. That no decent 2nd level team would hire him these days, leaves him with plenty of time to dive into his ever expanding bag of grudges that he carrries around, peddling his bitterness to any microphone that will have him, this time against a player that stood up to him fair and square and he can't live that down. I said at the time that Walters should have decked the coward.Did Keane run away from him like he ran away from Saipan ?

[DeLorean]

no decent 2nd level team would hire him these days

You'd have to think so, although this didn't stop him having a cut off the standard of the Championship, along with everything else.

[youngirish]

I can only guess that Roy Keane is attempting to reinvent himself as an alternative comic with a very dark and surreal take on the world around him. Think a Cork Frankie Boyle.

[seanfhear]

I can only guess that Roy Keane is attempting to reinvent himself as an alternative comic with a very dark and surreal take on the world around him. Think a Cork Frankie Boyle.Well , he should float !

[Bielsa´s irish]

Roy Keane has just claimed live on english tv that he became a footballer because he fell in love with the game while watching his hero Diego Maradona, made news in Argentina a few minutes ago, I think there is a video for that.
Avoided the 1986 wc debate, though

[Charlie Darwin]

Roy Keane has just claimed live on english tv that he became a footballer because he fell in love with the game while watching his hero Diego Maradona, made news in Argentina a few minutes ago, I think there is a video for that.
Avoided the 1986 wc debate, though
Do ESPN Argentina have a nickname for Keane yet?

[Exgrad]

El diablo irlandes

Si es verdad.

[Exgrad]

El loco corkese, como se dice en ESPN Columbia.

[Bielsa´s irish]

Do ESPN Argentina have a nickname for Keane yet?
Muy famoso Roy Keane en Argentina. Le decían el guerrero irlandes de nickname. Al "canchero" ( sage-wiseguy) de Sebastián Verón, lo puso en caja un par de veces.
There are a lot of quotes from El Diego on Roy, whe was a big fan of him, specially in that game Diego watched from the stands, when refs crooked Eire one more time, they dissalowed a valid goal from Real Sociedad's Aldo in Sevilla

[Bielsa´s irish]

there are a few anecdotes from Roy one with the gringo Gaby Heinze very funny a few with argentinian-uruguayan Forlán,
Roy was also nicknamed capitan or caudillo, when he played, o simple as Roy.

[Bielsa´s irish]

https://www.espn.com.ar/video/clip/_/id/7822489?ex_cid=TW_FCInt
Kudos to Roy Keane. Actually he is admired in Argentina we wanted him to play for us, Diego also was a big admirer of him at Sevilla, he asked Bilardo to get him to play alongside him and Simeone and Suker
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Now there are some riots here because Los Pumas (mostly people from the richest upper class people in Argentina) didnt play a tribute for Diego and the all blacks did it

[Bielsa´s irish]

Do ESPN Argentina have a nickname for Keane yet?

Actually Roy Keane is beloved in Argentina because:

1)because he is irish
2)because he gets in the mould of a "working-class" hero
3)because he has flaws but he is authentic, a rebel for the establishment
4)because he was a leader on and off the pitch
5) because he got his revenge from the guy who injured him gruesomely

[elatedscum]

Actually Roy Keane is beloved in Argentina because:

1)because he is irish
2)because he gets in the mould of a "working-class" hero
3)because he has flaws but he is authentic, a rebel for the establishment
4)because he was a leader on and off the pitch
5) because he got his revenge from the guy who injured him gruesomely

I think Roy was the better footballer but Javier Mascherano is one of the few footballers i can think of with the more destructive elements of Roy's game

[Bielsa´s irish]

I think Roy was the better footballer but Javier Mascherano is one of the few footballers i can think of with the more destructive elements of Roy's game

Yes Javier had all the assets and attributes of Roy's as a holding mid, but Roy had that thing going forward, to dribble past rivals, and a good scoring record that Javier didnt have.
Roy was world class. Javier was more of a "caudillo", the little chief, but a very solid defensive midfielder and a great leader.

the most famous irish players in Southamerica are:

Roy Keane
Liam Brady
Robbie Keane
Paul Mcgrath
Frank Stapleton
Damian Duff

[Bielsa´s irish]

question for all true irish football fans that intrigues me

Is there any feud between Liam Brady and Roy Keane?

Because Liam has always been very critical about Roy, very harsh on him everytime I read about it

[Charlie Darwin]

I think they fell out over whether Frank Stapleton or Robbie Keane is more revered in South America.

[Eminence Grise]

No, it was Cillian Sheridan or Eva Perón they couldn't agree on.

[sadloserkid]

Keane never forgave Brady for his constant overlooking of the multi-quote function.

[Fixer82]

Brady clearly doesn't like Keane and has criticised him on RTÉ at every opportunity.
I've never heard Keane even mention Brady but can't imagine he cares what he thinks of him

[seanfhear]

Brady clearly doesn't like Keane and has criticised him on RTÉ at every opportunity.
I've never heard Keane even mention Brady but can't imagine he cares what he thinks of him
Liam Brady was the better player for what its worth ~ ~ at this stage and did go ( had the courage to go ) to Italy and do well.

[tetsujin1979]

Bielsa, you've been warned about using the term "Eire", edit that post

[Bielsa´s irish]

sorry but as I said before was the name given in latin america by the panini albums in 88, 90. Of course we knew Ireland as the name of the country itself.

back to topic

the only coinvidence is that both midfielders with great mentality.

Liam was a classic #10, an artist of the ball, played further on the pitch in the calcio than with Ireland, Christian Eriksen reminds me a bit of him, with the right peg instead of left peg. Amazing free kicks by Brady, a joy of a footballer.
Ireland got to the euros because of Jack but Liam was his big asset to qualify, alongside Lawrenson, Tony Galvin and Stapleton, those four were great for Jack from 86-90.

Roy was more of a box to box midifielder, a modern player, who could defend and attack, Diego liked him as a `player talked about him in Sevilla, plus Roy scored over the years some very important goals for club and country

[tetsujin1979]

good, don't make that mistake again.

[Razors left peg]

Keane never forgave Brady for his constant overlooking of the multi-quote function.

I seem to remember there being a comment of the year section on this forum in the past? I think we should bring it back just for this!

[elatedscum]

Bielsa, you've been warned about using the term "Eire", edit that post

What’s wrong with using Eire? it is the actually name of the country (according to the constitution), I’d argue that’s as valid as whatever title the FAI registered with FIFA to appease the IFA or whatever the history was...

[Fixer82]

What’s wrong with using Eire? it is the actually name of the country (according to the constitution), I’d argue that’s as valid as whatever title the FAI registered with FIFA to appease the IFA or whatever the history was...

It was the term often used by British media and politicians for the Republic after partition to describe the 26 counties.

Ireland was the island and Éire was the 26 counties.

I actually like it personally, especially as we now have an all-island 32 county team.

But I guess for some it has historic, imperialist connotations. Which may seem strange as it is as Gaeilge.

My Father who is an ardent Irish speaker hates it being called Éire in this context, especially when said in an English accent ��

[pineapple stu]

The name of the country is Ireland, or in the Irish language Éire. You don't refer to Norge or Deutschland in everyday talk; why use Éire? Also you then get phrases like "in Éire" or "to Éire" which don't make grammatical sense.

I always felt it (and "Southern Ireland" or "the Republic") were the Brits trying to avoid just calling the place "Ireland" because that might be seen to legitimise a 32-county state.

[jbyrne]

people still say Italia 90.
it says Eire on the jersey