Martin O'Neill and Roy Keane

[DannyInvincible]

Anyway talking of orifices, here's an even bigger one...
Props to RMK!!

http://balls.ie/football/vine-roy-keane-blanks-mourinho/

https://v.cdn.vine.co/r/videos/92505...K6y3vpT0RqTsoh

Roy on Mourinho's premature handshake offers: http://balls.ie/football/roy-keane-o...ure-handshake/

I don’t mind all that [Mourinho mind games] but the game is still going on. It’s disgraceful, I’ve seen him doing it to other managers, it is a disgrace. The game is still going on. You wouldn’t do that on a Sunday morning, you would get knocked out.

[ArdeeBhoy]

Ha ha. Wish he would try it on someone on a Sunday morning then...

[bennocelt]

This hard man thing keane likes to perpetuate is boring. Hard man me hat. He is a footballer, not a heavyweight cage fighter

[DannyInvincible]

He just comes across as terribly bitter when he talks about feuds and harbouring vendettas. It's playground stuff.

[tetsujin1979]

This hard man thing keane likes to perpetuate is boring. Hard man me hat. He is a footballer, not a heavyweight cage fighter

he trained as a boxer in his youth, so he's not far off it

[SwanVsDalton]

He just comes across as terribly bitter when he talks about feuds and harbouring vendettas. It's playground stuff.

To my own surprise, I've been cutting Roy a lot of slack recently.

It's standard fare that if you have a book out, a book that bites back at perceived injustices (Fergie) et al, you're going to be asked questions about it. And Keane is hardly going to duck em. There's an incredibly bitter, dark side to his character (as there is to many people and sportsman) but it's a shame that, this week, that side has been the focus of 90% of the reporting.

[Stuttgart88]

it's a shame that, this week, that side has been the focus of 90% of the reporting.

Here's a bit of the more empathetic (or is it empathic?) side, courtesy of a tweet by Ciaran O Rahallaigh

http://simonaustinsport.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/i-dont-know-roy-keane_9.html?m=1

[DannyInvincible]

I'd read somewhere yesterday that he gave his 1999 Champions League winners' medal to a United coach because he thought it was unfair that this coach hadn't received a medal whilst, I assume, other members of staff had.

[bennocelt]

he trained as a boxer in his youth, so he's not far off it

Sure who hasnt in ireland

[liamoo11]

the most pleasing thing for me so ar about martin o neill is that he seems not to be absessed with loyalty like trap was. He seems happy to pick sides based on the requirements of the match. M akes me confident the side he picks for home games against scotland and poland will b sutely different than for away games like germany and georgia. trap never did that which made it tough to win home games

[Stuttgart88]

Yes, and although he got a bit of stick for retaining Walters, it should probably be seen in the light of having a rookie non-specialist right back on the night, Meyler.

And Delaney looked lumbering and off the pace yesterday.

[Charlie Darwin]

And Delaney looked lumbering and off the pace yesterday.

Well, nothing new there. You should see him on an airplane.

Oh, you mean Damien Delaney?

[Stuttgart88]

A couple of good articles in the Sindo on O'Neill and his style. Fanning's is the more substantial but the second contains a remark by McGeady saying O'Neill didn't even discuss his position or role in Tuesday with him, that was left to Walford.

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/european-championships/martin-oneills-fearful-reign-continues-to-gather-pace-30674922.html

http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/european-championships/managers-trust-provides-confidence-boost-for-mcgeady-30674918.html

[DeLorean]

Noel Gallagher loves Roy Keane

But what's his beef with Celtic?

[ArdeeBhoy]

Is it a beef? It's the Indo' FFS, a rag of a paper in the main, with a pretty feeble quote from NG who's a confused man at best, re.his own identity.