Roy Keane

The FAI should stage a special session of Roy reading extracts from his book live from the AVIVA, an hour before the Gib game. It'd double the attendance.

Actually, this is a potentially good thing?

Takes the pressure off discussion about the imminent minnows who we should be humping and then receiving similar from the World Champs...

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Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

The FAI should stage a special session of Roy reading extracts from his book live from the AVIVA, an hour before the Gib game. It'd double the attendance.

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or get Liverpool and Celtics under 10s perform the half time kick about. surely this would add a few thousand hard core football fans to the attendance?

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Originally Posted by ArdeeBhoy

Actually, this is a potentially good thing?

Takes the pressure off discussion about the imminent minnows who we should be humping and then receiving similar from the World Champs...

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And it actually reminds the public that football exists and from time to time an Irishman is a key protagonist. If it wasn't for Keane all the media chat would be about not having any decent players, Grealish, Stephen Ireland and any other disruptive nonsense they can think of.

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Originally Posted by jbyrne

what kind of thing?
there doesn't appear to be too much about Ireland in the book so I fail to see how a few stories about Keanes relationship with Alex Ferguson and how he still hates Alf Inge Halland has the slightest affect on the preparation for the upcoming games.

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Press conferences have been devoted to it and it seems Martin and the players are being asked for their thoughts on it when approached by reporters. Maybe it's not so much of a big deal and they can all remain fully-focused (or perhaps it even takes some of the spotlight and pressure off, as AB says), but I suspect it's the type of distraction for which Roy would have very little time if it were centred around another member of staff or one of his players.

Even James McClean has revealed he's just started penning his own memoirs (book of tweets) now!: http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/s...ll-290514.html

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Originally Posted by John Fallon

Just as Martin O’Neill seemed to be accepting questions on Roy Keane’s book being a matter of routine, along comes James McClean to trouble his Ireland manager with plans to pen his own memoirs.

That the 25-year-old — who placed O’Neill in enough predicaments during their time together at Sunderland through his frequent outbursts on social media — would be considering such a venture perplexes O’Neill.

“You’re talking about James McClean?” was the manager’s retort to the media relaying the player’s intentions from his own interview minutes earlier after training at Gannon Park.

“Hmm. I thought you wrote an autobiography when you’d done something. Hmm. No, he’s only a kid isn’t he? Hmm. Well, good luck to him.”

When asked for his views on Keane’s controversial book, McClean had deadpanned “That’s Roy’s business” before adding, “I’ve actually started one myself; I’m in the early stages.”

Once established he wasn’t joking, the winger was asked to suggest a possible title. He snapped back: “Marmite, you’ll either like it or hate it!”

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Harry Redknapp is alleged to have claimed Roy was once a timid soul: http://balls.ie/football/one-hell-of...app-roy-keane/

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Originally Posted by Harry Redknapp

Do you know why it took so long for Roy Keane to get his break as a kid? He was a bit timid. Unbelievable isn’t it? But those were the words of our Irish scout, and he knew him inside out.

He was a right-winger at the time, and they thought he was a bit soft. It is amazing how people change.

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I won't believe it until I've heard it from the horse's mouth, straight out the driver window of his 4x4 in the QPR carpark!

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Originally Posted by Kingdom

...you'd wish for bad things to happen to me.

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Feeling paranoid this morning?

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Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

Feeling paranoid this morning?

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Karma, isn't it?!

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Originally Posted by Kingdom

McClean is the type of player/person, if he wasn't Irish, you'd wish for bad things to happen to me. Or maybe it's just me.

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We'd all wish for bad things to happen to you, Kingdom! :p

Ack, I like him. He's a solid worker and puts his head down. He can brash and outspoken, sure, but it makes a colourful change from the utterly neutral, robotic and personality-less James Milner types who peddle nothing but the same old hackneyed platitudes and clichés. He's a local lad too, which, of course, helps. But just so you don't think I'm completely biased due to that, I'm not as keen on Gibson's attitude. :)

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Originally Posted by Stuttgart88

And it actually reminds the public that football exists and from time to time an Irishman is a key protagonist. If it wasn't for Keane all the media chat would be about not having any decent players, Grealish, Stephen Ireland and any other disruptive nonsense they can think of.

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And people think I'm a cynic...
;)

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Originally Posted by jbyrne

or get Liverpool and Celtics under 10s perform the half time kick about. surely this would add a few thousand hard core football fans to the attendance?

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Hopefully it would be more competitive than the 'main event'...

This week, I've been in complete awe of Roy's beard (maybe even more so than anything the scorching book revelations could stir within me), but here's what the ladies think...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qUFAdKVFlU

Enjoying it so far. Probably a quarter of the way through. Just got to the bit where Fergie and himself having their big 'fall out'.

Has some nice things to say about Brian Kerr.

Well written (no surprises with Doyle's involvement). I contrast this with the Neville book I recently read which was dross.

We have two matches to play between now and next week. I open a paper to read about them and this is all I see:

There is something wrong here.

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Originally Posted by Deckydee

We have two matches to play between now and next week. I open a paper to read about them and this is all I see:

There is something wrong here.

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And you've just posted that here when we have two matches to play. Do you see the irony in that ? ;)

The following quote is from Roy's book: "If training starts at half past ten and a player is coming in at twenty past ten I would class that as being late."

Didn't he only go and show up late for his press conference earlier?

The sad thing is that Mick McCarthy was more important to Roy than Ireland. That is something to regret.

If it's any consolation, the feeling was never mutual .

D'oh ;)

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Originally Posted by shakermaker1982

Enjoying it so far. Probably a quarter of the way through. Just got to the bit where Fergie and himself having their big 'fall out'.

Has some nice things to say about Brian Kerr.

Well written (no surprises with Doyle's involvement). I contrast this with the Neville book I recently read which was dross.

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Yes the Neville book was absolutely dreadful.