Roy Keane

**elroy** · 06/01/2011, 10:59 PM

Poor Triggs left us a long time ago. Think we are on Triggs 3 at this stage. Interesting what Keanes next move will be, plenty of job openings around and/or due to come up in the near future. But it will be a brave chairman who will bring Keano in. What now for all the Irish left at Ipswich??

**Spudulika** · 06/01/2011, 11:29 PM

What are the odds El Trap will go to be replaced by R. Keano?

**Alf Honn** · 06/01/2011, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by Spudulika

What are the odds El Trap will go to be replaced by R. Keano?

zero/zilch

**irishfan86** · 06/01/2011, 11:34 PM

Would be surprised to see the FAI rush to link up with Keane....not sure he'd be too eager to jump in bed with them either, although he may not be able to be as picky with his next gig...

**tetsujin1979** · 07/01/2011, 12:21 AM

it's a bit of a strange one, all Sky Sports has is a report that says he's been told he's been sacked - http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...639032,00.html - but there's nothing official from the club yet
Probably only a matter of time

**tricky_colour** · 07/01/2011, 2:21 AM

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...lls-short.html

Chris Hughton, sacked by Newcastle last month, is in line to succeed Keane.

I hope he knows how to turn a tractor round.

**back of the net** · 07/01/2011, 6:43 AM

Originally Posted by tetsujin1979

it's a bit of a strange one, all Sky Sports has is a report that says he's been told he's been sacked - http://www.skysports.com/story/0,195...639032,00.html - but there's nothing official from the club yet
Probably only a matter of time

Heres hoping that Roy can administer to himself the unwarranted advice he dished out to the FAI after the paris incident...."move on, Get over it"....

Best of luck to him for the future....but Please god dont ever let him become the manager of our boys in green

**Scram** · 07/01/2011, 7:17 AM

Originally Posted by back of the net

Heres hoping that Roy can administer to himself the unwarranted advice he dished out to the FAI after the paris incident...."move on, Get over it"....

Best of luck to him for the future....but Please god dont ever let him become the manager of our boys in green

Thank fcuk we won't have to hear form the obsessive Irish media about "Roy Keane's Ipswich" every sport report anymore.

I hope he accepts how totally useless he is as a manager and joins a monestary. Not fit to lace the boots of Shay Given or any of the may Irish players he has disrespected, with the Irish media latching on to his every bitter word. Morons.

**OwlsFan** · 07/01/2011, 9:00 AM

Interesting that he had been offered a three year contract and only wanted two. Was the plan to get Ipswich up and then move on to Old Trafford when Ferguson stepped down as many thought he would? I'd say his ambition was to manage in Manchester sooner rather than later but that's gone now.

I think it's too early for him to fall off the managerial merry go round. Managers live off initial success for at least 4 jobs before they end up at Stockport or Gillingham.

**elroy** · 07/01/2011, 9:39 AM

Originally Posted by Scram

I hope he accepts how totally useless he is as a manager

Hard to call the lad a useless manager after what he achieved with Sunderland in fairness. As great and all it is he signing loads of Irish players, he really needs to expand his scouting network for the next managerial role he undertakes.

**Drumcondra 69er** · 07/01/2011, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by elroy

Hard to call the lad a useless manager after what he achieved with Sunderland in fairness. As great and all it is he signing loads of Irish players, he really needs to expand his scouting network for the next managerial role he undertakes.

He achieved with Sunderland less then Brian Robson achieved at Middlesboro and that's his level. He had the biggest budget in the Championship that season which shouldn't be forgotten.

He's an awful manager and doesn't have the necessary skills for that to change, I'd no more want him near the Irish team that I wanted Robson back in 2003. I don't think it's in any way likely outside of the fevered imaginings of Paul Hyland in the Herald.....

**shakermaker1982** · 07/01/2011, 10:30 AM

Always sad to see an Irish manager get the sack. Like Elroy points out if he does get another job then he needs to set up a scouting network so he doesn't have to rely on Irish players and get himself a number 2.

He'll take another break and will be back. What else is he gonna do?

**Fixer82** · 07/01/2011, 10:31 AM

I don't think he's a useless manager but probably dived in too soon to a big club when he should've coached, been a no.2 at a bigger club. He's learnt the hard way.
He seems to rule with an iron fist also which can't always be the way when dealing with different personalities.
He seemed to instill good discipline and regimes at Ipswich but just could not inspire the players to perform for him. Possibly due to them being too afraid to make a mistake on the pitch...

**legendz** · 07/01/2011, 10:45 AM

I'm a McCarthy fan but I will wish Roy Keane all the best. It's true he did have a big budget at Sunderland but I'll give credit where it's due, he still did a good job in winning promotion. Clubs have been known to have had big budgets and still not gain promotion.
Mick McCarthy had a poor season with Millwall. Mick also made his mistakes with Ireland. This is a similar timescale to the lenght of time Keane's been in management already. Roy kept Sunderland in the Premier in their first season back and also led the club to a win over Newcastle. It's only after this that the wheels seem to have came off. Things clearly have not worked out at Ipswich. He was putting out the same excuses as he did at Sunderland that players would not move to the club due to location.
I think Roy's next job will go a long way to define his career as a manager. His stock will still be decent in the Championship. He's had two jobs, there's no excuse for inexperience any more. It'll be interesting to see how he gets on. I'm sure he will bounce back. Gillingham could do with him as manager! They have not done great since the days they were mid-table in the Championship.

**Fixer82** · 07/01/2011, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by Spudulika

What are the odds El Trap will go to be replaced by R. Keano?

I would say zero to one

**pineapple stu** · 07/01/2011, 12:28 PM

Doesn't that mean it's a dead cert? (In the sense that 0/1 has any real odds meaning)

**geysir** · 07/01/2011, 12:31 PM

25/1 actually.
Just listening to rte's Tony ODonahue's cringeworthy exalted praise of the messiah. Nothing more blind than a langer's blind praise of another langer.

**Drumcondra 69er** · 07/01/2011, 12:57 PM

Originally Posted by geysir

25/1 actually.
Just listening to rte's Tony ODonahue's cringeworthy exalted praise of the messiah. Nothing more blind than a langer's blind praise of another langer.

It's like listening to members of a cult....

**Noelys Guitar** · 07/01/2011, 1:03 PM

Never unearthed a proper goalscorer for Ipswich. And any game I saw Ipswich in they played a hell of a lot of long ball stuff. Wonder when he'll be back and in what division/country. I have a feeling he might move to somewhere like Dubai/Australia or even North America for his next job. And yes that T'OD piece was horrible and had really nothing to do with football or more specifically football management.