Roy Keane interview in the Times

**Razors left peg** · 21/02/2009, 7:14 AM

Its not going to change anyones opinion of him, people are still going to love or hate him as before but as a football fan it is a good read
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/...241589471.html

**prince20** · 21/02/2009, 7:40 AM

Thanks for posting that..brilliant read.
Do i detect this post being a long topic??????

**paul_oshea** · 21/02/2009, 9:42 AM

is anyone getting bored of keane? Ive certainly had enough. Roy stop the spin doctoring to suit yourself its been done for years. Just lye down and find some other thing to do, outside of football. Not too many care anymore.

**peadar1987** · 21/02/2009, 10:01 AM

"'The staff came in and said Clive Clarke has had a heart attack. I said, �Is he okay? I�m shocked they found one, you could never tell by the way he plays�.
"

Once a w***er, always a w***er. He never did seem to care whether or not another professional would ever play again. Or in Clarkey's case, survive.

**shakermaker1982** · 21/02/2009, 10:45 AM

Good read and clears a few things up. Good luck to him if he does manage another club - the more Irish managers the better in my book. He is box office (some love him and some fans actually hate the man) and this will no doubt run and run for a few days but I don't blame him for getting his views on what went down. A lot of people stuck the knife in after he left and he had to bide his time until the dust settled before he clarified the goings on.

**paul_oshea** · 21/02/2009, 11:29 AM

but he is always talking to media half his problem the last time was chatting to the media way too much...

Its ok if things happen once or twice but they are happening the whole time with him that you then realise where the blame lies...

**Colbert Report** · 21/02/2009, 3:24 PM

Roy will be back, probably with a London club, some time in the future. It was far too difficult to persuade players to come all the way up to cold Sunderland to play.

I think he would be a good manager for a mid-sized club like Portsmouth, but I think he'll wait and take over somewhere like Spurs or Manchester City even. More money means better success for a guy like Roy.

**Crosby87** · 21/02/2009, 3:28 PM

Is'nt Manchester pretty far from London?

**Razors left peg** · 21/02/2009, 3:30 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

but he is always talking to media half his problem the last time was chatting to the media way too much...

Its ok if things happen once or twice but they are happening the whole time with him that you then realise where the blame lies...

In fairness I think this is the first time he has talked to any media since he left Sunderland.

**Closed Account** · 21/02/2009, 3:31 PM

Originally Posted by Crosby87

Is'nt Manchester pretty far from London?

Did you read the article?

**Colbert Report** · 21/02/2009, 3:35 PM

Originally Posted by Crosby87

Is'nt Manchester pretty far from London?

Portsmouth is pretty far from London as well mate. Read the article.

**SUB of the day** · 21/02/2009, 4:17 PM

Originally Posted by paul_oshea

is anyone getting bored of keane? Ive certainly had enough. Roy stop the spin doctoring to suit yourself its been done for years. Just lye down and find some other thing to do, outside of football. Not too many care anymore.

"not too many care" I don't think so, love him or loathe him, the article in todays IT, is the most e-mailed, and second most read, thats box office!

**pcplod** · 21/02/2009, 5:18 PM

He was one of the greatest as a player and have no doubt he will be one of the greatest as a manager. His next job might take him away from manchester but he will be back

**maroon ultra** · 21/02/2009, 6:42 PM

Originally Posted by pcplod

He was one of the greatest as a player and have no doubt he will be one of the greatest as a manager. His next job might take him away from manchester but he will be back

Deluded. He has already shown he is not capable of being a great football manager. He is not a people person and that will continue to be his downfall.

**pcplod** · 21/02/2009, 6:45 PM

Originally Posted by maroon ultra

Deluded. He has already shown he is not capable of being a great football manager. He is not a people person and that will continue to be his downfall.

Matter of opinion I suppose but getting a team from bottom to winning the championship in his debut season then keeping them in the top flight the next has to stand for something. He is a perfectionist not a bad trait to have in any manager IMO

**stojkovic** · 21/02/2009, 6:56 PM

You dont need criticism from someone like Cascarino who cant even manage his own passport let alone manage a football team. Absolute muppet. Stick to the poker Cas.

**osarusan** · 21/02/2009, 8:24 PM

I read it. Typical Humphreys article, with short, supposedly "punchy" sentences.

One of those short "punchy" sentences, which was repeated more than once was, "You learn". But the impression that I got from the article was that Keane hadn't learnt much at all - from reading the article, and his comments, you got the impression he left because of disagreements with the chairman, but all else was fine. That, obviously was not the (full) story.

**Crosby87** · 21/02/2009, 9:52 PM

Originally Posted by Colbert Report

Portsmouth is pretty far from London as well mate. Read the article.

Easy mate, you said he is probably going to end up with a london club. Or manchester? Ahh so you are predicting he ends up with a london club or....a club somewhere else. Wow. Really putting it out there.