Keane would be an unmitigated disaster as Irish manager. Keane has no ability in working with average players. He might and it's a very small might have been able to manage our team in 2002 but not our current vintage. I do have time for Keane in some ways, but as a manager many of his negative qualities come to the fore.
However, I do feel that Fergie's comments are below the belt. He wouldn't have thrown the Keane of 2002 out of the club, but he was happy enough to bomb a player in decline out the door. I think he was biding his time after Keane spoke about how he intimidated refs and encouraged his teams to dive and cheat in games. Fergie gets away with murder with the British media.
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