Roy Keane

devondudley wrote: A lot of rubbish being talked about keane walking out on ireland 12 years ago, Gibson stephen ireland joey o brien Kieran Westwood stephen Kelly all have refused one way or another to play for us since then but not much said about that, people also talking nonsense about his role he is clearly a number two, Zidane at real bergkamp at Ajax are two examples of how this model works with famous players as number two's, not so long ago a lot of people here wanted tardelli as the next manager and after we qualified for euros he was favourite for the job, he was seen at the time as doing a good job as a number two, 12 years is along time for some of ye to still hold a grudge and it's laughable others quoting fergies book where he mentions more about a story in Portugal than all the trophies they won together, fergies book also mentions how much of a professional giggs was off the pitch which I don't think anyone in the media has joked about.

Yes plenty of players have walked out on Ireland, hence Roy's only crime seems to be that he was actually a good player

How come the crap players don't get the same kind of flak?

You can be assured, Roy won't tolerate the Paul Green's of this world sending a DVD to the FAI to play for Ireland. Some of the other codgers that got in because the lick-arsed Trap, know their days are numbered under O'Neill, and especially Keane. He'll do the research at games to see whose in/out of form. He won't stand for players who are crap, but, playing a managers way eg. Trapp. just to play for Ireland. Keane has been good and bad at management, who hasn't at this level, but he'll be passionate, and dying to prove that his man management works. MON is set in his formation stlye, and I think this is where Keane breaks a fresh look to his style, by changing it around to suit us..  let's put it like this, we lost to Austria & Sweden, by poor management decisions, lack of committment etc. I don't think that'll be an issue here..

Honey Monster wrote: BigStrongMan wrote: Everyone seems to be an expert on Keanes mentality   An awful lot of experts here indeed BSM.   I'd prefer to hear what the 2 of them have to say before making a judgement. MON has been around long enough to know exactly how the fans are divided over Roy. He would not have taken such a decision lightly. The more I think about the combination, the more I'm excited about it.   The surprise for me here is not MON's decison to take Roy, it was the FAI's decison to allow it.

The biggest surprise for me is that Roy accepted a role as a no. 2 which for me shows his huge commitment and desire to be involved with the Irish team.

RogerMilla wrote: Just saying like wrote:  The biggest surprise for me is that Roy accepted a role as a no. 2 which for me shows his huge commitment and desire to be involved with the Irish team.     he wasnt even mentioned for the crystal palace job , he was looking at league 1 roles, he would have been mad not to take this.

RogerMilla wrote: Just saying like wrote:  The biggest surprise for me is that Roy accepted a role as a no. 2 which for me shows his huge commitment and desire to be involved with the Irish team.     he wasnt even mentioned for the crystal palace job , he was looking at league 1 roles, he would have been mad not to take this.

I'm only watching Real Sociedad vs Man Utd for the pre-match talk - Knowing fine well MoN is extremely private to the public media he'll keep quiet but Roy is alot more outspoken and may well say something if asked

Edited by coyne - 05 Nov 2013 at 8:24am

rolo wrote: devondudley wrote: A lot of rubbish being talked about keane walking out on ireland 12 years ago, Gibson stephen ireland joey o brien Kieran Westwood stephen Kelly all have refused one way or another to play for us since then but not much said about that, people also talking nonsense about his role he is clearly a number two, Zidane at real bergkamp at Ajax are two examples of how this model works with famous players as number two's, not so long ago a lot of people here wanted tardelli as the next manager and after we qualified for euros he was favourite for the job, he was seen at the time as doing a good job as a number two, 12 years is along time for some of ye to still hold a grudge and it's laughable others quoting fergies book where he mentions more about a story in Portugal than all the trophies they won together, fergies book also mentions how much of a professional giggs was off the pitch which I don't think anyone in the media has joked about. Great post.

Does Denis O'Brien own Today FM. Maybe he's looking for Keane.... for Mario Rosenstock, because he must be delighted with the the appointment

Gary McKay wrote: Bergkamp is a qualified coach and works full-time in the Ajax Academy. I will be spending 3 days with him in a few weeks.