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Roy Keane

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Safc1987 said:
Aye like the 6-0 drubbing At Bolton, 5-1 at Rotherham, 4-0 at Pompey
It will raise standards by him simply being here
They will be in awe of a bit of fear for your boss is not always a bad thing, they’ll think twice about giving up like above that’s for sure
The expectation of Sunderland is nothing to him all the other candidates mentioned will wilt like the others
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Then it turns to bad feeling, quite like defoe , keane is going backwards
 
Keith S30S said:
Better players?

We had some bog standard Championship players such as Nyron Nosworthy! Dean Whitehead and Liam Lawrence were hardly superstars 😂
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This - Keane struggled for us when we got players with more ability in, the likes of Cisse, Diouf and Chimbonda. I always got the impression he was fine with 'lesser ability' players, as long as they put effort in and he could see desire etc....

Obviously 15 years in a long time and maybes the game has passed him by, but I also thought that he was tactically pretty sound and sharp with us before. His big problem, really, was that he f***ing hated footballers and seemed furious at them all the time. I don't think it was a problem of being bobby basic with his gameplans or whatever.
 
Sea to Shining Sea said:
Emperors New Clothes would be Lee Johnson. Talk of reputation of youth development, fast paced football, philosophies etc. having achieved nowt in the game.

Keane came here first time with no experience, took us from bottom of the league to promotion in the same season and kept us up. I don’t think anyone thinks he was perfect last time or that this doesn’t come without it’s issues.

But it’s Roy Keane. A massive name in the game. He’s achieved success here before. He’s not afraid of expectation or ambition. A lot of the time he was here it felt very good. I, and most others, think this is as exciting an appointment as is imaginable at this level of football.
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And long may the word philosophy be banned from every conversation
 
Why do some people think their opinion is so much more important than others that they ignore the thread with thousands of comments and create their own. Knobs
 
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Fireball07 said:
That's fair enough; if we believe we have the best squad in the division, it might be enough (I think that was the case in 06/07).

My concern is that it might be short-term thinking. And I know we have to get out of this division immediately, don't get me wrong. But should we not be looking to get a manager who can do that and also be expected to bring us on further in the Championship?

I know it's not easy, because a lot of managers are spoofers, and I'm all for Keane getting an interview. I just don't think we should limit ourselves in the interview process and pick the best candidate, regardless of their profile.
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I dont think its short term thinking. In that i dont think theres a long termanager available right now. So we need someone to get us promoted now. Then we have more options in the summer.
 
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