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Roy Keane

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Blyth said:
Think people are getting carried away with 11 years. He’s not been out of the game for 11 years.
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Corrrect -he was assistant /coach in Ireland to MON-not actually been out that long
 

IrishMackem88 said:
Personally speaking, I wouldn't be over the moon with the appointment of Keane.

I think being out of management 11 years especially with how modern football has evolved since then, I'm not so sure he could adapt.

Open to be proved wrong, especially if he brings in a highly rated assistant/head coach who is cut from the new breed of modern young coaches.
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There’s that phrase again.

To quote @Sweeper It’s now played 15 a side on hoverboards.

The bloke knows football, he’s a winner.
 
IrishMackem88 said:
Personally speaking, I wouldn't be over the moon with the appointment of Keane.

I think being out of management 11 years especially with how modern football has evolved since then, I'm not so sure he could adapt.

Open to be proved wrong, especially if he brings in a highly rated assistant/head coach who is cut from the new breed of modern young coaches.
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Out of management but not out of the game. He has had assistant jobs and now a sky pundit. The experience and connections he will have made in that time will be invaluable. I really back the bloke.
 
rocky said:
What won't he be able to adapt to?
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Well just going back to both him and O'Neill's tenure over Ireland, despite having a couple of great victories, performances for the most part were very poor and we widely regarded as one of the worst teams in Europe to watch.

Ireland relied on grit and hard work, as opposed to any great tactical nous on the line and by all accounts training sessions were devoid of any great work on shape work or phases of play.

Whereas the current Irish set up has evolved and has come full circle under Stephen Kenny, with a whole host of players complimenting how much work gets done both on the training field and the attention to detail when being supplied information on tactics, individual targets etc is second to none.
 
IrishMackem88 said:
Well just going back to both him and O'Neill's tenure over Ireland, despite having a couple of great victories, performances for the most part were very poor and we widely regarded as one of the worst teams in Europe to watch.

Ireland relied on grit and hard work, as opposed to any great tactical nous on the line and by all accounts training sessions were devoid of any great work on shape work or phases of play.

Whereas the current Irish set up has evolved and has come full circle under Stephen Kenny, with a whole host of players complimenting how much work gets done both on the training field and the attention to detail when being supplied information on tactics, individual targets etc is second to none.
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Probably because Ireland have absolute dog shit players
 
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