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Roy Keane

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chriswallace85 said:
I've never really believed it since the day he rocked up. That's not to say I think he's the wrong man, but the jury is well and truly out, and it was always gonna take a bit of time to fathom it out.

The appointment and prolonged backing of Johnson were questionable. Our business in the transfer windows has been questionable. The club on paper being no further forward than it was four years ago is questionable - irrespective of all the bluff and bluster about philosophies, long term plans, and whatever other shite they come out with.

We're 4th in League 1, behind clubs that finished 13th and 20th last season. Don't talk to me about progress.
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Keeping Johnson on after the end of last season was an obvious serious error
Also ,the state of the pitch is inexcusable
 
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I think the club are getting some unnecessary criticism here if I’m being honest.
From reading the various statements and comments in the media it strikes me that we started the recruitment process and it became apparent that Keane was interested.
At this point he became the number 1 candidate cumulating in him meeting the owner/Speakman on Friday and being offered the job. There are some negotiations going on between us and him and I suspect that, as he has done previously, he’s asked to think about it over the weekend.
While this has been going on we’ve continued to interview other candidates in case Keane says no.
Hopefully he says yes and is appointed today because we really need him.
Fingers crossed for good news this afternoon
 
I know it's the Echo but look under the pic of Keane

"Sunderland boss Roy Keane"..................

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Initial talks, first interview, second interview. Anyone would think the club was appointing a new head of IT rather than a football manager.
How can a club get to the point where the current manager is on thin ice (i.e. before the Bolton game) without planning and preparing for the scenario of needing to find a replacement? Are the people running the club deluded enough to think that they are serious about getting back to the big time?
Sometimes I think that SAFC are the club that never learns from mistakes, repeating the same ones again and again. Occasionally we exceed expectations and find new and innovative ways to mess up.
Whether it's Roy Keane or not, we need a manager who can organise a team on the pitch. Not someone good at PowerPoint presentations and management buzzwords. We need that manager fast.
 
stewart10 said:
All this talk about Speakman not wanting to speak to other managers before sacking Johnson because it would be disrespectful, or to not keep Flanagan because it isn't fair to him.

Fuck the individual, think about the club.

Both of those decisions have cost us big time.
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Same as playing with weakened team when covid struck, all other teams are more savvy
 
But but but wee Phillie said according to his sources he had signed. What a load of shite. I’ve had numerous texts to say he’s signed from “sources” but would never post them on here.
Because truthfully, nobody has a clue what’s going on.
 
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