Roy Keane

[Sea to Shining Sea]

Mag journalists pouring cold water over it, just like they did with Defoe.

I genuinely hope they’re wrong like. It’d be incredibly flat if we ended up with any of those other candidates after KLDs activity last night. It’d be shite

 

[SebastienELLISbexter]

Would Souness be a good appointment now for someone on that basis?

It's not the only basis for his appointment and you know it. Was replying mainly to a specific comment I read.

Souness would be an awful candidate, mainly because he doesnt want to be a football manager.

 

[DH1 Mackem JN]

Mag journalists pouring cold water over it, just like they did with Defoe.

Aye that f***ing nonce Luke Edwards doing the same

 

[timeforheroes1]

will keanos bar reopen that is the main question? could see kld in there with a few pints of carling if it does

 

[HoxtonMackem]

Yeah Chris Brown on the Under the Cosh podcast said about Keane's man management with him over the whole video thing was stellar.

Steven Elliot said his man management was superb too on the same pod.

 

[Binxy]

What people seem to forget about Keane's first spell is the context behind his achievements, when he came in the club was on the floor, the feel good factor from the SOL move and the Peter Reid days had evaporated, we were on the bottom, crowds had consistently been low for since the 19 point season and we'd just had the body blow of a second record low points relegation season. We'd had an uninspiring transfer window and lost our first five games, the club was literally on the bones of it's arse. Keane came in and made the city believe again and lit a fire under the place, we were suddenly box office again for mainly the right reasons, in national headlines because of Keane and the turn around, he bought well in the first season and the belief he brought back was fantastic. We scored a bucket load of late winners and created a team in his never say die image.

If he hadn't come in, our wilderness years could have happened long ago, in the Premier League he spent a lot of money for the time, but he had to pay a premium on players because who would want to come to a club who had recently had TWO record low relegations? That Spurs game at the time was magical, a reminder that we do belong in the Premier League, banishing the ghosts of previous seasons and through spirit, and determination we stayed up that year. Sure, his final season was a bit of a disaster, but he won the Championship with us after taking over when we were bottom, kept us in the Premier League for the first time since 2002, beat the Mags at home for the first time in 28 years and made the club and the city believe in itself again. I'm not saying he'll work out this time, but let's not rewrite history to minimise his impact from his first spell.

 

[Fetch Fletch]

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Footy Insider have been spot on about all stuff SAFC for the past year. For me it's Keane's if he wants it, if not McCann will have it.

Talk about completely different ends of the spectrum

 

[Bears Beets]

Keef is a mag

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Playing up to the mags as always

 

[mediaclee]

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Footy Insider have been spot on about all stuff SAFC for the past year. For me it's Keane's if he wants it, if not McCann will have it.

Certainly looks that way.

 

[DH1 Mackem JN]

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Footy Insider have been spot on about all stuff SAFC for the past year. For me it's Keane's if he wants it, if not McCann will have it.

Aye good shout, that's how it appears... Wouldn't be too gutted with that like

 

[BIG MAL]

You mean your grandad?

You mean grandma.

 

[KJNMackem]

A Sunderland source has told Football Insider that McCann is also a strong candidate to take over following his recent exit from Hull City.

 

[Deleted member 41188]

It goes against everything most of us said we were buying into just one year ago.
At least when he was last here he was still relevant as a name to the players we had or then bought in the transfer window. Players like Kavanagh, Connolly, Edwards, the young ManU lads. This time our players know him as the angry man off sky who hasn't done owt of note in management for over ten years. Baffling the way our support seems to fawn over certain ex players/manager's like lovestruck teenagers. Always looking to the past.

I can’t disagree with most of this tbh.

It’s very much a shift for either Keane or the club. Either he’s willing to have players brought in for him and work under a DOF, or the club are going to change their strategy and allow him to be more influential than Johnson presumably was.

I’m excited by his potential appointment though, and a lot of it probably is nostalgia and my love of RK. I just hope it doesn’t stain the good memories most of us have of him.

 

[sir rowell cummins]

You mean your grandad?

No mate my mutha’s father

 

[timeforheroes1]

Keef is a mag

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tree nonce

 

[Mackem00]

Mate the nostalgia on here also frustrates me - i'm less sold on Defoe than most for that reason much as i love him as a bloke and his quality during his previous time here - but i actually think Keane did very well here last time and will fit the set up more than people think. He does have football 'philosophy', ambition, nous. He is known to be far better with people than he is credited for- he is well liked around Manchester from those who know him who say he is a fun, warm character - but he clearly doesn't suffer fools. His history and experience will help younger players and younger players need self discipline to grow and develop.

Ok mate. You've convinced me.

 

[Dilligaf60]

Mag journalists pouring cold water over it, just like they did with Defoe.

Don’t know why he’s bothering. He’s said we are irrelevant.

 

[chriswallace85]

Had a flat in Durham

Was far too much fuss made and nonsense over where he was living and how much time he was spending on the training ground.

 

[GordonMuchallNo1Fan]

If Neil Lennon got it, I would cry

be better off digging john lennon up.

 

[deleted user 785]

Keane is not right in the head for managment. I believe he would put as many players off than he would attract. What has he really done? One promotion based on bullying.

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