Roy Keane


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This is the bloke who came in and carried this club from bottom of the Championship to the Premier League, and kept us there.

Yes, it didn't work out for him at Ipswich, but it hasn't worked out for any manager at Ipswich for a long time. Sometimes clubs just go in to decline and its very tough for anyone to arrest that decline. We should know that as well as any fan base.

The man is a winner and a legend of the game. He has a good history with this club, still speaks affectionately about it and is keen to get back in to management. He's one of the few people in football who can walk in to a dressing room and command instant respect. I can't even begin to think how much of a boost it would give the young lads in our squad to be working for Roy Keane. How much they'd get from it.

I've heard him speak a lot about football and reflect on the times he had - and mistakes he made - at SAFC and Ipswich. I have no doubt whatsoever that he'd be a better manager now than he was back then. Let's not foget that back then, he was in his 30s and fresh off the back of his playing career. He admits that that there was a lot he needed to know, but didn't back then.

If he wants the job it's an absolute f***ing no brainer for me.

Great post and the perfect summary IMO
 
I get where you're coming from but I'd like to think since he's been here and Ipswich he's learned from his mistakes.

His problem here was always that he was used to playing at the highest level and he was the man who held the highest standards in the team.

As a manager he ended up working with players who would never be capable of hitting those standards. He struggled with that concept but I'd hope he's older wiser and from all the punditry he's done he's learned from that
Hope so
 
What a cabbage, the guy is right, I can't understand why many on here exercise their hands on wanting Keane back, he was about to take us down, did bollox at Ipswich and there's a reason nobody has took a punt on him except as an assistant since, yes he got us up by some fluke and he talks a great game as did LJ but talk doesn't get us promoted. If he's appointed I will get behind him and the team, but I really believe folk here will be calling for his head by end of season or early next should we get promoted.

Cabbage - stopped reading there.
 
Why? Do you know he's not willing to work with one?

Exactly. I think we’ve both made the point today - plenty of things that Keane has said in recent years suggest that he’d actually quite like ONLY having to deal with the players and the preparation for games. He’s on record as saying he’s not keen on the other stuff - contracts, medical stuff, academy issues.

As long as he gets a seat at the table for recruitment decisions (which is part of our “system” anyway), then I think he’d love the idea of Speakman dealing with all of the other shite.
 
I don’t recall mentioning anything about hoverboards or 16 aside. But well done on deliberately ignoring the point.

What was the point then? It’s not like Keane doesn’t know what social media or mobile phones are, and it’s not like he hasn’t been in football when those things were around.
 
What's the actual state of play? Keane & McCann are both confirmed as having interviews?

I don't want to rain on people's parade; I know Keane would be a very popular appointment and football is an emotional sport. But we'd be hoping that he drags us up through sheer force of personality rather than any particular tactical nous. It's been a long time since he managed... I just don't know if he fits the bill of the type of manager we'd be looking for.

I do like him, I just don't know if he's the man for the job right now. Would that feelgood character be enough to carry us through?
 
Mmmmmm…..Keane & Defoe…..???

Could be a Mentos & Cola type thing.

It’s happening, I believe 😎

We’ve been in the doldrums for too long, had to endure Simon “flipchart” Grayson, Chris “I’ve got 10 kids” Coleman, Jack “1-1” Ross, Phil “no flair” Parky & Lee “ice in the head, fire in the belly” Johnson!

Time for a proper leader of men, take no shite, play to the death, box office Keano to return!!
 
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