Roy Keane


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We used to laugh at the mags over their Keegan and Shearer obsession. We are going the same over Keane and Defoe. We just lost 6-0 and it’s seems forgotten over a couple of big names.

I like Defoe but can’t stand Keane. Some of the things he’s said and done over the years are appalling. We will become Ireland reserves again and that won’t get us where we want to be.
Been discussed else. Plenty don't want Keane, including me.
 
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?
Well there'd be absolutely zero feelgood if McCann was appointed instead. None.
 

Keane can see sense of sharing the Sunderland workload​

"But Keane, who is by no means ready to appoint someone in the short-term, has not been put off the idea by the developments.

"I wouldn't rule it out because the demands on the manager are huge," said the Irishman. "The demands on Alex Ferguson must be unbelievable, whether it be going to dinners, going to watch youth matches, going to watch players. I bet you it's the same with Chelsea.

"I wouldn't rule out something like that coming to Sunderland eventually. I'm very open-minded with stuff like that but it would have to be my choice. If someone came in it would have to be the person I wanted to come in as director of football."

Part of his downfall the first time was actually bringing in players to move us forward when given money!

Take that away and he can focus solely on what he’s good at, but have an influence and say in incomings / outgoings
 
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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?

Why wouldn’t he have the tactical nouse? He played under two of the greatest managers on world football, and certainly had sufficient tactical nouse to take us to promotion and keep us up.

Far too much talk of “formations” and “systems” and “philosophies” now anyway. Good teams have good players, playing with confidence and all understanding their jobs. People have tried to recast football as rocket science on the back of the Barcelona/tika-taka era, but it’s really not.
 
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Because he wasn’t even that good last time.
Nah he was shite, only took us from relegation candidates having just been relegated with an embarrassing points total for the second time in three years or something.

He was huge for the football club in many different ways, capped off with winning the league and keeping us up. He's probably not what we need now but to suggest he wasn't even that good probably says more about your lack of knowledge on the subject.
 
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?

That may be enough. We have a very talented squad who when they score early absolutely batter teams but dont seem to have the mental nous yet to recover if we go behind. Someone who can inspire, couple with the professionalism of Defoe may be exactly what is needed short term
 
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