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Roy Keane

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Funny how willing some were to pick Lee Johnson's CV apart, yet overlook that with the bloke who hasn't managed in over a decade because "he'd give the place a whole lift".

We had a great couple of seasons under Keane 15/16 years ago, but leave the past in the past. Let him continue to do his footballing Simon Cowell act on Sky Sports, and look for a serious appointment.
 

Mboma said:
Thing is, Keane is still as relevant and is as big box office as he was when he walked thru the doors of the academy all that time ago. People still take notice when he says something and I've no doubt the younger lads would absolutely buzz off being managed by him, whilst the older lads would at least be able to respect what Keane has done in the game to take instruction.

Maybe something that could be looked at is the coaches who would come in alongside Keane, maybe that's where the fresh thinking could come from? Although I don't think much has changed in terms of playing league one football that Keane would be that much of a dinosaur....he's currently employed as a pundit to watch and keep up with the modern game.

I don't think he's a bad shout, probably better than most the names on the usual lists.
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Relevant? Ffs, he moans about football on the tele. He’s a TV character now and not relevant at all as a football manager. He’s not managed in twelve years, he’s barely lasted a year as an assistant at Villa and Forest since then.

It’s a horrible shout by people living in the past. He was great for a period when he was here but that was fifteen years ago.
 
I like what Keane did for us back in the day, it was great, but I would question his tactical nous. He did waste an awful lot of money aswell, and seems very unlikely to be the type who would fit into the "head coach" role.
 
FulwellViaLeeds said:
Funny how willing some were to pick Lee Johnson's CV apart, yet overlook that with the bloke who hasn't managed in over a decade because "he'd give the place a whole lift".

We had a great couple of seasons under Keane 15/16 years ago, but leave the past in the past. Let him continue to do his footballing Simon Cowell act on Sky Sports, and look for a serious appointment.
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giving the AoL a lift would be a start like
 
AKickUpTheBerntHaas said:
Relevant? Ffs, he moans about football on the tele. He’s a TV character now and not relevant at all as a football manager. He’s not managed in twelve years, he’s barely lasted a year as an assistant at Villa and Forest since then.

It’s a horrible shout by people living in the past. He was great for a period when he was here but that was fifteen years ago.
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He came here with no experience in management at all and took us from the bottom of the Championship to winning it....what do you think that was based on?

We're not playing Premier league football here, just look at the state of some of the managers we come up against in this league man....fat Evans, who looks more suited to driving the team bus than managing....Ainsworth and his team of heavy metal bully boys!

Are you seriously telling me you think Keane would fail at this level? Our trouble is we've employed managers who try to be too clever and overcomplicate the level we're at.
 
Mboma said:
He came here with no experience in management at all and took us from the bottom of the Championship to winning it....what do you think that was based on?

We're not playing Premier league football here, just look at the state of some of the managers we come up against in this league man....fat Evans, who looks more suited to driving the team bus than managing....Ainsworth and his team of heavy metal bully boys!

Are you seriously telling me you think Keane would fail at this level? Our trouble is we've employed managers who try to be too clever and overcomplicate the level we're at.
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Why is it he's never managed for over a decade?

He's the past, not the future.
 
The Cabbage said:
The structure we've got is exactly what he'd need to succeed. He'd hate it with every fibre in his being, though.
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He did say he hated having to go look at players because the ones he had were shit mind.

Still, just no way he'd wrap his head around it, I wouldn't have thought?
 
Hep said:
Why is it he's never managed for over a decade?

He's the past, not the future.
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Maybe mate, but I think he'd do a better job than most of the names I've seen being mentioned. He'd also have done a better job than the bunch we've had in since we've been down here.
 
AKickUpTheBerntHaas said:
Relevant? Ffs, he moans about football on the tele. He’s a TV character now and not relevant at all as a football manager. He’s not managed in twelve years, he’s barely lasted a year as an assistant at Villa and Forest since then.

It’s a horrible shout by people living in the past. He was great for a period when he was here but that was fifteen years ago.
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Keane was and is an absolute legend. To the majority of people on here.

However, I totally agree that his image now is a sharp tongued TV pundit.

I’m too old to comment but how much relevance does he carry with youngsters in our squad?

The average age of our squad is 24. They were 8 years old when he retired from playing.
 
Twisted said:
you don't think a back 5 of gordon, mcshane, ferdinand, higginbotham and mccartney for the thick end of 40m was a bargain??
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Decent servants to the club.

McShane was signed for relative buttons, and we got a fee for him off Hull, as well as a loan spell.

McCartney juts didn't work out. It happens.
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My biggest concern is that he doesn't have the strong links he once had to get good young players in.
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He's still one of the biggest names in the game. It takes nothing to answer a phone call and he'd having pulling power.
 
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In an ideal world I’d love him to come back and be successful with us.

However it just has disaster written all over it. Roy Keane + 23 year old trust fund owner + director of football interested in data and a club philosophy :lol:
 
Mboma said:
He came here with no experience in management at all and took us from the bottom of the Championship to winning it....what do you think that was based on?

We're not playing Premier league football here, just look at the state of some of the managers we come up against in this league man....fat Evans, who looks more suited to driving the team bus than managing....Ainsworth and his team of heavy metal bully boys!

Are you seriously telling me you think Keane would fail at this level? Our trouble is we've employed managers who try to be too clever and overcomplicate the level we're at.
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Heavy metal bully boys - class !! I bet he’d love their away uniform to be leather jackets with tassels on the arms.
 
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