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Roy Keane

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from that chat with gary neville it really does sound as if he feels he has more to offer as a manager

and he is right their are managers that fail regularly and continue to get employed

personally I think as we have a young team he would be the perfect man to influence them at the start of their careers..especially as some of them look as if they can make the grade and are already being looked at by bigger teams..and you can have Roy Keane to give you advice or help you develop?
 

I think that will be a factor, also the fact we’ve been trounced far too many times this season and really If we don’t take 9 points in the next 3 games, we could be completely out of the race
ChrisK said:
This is making the LJ sacking look more like it had to happen to seal the JD move before the deadline.
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badlands said:
What is so obvious to me is how all of the journalists like Hope, Hunter, look for absolutely any negative to try and play the Keane appointment down.
We are causing so much media interest from League One they are hating it!
It’s so obvious and funny………😂😂
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That fcuker Downie wants to be banned covering us after what he said the other night which was professionally disgraceful and showed him up for what he is.

Hopefully Royston will see it. 😡
 
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Thatheaderman said:
Cheers Swindon.

The thing with Keane as being possible manager is more the fact he would not come if owner was half arsed. I've never thought he was but this would prove it.

I agree but just announce the bugger for me like. Unless not agreed of course. Which to me can be only reason. We must win either way.
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I agree with you on Keanes view regarding the owners commitment and desire. Like I said before, Keane was interviewing them, not the other way around. I hope KLD came across strongly, otherwise it could be Keane having second thoughts. I hope not.
 
Georgewhitt said:
I agree with you on Keanes view regarding the owners commitment and desire. Like I said before, Keane was interviewing them, not the other way around. I hope KLD came across strongly, otherwise it could be Keane having second thoughts. I hope not.
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Fuck me man he's not Pep is he? :lol: Keane should be lucky a club of our size is willing to get him into management 15 years after his last stint.
 
Altidore Step Overs said:
Fuck me man he's not Pep is he? :lol: Keane should be lucky a club of our size is willing to get him into management 15 years after his last stint.
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My heart agrees with you mate, but outside of our fanbase, we are looked upon as a Third division side that repeatedly fails to get promotion.
I know how big and influential we used to be as a club, but the rest of the world don't see it that way anymore buddy.
 
jayjaysafc said:
He'll be desperate for the job no doubt about it.
He just needs to feel that it's on his terms and give everyone else that impression
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See that's a red flag for me. I mean it's purely hypothetical as we have no idea what the interview was like. But I don't want any manager dictating terms to Speakman or KLD. Keane should be lucky that he's even been interviewed, because let's be honest there's hardly a queue of other suitors.
 
Altidore Step Overs said:
There's more to it than just motivating though, isn't there. I mean after 15 years, do we even know how he'll try to play football? How he'll organise a defence? What formation he'll play. He won't be allowed to sign players because of the DoF, which takes away one of my biggest concerns. You need more than a manager who can just give the players a rocket now a days.
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I'm sounding like a broken record, but he managed it last time around, and it's not like we were in the stone age then. Mourinho was managing in the PL at the same time as Keane, as was Wenger. You can't tell me that 15 years later he's going to be bamboozled by the tactical innovations brought to the game by Gareth Ainsworth and the Cowleys.
 
Altidore Step Overs said:
There's more to it than just motivating though, isn't there. I mean after 15 years, do we even know how he'll try to play football? How he'll organise a defence? What formation he'll play. He won't be allowed to sign players because of the DoF, which takes away one of my biggest concerns. You need more than a manager who can just give the players a rocket now a days.
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Arguably Keane's weakest attribute was his recruitment in the Premier league. I think he had far too big a remit personally, being solely responsible for all football matters was too big a job.

Obviously no one man is bigger than the current project, and our recruitment under this model has been excellent so we're not going to change it. Its a very different club and a very different job these days. I personally think it'd benefit Keane massively being in a more collaborative role within that structure. Time will tell whether he agrees or not.
 
Altidore Step Overs said:
There's more to it than just motivating though, isn't there. I mean after 15 years, do we even know how he'll try to play football? How he'll organise a defence? What formation he'll play. He won't be allowed to sign players because of the DoF, which takes away one of my biggest concerns. You need more than a manager who can just give the players a rocket now a days.
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My guess would be Roy Keane, he knows the game.
Football is full of cliches, coaching spiel
Keane has done his badges but the instructions will be simple, motivation is still 9 tenths of law in football. With all due respect to league one it’s the team highest motivated, doing the basics very well which usually win, Keane I’d imagine will replace ‘counter press’ with close people down, the emphasis will be on working harder than the opppositon , defenders do your jobs
This notion that he will be some sort of dinosaur out of touch is ridiculous
He’ll pick a team on the Saturday who he can rely on most to have a go for him I’d back his judgement
 
Roose Bolton said:
I'm sounding like a broken record, but he managed it last time around, and it's not like we were in the stone age then. Mourinho was managing in the PL at the same time as Keane, as was Wenger. You can't tell me that 15 years later he's going to be bamboozled by the tactical innovations brought to the game by Gareth Ainsworth and the Cowleys.
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Football moves fast though. He might be a success, ultimately he's a bit of an unknown quantity as we really have no idea how he'll do, as he hasn't had a recent club. I just feel you look at a lot of previous managers where the games passed them by - MicMac, O'Neill, Bruce, Pulis, Hughes, Lambert - just off the top of my head. 15 years ago O'Neill would have been a quality appointment. Now though, no one would touch him.
Safc1987 said:
My guess would be Roy Keane, he knows the game.
Football is full of cliches, coaching spiel
Keane has done his badges but the instructions will be simple, motivation is still 9 tenths of law in football. With all due respect to league one it’s the team highest motivated, doing the basics very well which usually win, Keane I’d imagine will replace ‘counter press’ with close people down, the emphasis will be on working harder than the opppositon , defenders do your jobs
This notion that he will be some sort of dinosaur out of touch is ridiculous
He’ll pick a team on the Saturday who he can rely on most to have a go for him I’d back his judgement
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I hope he will, I'd love him to be successful. I can't help but feel he's the wrong appointment though. Usually my thoughts are miles off the mark though so he'll probably be class and take us to the CL :lol:
 
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