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Roy Keane

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Sweeper said:
That's not true. I have serious concerns about his competence and I'm basing that on facts and publicly-available info.

He has overseen a recruitment "philosophy" which has us fielding a first-choice back five (assuming Huggins was fit), which includes four players with an average age of 20 and with no full senior season between them. And we are all wondering why we leak goals like we do? I mean, really?!

He sacked a manager over a week ago with no replacement lined up, and that led to the absolute circus of having three youth coaches holding a live crisis meeting in the technical area for an hour and a half on Saturday. Not to mention three easy points pissed away.

In the meantime, he decided on Monday that it would be a good idea to leave the club with only two fit "senior" centre halves (I use the term senior loosely, as one of those two has not long turned 18). No "football person" - no actual manager with responsibility for results - would even contemplate doing something so f***ing stupid as that.
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Well said. I've defended him many a time on here but find myself unable to support his actions over the events listed above. At the very least he appears to have scuppered our automatic promotion hopes. Our defensive situation represents a massive gamble, fingers crossed it doesn't wreck our chances via the play offs.
 

viccarlton said:
Not sure that anyone on here will have the answer but did we approach Keane or did he apply for a vacant position?
Two different scenarios which would I imagine determine who was doing the negotiating and who was in a position to play hard ball?
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I'd read that when we sacked Johnson he'd approached us last Monday to let us know he was interested. I'd guess that would have been through his representatives rather than direct but that makes little difference. We were supposedly surprised but very happy that he was interested.
 
Guinness Guzzler said:
You're right, so there's definitely a chance, but again it's going to take a massive and very quick change to get that lot who have conceded 8 to Bolton and Doncaster to suddenly win almost every game. Hell we haven't even got enough centre backs so god help him if we get injuries (of which we've had many). I'd see it as a 1 in 10 chance of automatics, at best, even with keane. But regardless, whether it's play offs to prepare for or a highly unexpected amazing run to automatics , either way we need him in now, not in a couple of games time
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The state those players were in on Saturday it’s going to take longer than one game to turn around. Seems quite a few folk on here think hes going to work a miracle. He may well do that but it’s not going to happen overnight. Anyone expecting it isn’t being fair to him.
 
Boot Cleaner said:
Anyone who isn't Roy Keane is gonna be under pressure from day one... 😂
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Nah they’ll have a spreadsheet mapping out the stress/results axis and present it to Speakman and all will be well.

I mean we’ll have been thumped by both Cheltenham and Wimbledon by this point but as long as the new manager follows “the philosophy” then winning games is irrelevant.
 
West_Winger said:
Alex Neil whose win percentage as a manager started at 50, dropped to 41 at Norwich and was 37 in his last job.

Another typically shit appointment if that happens. Totally uninspiring.
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Sadly he's as good as were likely to get if we don't go for Keane, or take a punt on someone like Terry. And it's pretty depressing. Got Norwich up via a play off, relegated, then sacked for not being in a play off place the next season. Gets Preston 7th, then 14th, then 9th, then sacked with them 16th. I know people have said it was a hard job etc but he's never built anything. To me that record suggests he's yet another bang average plodder who might get lucky (maybe a striker who happens to be a great signing etc) but overall has very little ability and couldn't give confidence that he'd get us promoted. It really has to be someone to give the fans a boost, depressing as owt if it's someone like Neil rocking up
 
Remember one crucial fact.
We're looking for a coach.
Roy Keane didn't do much of that last time, he delegated it to Tony Loughlin and the others.
 
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