Hes not everyones cup of tea but former United captain and Corkman Roy Keane has never been afraid to tell it like it is. Honest to a fault some would say. Like his tale of how he was trying to sign Robbie Savage for Sunderland and when he rang him he got his voicemail. "It was Robbie saying whassssssup like the Budweiser ad, I hung up and never rang him back. I couldnt ****ing be signing that." please log in to view this image
Been reading the snippets from the book on the tabloid sites, love the way he lifts the lid on the sly and slimey ways of Ferguson. And the story of him giving their racist keeper a black eye in their hotel when the club were touring preseason.
He's actually not, having been out with him on numerous occasions in the past <I used drink with his brother> hes a very quiet no bullshit kind of fella with a dark sense of humour. Even when he was off the drink and just drinking orange juice he was still good craic if you got his sense of humour.
As opposed to jumping on the bandwagon of playing for a successful sporting club that you hitherto had no genuine affiliation with? Of course all successful clubs gain a substantial number of plastic glory-hunters, but comments like that are disrespectful to the many thousands of genuine fans. Roy Keane does not "tell it like it is" - he tells it how he sees it- and that isn't necessarily the same thing.
still a complete tosser. comes off as up his own hole pretending nobodys opinion matters but really ferguson and utd hurt him badly. the beard suggests wild mood swings and frankly his actions over time show a man who can't stand his own company.... i'd say he' got a depressive side in there
It's the fact he took out that other player- deliberately trying to go in with a challenge to end the other guys career. He admitted afterwards that that was his intention. (he also admitted to try and injure opposition players for strategic advantage- directed by Fergie of course). Any player who deliberately injures another player (especially if the intention is for it to be career threatening) can never be forgiven. I could forgive him being a Manc. Giggs, Scholes, etc don't bother me. It's the deliberately injuring people that bothers me. He once made a comment about diving and play acting and how it is ruining the game. As bad and annoying as all the diving/play acting is- I'd take that over deliberate physical attacks anyday.
I don't like Keane that much but he doesn't pull any punches which deserves respect. He's definitely not at home with himself hence the drinking before he took the footie properly. I imagine that focus on something be it boozing or kicking a ball took him out / away from himself. Interested in reading the book anyways.
Sorry Hash, have to agree with Milk -and others- on this. It matters not that one is a quietly-spoken, interesting to talk- to guy in the pub if you can turn into a ****ing psycho on the pitch and set out deliberately to maim somebody. For me, stories of how nice he can be just conjure up a Jekyll and Hyde figure rather than a misunderstood innocent.
Fair enough points ... perhaps im a bit biased but I can only go on what ive experienced first hand Like the night we were all laughing and then out of the blue he stuck a pint glass in my neck.* *this may never have happened
I'm warming to him now...... Yeah, you have to speak as you find, and I've never met the bloke so we'll just have to differ on it. I actually agree with some of the things he says on occasion. I only got into it because I think the quote I originally copied is a bit rich coming from someone who made himself rich from playing for a team he had no interest in because they were a top team and then to get all high and mighty over fans that do the same.
As I said unfortunately that quote is a wum thats doing rounds. I posted it here as its more likely to get a united response here than their board.
Now that you mention it , it has to be true if its on the internet. Roy gets 5 bonus points in my book
Bloody heck Hash! He did that? The monster! I'll get the pitchforks! No one does that to one of our own and gets away with it.
Its ok milk he laughed afterwards so we all laughed too. I think I was laughing but then I passed out
