Keane's book
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No tbh, I don't like him and never have tbh.
He demands respect but never misses the chance to have a go at other people, often behind their backs.
I went right off him as a player, because he was a dirty thug. And as for that nonsense playing for Ireland under Mick Mac 
Then he came to SAFC and turned the club round and I was singing his name along with most. But when he got the hump with Ellis for phoning him up en route to work from his home in Cheshire I went back to thinking he's an arrogant twat. Which he is.
Then he came to SAFC and turned the club round and I was singing his name along with most. But when he got the hump with Ellis for phoning him up en route to work from his home in Cheshire I went back to thinking he's an arrogant twat. Which he is.
He claims Ronaldo came to United as he made O'Shea look like a clown. 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...use-he-made-John-OShea-look-like-a-clown.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...use-he-made-John-OShea-look-like-a-clown.html
I went right off him as a player, because he was a dirty thug. And as for that nonsense playing for Ireland under Mick Mac
I can't ever remember a more disgraceful exhibition from an English speaking international.
****ting on a club/opponent/team-mate is one thing but your country ......
I'm still gonna read it.
Even if it's just to find out about the fight with Schmeichel when he nutted him.
I read Gary Nevilles autobiography a while back "RED".
And to be honest it was too sanitised, no inside information about things that weren't in the public domain.
It was like he didn't want to upset anyone, and he drones on about how he trained hard to make up for his deficiencies as a player.
Was no where near enough insight into a huge club.
Even if it's just to find out about the fight with Schmeichel when he nutted him.
I read Gary Nevilles autobiography a while back "RED".
And to be honest it was too sanitised, no inside information about things that weren't in the public domain.
It was like he didn't want to upset anyone, and he drones on about how he trained hard to make up for his deficiencies as a player.
Was no where near enough insight into a huge club.
He claims Ronaldo came to United as he made O'Shea look like a clown.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...use-he-made-John-OShea-look-like-a-clown.html
To be fair so did Dwight Gayle
He is living on his past, did OK for us but has not done a thing since but fail, take away the controversy and very little remains. Arrogance personified.
I lost a lot of respect for Keane when he left Scholes and Giggs out of his United 11 in that programme with Vieira last year, I thought it was petty and pathetic of him. So I'm not exactly his biggest fan, but the guy is still right up there at the top with a select few for me, and from personal experience, he seems really calm and down to earth as a person when talking to him.
I'll never be able to judge Keane's arrogance, based on his failure to toe-the-line and conform to 'how things should be on the pitch', for me this is ridiculous because there's no way United would have won as much as they have without him being that exact person.
He remains one of my favourite players of all time, I don't care what he says about Fergie, we all know Fergie wasn't an angel but he had no grounds to leave Scholes and Giggs out!
I'll never be able to judge Keane's arrogance, based on his failure to toe-the-line and conform to 'how things should be on the pitch', for me this is ridiculous because there's no way United would have won as much as they have without him being that exact person.
He remains one of my favourite players of all time, I don't care what he says about Fergie, we all know Fergie wasn't an angel but he had no grounds to leave Scholes and Giggs out!
Smug, because of my involvement with the SAFC Tackle It programme when he was manager of Sunderland, I spoke to Roy Keane and his version of events in the 2002 World Cup was completely different from that portrayed by the media.
I hated him because of the tackle on David Buust, but I take people as I find them and once I had met him my impression of him changed completely. I am not easily impressed by people I meet but I will say that I have never met a more honest, principled person, he was candid and forthright but very open with everything we spoke about.
Former Sunderland AFC manager Roy Keane has admitted to secretly feeling glad one of his players had suffered a heart attack.
Keane who was Sunderland boss from 2006 to 2008 was in charge the night the Black Cats lost 3-0 away to Luton Town in the Carling Cup in 2007.
That same evening Clive Clarke was on-loan from Sunderland to Leicester and playing for the Foxes against Nottingham Forest, when news broke the defender had suffered a heart attack during the game.
Former Manchester United captain Keane, writing in his new autobiography ‘The Second Half’ added:
“The news came through to us after the game.
“The madness of football: we’d been beaten 3-0 by Luton, a shocking result, but at the press conference after the game I said that football results really didn’t matter and I mentioned that Clive Clarke had had a heart attack.
“And I had the evil thought ‘I’m glad he had it tonight’. Because it would deflect from our woeful performance.
That was the world I was in.”
Keane who was Sunderland boss from 2006 to 2008 was in charge the night the Black Cats lost 3-0 away to Luton Town in the Carling Cup in 2007.
That same evening Clive Clarke was on-loan from Sunderland to Leicester and playing for the Foxes against Nottingham Forest, when news broke the defender had suffered a heart attack during the game.
Former Manchester United captain Keane, writing in his new autobiography ‘The Second Half’ added:
“The news came through to us after the game.
“The madness of football: we’d been beaten 3-0 by Luton, a shocking result, but at the press conference after the game I said that football results really didn’t matter and I mentioned that Clive Clarke had had a heart attack.
“And I had the evil thought ‘I’m glad he had it tonight’. Because it would deflect from our woeful performance.
That was the world I was in.”
Keane was nowhere near that tackle so that's not a good reason to hate him, Irwin and McClair if I recall correctly.
My impression of Roy Keane is that he's a very up front & honest guy, says it as he sees it & doesn't give a flying **** who he upsets.
I like people like that & I enjoy his punditry.
I've read his first book & found it very interesting, honest & insightful & I'll probably read the new one.
He was very reckless at times on the pitch but he was a hell of a player.
I loved watching him up against Patrick Viera.
I like people like that & I enjoy his punditry.
I've read his first book & found it very interesting, honest & insightful & I'll probably read the new one.
He was very reckless at times on the pitch but he was a hell of a player.
I loved watching him up against Patrick Viera.
Sorry mate, its my owld-timers disease, yes it was Alf-Inge Haland, my mistake. Buust was also a terrible break but Keane was not to blame
