Roy Keane - new assistant manager (CONFIRMED)

[Tokyo Sexwhale]

According to The Mirror, we're chasing him!

www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/aston-villa-chase-roy-keane-3638096

[N'ZMAV]

Get rid of two bullies and then appoint Roy Keane. Doubt it.

[cdbearsfan]

Struggling to see why anyone would turn down the manager's job at Celtic for an assistant job at Villa? Seems pretty unlikely.

[dave shelley]

This could make sense from Keane's point of view.  He gets to continue with Ireland, keeps his hand in at club level and, should any take-over occur and the new owners don't fancy him; he goes back to Ireland with possibly a pay-off and non the worse for wear.  It's a win win for him.

[Phil from the upper holte]

Fuck off no way. Cowans is the man END OF

[LeeB]

In the absence of anything remotely resembling hope at Villa Park, I'll take bringing Keane in.

I do wonder if some of those fans sat by the dugouts would be so chirpy.

[Matt C]

I'd take that.

He's someone who perhaps will do better as a coach rather than manager I suspect.

[SO Villa]

I'd take that.

He's someone who perhaps will do better as a coach rather than manager I suspect.

I'm not sure about that. He doesn't strike me as somebody who would have the necessary patience to work with players less talented than he was. ie. our entire squad.

[Matt C]

He demands the best. We could with a bit of that about the place.

[not3bad]

Well, I didn't see that one coming, even as a rumour.

[olaftab]

Oh my word! What a depressing article all around. Take on a complete failure at club management level and let him keep his other jobs. How desperate are we now? And to top it all Senderos.....

[Toronto Villa]

He demands the best. We could with a bit of that about the place.

he hates losing that much we all know. I wouldn't want him as manager because there is so much more to the job. But we need to create a culture of winning down there and for all of his faults he's done plenty of winning. I'd be surprised if this is true though.

[SoccerHQ]

As people are saying he could be a good appointment concerning the young players like Lowton, Westwood and Weimann who's standards unquestionably dropped last season.

My main issue is if we have a poor start and get rid of Lambert I wouldn't be as confident with Keane in a caretaker role on a limited budget than say someone like Steve Clarke.

[Smirker]

I'd take that.

He's someone who perhaps will do better as a coach rather than manager I suspect.

He's a psycho. Don't want him anywhere near the club.

[Villa in Denmark]

I'd take that.

He's someone who perhaps will do better as a coach rather than manager I suspect.

He's a psycho. Don't want him anywhere near the club.

He's definitely not the most stable of individuals, and I definitely don't want him associated with the club in any way, shape or form.