Roy Keane - new assistant manager (CONFIRMED)

[Chris Jameson]

If it were to happen, he could hardly make things worse.

At the very least the interviews after the match will be entertaining, I can't imagine him saying how well they were doing until the fifth goal went in. 

[yaliekins]

No idea whether or not he'll make a good coach but I can't stand the guy, never have done.  If he had the ability to teach a midfield to boss games I'm sure he would have a better CV as a coach rather than walking into a Premier League job then rapidly dropping off & becoming a pundit (save for a PR appointment with ROI).

Another brick in the wall for my disillusionment with Villa.  Very, very tough times.

[olaftab]

I can't understand why people are getting so upset about it.  Keane certainly knows the game and he may be a very good coach so let's just see. 

So has he got all the coaching badges that a top level Coach should have?

[Jon Crofts]

I can't understand why people are getting so upset about it.  Keane certainly knows the game and he may be a very good coach so let's just see. 

So has he got all the coaching badges that a top level Coach should have?

This is Aston Villa under Paul & Randy, we don't do top level.

[ozzjim]

Didn't he get Sunderland promoted? So he can't be totally useless.

[bertlambshank]

I can't get my head round this one at all.

[SamTheMouse]

Didn't he get Sunderland promoted? So he can't be totally useless.

Yeah, I thought that. Then I remembered that Lambert got Norwich promoted, and McLeish got Small Heath promoted.

[Jon Crofts]

Didn't he get Sunderland promoted? So he can't be totally useless.

Quite.

Maybe he's even learned from his mistakes of the past?  Nah bollocks, lets just slate the fecker before he even gets appointed.

[Ron Manager]

Mmmmm. Keane as coach. Hutton as captain. Wait a minute. Sir Alex is lazin' around back in his homeland. Perhaps we could could sack Lambert and bring Taggart in as manager. He of course wouldn't do the post match interviews (unless we had won) but Roy would and thats always entertaining.

Im beginning to warm to Randy's forward thinking

I shouldn't think the players are though!

[olaftab]

He got Sunderland promoted as champions & hadn't won a game when he was appointed.
Admit he didn't do anything at Ipswich though.

And after he got Sunderland promoted they just about managed to survive in the first season and  he walked out half way through second with Sunderland firmly in bottom 3. Where is the improvement he is going to bring our  way?

[Slaphead]

I can't understand why people are getting so upset about it.  Keane certainly knows the game and he may be a very good coach so let's just see. 

So has he got all the coaching badges that a top level Coach should have?

I am sure coaching badges are just a novelty and probably not necessary to become a good coach, just a technicality. Either way we are not appointing him as manager and I think his past experience along with working with the Ireland squad may benefit us. Also we need to remember that at least he will know the club before he takes us over and gets us promoted again.

[MoetVillan]

This has got HR violation written all over it

What the fuck is that then?

Sorry, I just heard R5 this morning, and after what appears to have happened with karsa and Culverhouse, the last person i expected to be lined up is someone who is apparently noted for being a big shouty man. 

Added to that the similarites between MON and RK seem quite large...  If he signs, all the very best, and im hopeful he will do a great job, he has got some skill, its just chanelling it, im just a little concerned at this point.

[brian green]

You can be sure if he comes the first name on the team sheet will be Chris Herd. I like a hard fouling bastard in a Villa shirt.

[IAmTheOneIanOlney]

His record as a manager is kind of irrelevant, he's not going to have all of the extra burdens a manager has. So as a coach, you'd think he's going to be closer to his on-field persona than his off-field.

Not everyone's cup of tea, but surely there have to be some positives to bringing in one of the greatest players of his generation who captained and motivated every single player around him in several multi-talented, trophy winning teams? 

[Monty]

My favourite excerpt (I think from the BBC) about Keane was 'Keane is not known as a coach, nor as someone who will improve teams tactically'. Then what the fuck precisely does he do?