Roy Keane - new assistant manager (CONFIRMED)

[Ron Manager]

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?

Stands at the side of the pitch with one of his several Rottweillers  on a piece of string!

Brilliant tactical thinking.

[Ads]

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?

He waterboards players until they play better.

[olaftab]

And Monty that in a nutshell makes me really doubt Lambert's fitness to make good decisions.
There is all this talk about he is a fighter, he is a winner, he takes no nonsense is of no value at all. He has failed as a Manager/Coach/Motivator during his season and half in the PL with Sunderland and Ipswich a bit lower.

[kiddylion]

Is his cv as a manager/coach actually any worse than that of Culverhouse,Karsa,Peter Grant,macallister who have all held the position in the last 4 seasons?

[Des Little]

This is all becoming a great big fucking nightmare.

[Dante Lavelli]

Lambert appears to think that a hard bar-steward compliments his style.  Which suggests he see's himself as the good cuddly cop compared tothe Karsa/Keane 'bad cop'.  I cannot say I see it that wat albeit it's hard to garner any sort of personality characteristics from the interviews he gives.

Regardless what I think the club needs is better coaching so would have preferred a Clarke type appointment where the players are drilled into playing a certain type of football rather than just applying more pressure and fear onto the players.

[Dave Javu]

Now he's pulled out of travelling to Brazil to be a pundit.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/03/roy-keane-pulls-out-world-cup-brazil-2014-itv-pundit

uh-oh.

[Nirog72]

Just ? from me. What is going on.

[PaulWinch again]

Him quitting punditry suggests he's probably decided to join.

[RussellC]

I actually think Keane has mellowed a bit in recent years. He's actually made me chuckle a couple of times on tv this season, the first with his "I'd always be worried if Stewart Downing was my captain" prior to West Ham getting spanked by Forrest and then with his comment about not catching Fergie if he was to throw him in the air in celebration.

[The Laughing Policeman]

He's off to the States with the Republic on Wednesday so if it's going to happen it'll be in the next few hours.

[papa lazarou]

There seems to be many assumptions regarding this potential appointment.
It could well be that he is not devoid of any creative tactical talent and he might have learnt a lot over the last few years.
if he does retain his supposed nasty streak well all well and good when you consider some of our players performances last season.

[supertom]

It would appear that if this comes to fruition it'll be more a case of it being the best we can do for now. With the club as it is right now, we're going to find it hard hiring a good coaching team on a temporary basis. If it suits Keane to come in for a couple of weeks/months or however long the uncertainty around the club lasts, then so be it. Will he have much of an impact on results? Not really. Will he make us (God forbid) any worse? Probably not (because that would take quite something).

If he pulls a Roy Keane he'll end up getting waved on his way and we'll be back to how we were for the last few games of the season.

As things stand we're not going to get any better. Any coach worth his salt will come in knowing full well that Lambert is basically a dead man walking, and any subsequent manager will probably come in with their own team.

I just wish we could get this takeover done and dusted ASAP, so we can have a bit of certainty about who we can and can't get in the playing and coaching staff.

[WarszaVillan]

Of course this could be just the first appointment. Keane alongside a technical coach would look better.

[RussellC]

Lambert appears to think that a hard bar-steward compliments his style.  Which suggests he see's himself as the good cuddly cop compared tothe Karsa/Keane 'bad cop'.  I cannot say I see it that wat albeit it's hard to garner any sort of personality characteristics from the interviews he gives.

Regardless what I think the club needs is better coaching so would have preferred a Clarke type appointment where the players are drilled into playing a certain type of football rather than just applying more pressure and fear onto the players.

Yes Keane had a (very) nasty-streak, but I think we're completely overlooking that he was technically (and tactically) a very good footballer. He also had an engine as good as any player I've ever seen.