Roy Keane - new assistant manager (CONFIRMED)

[Mister E]

when there is lots of doubt as there is with us right now then going with someone you know makes sense. Also, what are we offering those other coaches in terms of security when all of them will know that we are for sale, and the manager that just hired them could be fired? And very likely so will members of the existing coaching staff. Putting aside any personal feelings on Keane we need a short term fix and this could be it.

And then again, it may not be.
There are others who would bring greater technical nous and I don't see how the p/t element is really going to work.

[brian green]

The cynic in me says Keane is a cheap available known name to put a bit of tinsel around the club in the shop window. I don't think the players need more in their faces discipline. They have clearly had a bellyful of that and the results are apparent. However, the "who" of this issue is of less importance than the "why".  The sale of the club which we believed to be imminent must be a speck on the horizon if anywhere at all. Allowing Lambert ti bring in a friend to help him and the friend agreeing to come indicates there is very little interest in buying the club in its present state. Either that or as already posted it's a knights move two forward and one to the side which has Lambert moving to Celtic and Keane taking his place.

[peter w]

I really don't think this is on the cards. Keane has had little to no success as a manager and as bizarre as Lerner's managerial appointments have been there has been a sense of logic and hoping to move Villa forward with them. Even TSM had won something. As a self-styled Villa fan I really cannot see Lerner leaving with the new owners wanting Keane in charge. Also, Lambert will be fighting tooth and nail to keep his job and there is no reason for him to want to go to the footballing dead water of Scottish football.

[brian green]

I hope you are right Peter, especially the bit about Lerner being a Villa fan albeit self styled.

[aj2k77]

Bizarre rumour, that doesn't make much sense on the face of it?..... yep that'll be the results of a Lerner brainstorm session. Please can the semmanites hurry up and take him back.

[Ads]

If Keane is who Lambert wants, then its only right the club backs him.

[Villa in Denmark]

Keane is a winner full stop. Out of interest, to fans who don't want Keane who do you want?

René Meulensteen, Carlos Queiroz and Ray Wilkins are all currently available.

That's three of the more obvious names.

I'm sure there are other talented younger out there with bright ideas, who would relish the chance to cut their teeth at a club like the Villa.

But as is often the case with British football, when in doubt, go with your mates.

Carlos Queiroz is currently Irans national coach and has been since 2011.  He's about to take them to the World Cup in Brazil.

[Chris Smith]

If Keane is who Lambert wants, then its only right the club backs him.

Yep, and if the two of them survive the upheaval of the takeover it is because they are doing a good job, if not they are out and the new owners bring in their own choice.

[DeeBoy1]

I really don't think this is on the cards. Keane has had little to no success as a manager and as bizarre as Lerner's managerial appointments have been there has been a sense of logic and hoping to move Villa forward with them. Even TSM had won something. As a self-styled Villa fan I really cannot see Lerner leaving with the new owners wanting Keane in charge. Also, Lambert will be fighting tooth and nail to keep his job and there is no reason for him to want to go to the footballing dead water of Scottish football.

But this is not some spurious rumour? It's in every single news source as him having talks or 'set to take' the role. Not saying it's nailed on that they will come to an agreement but it seems to me that they are certainly in talks and Keane has definitely pulled out of the ITV team.

[villasjf]

I dont want this man anywhere near our club.

[ktvillan]

It would appear to amount to replacing one in-yer-face bully with another.  Maybe that's Lambert's MO, get a second in command to push the lads around a bit, and who better than someone with the soft skills and man-management approach of Vlad the Impaler.   It worked brilliantly last time, so why not?

[silhillvilla]

They are probably trying to piss lambert off so much he will walk

[Brend'Watkins]

It would appear to amount to replacing one in-yer-face bully with another. 

A no nonsense approach to the game does not make you a bully.  There's a difference.  I can imagine if you get on the wrong side of Keane he might be a bit intimidating but a bully? No, no evidence of that.

[Chris Smith]

They are probably trying to piss lambert off so much he will walk

I thought Keane was a friend of his.

[silhillvilla]

They are probably trying to piss lambert off so much he will walk

I thought Keane was a friend of his.

I didn't realise that.