Roy Keane - new assistant manager (CONFIRMED)

[silhillvilla]

The players must be thrilled and really buzzing for Monday now.

[martin o`who??]

Fantastic player, but grave doubts about his communication skills, has a history of flying off the handle, really cant see this being a step in the right direction from the Culverhouse/Kasra fiasco, sorry, i just cant.

[mr underhill]

I like his dog.

[levico]

I'm just baffled as to why he would be offered the job and baffled as to why he would accept it.

I'm sure it won't end well but I think it will be a brief spell of employment.

[Big Dick Edwards]

He was an exceptional player, without a doubt, but I've disliked him as a character ever since the arrogant way he publically humiliated his manager and let down the whole of Ireland when he went to a World Cup as captain of his country and had to be sent home in disgrace. I personally thought that was unforgivable but Ireland have since made him assistant manager so we can only hope that the good things Keane may bring to our club outweigh the bad.

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What was the issue at the 2002 World Cup with Keane?

[RussellC]

What was the issue at the 2002 World Cup with Keane?

I think it was initially with the poor training facilities that the Irish FA had arranged, but then became a very personal issue with Mick McCarthy, which had obviously been bubbling away under the surface.

[Jon Crofts]

What was the issue at the 2002 World Cup with Keane?

I think it was initially with the poor training facilities that the Irish FA had arranged, but then became a very personal issue with Mick McCarthy, which had obviously been bubbling away under the surface.

I can see his point and sympathise, being managed by Mick McCarthy would get on anyones tits.

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

What was the issue at the 2002 World Cup with Keane?

I think it was initially with the poor training facilities that the Irish FA had arranged, but then became a very personal issue with Mick McCarthy, which had obviously been bubbling away under the surface.

The Irish FA had completely fucked things up and it didn't help that the players flew 2nd class whilst the FAI went in first. I guess he thought they might back down and sort things out with the training facilities etc. He gave an interview in the paper and McCarthy had a go at him for it in a team meeting and all hell broke loose.

[Chris Jameson]

What was the issue at the 2002 World Cup with Keane?

I think it was initially with the poor training facilities that the Irish FA had arranged, but then became a very personal issue with Mick McCarthy, which had obviously been bubbling away under the surface.

I can see his point and sympathise, being managed by Mick McCarthy would get on anyones tits.

I like McCarthy, he was due to be working for the BBC on the World Cup. Anybody going to Brazil for the BBC had to attend a one day safety aware course, if you didn't you had to sign a form explaining your reasons why. McCarthy simply wrote 'I'm from Barnsley'.

[paul_e]

I'm just baffled as to why he would be offered the job and baffled as to why he would accept it.

I'm sure it won't end well but I think it will be a brief spell of employment.

I've pointed out before, there are plenty of reasons for him to accept, it's pretty much entirely risk free:

He keeps his existing job.
If it goes wrong he blames Lambert/the takeover.
If it goes well he gets most of the credit.

From the club point of view there's less but the key is that he's about the highest profile assistant we had any chance of getting, and that seems to have been the deciding factor.

[Can Gana Be Bettered!?!?]

People seem to have an issue with Keane being a bit moody. What's wrong with that? For years now the players have got away with murder. I get the impression MON wouldn't take any shit, and the team weren't too bad, so maybe he can do something similar?

[supertom]

First day of training and Gabby shanks a sitter 20 yards over the bar. He turns and catches the gaze of Roy Keane who simply says in a quiet yet threatening tone, "I'll give you a 10 second head start." Gabby thinks quicker than he ever has and reacts accordingly...

[Ger Regan]

There is no way that Keane is going to play second fiddle to Lambert, it just aint happening.
So either there is more to this, or the relationship with Lambert will be short lived.

Nonsense. He's assistant in the irish job too.

Not Nonsense, Yes to the much older more experienced and successful beloved Martin

Successful in scotland is it? Or do you mean the league cups in england that keane undoubtedly would hold in such high esteem?

Against Lamberts what exactly?

If you are arguing that Lambert is more successful than MON then this debate is beyond me.

No, that's not what I'm suggesting. It's really rather simple, I don't see someone like Keane, who has won so much, being so in awe of o'neill, who won two league cups in England and a few trophies in Scotland that he'd be happy to play 'second fiddle' to him and not lambert. Neither managers' records are particularly stellar (compared to what he achieved as a player at least), so I fail to see why it's a runner for one, and not for the other.

[dicedlam]

A player who played for Keane at Sunderland said on the Alan Brazil show this morning that he hardly ever took the training/coaching sessions.

Does anyone know if his job has been specifically stated as a coaching role?