Roy Keane - new assistant manager (CONFIRMED)

[supertom]

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?

Not many managers do tend to take coaching sessions these days it seems. I would imagine that Keane's main focus will be on training for this role. Though I don't think he'll be there all the time. I imagine he'll be flitting in and out of Villa.

[paul_e]

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?

Not many managers do tend to take coaching sessions these days it seems. I would imagine that Keane's main focus will be on training for this role. Though I don't think he'll be there all the time. I imagine he'll be flitting in and out of Villa.

I agree, which is why I think another coach will be announced before long, I'll be pretty upset if that doesn't happen.

[Gregorys Boy]

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.

But being a sucessful player is not the same as doing it as a manager.  So far Keane has done very little as manager and given his spell at Ipswich and how things ended at Sunderland he could do with learning a bit more.  I think he has an ideal tutor in MON who does have a lot of experience and has done extremely well most places he has worked.  With Lambert I can see more of a problem, but then getting those back to back promotions at Norwich on shoe string budget still trumps anything Keane has done.

[Ger Regan]

Which is a fair and reasonable point. It's a world away from the post I initially responded to.

[pauliewalnuts]

This should be interesting:

https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/484308876477882368

[Ger Regan]

This should be interesting:

https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/484308876477882368

This made me chuckle.

@AVFCOfficial where's Jack Woodwood? #Hiding #avfc

[Pat McMahon]

If Keane can increase the level of professionalism, raise the never say die levels (currently in vogue with a lot of unfancied teams at this world cup) and help with the mental side of the game then that can be a big help to Lambert.

He does polarise people, as we see on here, and will probably eclipse Lambert in media interest. The easiest way to start a fight in the Blarney Stone in Shanghai is to start a discussion about Roy Keane after midnight. Loved and despised in equal measure.

[RussellC]

This should be interesting:

https://twitter.com/AVFCOfficial/status/484308876477882368

Looks like they've taken Woodward out of the firing line anyway. The first sign of common sense at the club for quite some time!

[ChicagoLion]

Which is a fair and reasonable point. It's a world away from the post I initially responded to.

OK Maybe Keane has learnt a little humility and wants to learn the trade properly rather than follow the course he has been on. If that is the case then good luck to him. I cant help feeling though that the personality traits he has displayed in the past wont come to the fore. I think at the end of the day he will have too strong a personality for Lambert.


I am quite looking forward to seeing him march to the edge of the pitch barking orders and pointing.

[Ads]

If people think Lambert is a delicate flower then they're mistaken.

[UK Redsox]

I am quite looking forward to seeing him march to the edge of the pitch barking orders and pointing.

Peter Grant was a great pointer and shouter. Its just that none of the players ever appeared to look at him

[Ger Regan]

Which is a fair and reasonable point. It's a world away from the post I initially responded to.

OK Maybe Keane has learnt a little humility and wants to learn the trade properly rather than follow the course he has been on. If that is the case then good luck to him. I cant help feeling though that the personality traits he has displayed in the past wont come to the fore. I think at the end of the day he will have too strong a personality for Lambert.


I am quite looking forward to seeing him march to the edge of the pitch barking orders and pointing.

I'm loathed to reference it as it's early days and results haven't been good, but there hasn't been a hint of any issues with him in a similar role with the Irish squad.

[GordonCowansisthegreatest]

Clark says that he's been brilliant with the Irish squad!

[montague]

That picture of him holding the shirt - wish that was 20 years ago!!

[IAmTheOneIanOlney]

Says in the interview that it's going to be a massive job "over the next few years". Could be nothing, could be an indication that things are going to get worse before they get better.