Roy Keane - new assistant manager (CONFIRMED)

[bob]

Non-story in a very messy article.

[Dave]

Nah, sorry, he's horrible, just can't see any positive spin on this.
http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/Stoke-City-Roy-Keane-sinks-new-low-Clive-Clarke/story-23054603-detail/story.html

Not that fussed. He hardly wished death on him.

No, but there are lots of steps between "wishing death on somebody" and "decent, normal human being".

This one probably falls somewhere around the 'being an insensitive prick' mark.

[eamonn]

Yeah, I think if he wasn't with us most would be labelling him a twat for all these "revelations".

[PeterWithesShin]

I'm labeling him a twat anyway. Imagine McLeish saying something similar about Stan.

[peter w]

Or wouldn't care.

[London Villan]

I think Keane's book it going to bring all sorts of attention and reaction onto us in the coming weeks.

[Villa in Denmark]

Guardian Quiz.  Mussolini, Keane or Confucius

I scored 7

Other Guardian articles

Keane: ‘mid-life crisis has been going on for years’
Keane reveals details behind explosive United exit
Roy Keane: 10 more gems, including Abba, Robbie Savage and Cork men

[dave.woodhall]

I think Keane's book it going to bring all sorts of attention and reaction onto us in the coming weeks.

I bet it doesn't.

[joe_c]

If that article is indicative of its output, The Stoke Sentinel is The Sunday Mercury's evil needlessly outraged twin.

[Dave]

I think Keane's book it going to bring all sorts of attention and reaction onto us in the coming weeks.

I bet it doesn't.

I expect that it'll bring a fair bit of attention onto him, but then again he's got books to shift.

I presume that it's no accident that it's being published in a week when football writers have very little else to write about.

[London Villan]

Do you not think it will. There will be a circus around him in the next few weeks.

[OCD]

I did like this quote from Keane -

"To be honest I never cared much for Manchester United fans. For the most part they're clueless glory hunters, trying to add a sense of accomplishment to their own pointless lives by jumping on the bandwagon of a successful sporting club, in many cases on the other side of the world."

[dave.woodhall]

Do you not think it will. There will be a circus around him in the next few weeks.

Again, I doubt it. 'Ex-player writes book' isn't a massive story. 

[PeterWithesShin]

Do you not think it will. There will be a circus around him in the next few weeks.

Again, I doubt it. 'Ex-player writes book' isn't a massive story. 

It may not go on for weeks, but any book that includes headbutting Schmeichel, insults Manure fans, digs at Fergie and all the other stuff is going to get a fair whack of publicity.

[Damo70]

I did like this quote from Keane -

"To be honest I never cared much for Manchester United fans. For the most part they're clueless glory hunters, trying to add a sense of accomplishment to their own pointless lives by jumping on the bandwagon of a successful sporting club, in many cases on the other side of the world."

That may well be my favourite sporting quote of all time. Even better than that 'If' poem at Wimbledon that Bjorn Borg writ.