Roy Keane - new assistant manager (CONFIRMED)

[Villa in Denmark]

^^^^^Populism will carry him a long, long way.

[PeterWithesShin]

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.

He didn't seem to mind them helping pay his wages.

[dave.woodhall]

It's a fake.

[supertom]

“It might seem strange but you find out about characters when you look to see who’s in charge of the music. A young lad might want to put on the latest sound; an older player might say: ‘I’m the senior player’ and put himself in charge. But I noticed none of the players [at Sunderland] were in charge of the music and this was a concern for me. A member of staff was in charge. I was looking at him thinking: ‘I hope someone nails him here.’ The last song before the players went on to the pitch was ‘Dancing Queen’ by Abba. What really worried me was that none of the players – not one – said: ‘Get that shit off.’ They were going out to play a match, men versus men, testosterone levels were high. You’ve got to hit people at pace. Fuckin’ ‘Dancing Queen.’ It worried me. I didn’t have as many leaders as I thought."
This one made me laugh.

[Ads]

Managers always talk about leaders, big voices in the dressing room.

When you look at Villa sides over the years two words stick out on the adverb too, these being quiet and nice.

[berneboy]

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

Blimey, I got 10.
Thanks for the Guardian links - it saves me buying the book!

[dave shelley]

If Roy Keane hates ABBA, then; he'll do for me.

[usav]

If Roy Keane hates ABBA, then; he'll do for me.

ABBA are fucking brill.

[Villa in Denmark]

If Roy Keane hates ABBA, then; he'll do for me.

ABBA are fucking brillo pads.

Fixed 

[Mister E]

If Roy Keane hates ABBA, then; he'll do for me.

ABBA are fucking brill.

And Brotherhood of Man are fucking haddock.

[john e]

If Roy Keane hates ABBA, then; he'll do for me.

ABBA are fucking brill.

And Brotherhood of Man are fucking haddock.

Mate of mines party piece is to sing the whole of Angelo normally whilst standing on a table top pissed
He's a Yorkshire nutter to make things even funnier

[peter w]

Angelorrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[not3bad]

If Roy Keane hates ABBA, then; he'll do for me.

ABBA are fucking brill.

And Brotherhood of Man are fucking haddock.

Save All Your Kisses was the dog's but they sold out with Gigalo.

[peter w]

The Mosh pit cried another tear after Save All Your Kisses

[Nelly]

In his third book, I fully expect him now to come out with similar, mildly unpleasant anecdotes about his time with us.