Tom 13836 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 I swear they start them themselves just to get excited Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Good line on MotD2 on sunday about him looking like a submarine captain. Either way he's going down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Roy Keane was today accused of "losing the plot" and stumbling around "in a fog" as a man "doomed" to failure. By way of making matters worse for analysis came from someone he once appeared close to. Eamonn Dunphy is rarely backward in coming forward with an opinion and the former Millwall footballer turned Irish broadcaster and writer has essayed a scathing deconstruction of Keane's failings. Evidently no longer as friendly with his compatriot as when they collaborated on a celebrated and insightful autobiography of the former Manchester United midfielder in 2002, Dunphy had no inhibitions about querying Keane's mental state on Radio Five Live. "He is rambling about all sorts of things and it's really ridiculous," said Dunphy reflecting on Sunderland's run of six defeats in seven games. "He is in serious danger of getting relegated but I think that Roy Keane is beginning to believe the Roy Keane mythology. "He is pontificating on everything. He's lost the plot. I have the highest regard for him, he's a remarkable, intelligent, family man, but he's lost the plot big time. "He hasn't had a settled side and I think he is in a fog at the moment. Everyone gets there at some point in your life, when things get too much for you. You don't know where the levers for control are and he's making some really silly decisions. He paid all that money for Anton Ferdinand and dropped him. Then there is [El Hadji] Diouf on the bench and out of favour." Dunphy emphasised that this is far from a knee-jerk conclusion. "It has been apparent to me for the last 18 months that Roy Keane isn't going to be a serious manager," he stressed. "Like a lot of great players he doesn't appear cut out for management. It's becoming increasingly apparent. I just don't think he has the qualities." Keane's ghostwriter feels Sunderland's manager is a particularly poor shopper. "If you look at the remarkable, staggering number of players he has brought in and out, he has wasted a lot of money," said Dunphy. "Maybe Roy needed to start, like [brian] Clough, down in the lower divisions and learn the business of management and all its aspects. I think it takes two or three years to learn how to deal with directors, how to operate in the transfer market and how to set up scouting systems." Dunphy also suspects that the recent arrival of the Irish American financier Ellis Short as Sunderland's new majority shareholder has altered the boardroom chemistry. "Roy Keane is not a quitter," he said. "But there is a new owner and the goalposts have moved. I think the whole project is doomed." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 The Times, Mirror and Irish Times reporting that he'll decide whether or not to quit today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bjquick 0 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Good, fuck him off. Cant stand his beard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norbert Colon 0 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 If he does go it would be the real cowards way out and vindicate widespread opinions of him - strange that this is kicking off before the inevitable arse raping at man u this weekend - gonna get my tenner on 5plus goals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoog 0 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Cowardly quitter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13836 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 He is either playing with the press or off to become a pirate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 If he does go, then at least the mackems can stop going on about how KK had no bottle. If he is the 'top' manager he says he is and wants to be then he's got to stay and sort it out. Hopefully, either way it'll be a massive fuck up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Am I right in thinking Dunphy used to bum lick Keane until they had some sort of fall out (and since then he's barely had a good word to say about him)? That said, I think he's spot on on this occasion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 8870 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Am I right in thinking Dunphy used to bum lick Keane until they had some sort of fall out (and since then he's barely had a good word to say about him)? That said, I think he's spot on on this occasion. I was wondering about it myself. I quite like Dunphy's occasional rants tbh ("Niall Quinn is a creep."). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Am I right in thinking Dunphy used to bum lick Keane until they had some sort of fall out (and since then he's barely had a good word to say about him)? That said, I think he's spot on on this occasion. I was wondering about it myself. I quite like Dunphy's occasional rants tbh ("Niall Quinn is a creep."). I've noticed him having a go at Keane a couple of times before relatively recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asprilla 96 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 If he does go, then at least the mackems can stop going on about how KK had no bottle. If he is the 'top' manager he says he is and wants to be then he's got to stay and sort it out. Hopefully, either way it'll be a massive fuck up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13836 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 He's gone. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/footbal...ny-1049867.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 SSN saying their sources are saying he's fucked off too. Gutted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Bye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Roy Keane has left his position as manager of Sunderland Football Club, BBC Sport understands. Keane has hinted in recent weeks that his future may not be certain hinting that he could leave the club. Sunderland are 18th in the England League and have lost five of their last six games. The former Manchester United midfielder took over at the Stadium of Light in 2006 and led them to the England League in the 2006/07 season. More to follow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoog 0 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 He's gone. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/footbal...ny-1049867.html Muhuhahahaha! he is a QUITTER!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Agree with Skol really. Much like Ince at Blackburn I wanted him to stay and continue making such a hash of things. Nowt against Blackburn btw, just purely for the good of NUFC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douggy B 0 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Its on Sky sports...says hes left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggiespaws 0 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Just heard this on a radio station in Manchester. I thought he's stick around 'til they sacked him rather than walking. Poor start from them this season, but last season they did ok imo. Seems a bit shit with cash and not good at dealing with players who don't give a shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douggy B 0 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Fat sam would keep them up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themags 0 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Happy Christmas Roy Keane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26282 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 I'm in the money! Plus I can't see them attracting a decent replacement, hopefully they'll go into meltdown now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13836 Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Fat sam would keep them up It's the kind of club he gets on with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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