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24 Sep 2015 18:53:35
I had a spare 10 mins today at work and came across this video

Lol, there was no playing hardman if you were against Keane! If you did he soon found you out.

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24 Sep 2015 19:28:35
Awesome - I really miss Keane.

24 Sep 2015 19:35:00
Classic , David elderly was a kn*b

24 Sep 2015 19:36:07
Would love to have seen Keane against toure

24 Sep 2015 19:36:13
Cheers for posting that ed.

Bond that was for u as well mate ;)

Beast what a player he was!

{Ed007's Note - I love the man, Keane is the greatest human being who has ever lived.}

24 Sep 2015 19:38:48
The epitome of a player you'd love to have on your team but hate to play against. Legend!

24 Sep 2015 19:44:26
Is that just personal opinion bond or is he held in high regard from Celtic fans too?

I know he didn't play much for ure boys.

{Ed007's Note - A lot of Celtic fans like Keane and there's some of them, but not many, that don't. It's because he's never hid the fact he's a Celtic fan and that he played for and captained Ireland. His time up here was really just our Irish billionaire owner giving the fans a chance to see him in a Hoops top and giving his friend Keane a chance to fulfil his 'dream' of playing for us.
I was really surprised he didn't become our manager after Neil Lennon left, he had initially privately agreed with Dermot Desmond to take over but the player recruitment set-up we have didn't suit him as he wouldn't have any major say in transfers.
My own feelings stem from him coming from The Peoples Republic of Cork where my family are originally from and some to this day still stay.}

24 Sep 2015 19:44:52
Hallelujah and amen to that Bond

24 Sep 2015 20:14:51
Nice one bond.

I wonder if he would of been a success at Celtic?

A real leader.

{Ed007's Note - He would have won us trophies domestically and me personally would have been on Cloud 9 but if I'm honest he probably wasn't what we needed, we were looking for someone come in and give the club a whole new perspective. Ronny Deila has came in and overhauled the training and coaching, he cracked down on the player's diets and conditioning etc. We also needed someone who could sort out our youth system and get it producing players good enough to play for us rather than just selling them on or freeing them and I doubt Keane would have been that much different to Neil Lennon's methods.}

24 Sep 2015 20:17:59
Oh alright bond, people's Republic of Cork? You really are a Corkonian, I have a lot of friends from Cork, one of whoms favourite clothing item is a che Guevara tshirt with the peoples Republic of Cork written across it!

Roy Keane is my hero, I met him once in Basel for the UTD and Basel game and he was brilliant, came over, I got a picture with him. Unfortunately I realised about a minute later that the photo was all blurred, I chased him down and shouted Keano, keano. he then turned around with that legendary keano stare and said 'what the f**k do you want now? you already got your picture!'. I told him it was blurred and he said 'well hurry up then'. After the second picture was taken I thanked him for it and told him how we has been my hero since I was a kid, he shook my hand and said 'you're lucky I'm a nice guy' smiled to the woman with him and walked off. I thought it was classic keano, brilliant.

{Ed007's Note - I've been close enough to ask for a picture a few times but I knew he wasn't keen on it so I was too scared to ask. One of them was after his testimonial match when one of his kids punched me in the bollocks for no apparent reason - like father like son eh?}

24 Sep 2015 20:42:19
Haha brilliant. I would've been of the same opinion but I had about 6 pints in me that night so the chest was out and I was all brave. Luckily enough he was in good form so he was kind enough to afford me 2 pictures. I've heard other stories where people have asked for pictures/autographs and he hasn't been as kind. Do you follow the hurling being of Cork blood?

24 Sep 2015 20:59:45
Sorry to be a tad grumpy, whilst this is entertaining I would much rather have a video of Keane the footballer as he was pretty damn good. This hard man reputation is froth and nonsense, he was the heartbeat of the team and drove us on even in desperate times. He scored some crucial goals and was all over the pitch, I prefer to remember him this way.

{Ed025's Note - he was actually a very good player considering he was a bully and a coward..

24 Sep 2015 21:10:43
U grump Tony :)

24 Sep 2015 21:22:21
Don't be silly bond. Keane will always live in John O'Shea's shadow. The man, the player, the humanitarian, the lover. O'Shea is/has the complete package.

{Ed007's Note - Ach he was OK in Phoenix Nights but that Take Me Out is (swear) woeful.}

24 Sep 2015 21:28:45
John O'shea, now your talking Danny!

GK,CB,RB,LB,CDM,CM, LEGEND!

:)

24 Sep 2015 21:26:12
You really think he was a coward ed 025?

{Ed025's Note - yes mate, to end another players career the way he did to alf-inge haaland and be proud of it proves what a low life scum bag he really is..

24 Sep 2015 21:34:09
I'm still waiting for O'Shea to play the corn exchange in the market town, I really want to see him tell his joke.

24 Sep 2015 21:39:20
As a player I loved him. He was an exceptional workhorse who actually could really play. I think Rooney mentioned him once as being the best passer in the team (scholes aside) as he never misplaced a pass.

I do agree with you he was out of order with that. That was his nature. I know where he grew up and some people that knew him and I believe he was as vindictive as that when he was young.

I was appalled by that tackle. It was a terrible blight on what was a great career.

It's a different type of coward. He would never shy a way from a fight or a battle when it was required. But there was always that dark and dirty side.

{Ed025's Note - he was also bang out of order with the way he acted at the world cup with ireland angel, as you say very good player..but an evil bastard..

24 Sep 2015 21:52:48
At the risk of offending Bond, I think he stinks as a human being. Feckin' legend of a player, tho.

{Ed025's Note - your right noucamp in my eyes..

24 Sep 2015 22:00:48
Ooh another argument ed 025, I can see both sides of it. The way ireland went about their preparation was embarrassing and I can see that the captain should have the right to address it, however he should have done it in a completely different manner, although he wouldn't have been keane if he did it any other way.

Plus he was sent home in the end by McCarthy, that's widely acknowledged. I was in 2 minds about it then and still am now.

I do feel ireland could have achieved anything that summer, it was a lovely and we'll balanced squad who had great unity. The keane situation might have actually galvanised them even more so.

Such a shame as an Irish man.

{Ed025's Note - in the end angel its all about opinions, hes marmite..you either love him or hate him...its the latter for me mate..

24 Sep 2015 22:33:32
Danny, maybe him and brown could continue there double act after football?

Comedy defending at Sunderland last season bless them.

24 Sep 2015 22:44:35
The mans a legend,I'd back him all the way,I've met him and he stood for a picture with my daughter,he spoke to her more than me,
The difference between him and the rest of the Irish team that time was he went out there to win it,the other bunch of muppets were just happy to be there,and I'm Irish myself.
The mans a born winner and a born nut job,his father is a nut job as well,he was in a pub in cork one nite,he grabbed a hold of his package and said if my Roy is worth 3 1/2 million what's that worth!

{Ed007's Note - And for the record, Roy Keane never ended anyone's career, that's just a myth that people have started to believe as the years roll by. Keane caught Haaland on his right knee, he had already injured his left knee in a previous match and was playing with strapping around it. People also forget that Haaland completed the match and then played in a friendly for Norway in midweek and played in City's next league match.
That summer he had an operation on his left knee - the knee Keane never touched - but could only manage a handful of substitute appearances before retiring because of the injury to his left knee, the knee Keane never touched.
Haaland then admitted on his own website that he had been playing with an injured left knee for a few months and that it did not receive any further damage during the game and that Roy Keane did not cause his injury. That and the medical evidence is why the legal proceedings were dropped.
As for the WC debacle, Keane was used to a professional set-up and having the best of facilities provided by Man Utd, when you see how the FAI treated everything as a jollyboys outing you can't blame him for losing the plot, then he was made the scapegoat by his spineless team-mates, they were all going to back him until it came to the crunch and they all done their best to save their own necks.
It's well known about how the FAI operated on trips, all the blazers were flying first-class and business class with the best food & drink money could buy etc. while the players were sitting in the same section as the supporters.
It's only recently that things have improved with the FAI, how did they expect players to train without any kit or equipment? Was it over in Saipan that the crates with the balls in them arrived 2/3 days after the players?}

24 Sep 2015 23:37:38
Your on the ball there bond,100% true,and the traning ground was like a car park,plus mick McCarthy wanted him to apologise in front of everyone and the media,roy said I came here to play for Ireland and McCarthy said if you don't want to play for me get on a plane,the one thing Keane isn't is a yes man like his so called team mates at the time.

{Ed007's Note - Only when there are things a man will not do is he capable of doing great things. - Mencius.

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively. - Bob Marley.}

25 Sep 2015 00:37:00
I do find it strange how people remember the Haaland incident. Most of it comes from Keane's first autobiography in which Dunphy admittedly sensationalised it, and Keane's agent should have realised what the fallout would be and put a stop to it.

The truth is that Keane came up against an opponent he had a bone to pick with and went in hard to hurt him. This type of thing is common on the football pitch, and people would do well to remember that Saint Scholes spent most of his career unleashing these types of tackles. Keane was a bit of a thug, but channeling that side of his personality in the right way is what made him the player he was.

As for the Keane is a horrible person stuff. Take a look at the amount of charity work he does on a yearly basis. He doesn't suffer fools and has played up his punditry character to make a living, but it's just buying into the media myth of Keane to pretend that you know how he really is a person away from the sport.

25 Sep 2015 06:59:56
I was always a little conflicted about Keane. A truly great player but he often let himself down. He got himself sent off needlessly; people remember Giggs's winning goal against Arsenal and often forget Roy had been sent off. He was a warrior, facing down Viera in the tunnel is a classic and the team knew he would be leading from the front but sometimes he went way too far.

However, I read his books and gained a better understanding of him, particularly the last one. I'm not saying he was right (he was often wrong) but he does come across as genuine and principled, a somewhat complicated character.

25 Sep 2015 09:52:52
Im not sure if he's a coward? yes he did what he did but he always accepted and faced up to it and had no shame or regret. bit of a C**T?, yeah, coward? not in my book ;)

25 Sep 2015 12:01:38
You're wrong about Keane ending Haaland's career Ed25. He played on after that. It was injury to his other knee that curtailed his career.
He certainly was no coward - but certainly had (and still has!) anger management problems.
Patrick

{Ed001's Note - actually you might want to ask Jason McAteer about how brave Keane was. Great player but he didn't have the guts to man up to Jason, who is not a hard man by any means. You have probably forgotten how he ran up behind McAteer and attacked him while he wasn't looking. Keane was not a coward, but he was no hero either, great player but a nasty sneaky person when it suited him too. Walking out on his country was cowardly, when he could have stood up to McCarthy instead but didn't have the balls to take him on face to face. Keane certainly had his moments, the outbursts he made since leaving United, none of which he had the guts to say to Fergie's face, also suggests a touch of the coward.}

25 Sep 2015 13:04:07
Great player but in todays game would be red carded probably 10 games a season and suspended most of the time LOL. He did protect the likes of Scholes and other at United and many of the hard stuff was usually payback for one of his team mates.

25 Sep 2015 13:08:22
I guess that Stevie Me is outing himself as quite the coward too Ed001 with all his kiss and tell stuff on Rafa and Brendan?

{Ed001's Note - I have never suggested any different regarding him, not sure of the relevance though? But I do think so yes. I do not like these kiss and tell tales players come out with.}

25 Sep 2015 20:33:02
Easily my favourite player in my life time. In his prime nobody walked over us, he was the heartbeat of our side and wouldn't let nobody not put a shift in

25 Sep 2015 19:32:34
Ah, I'm only poking the bear ed001. I think there's far too much of this tabloid style mud slinging in retired players' and managers' autobiographies. Keane is certainly guilty of this, but people like Fergie are just as bad. I'm not sure if I'd call it cowardly, more of publishers pushing players to dish the dirty and bad mouth former colleagues to drum up publicity.

{Ed001's Note - I just find it a little uncomfortable, and I do agree it is all of them doing it and you probably have a point, it is greed more than cowardice in the main. However, on Keane and Gerrard I would disagree that cowardice didn't play a part. Keane because he was deliberately using to say things he never had the balls to say while at Man Utd, like all his backstabbing he has done since, it is a personal vendetta against Ferguson. It is sad to see. Gerrard just should never have done one, he is a multi millionaire so let someone else make the money off telling your story. The greed of the modern day footballer sickens me.}







 

 

 
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