Roy Keane
Manchester United legend and current Sunderland manager, Roy Keane is the devil incarnate, or just a bloody single-minded brute, or a genius, depending on your point of view. A great player and has all the trappings of a great manager, dragging Sunderland from the bottom of the Championship to title winners and automatic promotion to the Premiership, all in the space of one season.
The Championship 2009/10 Season Preview
Soccerlens’ Football League preview reaches its climax ahead of the big kick-off this weekend, with The Championship playing a starring role. There’s plenty of big names battling it out for a money-spinning place in the Premiership, so read for our views on who’ll be mixing it with Manchester United next season, who’ll be lowering themselves…
Sir Alex Ferguson’s Greatest Manchester United XI
Obviously, we know that Sir Alex Ferguson has won many trophies, coached a lot of great players, and accomplished a lot of extraordinary things during his time at Manchester United. His critics (namely Rafa Benitez) might point to the amount of money that he’s spent, especially in recent years, as evidence of Sir Alex Ferguson…
Can Roy Keane Take Ipswich To The Premier League?
He’s back. Yes, as most of you would have heard yesterday, Roy Keane is back in football management, taking over at Ipswich and given the remit of getting Ipswich promoted to the Premier League in the duration of his 2-year contract (in essence, getting promoted next season). And if you thought the expectations were high…
Managerial Merry-Go-Round is Madness
Team lost a couple of games in a row? Sack the manager. Team five places in the league below where you’d like them to be? Sack the manager. Couple of expensive signings have a bit of a whinge? Sack the manager. I’m not saying that it’s always wrong to change the man at the top,…
Keane. not Keen on Keys
Roy Keane this week was in the press following remarks made about BSkyB’s Premier League coverage, which will have resonated with a growing number of football fans for whom the gloss and glam of the Premier League era is starting to wear a little thin. The constant hyperbole of fairly standard footballing fare, and the…
Sunderland working to tie down Keane for two more years
Keeping a man of Roy Keane’s ambitions, determination and pride employed as a manager is not an easy matter. On one hand you want to give him the control and freedom to grow and develop and on the other hand you need to set boundaries and create a sustainable system that balances the books and,…
Roy Keane to launch bid for Patrick Vieira?
Which is a bit of a turnaround because it used to be ‘Roy Keane to launch for Patrick Vieira’. And vice versa. But a lot of today’s newspapers have the same story that Keano is desperate to bring his old nemesis to the Stadium of Light to boss Sunderland’s midfield. The Frenchman is currently in…
Roy Keane repents and adopts new abuse policy
Sunderland manager Roy Keane has revealed that he has a zero tolerance policy towards verbal abuse. The Black Cats boss announced his policy following comments from the Sunderland crowd during the Carling Cup tie against Northampton last night. He said: “One or two supporters were abusing me and that is something I won’t tolerate. Our…
Roy Keane: Jack Warner is a clown
Thank you, Mr Keane, for expressing how many football fans feel about Warner in a direct, succinct manner.
Sunderland: Four Reasons Why the Giant is Awakening
Two years ago, Sunderland were the laughing stock of the English Premier League. The Black Cats finished the 2005/06 season with an embarrassing 15 points – a record only topped by Derby this past season. A new era began at the club in 2006, though, as legendary midfielder Roy Keane was appointed manager of the…
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