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.
Roy Keane on Portsmouth chasing Tottenham’s Kaboul
Roy Keane (on hearing that Pompey have talked to Tottenham defender Y. Kaboul):
Can Keane attract better players to Sunderland?
Keano has lost patience with some his players and wants to ship out the non-performers as soon as possible:
Can Sunderland beat Manchester City?
Roy Keane insists that Sunderland haven’t yet secured their Premier League future. A fourth consecutive win for the Black Cats at home to Manchester City on Saturday will all but see the north-east club safe.
Keano brings in the psycho to help Sunderland
Roy Keane has done his hardman image considerable damage – he’s brought in a psychologist to help inspire his Sunderland players to success. But that’s not the worst part of it actually – he’s brought in the same person who was appointed by Steve McClaren to help the England players, Bill Beswick (he was also…
Sunderland face an uphill struggle – Roy Keane, success or failure?
Sunderland have led something of a yo-yo existance over the past few years. Promotion to the Premier League with a record points total in 1999 was followed by two successful years in the top flight with consecutive 7th place finishes. The next season was less successful and relegation with a record low number of points…
Should Sunderland be higher up the table?
Sunderland manager Roy Keane seems to think so: “Five major decisions have gone against us. We keep talking about fairness but the decisions certainly haven’t gone our way. You’re looking at six points lost. … I find it very hard to take some of the comments that come my way from referees and officials and…
Do Football Managers need to do an ‘Apprenticeship’?
Former Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier says English footballers are pushed into top management jobs too quickly. He has told the BBC Inside Sport programme that he believes Bryan Robson, Stuart Pearce and Gareth Southgate all took on senior positions far too soon. “In France, you cannot become a manager when you step out of your…
What do Derby County offer that Sunderland don’t?
The table, they say, doesn’t lie. Derby County (20) lie 10 points behind Sunderland (18) and Wigan (17) and with 17 games to go, Derby manager Paul Jewell will know that a Portsmouth / West Ham styled come-back is highly unlikely even if he could bring in a new starting XI (Paul already has 5…
Football Quotes of the Year – 2007
Here are some notable quotes made during the past year. Each was stated by the named individual; however, my responses were created, and are not meant to represent the views of the individuals. Nor libel them in any way. This is both a factual and (hopefully) a light-hearted article.
Fergie’s Greatest Ever? We may well be looking at them…
Towards the end of 2006, certain pundits and magazines were proclaiming the birth of Sir Alex Ferguson’s third (for some, fourth) great team stemming from his 20-year tenure at Manchester United.
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