Good piece on Roy Keane by Rob Smyth in the Gruniad

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...e-book-extract

Originally Posted by red red robbo

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...e-book-extract

i £#%&!ing HATE the way football writers write.

it's just so £#%&!ing poncey... stop reading after two paragraphs.

'Lee Sharpe tells a story of him and an "absolutely smashed" Keane bumping into the Liverpool players in a bar one Saturday night. Keane went through them one by one, dismissing their England B caps, England under-21 caps and League Cup winners' medals. The gist, frequently expressed, was simple: "What the hell have you done in the game?"
Then they turned at Wembley in cream Armani suits. The FA Cup final had been turned into fancy dress day, a jolly boys' outing. You can only imagine the unremitting contempt on Keane's face as he looked those sartorial monstrosities up and down.'

Originally Posted by thatsfuctit

'Lee Sharpe tells a story of him and an "absolutely smashed" Keane bumping into the Liverpool players in a bar one Saturday night. Keane went through them one by one, dismissing their England B caps, England under-21 caps and League Cup winners' medals. The gist, frequently expressed, was simple: "What the hell have you done in the game?"
Then they turned at Wembley in cream Armani suits. The FA Cup final had been turned into fancy dress day, a jolly boys' outing. You can only imagine the unremitting contempt on Keane's face as he looked those sartorial monstrosities up and down.'

I think i'd have Keane playing now. Don't care if he can't run. Neither can Giggs and Scholes.

Bring back Keano!

Angry, shouty tinker who couldn't land a punch.

Originally Posted by Crumps

Angry, shouty tinker who couldn't land a punch.

Read the first two paragraphs yesterday and almost barfed. Smyth is a complete #@&%!.

The best bit is this:

This is an extract from a chapter in Life's a Pitch: The Passions of the Press Box, which includes essays from 18 writers, including Dominic Fifield, Jonathan Wilson and Rory Smith, and a cover quote from Rafa Benitez: "These are the writers as you don't normally see them: when they are fans with pens."

some good memories but its not a well written article at all.

"On 8 December 1999, at 8.23pm, I fell in love with another man"

I stopped reading after that.

football so called journalism has deteriorated in direct proportion to the game going to shit from euro 96. obnoxious knownowts, fanboys and wimmin:shakehead:

Keane was awesome.

Actually, I have hopes that Evans is emerging in a similar vein.
Think he just needs to get on top of his own performance level first, then he has the attitude.

Originally Posted by celtbion

Keane was awesome.

Actually, I have hopes that Evans is emerging in a similar vein.
Think he just needs to get on top of his own performance level first, then he has the attitude.

Evra doesn't have a tenth of Keane's attitude.

Originally Posted by Crumps

Angry, shouty tinker who couldn't land a punch.

Originally Posted by Scabs

Evra doesn't have a tenth of Keane's attitude.

Evans

Misread, sorry.

The point stands.

Originally Posted by Scabs

Misread, sorry.

The point stands.

TBH, you could substitute the name of just about any member of today's squad

Originally Posted by Scabs

Misread, sorry.

The point stands.

even more so

Originally Posted by celtbion

Keane was awesome.

Actually, I have hopes that Evans is emerging in a similar vein.
Think he just needs to get on top of his own performance level first, then he has the attitude.

don't get me wrong, i think evans is a quality player already but ffs

Originally Posted by elhombre

i £#%&!ing HATE the way football writers write.

it's just so £#%&!ing poncey... stop reading after two paragraphs.

didn't get past the title tbh

barely squeezed past the fat pink gutbucket at the top





better off not putting a photo there tbh

Any keane related article, no matter how badly written is always nice to read. Just for the memories What a £#%&!ing player he was