Good piece on Roy Keane by Rob Smyth in the Gruniad

Originally Posted by TripDownMiseryLane

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

Word brother

I'd have Keane in his prime over any player in the current Utd squad. Ronaldo aside, any Utd player over the last decade tbh.

Originally Posted by Pop

I'd have Keane in his prime over any player in the current Utd squad. Ronaldo aside, any Utd player over the last decade tbh.

And maybe Scholes at his best as well.

Possibly the last true United player

Originally Posted by borsuk

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

There's a chance I might meet him at the weekend, would you like me to pass your views on?

Originally Posted by BryanRobson'sLiver

There's a chance I might meet him at the weekend, would you like me to pass your views on?

axe him how the £#%&! you get a job in journoland when A) you can't £#%&!ing write for shit and B) you know £#%&! all about your subject matter.

I only axe cos I'd like something along the same lines in the 'money for old rope without the rope' game.

Originally Posted by BryanRobson'sLiver

There's a chance I might meet him at the weekend, would you like me to pass your views on?

nah, that'd be really cruel


just do this as you say goodbye

Originally Posted by elhombre

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

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

They're all failed novelists.

The circle jerk on twitter is amusing. All of them are gushing over this Rob Smyth piece, and then he will gush over someone else's, etc. :shakehead:

He will never, ever, *ever* live "shredding his legacy at every turn" down. That is punishment enough, tbh

Originally Posted by BryanRobson'sLiver

There's a chance I might meet him at the weekend, would you like me to pass your views on?

Ask him why does he look like a fat £#%&!ing mess. @#%&! ant seen his #@&%! for decades.

Originally Posted by VodkaAndCoke

Ask him why does he look like a fat £#%&!ing mess. @#%&! ant seen his #@&%! for decades.

If his "official" pic above is a flattering one - as does rather tend to be the case with these things - you do wonder, don't you

Didn't know OT Barney was a journo

Originally Posted by borsuk

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

Hold on. I was referring to his attitude.
Saw him for the North against Portugal last week and he stood out in terms of his determination and drive.
Considering his age and position, he's only learning the ropes.
If he continues to progress in this vein, he might emerge as a real leader.

Keane was still getting in brawls in hotels when he was 26 (though it was with Dubs so no harm)

We need leaders with a little bit of nastiness in them.

Originally Posted by celtbion

Hold on. I was referring to his attitude.
Saw him for the North against Portugal last week and he stood out in terms of his determination and drive.
Considering his age and position, he's only learning the ropes.
If he continues to progress in this vein, he might emerge as a real leader.

Keane was still getting in brawls in hotels when he was 26 (though it was with Dubs so no harm)

We need leaders with a little bit of nastiness in them.

mmm. let me think about it.

Originally Posted by celtbion

Hold on. I was referring to his attitude.
Saw him for the North against Portugal last week and he stood out in terms of his determination and drive.
Considering his age and position, he's only learning the ropes.
If he continues to progress in this vein, he might emerge as a real leader.

Keane was still getting in brawls in hotels when he was 26 (though it was with Dubs so no harm)

We need leaders with a little bit of nastiness in them.

Evans.

Seriously?

Originally Posted by red in cumbria

He will never, ever, *ever* live "shredding his legacy at every turn" down. That is punishment enough, tbh

Give over. A lot of United fans agreed with that. Some still do.

Originally Posted by andyroo

Give over. A lot of United fans agreed with that. Some still do.

Hi Rob.

couldn't finish it, couldn't shake the piss-poor intro to the piece...

some decent points at the heart of it, but they aren't points of any great insight...

Keane apparently has always been an incredibly complex man, a compelling fusion of instinctive intelligence and pathological desire...

the author is nowt but a very poor man's mid 90s Kurt - and some of that is embarrassing when you read it back now as well btw!

Originally Posted by andyroo

Give over. A lot of United fans agreed with that. Some still do.

%@#$&!s. You could write a sensationalist article about every club every season, which some people might agree with at the time. I'd expect a half decent journalist to be able to show a little less knee jerk.

I mean ffs..............
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2.../sport.comment

Does it sound any different to the Top Top Doomers banging on about Frogson?

Originally Posted by andyroo

Does it sound any different to the Top Top Doomers banging on about Frogson?

No. They're both #@&%!s.