Roy Keane Is Never A Manager In His Life.
Charlie Nicholas is the first ill-informed halfwit to be banging this particular drum but I suspect he’ll not be the last.
He says Keane would “sort people out” and that he would bring a “different energy” to the club.
Yeah? And then what?
We could have that with Lennon, plus an actual record of achievement with it, and with him we get a relatively stable setup where one guy isn’t rocking the boat all the time.
With Keane you get a lot of unknowns except in one area; he’s never actually done anything of note as a boss.
“He’s maybe not a great tactician …” Nicholas goes on, thereby invalidating every single other word he says in the piece.
Because isn’t that what we’ve just got rid of Ronny for?
I think Nicholas’ intervention says so much about how ludicrous this idea is that there’s no need for me to look back on Keane’s record; there are no accomplishments of note in there at all. It’s not for nothing he’s a number two to Martin O’Neill, a vastly superior boss who knows Keane brings some additional gravitas to the coaching team but without real responsibility.
As a number two to a real decision maker … perfect.
The best Bad Cop we could ever hope for, and next to a motivator like O’Neill, a match made in heaven.
If we could get them both I’d take it in a minute.
But Keane on his own? As boss?
Not a chance in Hell.