Sad Day - Roy Keane leaves Sunderland..

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By britexpat

Roy Keane has left his position as manager of Sunderland.

Sunderland confirmed the exit of Keane on Thursday, with players and staff at the Stadium of Light also informed .

Sad... He should have stuck it out!

By shakes.and.lunacy• 6 Dec 2008 01:40
shakes.and.lunacy

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By MattyHardingLower• 6 Dec 2008 00:53
Rating: 2/5
MattyHardingLower

but Keane was a superb United Captain. He kept the egotistical/quality players in check and it worked because they won the lot...but as a player he was limited.

However....as a person, the bloke is a first class bellend. Its not fair to throw the "Spent £70 Million" tag at him.....thats the Boards decision.

Lost 6 out of the last 7 games shows he cant manage a team and as with the Irish National Team ....he walked!

He has no real Titanium Balls....end of story.....

At least he can go back to his Multi Million pound mansion in Cheshire and retire....

By injinuity• 6 Dec 2008 00:44
injinuity

On that game i am supporting sunderland alright..

P.S: I am a die hard kop, ... Stevie G for president ;-)

What about you lot?

" Winning is not everything, it is the only thing. Second place goes to the first loser " - J.Johnson

By shakes.and.lunacy• 5 Dec 2008 21:10
shakes.and.lunacy

Poor Sunderland. They will face United this weekend without a manager. :(

By shakes.and.lunacy• 5 Dec 2008 20:49
shakes.and.lunacy

Gosh! Haha! Yeah, that's huge! But anyway, i was expecting something more than 70M!

By injinuity• 5 Dec 2008 16:32
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injinuity

He spend 70 million on new players!!!!

" Winning is not everything, it is the only thing. Second place goes to the first loser " - J.Johnson

By shakes.and.lunacy• 5 Dec 2008 15:10
shakes.and.lunacy

I agree with you injinuity. Keane is a quitter. First, Ireland and now Sunderland. Its easy to be a good man when you are surrounded by world class players but when the things gets tough, he is the first to jump the ship. Oh wait, why am i crushing Roy? Ahaha!

By injinuity• 5 Dec 2008 15:03
Rating: 4/5
injinuity

Of all the good things he did, he would be remembered most for;

1. his row with the national coach and return from worldcup.

2. his reckless and premeditated violent tackles on players.

3. Quitting sunderland rather than having the fortitude to fight out the relgation battle. Quitters never win.

" Winning is not everything, it is the only thing. Second place goes to the first loser " - J.Johnson

By shakes.and.lunacy• 5 Dec 2008 14:50
Rating: 4/5
shakes.and.lunacy

Sam Allardyce has told Sunderland that he would be interested in discussing the vacant manager's seat at the Stadium of Light.

Former Black Cats boss Roy Keane ended a fortnight of speculation on Thursday when he resigned after just 27 months in charge.

Chairman Niall Quinn confessed that he attempted to change Keane's mind but, after an unsuccessful attempt to sway his former Republic of Ireland team-mate, a hunt is now on for a successor.

Allardyce, who spent a season as a player with Sunderland and also served on the Black Cats' coaching staff in the reign of Peter Reid, is the bookmakers' favourite, while his ex-Bolton assistant and current Hull City chief Phil Brown is also in contention.

And former Newcastle manager Allardyce, who was axed at St James' Park in January, has now admitted a curiosity in replacing Keane.

"Sunderland are a great club so of course I would be interested in talking to them," Allardyce said in The Sun.

"I have huge respect for the chairman Niall Quinn and the job he has done.

"I enjoyed the year I had at Sunderland and also when I did some coaching work there under Peter Reid.

"I also know how passionate the fans are about their team."

By shakes.and.lunacy• 5 Dec 2008 14:48
shakes.and.lunacy

What do you mean? LOL!

oh, okay. haha!

By jango warrior• 5 Dec 2008 14:28
Rating: 5/5
jango warrior

I hope they go down and more so I hope Sam Alardyce is managing them, he has more excuses than Doha has starbucks.

A marriage made in heaven

By shakes.and.lunacy• 4 Dec 2008 18:03
shakes.and.lunacy

I think Sam will be great. Keane spent a lot molding this team and Sam is renowned for being frugal. I wouldn't mind Sam coming in 'cause I'd rather watch them scrap out of a 1-0 win at Fulham than lose 3-1 to Bolton trying to play the right way! Makes sense?

By britexpat• 4 Dec 2008 17:44
britexpat

Let's hope that they go for Sam Alardyce.. He deserves to be back in the Premiership..

By shakes.and.lunacy• 4 Dec 2008 17:42
shakes.and.lunacy

Oh no.. no.. no.. Its depressing, i mean it.

I've always loved Roy. Who doesn't?

Good luck to Black Cats then.

The question is, who would manage the Mackems?

BTW, i won't mind my hero going back to United.

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