Charlie Foley
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Actually the best part of that video is the writing on the bottom that says "look at Rooney trying to intimidate him (Reyes)" when it is quite clear that Reyes is intimidated
Therein lies the problem. Someone who behaved like that and not only shows no remorse but is proud of it, should not be given a platform to brag about it in the media.Keown, Parlour and Lauren’s behaviour definitely warranted ‘a bit more handbags’. Just show that you can’t do that shit to us. Keown clipped him on the back of his head, Parlour shoved him in his ribs, Lauren I think pushed his head from behind. If that does NOT lead to full scale ‘handbags’, there’s a problem IMO. Especially on your own patch. I’m getting annoyed again just writing this. It’s because Keown still goes around talking about it proudly.
Utd and Arsenal are two great adversaries that era and they have an unbelievable hatred towards each other.I must confess but, 15 years on, I still can’t get over this incident. To have the sheer temerity to attack one of our players in that manner, in our own home, and basically run him off the pitch. I can’t think of a single worse incident of this kind, and ultimately, one that they were allowed to do without what proper retaliation from our lads.
Every time I see that clip it still enrages me that we did nothing at the time.
Bizarre point of view.Hate to say it but I felt Keane was always intimidated by monkey-man Keown.
Absolutely. The only injustice in the decision was the second yellow rather than a straight red.The worst was Van Nistelrooy didn’t even dive, vieira was entirely to blame for stupidly swinging at him and Ruud jumped back like literally every person would. They were truly indignant over nothing, he didn’t even get a red it was a second yellow.
This is one of those incidents that shines a light on the occasional perplexing bias of a football fan.Absolutely. The only injustice in the decision was the second yellow rather than a straight red.
The depth of their delusion is that even to this day, with the benefit of hindsight, they all still genuinely believe that Van Nistelrooy cheated to get Vieira sent off.
Found the video. Ronaldo and Keane did seem to be the first to react from our side. Incident is at 2:30Vaguely remember Giggs getting involved with some shoving after it.
Overall though, the situation was so strange I think it took everyone by surprise that this grown man was jumping around like a deranged ape.
Not even the fans. The players.This is one of those incidents that shines a light on the occasional perplexing bias of a football fan.
There's a debate to be had about Keane and his supposed "hardness" He carefully picked his fights thats for sure.
You took the smiley right out of my mouth.
Well you did a regular RedCafe thing of looking at a post, ignoring what it says, perhaps because you either agree with it, or simply have no opinion at all, but decide there is something that you DO have an opinion on, which is similar - so you will just argue THAT point instead, regardless of whether it was made or not.No, I'm not.
But, whatever makes you feel happy.
Carry on...
Wenger in his usual biased defense of his players. No wonder his next teams all became soft.Jesus Christ, stop derailing the thread.
Just watched the clip, Wenger moaned as usual, how RVN always seeks provocation, after his player jumped around like a monkey.
It was absolutely scandalous that they got away so lightly. I hate Keown after that.I must confess but, 15 years on, I still can’t get over this incident. To have the sheer temerity to attack one of our players in that manner, in our own home, and basically run him off the pitch. I can’t think of a single worse incident of this kind, and ultimately, one that they were allowed to do without what proper retaliation from our lads.
Every time I see that clip it still enrages me that we did nothing at the time.
Think Keown did a bit more than dancing. Between him and has gang they pretty much all committed straight red card offences for violent conduct. Seeing Ruud there almost defenceless with his hands up looking for help still angers me, in the voice of Deontay Wilder - ‘to this DAY!’. No opposition should ever feel like they can get away with that at Old Trafford.I understand that incident enraged us all at the time but I don't understand the criticism of our players. I doubt anyone was scared of Keown let alone Roy Keane. What I did think happened was that we missed the penalty and felt a heap of disappointment and shock thereafter. That, alongwith having a brain, is the reason Ruud didn't react. Good man. And I presume the others too felt too disappointed at missing the opportunity against bitter rivals to react to the village idiot dancing around like a nutjob.
Hate to say it but I felt Keane was always intimidated by monkey-man Keown.
Shearer wasn't exactly tall! Keown and vieira had 4-6inches on himKeane went after Shearer too and shearer hid from him after the match. No “fear of height” there.
Ironically for all the complaints of the assault on Nistelrooy it was really a load of hand bags and the video of the tackles in the other video are far worse.
I enjoy that we booted them up in the air that day, thanks to this Arsenal fan who put it all together (though honestly the music makes it seem like a piss taking United fan)
Yes, aside from their obvious football ability, that was the defining "quality" of that Arsenal side; Wenger being the chief instigator. For some reason the media seemed happy to propagate their agenda. I remember Solskjaer being forearm-smashed by Sol Campbell at Highbury, resulting in a red card, and for the following several days the papers were full of quotes from Arsenal players claiming Solskjaer cheated, and they'd expect nothing better from a Manchester United player.And they got away with pretty much nothing but a slap on the wrist.
I fecking hated that team with a fiery passion. I even wanted Liverpool to beat them, always, though I am somewhat ashamed of that. They were a nasty, thuggish, diving, cheating bunch of shitheads who always claimed the moral high ground.
I must say that despite my indignation towards the Keown incident, I have always been equally uncomfortable with the next home game in question when we ended their unbeaten run. Think the game showed that they were the better team, and we couldn’t compete with them on a footballing level so had to kick them in order to level the playing field.Ironically for all the complaints of the assault on Nistelrooy it was really a load of hand bags and the video of the tackles in the other video are far worse.
A little tap on the back from Keown and a couple of pushes. Yeah not nice and a disgrace, but people reacting like he got punched and kicked. They've acted like a bunch of childish school bullies, but it's hardly an assault
In this video, there are late challenges, stamp on a foot and we won the game with an incredibly soft penalty.
Don't get me wrong given their actions there is a certain sense of justice by lowering to their level, but neither team can come away from those instances with any class or higher sense of position.
This all said, call it what you want, but that rage filled passion made the games around this time some of the most exciting football I can ever remember. They both got carried away, but the passion is so much more genuine than anything I've seen for years from a United side.
I went to Old Trafford for the United 5-1 Newcastle game just after the treble winning season. One of the stand out memories was seeing just how big Duncan Ferguson was. The guy was a giant. Not just tall, but stocky as well, broad shoulders, massive frame. The picture below is a different game and you can see how he is like a scaled up Rooney and Rooney is pretty broad.The Keane discussion is weird. He never went after little number 10s like Zola or easy targets. Virtually every single player he had scraps with was an oppo hard man (Vieira, Shearer,) sly/dirty little git (Haaland, Poyet) or way taller than he was (schmeichal, Quinn). He didn’t even see the worst stuff of the RVN incident as he was talking to Gilberto when Keown did his ape man jump.
Think Duncan Ferguson or Vinnie Jones would beat him up bad badly though.
The only thing intimidated by Keown is evolution.It's great to see young Ronaldo stepping in.
Keane being supposedly intimidated by Keown is based on practically nothing.
It is annoying that we could have put that unbeaten thing to bed before it started with that penalty too. Last minute. Record over.What is funny about that season is the fact it was the Arsenal's "Invincibles" season and this incident was NOT the turning point of it at all. By the end of the year we we're sitting top of the league and it was the season Ferdinand got suspended over that doping issue and that is when the season went sour for us starting with a suprise defeat at Wolves (Irwin having no problem marking a certain C Ronaldo that day). To this day I'm certain they would have lost a game had we put more pressure on them
If my memory is selective yours has gone. You're confusing me with someone else. I rate Buchan as the best defender (and possibly captain) I've seen at OT and certainly not Rio.Selective memory
Remember your self proclaimed best ever United defender Rio? Shitting himself against Duncan Ferguson ,every single time and it was Keane who was left to mark him?
Or the time he threw a kick and punch at Viera, when everyone knows Viera would have destroyed him
Or the time he beat the piss out of Schmeichel, who is a foot taller than him?
You prefer Robson and probably rightly so... However, I think questioning Keane is a bit of stretch on this
Also smacks me as ungrateful because without him and others, you would not have had those times you enjoyed in the 90s and 00s
There some strange hate for Keane among some of United fans.The only thing intimidated by Keown is evolution.
Early in his career, yes, but as a more experienced player "taking the knocks and keeping a lid on your emotions" is exactly what he did.If my memory is selective yours has gone. You're confusing me with someone else. I rate Buchan as the best defender (and possibly captain) I've seen at OT and certainly not Rio.
I've also consistently said what a great player Roy was and am extremely thankful he wore the shirt. But on/off pitch thuggery doesn't define supposed "hardness" for me. For me taking the knocks and keeping a lid on your emotions is the mark of a hard player not pantomine punch throwing and mouthing off in front of the cameras - something he's still doing. Having anger management issues doesn't make a man hard it just means he's more likely to get in a fight.
Great player but a massive dickhead who too often lost his cool.
So if he ‘carefully picked his fights’ he must have been controlling his emotions very well a lot of the time. Not getting involved with big bad guys like Ferguson and Keown and all.If my memory is selective yours has gone. You're confusing me with someone else. I rate Buchan as the best defender (and possibly captain) I've seen at OT and certainly not Rio.
I've also consistently said what a great player Roy was and am extremely thankful he wore the shirt. But on/off pitch thuggery doesn't define supposed "hardness" for me. For me taking the knocks and keeping a lid on your emotions is the mark of a hard player not pantomine punch throwing and mouthing off in front of the cameras - something he's still doing. Having anger management issues doesn't make a man hard it just means he's more likely to get in a fight.
Great player but a massive dickhead who too often lost his cool.