If you look at what he's said, and the way he was treated at the end of his career, then objectively it is fair he was right to be riled. Some of the other things he says are objective facts and public knowledge - the playing of his son, and the Preston North End players recalled after Darren was sacked. It was dodgy, and there's no denying that.
There are issues however. I mean it's nearly 15 years since he left, and Fergie has been very ill. It's needless to slag him off now. Just don't comment.
My biggest thing here though is hypocrisy. Gary asked a question saying would Roy Keane manager have done the same to Roy Keane the player. He answered no, but the better question would have been about other players. In Roys managerial career he has had numerous run ins with his players. In fact at every jobs as far as I'm aware.
His scant regard for the Championship, where he has managed a lot, and deriding people with less ability than him suggests what we already know, that he was a great player, he knows how good he was, and he feels he deserves respect. He does, but he has to show respect as well. The feuds with Harry Arter for example. Harry Arter sounds like a right dufus, but in many ways is just a less talented version of Keane, with a similar personality. Through this lens, as the player Keane with a great record of captaining Utd, I am right. As the manager or assistant I am also right and because I'm Roy Keane, you should respect me and not talk back.
Roy and SAF were two people cut from the same cloth, and when Keanes usefulness to the team was no longer paramount, it was inevitable he would go. Lets face it though, Roy has had 15 years to air his grievances, and an autobiography to boot. I love him, but right now it's just un-necceary.
There are issues however. I mean it's nearly 15 years since he left, and Fergie has been very ill. It's needless to slag him off now. Just don't comment.
My biggest thing here though is hypocrisy. Gary asked a question saying would Roy Keane manager have done the same to Roy Keane the player. He answered no, but the better question would have been about other players. In Roys managerial career he has had numerous run ins with his players. In fact at every jobs as far as I'm aware.
His scant regard for the Championship, where he has managed a lot, and deriding people with less ability than him suggests what we already know, that he was a great player, he knows how good he was, and he feels he deserves respect. He does, but he has to show respect as well. The feuds with Harry Arter for example. Harry Arter sounds like a right dufus, but in many ways is just a less talented version of Keane, with a similar personality. Through this lens, as the player Keane with a great record of captaining Utd, I am right. As the manager or assistant I am also right and because I'm Roy Keane, you should respect me and not talk back.
Roy and SAF were two people cut from the same cloth, and when Keanes usefulness to the team was no longer paramount, it was inevitable he would go. Lets face it though, Roy has had 15 years to air his grievances, and an autobiography to boot. I love him, but right now it's just un-necceary.
