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The Erectile Banana
13-02-08, 02:09 PM
The rabid dog has finally turned on his owner.

Time for him to be put down?


Roy Keane has been accused of being sucked into Premier League "vacuousness" and becoming a "rent-a-quote" manager by the author of his ghosted autobiography.
Eamon Dunphy, once a Millwall player but now an outspoken football pundit on Irish television, has previously been a staunch advocate of Keane, consistently defending the former Manchester United captain's sometimes contentious actions.

Yet Dunphy is clearly far less enamoured with Keane the Sunderland manager. "I know Roy well and the one thing he hated when I knew him and when we were working on that book was the bull-shit that was a part of manager-speak and part of player-speak," he said.


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"But now he holds these lengthy press conferences every week in which he anoints David O'Leary to be the next Ireland manager, anoints Terry Venables to be the next Ireland manager.
"He talks about how wonderful it is for the Premier League to play games abroad and he's just become rent-a-quote. It's quite extraordinary," Dunphy told the Pat Kenny show on Ireland's RTE channel.

"This is a sharp, smart, outstanding human being and he's just been sucked into that awful Premier League vacuousness. It's sad to see Roy Keane bullshitting. But there you go. It happens." No one at Sunderland was available for comment last night.


http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,2256001,00.html
NICKZS
13-02-08, 02:15 PM
They should team up: "Rent-a-Quote and Rent-a-Twat On Tour"
The Erectile Banana
13-02-08, 02:20 PM
They should team up: "Rent-a-Quote and Rent-a-Twat On Tour"


:haha:

They already have.

They called the show 'I Keano.'


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Keano
Shaggy
13-02-08, 02:22 PM
It was only a matter of time.

They should pit these two lunatics against each other in one of those 'celebrity boxing' matches. :haha:
NICKZS
13-02-08, 02:26 PM
:haha:

They already have.

They called the show 'I Keano.'


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I,_Keano

:jaw: :haha:

Never heard of it - looks hilarious, though!
johnp
13-02-08, 02:26 PM
It's very rare that a manager/player won't spout the same usual stuff. They do lots of pre/post match interviews, with the same questions over and over. I'm sure they'd get pissed off with them. I know I would.
In fact I'd probably go the Rafa route:
I am focused on training and coaching my team
:haha:
Slim
13-02-08, 04:08 PM
:jaw: :haha:

Never heard of it - looks hilarious, though!

My mate went to see it and said it was brilliant.

Dunphy is a twat though for the record.
Maestro
13-02-08, 04:17 PM
Has Dunphy ever even tried management?
AFII
13-02-08, 04:18 PM
A manager can't say anything bad about the ref after a game, he would be fined/banned if he did that.

A manager can't blame his players to much then he will be criticized by the supporters for not backing the players.

Not really that much left to talk about. That means that a manager will more or less say the same things after a game.
dww
13-02-08, 05:28 PM
A manager can't say anything bad about the ref after a game, he would be fined/banned if he did that.

A manager can't blame his players to much then he will be criticized by the supporters for not backing the players.

Not really that much left to talk about. That means that a manager will more or less say the same things after a game.

To be honest the FA/PL should make more sensible regulations for managers. They should be called up when they make ludicrous claims about decision but they should be allowed to make reasonable comments IMO and certainly the current say nothing of note or get banned approach is very dull.