Dokko Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Roy Keane: Sir Alex Ferguson still seeks control at Manchester United Roy Keane says former manager Sir Alex Ferguson is still attempting to exert his influence at Manchester United. Ferguson, who retired as United manager in May after 26 years and was replaced by Everton boss David Moyes, is now a director at Old Trafford. "Everything is about control and power [with Ferguson]," said Keane, who left United after falling out with the Scot. Keane's United record under Ferguson Active: 1993-2005 Appearances: 326 Goals: 33 Premier League titles: 7 FA Cups: 4 Champions League titles: 1 Community Shield wins:: 4 Intercontinental Cups: 1 "He is still striving for it now even though he's not manager - there's massive ego involved in that." Title-holders United have endured a difficult start to the season under Moyes, sitting ninth in the Premier League table having lost three games at Old Trafford already. Keane, now assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland, left United in 2005 following a controversial interview with in-house television channel MUTV in which he openly criticised his team-mates, and says that his relationship with his former manager is now "non-existent". The Irishman, who won seven Premier League titles, four FA Cups and the Champions League under Ferguson between 1993 and 2005, feels his former manager has failed to show him enough respect for his on-field achievements. Keane believes Ferguson's praise for him in his recently-released autobiography for "covering every blade of grass" in United's 1999 Champions League semi-final second leg against Juventus was disparaging. "Stuff like that almost insults me. I get offended when people give quotes like that about me. It's like praising the postman for delivering letters," he said. Keane was speaking in an ITV4 documentary called Keane and Vieira: The Best of Enemies which airs on Tuesday night and outlines his rivalry with former Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.S.R. Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Love how Keane is so controversial. For money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Just like a crack whore Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Mags Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Fuck Roy Keane, Fuck Alex Ferguson, Fuck David Moyes, Wayne Rooney & RVP, Fuck them all to Hell Sorry, had to get that off my chest Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Fuck Roy Keane, Fuck Alex Ferguson, Fuck David Moyes, Wayne Rooney & RVP, Fuck them all to Hell Sorry, had to get that off my chest Fuck your chest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Goal at Old Trafford! Jones centre forward next game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Be canny funny if Moyes if after everything that's happened so far wins the CL at the first attempt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Only if it took CL place off Liverpool Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Only if it took CL place off Liverpool Even better. I could see it though. Think of shit teams hanging on for dear life in the league, can't buy a win, playing shite but somehow all the planets align and they find themselves in the FA cup final. That on roids would be manure finishing 6-7th and still winning the CL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 We've done very well in the group stage at least. That wasn't an easy group. Shakhtar are a difficult side to beat and Leverkusen are flying in Germany this year. We'll get bummed by the likes of Bayern. Better all over the pitch apart from maybe two positions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 We've done very well in the group stage at least. That wasn't an easy group. Shakhtar are a difficult side to beat and Leverkusen are flying in Germany this year. We'll get bummed by the likes of Bayern. Better all over the pitch apart from maybe two positions. Wat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Froggy Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I've stated why like. When's the last time an English side beat Shakhtar in Ukraine? Bayer are on fire this year as well, especially at home. They're six points clear of Dortmund in the league for example. Real Socieded... fair enough. Though they are higher than us in a league considered by many to be better than the EPL. It was by no means the hardest group, but it wasn't easy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I've stated why like. When's the last time an English side beat Shakhtar in Ukraine? Bayer are on fire this year as well, especially at home. They're six points clear of Dortmund in the league for example. Real Socieded... fair enough. Though they are higher than us in a league considered by many to be better than the EPL. It was by no means the hardest group, but it wasn't easy. Wat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaizero Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Fucking Rosenborg would've had a chance of 3rd/2nd in that group in place of Man Utd tbh. Not easy (for Man Utd) my ass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 It was a classic banana slip sort of group rather than a really strong group, and Man U have done well to top it. All the other teams seriously performed below some expectations, especially Shaktar, albeit they have lost some players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 Kaiz Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted December 10, 2013 Share Posted December 10, 2013 I for one am delighted to see United back on track. #MoyesIn Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Man Utd's group wasn't easy whatsoever. They negotiated it very well, and Moyes at least deserves some sort of credit for that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Cracks papered over, could have easily lost that last night Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 http://www.themag.co.uk/the-mag-articles/manchester-united-fans-a-welcome-reality-check/ Manchester United Fans – A Welcome Reality Check 5 hours ago by Paul Dixon Did you see the Manchester United fans as cameras panned around OT on Saturday with 10 minutes or so left? Did you see the looks on faces that haven’t been seen for 20 years on some of them, never on the younger ones? The look of apprehension. The look of trepidation. The look of uncertainty. The look of ‘Bloody hell, we’re a bit s**t’! People who for decades have sat contentedly as the goals and trophies piled up, people who occasionally tolerated an away goal, or, in extreme circumstances, a goal from a penalty. Now they have fear in their eyes, now they check their watches, not so as they aren’t late for the flight back to Kuala Lumpur or Copenhagen as was the norm, but wondering if they can snatch a draw. Remember when they used to patronise phone-ins with their, “You have to stick by your manager, changing doesn’t help”? Now they’re calling for Moyes’s head after a dozen or so games, ‘Bring back Fergie’ is the worried cry. Now they’re finding out what It’s like to be us. Checking the league table, not to see if they can win the League by February this year, for a bit of fun, but to see how Swansea got on. Streaming out of the ground with stunned looks, disbelief, this can’t be happening. A quick final dash into the club shop for their ‘Moyes out’! t-shirts and comedy Rooney hair pieces, before the bus back to Exeter or Sidcup. At least these people bother to go. How many times have you been in a pub in the UK when one of their matches is on? There they are, the plastic Mancs, the glory hunters, couldn’t find OT with an Indian tracker and GPS, but they sit there, in their Cantona shirts, ‘bigging it up’ about ‘the lads’. Support passed down from a Dad who revelled in picking a winning team and also because he loved the way George Best popped Miss World every year. There is joy to be had in football at times (even when you realise that you’re merely a money making conduit for a purposeless owner) and we should celebrate that. Yes, this is a bit childish, but just remember how many times you’ve schlepped to some cr*ppy outpost of the UK, watching another Toon horror show, slunk into your local boozer just before closing time to be met by the resident plastic Manc jeering, “The lads won again today, how did your lot get on”? Revel in it folks, chances like this don’t come along very often, a bit like away penalties at OT in fact. Fucking excellent article. Never a truer word spoken. The 2 glory cunts I work with have been very quiet this week. Instead of sniggering and pointing at me in a mocking fashion, they are lost sheep. Until today that is when they are wondering who their next victims in the Champions League will be. " It won't be fucking Newcastle, will it, " said one. I can't wait for their inevitable demise in the Tournament. Still, they'll probably become Arsenal fans instead of having the ignominy of "supporting" an also-ran. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
basjen Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Man U-supporting friend just told me that he doesn't look forward to matches anymore because he is afraid that they will lose. I recommended a good relegation battle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 I remember my Man Utd supporting friend saying he enjoyed when other teams took the lead because it made it interesting at least :lol: Can you imagine? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
basjen Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 If my FM save where I during 2020 won with an average of five goals count, then yes. Since it probably doesn't, no. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 Is that hilarious Man Utd twitter account still about? The guy from the Far East aping other supporters? "I'm a true Utd fan, didn't even switch to City when they won the title" etc etc? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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