For sale: Tickets for the bring back roy bandwagon

irishgeo · 07-09-2002 5:11pm #1

we were terrible. We lacked a defence. Steve finnan looked to be there in body not mind. The rest of defence i dont know where they went.

The midfield i honestly thought we didnt have one for a while.We suffered when duff went off.

The attack looked ok. Robbie keane looked sharp as for morrisson. I think he got heskey's bug of failing down.

Doherety looked good and like the next niall quinn.

I think the bring back roy bandwagon will be full to the brim. Perhaps they might put on extra bandwagons for the rush.

PM me for tickects details.

Augmerson · 07-09-2002 5:16pm

SOLD!

BKtje · 07-09-2002 5:20pm

i'll take 2

Feel free to correcr me but Keane woulda given em the bollocking they needed from the start. he woulda done...more.... Maybe im being biased towards Keane (roy

), but my god did we need him there.

I feel so...angry.

Tellox · 07-09-2002 5:32pm

I'll have 3

Michael Collins · 07-09-2002 6:50pm

Yep I'll have a couple of them tickets too. We needed a leader, after the second goal things just kept getting worse, we picked up a little after half time, still twas no use. Bring 'em back....if he wants to come back, that is. Player-manager!?! he'd be perfect for both....

BKtje · 07-09-2002 7:47pm

He can't play even if he wanted to. He's injured and too many of his 'fellow' Irishmen wouldnt accept him.

I'd love for him to return but he'd first half to be fit again then make up with half the Irish team. Neither will happen very soon.

Blitzkrieger · 08-09-2002 12:32am

Bringing back Roy would be good in the short term, but the most important thing would be to get rid of Mick McCarthy. How many times does he have to show his incompetence?

BKtje · 08-09-2002 3:57am

McCarthy has made some bad decesions.
Especially around the Roy Keane incident.
You can't however deny he helped ireland qualify for the World Cup and almost brought us to the quarters. He deserves another shot.

daveirl · 08-09-2002 8:00am

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Dustaz · 08-09-2002 2:15pm

Originally posted by Michael Collins
Player-manager!?! he'd be perfect for both....

This sums up this entire thread.

Keep it up lads. I cant wait to hear the rest of your bar stool wisdom.

Sure if Roy Keane was playing, we would have won 5-0!! If Roy Keane was playing, we would have won the World Cup!! If Roy Keane was there, we would have won the US presidential race, cured cancer and achieved world peace.

Illkillya · 08-09-2002 2:54pm

dustaz, nobody said those things. People are saying that Roy Keane would greatly improve a weak squad. Thats not 'bar stool wisdom' its common sense.

irishgeo · 08-09-2002 3:02pm

its in todays news of the world that mccarthy said that the team would be better with keane and the result might have been better with keane. He even says that keane would have played yesterday though as he just had a hip op he wuld not have but would keave have had the op if he was to play for ireland?.

McCarthy is a muppet. He doesnt know ****e i do better than him as long as everything was done on championship manager interface.

Keane for manager or anybody else what about Dave O Leary.
Maybe need a foreign guy in like england or thats right all our managers are foreign.

How about anybody other than mick

daveirl · 08-09-2002 3:06pm

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Bard · 08-09-2002 3:18pm

Originally posted by Illkillya
Thats not 'bar stool wisdom' its common sense.

Actually no... it's bollocks.

irishgeo · 08-09-2002 3:20pm

Only a few tickets remaining. Bandwagon leaves @6.00pm from achill island county mayo to Boards.ie headquarters wherever that might be.

Dont be at yourself · 08-09-2002 3:44pm

Originally posted by Illkillya
People are saying that Roy Keane would greatly improve a weak squad.

Keane would have a HUGE negative impact on the Irish squad. I mean Christ, how many times has he mouthed off over the Irish team? Whether he's attacking the manager, calling the squad "muppets" or, after the McAteer elbow, alluding to having more scores to settle, he's been nothing but abusive and undermining. As such, he can't play in the irish team - not unless we lose not only McCarthy, but most of our squad. And frankly, he's not worth it.

We're capable of doing well without him.

Winters · 08-09-2002 3:46pm

I would like to point out the muppets here (Execpt Dustaz & NekkidBibleMan ).

Why do you all think that if your "god" Roy Keane had been playing the match we would have beat them 50-0? Roy Keane would have brought nothing to the match. The team itself played bad, thats got nothing to do with Mick. You seem to slate Mick a lot because of your "god".

You seem to follow Keane and not Ireland i have to say. What mick has done was for the best and you cant see that. To have a player say what keane say and not do do anything would be a mistake as then many muppets would follow keane and treat all managers loike ****. I would like to buy all your tickets and burn them.... in order to make a point.

BKtje · 08-09-2002 4:43pm

Yes the team played badly. What we would like is that we remove one if the bad playing players and swap him with a player who rarely plays badly.

That said having the current Keane back wouldn't help the squad as he, as was said, would probably create angrey feelings in the Irish camp. MCAteer is a muppet tho, he went out looking to wind up Keane.

Outta interest who exactly has bad feelings towards Keane in the current Irish camp? MCAteer, Mick and who else? Bonner i know but he's only a handyman. Staunton and Quinn are both gone.

irishgeo · 08-09-2002 6:23pm

Cant wait for stan versus keane. i think quinn is an even bigger muppet for going over after keane had been sent off.Jesus it didnt even have nothing to do with him.

conZ · 08-09-2002 6:42pm

Roy Keane is an excellent play maker..
Maybe if he was playing, he might have played the perfect ball over the Russian defences heads and left it for Robbie Keane to put it past the keeper which could be the goal that could get us into euro 2004. And, by the looks of it, were gonna need every possible goal we can get.

All this not forgetting Roy Keane is also a great defender, tracking back for the team and making vital tackles.

If hes not that good, why is he the captain of probably the greatest team in the world ?

Ireland need to work on their whole team work and tbh i cant see this happening with Mick McCarthy in charge and Roy Keane in Mayfield.
Ok winters, who is the best player in Ireland atm ? and is he playing for the national team ?

****in disgrace.

cournioni · 08-09-2002 7:24pm

Originally posted by Winters
I would like to point out the muppets here (Execpt Dustaz & NekkidBibleMan ).

I would like to say the opposite to this except I'm including you as a muppet with all your anti Roy Keane comments. That is bullshít that you persist with and its fairly obvious that you are anti - Man Utd. The fact is that we are on about Ireland here and these people only want the best for our country and I tend to agree with them. What negative effect would he have on the team? Tell me that... Fact is that most of the Irish players agreed with Keane, but did not want to risk their place in the squad over it. It was just those 4 or so senior players (McAteer included) that didn't stand up for Roy in Saipan. Have you read any of the book yet? It all makes perfect sense to me, and McCarthy didn't come out and say that a word in the book was lies or anything. As a matter of fact he's trying to keep a low profile to keep away from further roastings from the Irish fans, so that tells you that he knows its all true.

So start talking about what is best for IRELAND other than your anti-Manchester United comments which have nothing to do with Ireland.

Lennoxschips · 08-09-2002 7:45pm

Keane should have done more than elbow McAteer. I wish he had broken his nose.

McAteer is the same player that lied about his fitness before the Cameroon match, helping Cameroon destroy us in the first half. McAteer then doesn't get picked for the Germany match, so he throws a tantrum and threatens to go home. Two months later he's captaining Ireland. Where is the sanity in all this?? Talk about inconistent management.

Dont be at yourself · 08-09-2002 9:05pm

That is bullshít that you persist with and its fairly obvious that you are anti - Man Utd

Could you furnish me with some examples? I couldn't find any in his post. The only people I seen Winters slate in his post is Keane himself and the players on the pitch yesterday evening. Nobody is making anti-Man Utd. comments. In fact, nobody even mentioned Man Utd. until you did. Paranoid, are we?

By you bringing Man Utd. into the argument, you would appear to be pro Man Utd, and as such, biased in your view of Keane.

And everybody here wants the best for the national team. Ideally, we'd like to see a team where Keane could play alongside the current lineup - but the fact of the matter is, there has been so much mud-slinging (and Keane is certainly not blameless in this regard) that it would be impossible for such a tem to play to their maximum ability.

What negative effect would he have on the team? Tell me that

He has lost the respect of most of the squad (if not from the WC fiasco, then from his comments about intentionally hurting other players, having scores to settle, elbowing players and insulting various people in the squad) and so it would be extrmeley difficult for him to play along side - let alone lead - them. Would you be able to play in a team alongside a man who insulted you, shamed your nation and carried on as Keane did?

It was just those 4 or so senior players (McAteer included) that didn't stand up for Roy in Saipan

So why, pray tell, has Keane deemed the majority of people who were in that room muppets? Surely if they stood beside him, he'd have shown a lot more respect for them?

And by God, Keane's book actually painting him in a good light? Wonders will never cease!

irishgeo · 08-09-2002 9:59pm

havent read the keane book but its one of my purchases soon.

Bottle_of_Smoke · 08-09-2002 9:59pm

Keane got us into the world cup, there's no denying that, I don't think the players losing his respect matters, I heard a load of them went and apologised to him for not backing them up.

The three who backed McCarthy in the press conference are gone anyway.

I can't see anyone siding with Jason McAteer over Keane.

It'l cost the FAI much more not getting into Euro2004 than paying Mick off.

We need Keane back

BKtje · 08-09-2002 11:36pm

I believe he was refering to another thread. All these threads are very similar and its easy to get confused

(on the man u comments)

Blitzkrieger · 08-09-2002 11:40pm

Originally posted by B-K-DzR
almost brought us to the quarters

Bollox! We got to the quarters because the team gave their all and never stopped until the final whistle. McCarthy actually hindered our chances by playing Ian Harte, who clearly wasn't playing well. The effort the players put in every tackle, every run, every game got us to the quarters.

The story I heard is Quinn wanted to shake Keane's hand at the end of the match, and when he saw that wasn't possible ran over to try and shake it when Keane was sent off.

Roy Keane is a leader, and we sorely missed one yesterday. What you say about him 'losing the respect of the players' I can't agree with. They've played with him a long time and seen his commitment to the team. Even with all the ****e being blown out of proportion by the press you can't forget that. Personally I think it's sickening the way the boots are going in now that Keane is down.

Lennoxschips · 08-09-2002 11:51pm

Elbowing players. Big fcuking deal. It's soccer, it's not table tennis. Sure Jan Wouters broke Gazzas nose (good for him) and the Dutch still played him.

cournioni · 09-09-2002 11:05pm

Originally posted by NekkidBibleMan
Could you furnish me with some examples? I couldn't find any in his post. The only people I seen Winters slate in his post is Keane himself and the players on the pitch yesterday evening. Nobody is making anti-Man Utd. comments. In fact, nobody even mentioned Man Utd. until you did. Paranoid, are we?

By you bringing Man Utd. into the argument, you would appear to be pro Man Utd, and as such, biased in your view of Keane.

Well considering I read most of the Roy Keane and Manchester United threads on this board, I seem to have considerable evidence of you being anti-Man Utd. Then as a result you drag your ABU status into Roy Keane threads (not that you mentioned United or anything) but its just funny how so many ABU's on this board are against Keane. Pure coincidence? I think not.

I am a Manchester United supporter yes, however I have seen some posts where non-Man Utd fans weren't being totally against Keane as you ABU's are. It's pathetic and can be seen from a mile away.

He has lost the respect of most of the squad (if not from the WC fiasco, then from his comments about intentionally hurting other players, having scores to settle, elbowing players and insulting various people in the squad) and so it would be extrmeley difficult for him to play along side - let alone lead - them. Would you be able to play in a team alongside a man who insulted you, shamed your nation and carried on as Keane did?

And you would know this how? From a few tabloid newspapers. They're a reliable source aren't they? Again give me an example of some comments in the book that have been offensive to players in the *current* Ireland squad. Jason McAteer is the only one who comes to mind really and he's a tw@t anyway.

And by God, Keane's book actually painting him in a good light? Wonders will never cease!

Tabloids got to you again? Read the book for yourself.

So why, pray tell, has Keane deemed the majority of people who were in that room muppets? Surely if they stood beside him, he'd have shown a lot more respect for them?

Of course he would. He said that in the book. And remember, at that time he was the captain of the team and the senior members of the squad deserted him at that moment in time when he thought they'd back him up. McCarthy was accusing Keane of faking injury so that he would not have to play for Ireland. Great man management that, making wild accusations like that.

Well it seems that most ABU's haven't bought the book anyway, which seems normal to me cos they're probably saving up for a new pair of bright green Kappa tracksuit bottoms. Which sounds like money well spent on their behalf I guess. Most of them can't read anyway, and theres only a few pictures in the book so fair play to them.

daveirl · 10-09-2002 12:26am

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