Keane leaves sunderland :((((
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4 Dec 2008, 13:49
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Roy Keane has left his position as manager of Sunderland.
Sunderland confirmed the exit of Keane on Thursday, with players and staff at the Stadium of Light also informed after a morning of speculation.
The Black Cats are 18th in the Premier League and have lost five of their last six games.
proper gutted, he was a big enough name to get us more attention than we've had in the last 2 seasons combined.
Also, a lot of our recent signings all said that Keane was a major influence on their signing :/
can't see any good big names that can be brought in to replace him either
Roy Keane has left his position as manager of Sunderland.
Sunderland confirmed the exit of Keane on Thursday, with players and staff at the Stadium of Light also informed after a morning of speculation.
The Black Cats are 18th in the Premier League and have lost five of their last six games.
proper gutted, he was a big enough name to get us more attention than we've had in the last 2 seasons combined.
Also, a lot of our recent signings all said that Keane was a major influence on their signing :/
can't see any good big names that can be brought in to replace him either
I hate the cunt with a passion.
Is a shame 'cus he has the potential to be a good manager imo. He's got the knowledge of the game, commands respect and can motivate people. He did well to get Sunderland to where they are at the mo.
Not sure if he walked, or was pushed though. I heard the Irish have all been replaced by Yanks on the board, and that there was talk of a director of football coming in?
He always said if he thought he couldn't do the job as he thought it should be done, he'd be offski.
GL to you guys though, I think you have enough quality to survive :)
He did what he needed to do to get us out of YoYo'ing into the CC
He had to spent mega bucks to even attract moderate talent, and now he has done that we won't need to do the same again.
Saying the current squad is not heaps and bounds better than two seasons ago is a complete and utter joke.
Except for our current string of poor performances we aren't a bad side. Once we get a manger than can get the current players to gell in a consistant starting 11 then you'll see us shoot up the league.
He's done us a world of fucking good though and most fans will be glad he helped us but it's a shame that he couldn't stick in and see in finish mid table or higher
I reckon Keano had lost the dressing room after his hint at leaving anyway.
<--- Boro fan :P
They were my tip for a surprise package this season!
my mum and her fella got married on the pitch @ stadium of light and spent their reception in the sports bar and venue room (private obviously) ..
but was permantly in and around the northeast till 10
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Why the fuck do you think there is so much protest vs all those foreigninvesters. They dont care about the football, they just fuck it up.
How much you pay for a ticket, 30 pounds for a simple match?
By far the best league?? That's utter bullshit. You know the word "LEAGUE" is not the same as "TOP 4". You got the best top 4 yes but the best league? No. La liga still has the better league then the premier league.
la liga:
- barcelona: won CL in 2007
- Real Madrid: won 2 CL in the last 10 years
- Valencia: finalist CL in 2003 or something
- Villarreal: semi-finalist in 2003 or something
- Sevilla: won 2 times UEFA cup in 2006 and 2007
- Espanyol Barcelona: finalist UEFA cup in 2007 i think
- Alaves: a team that is now in 2nd division played the final of UEFA cup in 2001 against liverpool
- athletico madrid: is doing very well in CL atm in their 1st CL in years and reached top 4 in la liga
- deportivo la coruna: played some awesome football couple of years ago and reached the semi finals I think in the CL in 2004
These are only some results of spanish teams in the last 10 years. I'm sure teams like Getafe who regularly fight for relegation reached a quarter final in the uefa cup last year or 2 years ago etc... In Spain lots of team reach semi-finals and finals of CL and not only the top teams like Barcelona or Real Madrid. So tell me now what english clubs have reached in the last 10 years besided the top 4?? Middlesbrough in the UEFA cup final must have been the only thing right?? Maybe the top 4 in England is better but the spanish league is far more competitive then the premier league so stop saying bullshit like the premier league is "by far"the best league in the world. I guess you only read "The Sun" and other bullshit tabloids in England and trust everything what they say. Pathetic.
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At least in la liga different teams get the opportunity to get to play European football and yes most of them succeed instead of always the same teams in the premier league. Besides the top 4 in England the league is more or less on the same level as seria A & bundesliga and behind la liga.
As for foreign investment yeah am sure every club would love a home grown supporter who is mega rich but that will never happen so foreign investment is needed to dismiss a league based on the fact it is progressing in terms of turnover quality players and more lucrative wages is fucking plain dumb.
Your arguement was the Premiership is dying please state facts that this is happening because you seem to think you know more about the financial side of football then the experts that state the opposite!
In terms of foreign players yeah the Prem has i higher percentage of foreign players but all the top European leagues have high percentages of foreign players aswell so your argement AGAIN is invallid and makes no sense.
The reason we have such a high amount of Foreign players here is they can get better and more lucrative deals here then any other league so if your going to cry because the fact is this is the best league in the world and is attracting the best players cry at the agents that sell these players and there previous clubs.
Your point about European football and the chances given to other clubs ill grant you that one but La liga isnt much different neither is Serie A the usuall teams make it through to the CL or Uefa cup so not a big difference there.
I think it comes down to you being abit bitter that the fact and do your homework you two idiots the Premiership is regarded and renowned by experts coaches players and so to be the best league in the world and i think 99% of the world would agree just you get the occasional nuggets like you two who thin they know more then others when they actually just talk laughable bullshit.
The premera division is better then the EPL mate get real its really laughable the prem is richer has better players and plays better football but thats mine and 99% of football fans opinions you have yours i have mine and as for calling me a noob please mate dont bother i dont take offense to shit like that of 4 stone nerds