Roy Keane has retired

[£440,000]

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[Falconhoof]

Celtic got their moneys worth didn't they

[Rimbeux]

Great player

[Guest Cally77]

Anyone else think he was overrated as a player?

 

You can't deny his leadership and commitment qualities, but, imo, he wasn't in the same league as Souness as a player.

[£440,000]

I think he had less to his game than Souness, but he was still a great player.

[Guest Cally77]

I had high hopes that Gerrard would be that box to box type player like Keane, but he seems to have lost a bit of that aggression and doesn't seem comfortable in a defensive role anymore.

[mally]

i think your thread title is missing 'cu' after the comma

Edited June 12, 2006 by mally

[psl]

I had high hopes that Gerrard would be that box to box type player like Keane, but he seems to have lost a bit of that aggression and doesn't seem comfortable in a defensive role anymore.

 

Yeah that Gerrard's really gone down hill.

[Rimbeux]

I had high hopes that Gerrard would be that box to box type player like Keane, but he seems to have lost a bit of that aggression and doesn't seem comfortable in a defensive role anymore.

 

He's a different but all round better player than Keane, who was a monster, a huge presence, tremendous leader, feared opponent.

[Guest Cally77]

Yeah that Gerrard's really gone down hill.

 

Who said anything about him going downhill?

 

If you'd opened that pea sized mind of yours for a second you would realise that i never said anything of the sort, and was alluding to the fact that Gerrard is much more of an attacking player these days (one of the best) compared to when he burst onto the scene as more of a defensive type player with a lot more aggression, like Keane, but he seems to have lost that side of his game.

Edited June 12, 2006 by Cally77

[Guz]

He's a different but all round better player than Keane, who was a monster, a huge presence, tremendous leader, feared opponent.

 

I think people under estimate those qualities you mentioned. I agree other midfielders probably had more to their games than Keane (although I wouldnt call him a limited player either, he was excellent). But the amount that Keane brought to the mancs when he was at their prime was frightening. You cant just go out and buy that sort of leadership, determination and aggression. He had his problems and at times was a f***ing nutter, but he was one of the players that I thought would've given us the extra step in the 90s.

Edited June 12, 2006 by Guz

[Guest Cally77]

I think people under estimate those qualities you mentioned.

 

Since when?

[Mike]

I had high hopes that Gerrard would be that box to box type player like Keane, but he seems to have lost a bit of that aggression and doesn't seem comfortable in a defensive role anymore.

 

so you're disappointed with Gerrard?

[fred milne]

Great player

Easily the best player of the second half of the 90's / early 00's.

 

He deservedly won many plaudits for his tackling and leadership but his use of the ball was always underrated.

[Guest Cally77]

so you're disappointed with Gerrard?

 

Nope.

[Figaro]

Some say that "You're only as good as the players you play against" and unfortunately until Stevie G arrived on the scene 'Rugged Roy' had it virtually his own way - I always thought he disappeared a lot during games and was let off the hook a lot by referees during Man Yoo 'golden period'

[Cobs]

Fantastic footballer

 

&

 

an absolute cn*t

[Montse]

I always enjoyed the Keane v Viera battles

[Figaro]

I always enjoyed the Keane v Viera battles

 

 

handbags and wet tissues

[Guest Red Mist]

Overrated, appalling footballer to watch. No skill, no flair, amateurish technique, average passer/shooter/tackler and dirty as hell. Good motivator, good engine and determined and all that, but crap when it comes to anything else. Gerrard is miles better, as was Vieira.

[fred milne]

Overrated, appalling footballer to watch. No skill, no flair, amateurish technique, average passer/shooter/tackler and dirty as hell. Good motivator, good engine and determined and all that, but crap when it comes to anything else. Gerrard is miles better, as was Vieira.

If you're a WUM then the joke is wearing thin.

 

If you're serious then.....

Edited June 12, 2006 by fred milne

[Knox_Harrington]

Overrated, appalling footballer to watch. No skill, no flair, amateurish technique, average passer/shooter/tackler and dirty as hell. Good motivator, good engine and determined and all that, but crap when it comes to anything else. Gerrard is miles better, as was Vieira.

That's so astonishingly wrong. Have you got eyes?

[SkippyjonJones]

hahhaha

 

was watchign the New England Revolution last night (good game- Nicols mob had a equalizer wiped out due to one of the worst offside decisions i"ve seen in years - one that was worse cost his lot a 1 nil defeat last week) and they were heavily advertising that Celtic were going to be playing in Boston on July 17th - their first visit to the area in 30 years (so who the hell played Liverpool here 2 years ago????). The main attraction would be seeing Roy Keane Play!!!!

 

[Figaro]

They could use a cardboard cut out instead - judging by his last few appearances it wouldn't make much difference.

[Guest Red Mist]

If you're a WUM then the joke is wearing thin.

 

If you're serious then.....

I am serious. I just don't rate him. In the same way a lot of us don't rate Lampard, or the way a lot of Mancs don't rate Gerrard. Keane is not a player I enjoy watching. Give me Ronaldinho any day.