05 Jun 2020 01:51:33
Sorry I haven't posted in a while I have been shielding here with the virus and while doing so I am watching old utd clips on you tube

In my mind keane is the best player ever to play for us!

Our time will come again soon!


1.) 05 Jun 2020
05 Jun 2020 06:17:06
Loved Keane but Bryan Robson everyday of the week for me.


2.) 05 Jun 2020
05 Jun 2020 11:45:41
Duncan Edwards . George Best.


3.) 05 Jun 2020
05 Jun 2020 16:49:58
I think your forgetting Alex Buttner 🤣.


4.) 05 Jun 2020
05 Jun 2020 16:36:49
Agree with you Patrick


5.) 05 Jun 2020
05 Jun 2020 21:23:09
David bellion was an absolute baller.


6.) 06 Jun 2020
06 Jun 2020 02:30:06
I think people get influential and best player mixed in my eyes. Keane was a great leader and organizer but he couldn't pass like Carrick neither was he this amazing tackler he didn't get many goals he didn't create many chances either but because he scared people and was able to spur others on many people believe he was an amazing player.

Playing with Scholes meant his real job was to go in and win battles where as all the technical and creative parts of the game (which is harder) Scholes made up for. Yeah lots will disagree bring up juve away etc where he played brilliantly but even then the goal aside his role was all about keeping the shape and competing in the middle. Just my opinion I believe a team needs players like keane and he was good at what he did but he was not even close to being our best player.


7.) 06 Jun 2020
06 Jun 2020 07:14:43
I think that's a huge disservice to Roy Keane and its because of how good a leader he was and how tough on the pitch he was that somehow his footballing ability is overlooked. He was an incredible footballer.


8.) 06 Jun 2020
06 Jun 2020 09:01:58
Roy Keane was a phenomenal player. He never gave the ball away. He always gave the right pass at the right time. He was capable of rampaging runs and scoring goals but he often sacrificed his offensive traits for the good of the team. It was always about winning with Roy. He’s the football equivalent of Michael Jordan in that respect. Carrick was a very good player but is light years behind Keane in terms of being the best player in the world in his position. Watch Ireland v Holland to witness a masterclass in midfield play.
Keane didn’t try to hit Hollywood passes because he had teammates who could do that better but he was the heartbeat of the team and without doubt the best player of his generation. He could tackle better than most but he read the game so well he usually just intercepted the play and came away with possession. His passing ability was underrated. He was good in the air for a guy who wasn’t tall. He was the complete footballer. A winner. A hero.

{Ed001's Note - footballing equivalent of Jordan? Nonsense. That shows you have no idea what Jordan did. How many times did Keane win games on his own by out scoring the opposition singlehandedly and driving his team mates on? Maradona maybe could be considered an equivalent but Keane was far too limited a player (excellent though he was) to be compared to Jordan. Keane is more like Rodman in that Bulls team, sacrificing his personal glory for the team win. Extremely important too but nothing like Jordan.}


9.) 06 Jun 2020
06 Jun 2020 09:29:45
Monk what are you talking about mate? Keane was a leader but he could seriously play aswell. He would be the 1st player on the team sheet in my United XI.


10.) 06 Jun 2020
06 Jun 2020 10:41:00
I was clearly talking about his win at all costs mentality and the fact that victory seemed to be more of a relief than something joyous. It was always about the next game. It wasn’t meant as a comparison about their respective abilities. Clearly, Jordan is a freak and in a different level to most mortals in that respect. But, watching Last Dance, I could see a lot of Keane in him. The charisma, the near bullying of teammates to go the extra mile and the sheer need to win. That was the point I tried to make. I’m not an idiot; I know Keane didn’t score match winners every game or do things nobody had ever seen before. But, he ensured his team won and he did the simple things better than anyone. I take your Pippen point if referring to his role as a player but he was more Jordan in his outlook and desire and influence.

{Ed001's Note - Jordan had lots of friends amongst his teammates, Keane has not many (if any). I don't see any comparison. Keane and charisma have no relation. Great player that he was, he was not charismatic, he bullied people pure and simple. It worked because he had Fergie behind him and they worked it together. Keane reminds me more of Vinnie Jones, he played a role for his manager (and continues to do so in his life), rather than he was in actuality that person (and that especially extends to the infamous MUTV interview). Keane is a quiet, nice enough chap away from football, rather than the bully he portrays in his working life. Imo he hides behind the bully persona to cope with the attention in a similar way to others that hide behind drugs or alcohol. I don't think he would have been like it if Fergie had not needed a bully, which is why I compare him to Rodman most of all. He built an on-court persona for the team's benefit, buying into the bad-boy Pistons style of play more than any other as it was what his coach wanted. Fergie wanted a team to bully and cajole officials (initially he used to offset the advantage the old firm had in getting favourable decisions from officials), Keane bought into it and took it further. Tommy Smith was another example. He was hard because Shanks told him he wanted him to have an edge and that was his edge. Personally I admire that as much as Jordan, that willingness to sacrifice all to be what your coach asks of you, rather than because of your own personal desire to be that player.}


11.) 06 Jun 2020
06 Jun 2020 12:55:23
Keane was a leader and a good player I 100% agree but he's never as good as people like to make out. He 'sacrificed' his game because he and sir alex knew the players around him would be better at the parts keane is meant to have sacrificed. Every game you mention about him is the same he was a really combative steady player who didn't give it away and got stuck in.

Him and Jordan are not comparable other than being the leader in the team. Jordan was basically your pele maradona nobody was better than him keane had a player stood right next to him who was a better player in scholes.


12.) 06 Jun 2020
06 Jun 2020 15:14:28
A good player is someone like Jesse Lingard. I really think you need to go back and watch Roy Keane play and realise how brilliant of a footballer he was.
The PL hasn't had many better central midfielders if any.


13.) 06 Jun 2020
06 Jun 2020 19:09:05
Football and Basketball should never be compared, but if you want to find the NBA equivalent of Roy Keane it's Tim Duncan and can only be Tim Duncan.