Who Could Do The Most Damage?

Michael Bolton wrote:I think Roy keane would be the worst appointment, he was awful at Ipswich and Sunderland were terrible in the top flight under him. He buys really odd players, the guy hasn't a clue and he has the personality of a turd! If he is appointed I won't follow Bolton.

Agreed. He is clueless. Again, I don't believe Gartside would be that stupid.

I like to think he's not stupid too, but he couldn't see that coyle was inept all last season! To be fair gartside's appointments have all been decent and seemed right. Big Sam was a cracking appointment. Spammy lee made sense. Mugson kept us up twice at a difficult time at the club so he wasn't that bad. Coyle IMO was the right man for the job 3 years ago. No one could foresee that coyle would turn out to be hopeless! So I think gartside will get it right.

He wasn't awful at Sunderland, granted it didn't work out at Ipswich, but he still had a better record there than Coyle, and Megson had here who many seem to think is a "good manager" all of a sudden.

He got Sunderland promoted and kept them up. His record at Sunderland is better than Mick's record anywhere

The problem I have with Keane is that he comes across as a bit too arrogant. He was a great player but great players don't always make great managers.

Reebok Trotter wrote:The problem I have with Keane is that he comes across as a bit too arrogant. He was a great player but great players don't always make great managers.

Hardly ever do


Keane needs to prove something to himself

Hipster_Nebula wrote:He wasn't awful at Sunderland, granted it didn't work out at Ipswich, but he still had a better record there than Coyle, and Megson had here who many seem to think is a "good manager" all of a sudden.

He got Sunderland promoted and kept them up. His record at Sunderland is better than Mick's record anywhere

I thought Keane really struggled in the Premiership. He spent between £70m-£80m on players and they were still rubbish.

Keane's Premiership record as manager of Sunderland read = 53 games played, 15 wins, 9 draws, 29 defeats = 54 points. Averaging 1 point per game is worse than Coyle!

Roy Keane's signings at Sunderland - 39 players for nearly £80 million in just three seasons!!!

2006/07

Liam Miller. Free. Manchester United
Dwight Yorke. Free. Sydney FC
Graham Kavanagh. £500,000. Wigan
Stanislav Varga. £550,000. Celtic
David Connolly. £1.4m. Wigan
Ross Wallace. £550,000. Celtic
Lewis Nyatanga. Loan. Derby
Jonny Evans. Loan. Manchester United
Marton Fulop. £500,000. Tottenham
Carlos Edwards. £1.4m. Luton
Anthony Stokes. £2m. Arsenal
Danny Simpson. Loan. Manchester United
Stern John. Undisclosed. Coventry

2007/8

Craig Gordon. £9m. Hearts
Paul McShane. £2.5m. West Brom
Dickson Etuhu. £1.5m. Norwich
Kieran Richardson. £5.5m. Manchester United
Michael Chopra. £5m. Cardiff
Greg Halford. £2.5m. Reading
Roy O'Donovan. Undisclosed. Cork City
Russell Anderson. £1m. Aberdeen
Danny Higginbotham. £2.5m. Stoke
Kenwyne Jones. £6m. Southampton
Ian Harte. Free. Levante
Andrew Cole. Free. Portsmouth
Phil Bardsley. £2m. Manchester United
Rade Prica. £2m. FC Aalborg
Andy Reed. £4m. Charlton
Yves Mvoto-Mvoto. £300,000. Paris Saint-Germain

2008/9

Nick Colgan. Free. Ipswich
George McCartney. £4.5m. West Ham
Anton Ferdinand. £8m. West Ham
Pascal Chimbonda. Undisclosed. Tottenham
Teemu Tainio. £4m. Tottenham
Steed Malbranque. £5m. Tottenham
David Meyler. Undisclosed. Cork City
Djibril Cisse. Loan. Marseilles
David Healy. £1.2m. Fulham
El-Hadji Diouf. £2.5m. Bolton

Natasha Whittam wrote:

Hipster_Nebula wrote:Dougie Freedman is an interesting name thats falling in the odds.

I agree. The same could be said of Keith Hill.

changed your tune.

Hipster_Nebula wrote:

changed your tune.

I said it was an "interesting name". I find the name Dougie comical.

Natasha Whittam wrote:

Hipster_Nebula wrote:

changed your tune.

I said it was an "interesting name". I find the name Dougie comical.

decent sidestep

wanderlust wrote:I'd give my right arm to be ambidexterous.

I'd give my right arm to be a goalkeeper.