Roy Keane

[Bjornebye]

Best midfielder the premier league has seen? Stevie close second. Thoughts ?

[lifetime fan]

Stevie beats him hands down.

 

As did Vieira.

[Bjornebye]

[Bjornebye]

Stevie beats him hands down.

 

As did Vieira.

 

One of my favourite Gerrard moments was that 50/50 at Anfield maybe 2004 and Gerrard smashed him. But.... If Keane came to us from Forest we would have dominated the 90's. Easily. 

[Lee909]

Barely did fuck all on the European and international stage compared to Gerrard and Viera. Got away with being a supposed hard man by being a dirty cunt that refs were scared to send of with Whiskey nose on the touchline. Not in the same class as Gerrard and far better players throughout Europe

[The Golden Eel]

Why thoughts are he's a twat and doesn't deserve his own thread on a Liverpool forum.

[Babb'sBurstNad]

Nah. Good player, but elevated above his level by the myth of the hard man. 

 

As far as the PL era goes, Scholes, Gerrard and Vieira are all above him. 

[Guest Pistonbroke]

Very good player but I wouldn't even put him in the same bracket as the true legends of the game, plus he was and is an utter fucking bell end. 

[Fugitive]

Self-important cock womble

[SammyAftershave]

Did the basics very well. Which is nothing to be sniffed at. Liked a battle. Fair enough, honest brute. Couldn't lace Souness's boots.

[lifetime fan]

Did the basics very well. Which is nothing to be sniffed at. Liked a battle. Fair enough, honest brute. Couldn't lace Souness's boots.

True.

 

But then there's been no one play in this league since that could!

[manwiththestick]

He's Joey Barton but in the right place at the right time.

[SammyAftershave]

Fair dinkum.

 

I remember watching England v Scotland when then fixture still held some interest. The tabloid hacks explaining how and why no one could possibly compete with Captain Fantastic (collar-bone) Robson.

 

My hands almost ignited rubbing them as I looked forward to them swallowing their words during the  forthcoming battle and the inevitable Tabloids calling 'Foul!' Souness ruled whatever pitch he happened to be on. Best midfield General I've ever seen playing for ANY team in the world. Period.

[njackets]

Best midfielder the premier league has seen? Stevie close second. Thoughts ?

Gerrard was better, more versatile and didn't have the luxury of playing in great teams his whole career.

[Harry Squatter]

Never understood why he just got off from.the world cup. Yes the Irish FA may have annoyed him flying first class and the organisation of training may not have been to the same standard he was used to but why leave the world cup?. I'm sure Gareth Bale is used to better organisation and tactics at Real Madrid than when he plays for Wales but I could never imagine him walking out on Wales in a World Cup.

 

He always seemed to pick and choose who he picked on like Alf Inge Haaland, Gareth Southgate and Shearer. When he first started at Forest he played against Spurs and Gazza kept winding him up calling him a thick irishman but instead of booting him he went moaning to the press after the game. Ironically a player who he would have targeted to bully or kick, Luis Garcia injured him and finished his career at the Mancs.

 

Still think he was a great player and was the driving force behind them for a long time. He must have been a great fucking laugh though.

[lifetime fan]

I seem to remember Shearer going back and him bottling it.

[SammyAftershave]

 

He's not worth it.

[Guest Pistonbroke]

I remember Razor Ruddock clattering into Roy Keane circa 93/94, that was before Keane got his hard man tab like. Keane shat himself the whole game and it was Ince who had a go at Ruddock, bad idea. 

[Boss]

One of my favourite Gerrard moments was that 50/50 at Anfield maybe 2004 and Gerrard smashed him. But.... If Keane came to us from Forest we would have dominated the 90's. Easily. 

 

Agreed. If you said choose one player to bring into that Liverpool side of the mid 90's, it'd be Roy Keane.  He wouldn't have stood for all the coke snorting, night clubbing, pranking bollocks of the Spice Boys era. He would've ironed them right out.  

 

The core of that team could've been champions if they would've treated their bodies the way the likes of Gerrard do now. 

[lifetime fan]

Was listening to a 5 live podcast with Trigger a couple of weeks ago about his new autobiography.

 

He talked about Liverpool, depression and having a pop at Keane.

[Bjornebye]

Barely did fuck all on the European and international stage compared to Gerrard and Viera. Got away with being a supposed hard man by being a dirty cunt that refs were scared to send of with Whiskey nose on the touchline. Not in the same class as Gerrard and far better players throughout Europe

 

 

Juventus away 1999. Didn't do anything away on a European stage? 

[aRdja]

He was a very good player... he made that United midfield tick.. Scholes wasn't always the deep lying midfielder who pinged the ball about... I don't think he was ever as talented a player as Gerrard, Vieira, or Scholes for example.. but if we had him in the team we would've won more trophies I'd argue.

[lifetime fan]

He was a very good player... he made that United midfield tick.. Scholes wasn't always the deep lying midfielder who pinged the ball about... I don't think he was ever as talented a player as Gerrard, Vieira, or Scholes for example.. but if we had him in the team we would've won more trophies I'd argue.

If we'd had Stevie or Vieira we'd have won a shit load more trophies.

 

The point doesn't stand.

[aRdja]

If we'd had Stevie or Vieira we'd have won a shit load more trophies.

 

The point doesn't stand.

We had Stevie!!!!!! My point is if we had Keane as his partner. I don't think Stevie was ever comfortable as a captain. Keane was a leader.

[lifetime fan]

He was a fucking kid.