Keano: The league's been over for 2 months

Scoreboard Red said:
There was apparently an interview (I've not seen it) which my mate told me about, now he's a City fan but he said it brilliant.
After being appointed as manager of Ipswich, the interviewer asked what his wife Theresa thought of the move to Suffolk. Apparently Keane looked bemused for a few seconds and replied 'she wasn't consulted, she was TOLD we're moving to Ipswich'.
It might be amusing but it just proves what a bully and muppet he must be like to live with.
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:rolleyes: fecks sake thats nonsense mate. Stick to hating Berba.....
 
Feeky_Magee said:
18. I'm from his hometown, I've met him plenty of times, and every time I've seen him after a match he had no problem in signing autographs.

He brought his Sunderland and Ipswich teams over to Cork when the local team was struggling and made them waive their match fees, and sent both of the out to sign autographs for the crowd after the game, as well as waiting for around an hour each time signing autographs and posing for pictures. He is known in local circles for his charity work, though he tries to keep most of it quiet, as I've said before he doesn't like a fuss made, hence his likely unwillingness to want to be lauded by SAF at his testimonial.

Often he will show up at a hospital of a young kid who he's heard is a United fan and will avoid the press in doing so. My editor at the Evening Echo told me once that he'd been left in many a hospital car park cursing as he was an hour too late.
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Doesn't surprise me in the least. As i said earlier, people are complex.Keane has his demons but I believe there's also a genuine human quality about him
 
Scoreboard Red said:
There was apparently an interview (I've not seen it) which my mate told me about, now he's a City fan but he said it brilliant.
After being appointed as manager of Ipswich, the interviewer asked what his wife Theresa thought of the move to Suffolk. Apparently Keane looked bemused for a few seconds and replied 'she wasn't consulted, she was TOLD we're moving to Ipswich'.
It might be amusing but it just proves what a bully and muppet he must be like to live with.
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Your mate steered you wrong. He said it as a joke and it was reported that way. He's spoken a few times about how important it was for his family to be happy with the move.
 
Sad when even an interview & in this case a positive interview by a former player turns into he's only a cnut thread, if he says anything negative at all about Utd he is a cnut & if he says positive things about Utd he's still a cnut. Focus on the interview & don't forget what he did on the pitch for us in the not so distant past.
 
Feeky_Magee said:
18. I'm from his hometown, I've met him plenty of times, and every time I've seen him after a match he had no problem in signing autographs.
He brought his Sunderland and Ipswich teams over to Cork when the local team was struggling and made them waive their match fees, and sent both of the out to sign autographs for the crowd after the game, as well as waiting for around an hour each time signing autographs and posing for pictures. He is known in local circles for his charity work, though he tries to keep most of it quiet, as I've said before he doesn't like a fuss made, hence his likely unwillingness to want to be lauded by SAF at his testimonial.
Often he will show up at a hospital of a young kid who he's heard is a United fan and will avoid the press in doing so. My editor at the Evening Echo told me once that he'd been left in many a hospital car park cursing as he was an hour too late.
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Glad he's Ghandi-esque in Cork, in Manchester he was a twat and I know this for a fact.
My mate was in a band with Bonehead from Oasis, he lived next door to Keane in Hale Barns. They used to socialize together a lot and he considered him a good mate. He was telling me they used to bet on anything when they were pissed and used to give each other £50 or whatever.
Bone was telling me they were pissed in the pub and bet on summat (can't remember what) and they bet each others cars. Bone's was a Roller. Turns out Bone lost the bet but it was summat daft anyway, but lo and behold Keane turns up the next day demanding his car. Bonehead laughed it off but Keane stood there demanding his car. Even Bonehead's missus came out and tried to calm him down saying it was all a joke and he wasn't having a £70k car or whatever it cost.
Keane then called them both a 'pair of cnuts' and walked away znd never spoke to them again.
 
Scoreboard Red said:
Glad he's Ghandi-esque in Cork, in Manchester he was a twat and I know this for a fact.
My mate was in a band with Bonehead from Oasis, he lived next door to Keane in Hale Barns. They used to socialize together a lot and he considered him a good mate. He was telling me they used to bet on anything when they were pissed and used to give each other £50 or whatever.
Bone was telling me they were pissed in the pub and bet on summat (can't remember what) and they bet each others cars. Bone's was a Roller. Turns out Bone lost the bet but it was summat daft anyway, but lo and behold Keane turns up the next day demanding his car. Bonehead laughed it off but Keane stood there demanding his car. Even Bonehead's missus came out and tried to calm him down saying it was all a joke and he wasn't having a £70k car or whatever it cost.
Keane then called them both a 'pair of cnuts' and walked away znd never spoke to them again.
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Brillinat:lol:

Ghandi -esque in Cork:lol:
 
I'm sure if it was Bonehead that won that bet you can say for sure he & his missus wouldn't have wanted Keanes car too Scoreboard Red. I reckon there would have been a huge chance they would & that Keane knew that too & thats the angle he was coming from in that situation.
 
The Black Pearl said:
I'm sure if it was Bonehead that won that bet you can say for sure he & his missus wouldn't have wanted Keanes car too Scoreboard Red. I reckon there would have been a huge chance they would & that Keane knew that too & thats the angle he was coming from in that situation.
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Oh aye yeah, he well would've stormed Keane's gaff demanding the keys to his Merc because that's what normal lads do.
 
Scoreboard Red said:
Glad he's Ghandi-esque in Cork, in Manchester he was a twat and I know this for a fact.
My mate was in a band with Bonehead from Oasis, he lived next door to Keane in Hale Barns. They used to socialize together a lot and he considered him a good mate. He was telling me they used to bet on anything when they were pissed and used to give each other £50 or whatever.
Bone was telling me they were pissed in the pub and bet on summat (can't remember what) and they bet each others cars. Bone's was a Roller. Turns out Bone lost the bet but it was summat daft anyway, but lo and behold Keane turns up the next day demanding his car. Bonehead laughed it off but Keane stood there demanding his car. Even Bonehead's missus came out and tried to calm him down saying it was all a joke and he wasn't having a £70k car or whatever it cost.
Keane then called them both a 'pair of cnuts' and walked away znd never spoke to them again.
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Good to know you value Keane trying to uphold a bet (and as you weren't there, how are you to know it wasn't a deadly serious one and the Oasis fella would have done so the other way around too?) over visiting little kids in hospital in his free time, and contributing (considerably) financially to a whole host of charities.

I once bet my brother £20 when I was about 7 over something I was convinced on. £20 was practically all the money I had in the world then, and he still made me hand it over. A bet's a bet. It doesn't mean my brother still isn't a legend in my eyes.
 
So some cnut reneges on a bet with Keane, and that makes Keane a cnut?

Cool story, but what the feck's it got to do with the thread?
 
Feeky_Magee said:
Good to know you value Keane trying to uphold a bet (and as you weren't there, how are you to know it wasn't a deadly serious one and the Oasis fella would have done so the other way around too?) over visiting little kids in hospital in his free time, and contributing (considerably) financially to a whole host of charities.

I once bet my brother £20 when I was about 7 over something I was convinced on. £20 was practically all the money I had in the world then, and he still made me hand it over. A bet's a bet. It doesn't mean my brother still isn't a legend in my eyes.
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Yeah but unlike in Cork, in Manchester we have a figure of speech where you say 'I bet you any money' and then make a statement that is hardly concrete truthful.
I admire your passion for Keane lads but I'm well qualified to comment having been in his presence personally many times and have heard loads of tales about his cnutish behaviour.
 
Personally I don't really bet and on the rare occasions I have made bets with friends/my brother I tend to let them off with paying. I'm sure people will argue that they wouldn't do the same for me but I don't really like the idea of taking money from friends or family. Though conversely I would always pay up if I lost.

That said, not everyone has the attitude I do and if they made a bet then it's hard to see why he should not at least have the right to call him on it, regardless of whether it's a Rolls Royce or a bacon roll.
 
Funny, because I've only heard good things about Keane from various people.
 
Scoreboard Red said:
Yeah but unlike in Cork, in Manchester we have a figure of speech where you say 'I bet you any money' and then make a statement that is hardly concrete truthful.
I admire your passion for Keane lads but I'm well qualified to comment having been in his presence personally many times and have heard loads of tales about his cnutish behaviour.
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Unless you also have a phrase 'I bet you my £70k Rolls Royce' it's hard to know what that has to do with anything.
 
Scoreboard Red said:
Behave you, you well know it was a blag bet and are just picking upon your disdain for my Berbatov opinions.
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By behave I assume you mean shut up and let you continue to totally derail a thread for no reason other than you don't like the ex player who's comments are supposed to be being discussed?

What do your opinions on Berbatov have to do with anything? If I have disdain for anything it your 'trust me, lads, I know more than you' attitude on practically every topic you ever discuss.
 
Brophs said:
Personally I don't really bet and on the rare occasions I have made bets with friends/my brother I tend to let them off with paying. I'm sure people will argue that they wouldn't do the same for me but I don't really like the idea of taking money from friends or family. Though conversely I would always pay up if I lost.

That said, not everyone has the attitude I do and if they made a bet then it's hard to see why he should not at least have the right to call him on it, regardless of whether it's a Rolls Royce or a bacon roll.
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Bollocks, I'm sure you've said 'I bet you' something in tbd past with no intention of actually betting anything or jokingly bet your house or your bird or summat, usually the other cnut understands you're kidding...
 
Scoreboard Red said:
Yeah but unlike in Cork, in Manchester we have a figure of speech where you say 'I bet you any money' and then make a statement that is hardly concrete truthful.
I admire your passion for Keane lads but I'm well qualified to comment having been in his presence personally many times and have heard loads of tales about his cnutish behaviour.
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Tell us a story of when you were actually in his company then instead of these third party friend of a friend stories we've been hearing so far.
 
Scoreboard Red said:
Bollocks, I'm sure you've said 'I bet you' something in tbd past with no intention of actually betting anything or jokingly bet your house or your bird or summat, usually the other cnut understands you're kidding...
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Well I don't know whether it was a serious bet or not. If it was he's hardly going to tell you that he made a bet and then wouldn't pay. The sheer fact that Keane thought he was serious suggest there was at least room for confusion.
 
The Black Pearl said:
Tell us a story so of when you were actually in his company then instead of these third party friend of a friend stories we've been hearing so far.
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I mentioned earlier I was in his presence loads of times at The Cliff you pillock, also saw him on the few occasions in town, mainly in a gaff called The Living Room which was popular in the late 90s...
 
Scoreboard Red said:
Fair enough Spoony but I'm only talking from first hand experience and lads I know who've had similar encounters...
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Yeah but I could tell you some things that'd make you think he was a nice bloke, Johnno.
 
Scoreboard Red said:
Yeah but unlike in Cork, in Manchester we have a figure of speech where you say 'I bet you any money' and then make a statement that is hardly concrete truthful.
I admire your passion for Keane lads but I'm well qualified to comment having been in his presence personally many times and have heard loads of tales about his cnutish behaviour.
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:lol: That's a figure of speech. Highly shockingly, we have those in Cork too. I have hazard a guess that I have both been in his presence and heard more authentic tales of him than you are, and I have no hesitation of labelling him a good man. But I'm enjoying your typical "I'm more qualified to talk about this than anyone" approach.
 
Scoreboard Red said:
Yeah but unlike in Cork, in Manchester we have a figure of speech where you say 'I bet you any money' and then make a statement that is hardly concrete truthful.
I admire your passion for Keane lads but I'm well qualified to comment having been in his presence personally many times and have heard loads of tales about his cnutish behaviour.
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How do you know what people do and don't say to each other in Cork? The phrase "I'll bet you any money" is fairly widely used in the English speaking world.

Probably even in Australia.

Of course, what the feck that has to do with incredibly wealthy rock-stars/footballers making bets that involve cars in anyone's guess.
 
Brophs said:
Well I don't know whether it was a serious bet or not. If it was he's hardly going to tell you that he made a bet and then wouldn't pay. The sheer fact that Keane thought he was serious suggest there was at least room for confusion.
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From what I was told, they were both jarred up, having a top laugh, shooting pool etc and chatting shite, he said his turning up the next day was a total shock in the manner he did as they used to be top mates and have a laugh like that but he turned weird and aggressive for no reason...
 
Scoreboard Red said:
I mentioned earlier I was in his presence loads of times at The Cliff you pillock, also saw him on the few occasions in town, mainly in a gaff called The Living Room which was popular in the late 90s...
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Yeah i saw that you bollix thats why i asked you to tell us a story of some cnutish thing he did when you were in his presence besides this friend of a friend shite you've being sprouting so far. Your constantly reminding us you have 1st hand experience but yet telling is nothing about it.
 
Scoreboard Red said:
I'm sure you could and I wouldn't doubt you Spoon but funny how I must be completely wrong to these Irish lads as a former United player surely couldn't be anything but a top bloke...
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Aye, it must be an Irish thing. Couldn't be anything else, like people simply disagreeing with you.

You really don't do yourself any favours at times, Johnno.
 
The Black Pearl said:
Yeah i saw that you bollix thats why i asked you to tell us a story of some cnutish thing he did when you were in his presence besides this friend of a friend shite you've being sprouting so far. Your constantly reminding us you have 1st hand experience but yet telling is nothing about it.
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How about sheer ignorance? Little lads going "Roy, Roy can I have your autograph?" and he walked past without batting an eyelid, and I saw this plenty of times as I was down there all the time watching them train or the young lads play there or at Littleton Rd, he was a cnut.
 
Scoreboard Red said:
How about sheer ignorance? Little lads going "Roy, Roy can I have your autograph?" and he walked past without batting an eyelid, and I saw this plenty of times as I was down there all the time watching them train or the young lads play there or at Littleton Rd, he was a cnut.
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And I could tell a story, as I've already touched on, of Roy stopping for an hour in the pissing rain to fulfill all sorts of requests from little lads. I'm sure if we looked at the lives of every single poster on here, including me and you, we could find moments that would look cnutish. I find people who judge celebrities or well-known people based on how they interact with fans a bit tiresome anyway.
 
Scoreboard Red said:
Well yeah but all I'm getting is a handful of Irish lads remonstrating with me for audaciously claiming Keane is nowt less than a hero...
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Scoreboard Red said:
It's only the Irish lads that doth protest, yeah?
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I can't be arsed looking through the thread but from the top of my head Spoony and Inigo don' aggree with your 'Keane the cnut' angle. They're not Irish, from what I know.

Nor am I saying he's not a cnut. I don't know really. I don't know him. I just don't agree with you that the story about the bet is as straightforward or illustrative as you think.
 
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