{"id":296913,"date":"2023-11-19T19:55:20","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T19:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=296913"},"modified":"2023-11-19T19:55:20","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T19:55:20","slug":"roy-keane-was-accused-of-calling-star-c-in-one-of-craziest-moments-as-boss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/roy-keane-was-accused-of-calling-star-c-in-one-of-craziest-moments-as-boss\/","title":{"rendered":"Roy Keane was accused of calling star ‘c***’ in one of craziest moments as boss"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Roy Keane was undoubtedly one of the Premier League’s finest ever midfielders but his managerial career did not live up to the heights of his playing days. The tough-tackling Manchester United legend initially started well upon taking charge of Sunderland but saw his managerial credentials go south after a torrid spell at Ipswich Town, followed by a number of assistant coaching roles elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Express Sport<\/em> takes a look at some of the craziest moments from Keane’s turbulent spells in management…<\/p>\n

Embarrassing his goalkeepers<\/h3>\n

The gloves were always off when Keane was angry but he once decided to put them on in an attempt to inspire his Sunderland goalkeepers. He took it upon himself to show Craig Gordon and his back-ups how it was done after growing frustrated with their poor performances between the sticks.<\/p>\n

“I put the gloves on and I said that if they could get the ball past me I\u2019d give them \u00a31,000 each but, if they missed, they\u2019d have to give me \u00a3100,” recalled Keane in his autobiography, The Second Half.<\/p>\n

“Eight or nine players lined up and I knew that Craig and the other goalkeepers were p***** off with it. They didn\u2019t even look at my goalkeeping skills. They just did their stretches. I tipped a few on to the bar, on to the post, and I kept a clean sheet. I won \u00a3800 off the players, I could have lost eight grand.<\/p>\n

“I was trying to generate a bit of banter, but I\u2019d embarrassed, and maybe belittled, the goalkeepers. I hadn\u2019t meant to, but I didn\u2019t think the keeper should be beaten from 25 or 30 yards.”<\/p>\n

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Two-footing the tactics board<\/h3>\n

Jimmy Bullard played under Keane at Ipswich and was not overly complimentary when writing about the Irishman in his autobiography, Bend It Like Bullard. He said that when he first arrived at Portman Road it was obvious that Keane had ‘scared the living s*** out of those boys’ before recalling a post-match team talk which failed to have the desired impact.<\/p>\n

“He turned round for a moment, pointed to the tactics board in the changing room and asked one of his coaches to set it up, before continuing his rant about tactics while fiddling with his tie in the mirror,” wrote Bullard.<\/p>\n

“After a minute, with absolutely no warning, he turned around from the mirror and launched himself two-footed into the tactics board, smashing it to pieces as his stunned team looked on with mouths wide open. ‘That’s what tactics mean,’ he said, surveying the wreckage of the board. ‘F*** all in this game’.”<\/p>\n

Dwight Yorke previously claimed that a similar incident occurred during his time at Sunderland, after which Keane was said to have screamed at captain Dean Whitehead: “Captain? Captain? Some f****** captain, you.”<\/p>\n