Keane could face FA actions....

[usscouse]

Originally posted by Motterman

People are going to use this to have a go at Roy and Manchester United both. Whether completely fair or not. The more rabid criticism will indeed come from the ABU's

Originally posted by capt. america
roy keane is a ************ing wanker, and it really showed when he chose ego over country. now, he's showing that he is a tosser no matter what shirt he's wearing. what an a-hole this guy is...
Point and Point.
It seems the general consensus on these boards that. “Unless you have your head stuffed so far in the manure pile that only your feet show."the second point is a lot more valid and more widely accepted…….:)

[Matt Clark]

Of course Roy Keane is an unhinged wanker. Doesn't stop him being a great player though, does it?

The above is a quote from a mate of mine that I got from him via email today. He's a United fan, from Chorley. He, like every other real United fan I know (and living in the region, you do meet the odd one) will happily admit when something the club, or someone at the club, has done sucks. That's just the way of things. You support what the club is and what it represents for you - because it represents you. If something sucks, you oppose or condemn it. That's what football fans do when someone is dicking around with the image of their club.

It's only the OOTers that get all riled with the actual criticism itself - it's a natural reflex. If you're a "Man Yoo fan" then, by definition, you are some replica-shirt wearing tosspot from the other side of the country/continent/globe and football fans in your area quite rightly want to know what on earth you are doing supporting any team other than the local one. So "Man Yoo fans" spend their entire time in a footballing context on the back foot - you know: "oh, my dad used to tell me stories about George Best". "Oh, I saw that goal from Norman Whiteside in the FA Cup and that was it, I was hooked".

And all the rest of that risible garbage.

So when something comes along like this, the natural reflex of all but the real fans is to launch into Alamo mode "everyone hates us, anyone-but-united, herd mentality (LOL! from a Man Yoo fan ... :D) etc, etc, blah blah waah wahh".

You just have to take it for what it is. Then there's no real debate on the issue. Just like with the real fans, who are just a bit pissed off it's their club been made to look stupid again by something Roy bloody Keane has said or done.

[Motterman]

It's funny seeing more and more people wearing brand new Man Utd shirts in my neck of the woods. And especially since I've now started to see more and more wearing Arsenal, Liverpool, and Newscastle kits also. I think the growth of football in my country is a great thing. Every time I see an EPL jersey as opposed to some Italian Kappa Crap jersey or a Mexican/South American Puma kit, I get giddy.

I like coming here and discussing footy, and enjoying the occasional banter with other "opposing" fans. Unfortunately, they seem to want to dismiss the arguments I make with "scathing" attacks based purely on where I happen to live and questioning my Manchester United "Supporters Credentials". Yeah, you can say I'm only a Manchester United supporter cause Georgie Best came to play for my local team, and from watching tapes of the '68 Cup Final and other matches in the late 60's, 70's, and 80's, that I have no claim to call myself a REAL supporter. Well, you can forget it. I support MY team and it's players. You can try and belittle me all you want, but I ain't going nowhere. And next time, why don't you put forth real opinions and/or answers instead of acting like you speak for thousands of fans or "the general populace"? Thank you.

[Matt Clark]

Oh do hush up. I'm only pulling yer chain. Besides - that's a genuine observation, commonly held by all proper - sorry, "local" United fans too. The nature of supporting a club alters, the greater the distance between you and "your" club. People for whom the club is a daily presence in their lives view things differently from people whose only access to it is through a cathode ray tube. People who are forever having to justify their support of a club they have no actual ties to are more naturally prone to being crybabies about the scorn their club attracts from other supporters. If they happen to be Man Yoo fans, then things are just all the worse.

In actual fact, the above characterisation of a "Man Yoo fan" is more accurate in the UK than in the US, because you don't have a high enough concentration of other soccer fans to make the peer pressure sufficiently constant for that paranoid tick, so common in Kent, to develop.

[footfetish]

Originally posted by fazfootball
roy keane is the hardest working player in the world and there is no question about that and well done for injuring a scum player

that is just completely ignorant. a player should never attempt to injure another on purpose... EVER. we are not questioning mr. keane's work ethic. he has proven that he is a world class player, but he has also proven that he has no class as well. what a chump.

[michaec]

Originally posted by Manu LD
ManU should punish Keane.

Just about the most sensible comment on the whole situation. I mean, he got himself sent off for a pre-meditated action where he knew he would get a red card, thus depriving his team of a player for the rest of the match and himself for however many games the ban was for. Surely that's enough for Fergie to mete out some kind of punishment instead of saying nothing?

As for the FA, they should slap a lengthy ban on him, say 12 games at least. Cantona got 10 months was it? Vieira got 5 games for spitting at Ruddock, not exactly a career threatening act. Paul Davis got 9 games for punching Glen Cockerill, although he did break his jaw, so the punishment was warranted. And all those three incidents were times when the red mist descended for a moment and they acted badly, instead of marking an opponent out for months or was it years and then exacting revenge. I'm not looking for a conspiracy against Arsenal, but as an Arsenal supporter, I know more about what happens to our players than anyone else's before anyone starts. I'm sure there are other examples from other clubs about lengthy bans, this stiff justice needs to be applied to Keane.