[John Boy]

(This isn't my material, I took it from some other board)

The FA has said it will wait until it reads Keanes book to see his quotes in their proper context, before it acts on the matter.
However, I have, through a contact in the publishing world, got a sneak preview of the complete section in question. I think it answers all our questions and we can now see how poor Roy was selectively quoted by the newspapers over the weekend to try to put him in a bad light.
Shame on them.

The parts the nespapers selectively ommitted are included (in brackets) in the proper unexpurgated version below.


(I had snapped my cruciate ligament at Elland road while trying to stamp a nasty looking divot back into the pitch close to where Alfie Haaland was running. I didn't want the poor chap to fall over and hurt himself on it. As I lay on the pitch in agony
Alfie came to my aid and wished me a speedy recovery. I remember thinking at the time, 'what a nice man'.)

"Some three years on, I still hadn't forgotten him," he writes. "Now it was Man City at home, his new club, fighting relegation.

(However, it being close to the end of the season and with Summer approaching there were lots of nasty wasps flying around. In particular one was causing Alfie no end of problems. It looked like it was waiting for its opportunity to sting him and I was determined to prevent this at all costs.)
"I waited until five minutes from the end, (when suddenly I saw the nasty insect landing on Alfies left knee. Alfie was oblivious to the danger. What could I do ? I decided there and then I must act immediately or Alfie would be left in agony for the rest of the afternoon. A ran up to Alfie, who was after passing the ball to someone else a couple of seconds previously and took aim at the wicked wasp.) I ****ing hit him hard. (I looked across the pitch and noticed the game had stopped about 50 yards away) I think the ball was there. ( I looked into the stand and who did I see but Gary Barlowe, Jason Orange and Robbie Williams) ‘Take that, you ****' (I cried. Why oh why did they have to split up when they were at their peak ? Unfortunately I appear to have been too late and the wasp stung Alfie so badly that he's not started a game since then. Amazingly Mr Ellary hadnt seen the wasp and thought I had deliberately kicked out at Alfie !! Can you imagine that ? I leant over and told Alfie I'll go off early and prepare a nice souffle to cheer him up, him with the kitchenette set I normally take to games) I didn't even wait for the ref to show the red card. I turned and walked toward the dressing room. (with the crowd unanimous in their cheering for me and my brave wasp defying action)"

You see, it all makes sense now.

[Treetaliano]

British irony at it's best

[idi amin]

roy keane is pathetic, his emotional and substance issues have got the better of him. Since he no longer has the mental capacity to function at a high level, he goes for the easy way out of a situation his pickled mind has created. The only reason he has published this book is so he can get a lifetime man from the footballingf authorities that be. Roy can't be man enough to just step down, admiting he cannot handle the pressure of the game, he needs an excuse, someone/some authority to end his playing days for him. My advice:find a surgeon to perform a lombodomy(sorry spelling) , it will ease your pain and that of those who have to put up with you bull5hit every match day. Too bad Roy Keane will never lift the European cup in his life(the only consoling thing about Man U 1999 treble success was that Roy missed out on the final)

[Motterman]

Haaland - it wasn't Keane's fault

well, that is what he said on his own web site on Monday 14th May 2001

"Knee injury wasn't caused by Keane

I had the operation on my knee earlier in this week and it went well. In fact, I wouldn't really call it an operation; it was more of a clean-up job on my knee. And I just wanted to make it clear that it was not the knee that took a knock in the Manchester derby, despite what some papers have reported. It's my left knee that's been bothering me, and it was clearly shown on Sky that it was my right knee that took the knock. Another example of the papers not checking their sources! It's actually been bothering me for the last three months, but I've played through it as we attempted to avoid relegation. Now that we're down, it seemed like the most sensible thing to do it now, to get it out of the way so I'll be ready in time for pre-season. While the others have been preparing for the last game, against Chelsea, I've been having treatment every day in an attempt to get some movement back into my leg. After anything like that, it all goes a bit dead, so they're just trying to get the swelling down and get the muscle working again. It's one of those things that just had to be done and, as I say, it seems to be going well so far."

[Boro_lad]

i dont care whether or not keane injured him or not. He addmitts he intentially went to hurt him because of what happend before...

he was before this in my eyes a ©unt and now i have had my opinion backed up by the stupid to$$er

[Werdguy]

all the reports directly after the game say that came out of the game unhurt...

[sydtheeagle]

Hopefully, we can all keep our heads when discussing Roy better than he can keep his own head when he's on the pitch.

Serialisations are what they are, and of course things are excerpted in such a way that they'll sell newspapers. But that said, there is no advantage to materially changing the nature of a story. Headlines tend to manipulate meaning, but a paragraph taken from a book in its entirety is just that. It may the most explosive paragraph in the book (if it wasn't, it would be the excerpt chosen) but it stands on its own merits. So what you've read in The Times (which is a newspaper not exactly known for tabloid style editorial license) is probably true to what is actually in the book.

As for Roy himself, what you see is what you get. Great footballer, seriously flawed man. Not evil, but obviously one sandwich short of a picnic. He needs help. Let's hope he gets it.