This is a joke right? The bloke has been a liability at every club he has represented. Slow, poor tackler and injury prone. Some people on here have short memories or have never seen him.
NO THANKS

As has been pointed out. The guy was useless when he was here. No idea what managers see in him. But if Keane really thinks he's better than Wright at left-back I'm getting worried about him again.

I'm sure it's just paper talk (please, please, please)

Worst left back we have ever had is HARBY

or was he right back he was useless whatever!

Oh yeah, Harbey. What a player!

Seriously though, why are we looking at left-backs? Maybe we're not, and that's good. I think we can safely say that our defence is no longer top priority.

We need a striker (very hard to get sadly, may have to take a gamble on foreign or lower-league, but I can't see Keane doing that) and that's it frankly. Although left-midfield isn't exactly sorted I think we have enoug quality in midfield. Just get someone scoring.

There. Sorted. I should be a manager. It's easy.

Stowtractorboy---Agree Gray played really well at PR, This is all papertalk,we are going to be linked with every Tom,Dick,or Harry. Would prefer Gio,Tommy(Smith Pompy)and Philips!!!!

So obvious even the most blinkered of you on here can see it, we need a striker as our No.1 priority.
However, if Keane can strengthen the squad in other places, well surely thats a good thing.
Keane obviously feels we need a left back and a left midfielder, so if they come along surely then we sign them.
McEveley wasnt exactly Roberto Carlos was he, last time he was here?
The problem is the press and agents all know that Keane is after a left back etc, and therefore every single player who is available etc will be linked.

But if Keane feels McEveley is the right player, perhaps he is the man to bring the best out of him, who knows?

Surco, yes i think Keane has decided Martin isnt the player he thought he was,thats a good thing tho isnt it?

What would you prefer, he persisted with him, and he still got no better, or Keane finds someone new for that vital position?
Criticise his spending money on a player who hasnt worked out by all means,name me a manager who hasnt made such a mistake, but dont criticise him for trying to remedy the situation.
Surely his record over the past months, must tell you he his starting to get things right off and on the pitch, so trust his judgement on who he brings in.....

If these new players dont gel, well back to square one, but lets buy 'em and try 'em before we pass judgement........thats my thinking anyhow.

SITO SITO SITO

People genuinely have short memories... he was pretty poor when he came on loan here.

Yes, Harbey was garbage. Neil Thompson wasn't much better, but could hit dead balls.

No defenders needed, buy a striker. Nuff said.

No

injuredanimal: sorry but while we're clearly improving on the pitch Keane has done nothing in the transfer market to suggest I should trust his judgement in that area. In fact, I'd argue that one reason we have improved is that more of lat year's team have come back and he's playing a stable team. Signing more players than he really needs would destabilise everything all over again.

Yes, he's signed Leadbitter (hardly a risk at that price) and Rosenior. But that's about it. Delaney looks OK, but more luck than judgement there, as he was a left-back signing.

So I would rather he signed players in positions we clearly need improving (striker) than risk destabilising a team by replacing positions that aren't that weak (replacing Wright at left-back would be a risk to what is currently a solid defence) with possibly dodgy signings.

And McEverly is rubbish. Was and still is. Hopefully paper talk, but to think that he could in any way be a good signing is optimistic in the extreme.

noooooooooooo, he is awful. Thatcher is way better.

Injured i wasnt critisicising him for realising Martin and Priskin were mistakes i commend him ,Magilton persisted with his poor signings far too long (lisbie)and i think Roy is far to strong a character to do the same , i still think they were both a little panic buys one from an old club and one who had scored a couple high profile cup goals, with as stated little support during the summer from anyone else behind the scenes .This January and next summer will be the time to judge Roy on his signings and i fully agree with our improved performances ,i think Roys problem at the start of the season was he tried to change too much to quickly and disrupted the backbone of the team and any team would struggle .

Got to ask why people are saying Keane has crumbled in the Transfer Market, Lee Martin has the potential to be a very very good player but hasn't shown it and produced it - reminds me of Bowditch and Haynes - potential but no end result!
Priskins another player who shows promise, but not on Match days, and watching him play and speaking to Watford fans they adored him -although they admitted he was a walk around player like Berbatove, sorry for spelling, the only one I say that has been a failure must be Healy, but then again surely this was a risk by, very cheap in the footy market, but to me he could have gone one way or the other, unfortunately its the wrong way.

Then look at the players that have shone, Rosenoir, Delaney, Leadbitter, Edwards at times.
And to those that say Delaney came in as a left back - how do we know that? Yes he played their at the start but dont forget D. Wright was out of the picture for a while until he bucked his work rate up and now he's back Delaneys gone back to where he played for Hull not QPR!. where he was solid. For me that was great man management from Keane, i've never seen D. Wright play so well and again the same said for Garvan, for those that said Keane should never have dropped him.

The Football season is a long long season and so coming into 2010 we are looking very solid apart for up top.
So for me i agree getting a natural left back, a left midfielder and a striker, although If Martin, Priskin etc do up their work rate, in 4 months time we could well be looking back and thanking Keane for not letting them go - Who knows?

Please No, unless we are going to sell David Wright i) we already have adequate cover in that position, ii) McEverley was poor and completely off the pace against Newcastle recently and finally iii) he reminds me of Thatcher when he was playing left back!

super: I don't want to get into all this again but your optimism is amusing.

Martin has failed. Full stop. Flashes of skill but no end result and Keane seems to have given up. An expensive flop.

Delaney was bought as a left-back. That's why he played there. To suggest that actually he was always meant to be a centre-back is crazy and based on no logic whatsoever.

Priskin: I'll give you that one. It appeared to be a good signing, but hasn't worked out. He was overpriced though (but then, that's strikers for you I guess)

Edwards has not been a success (barring one game and a few touches in other games).

Wright did not come back a better player after being dumped. No way.

I personally don't think Garvan has come back better either, but it's less cut and dried than Wright, I'll grant you.

Anyway, I just think we need to leave the team alone at the moment. We've only just got a stable line-up in place and the results and performances are showing this to be a good thing.

No need to go messing with it all over again. A stirker is a given, but we don't need 3 more players.

naa...
You say Keane has done nothing in the transfer market, then go on to list all of his signings that have done well!!!!

Yes some of his signings have not worked out, but that happens with all clubs and managers, the main thing is that he has had positive signings.

I think you cannot forget that when a new player comes in, whether they are a success or not, it puts pressure on existing players, so that can improve their performances as well.

As i started my previous post...yes we do need a striker, so i too would rather he strengthened there, but i will always be open to any addition to our squad that could make a positive difference. I do not see haelthy competition for palces as destabilising a team...sorry but thats my opinion.

I also was less than flattering to McEveley, but the fact still remains, even poor players can improve under a different manager, there have been poor loan signings in the past who have gone on to bigger and better things under a new manager, thats all i am saying.

Surco, yes i see what you are saying, i got hold of the wrong end of the stick!
As for panic buys..maybe, but if you dont buy the ticket you dont win the raffle.
As long as ME gives Keane money to spend, then Keane will spend it, as would any manager,and sometimes these signings will propser and others will be wastes...thats football.

injured. I named two players. Two! You call it 'all' his successes. which is technically true, but makes it sound like I listed a lot of players (and one of those cost so much I'd have been appalled if he wasn't a success).

Sorry, two successes out of 8 or more (I can't be bothered to count, sorry) is not a good return. Especially as some of those cost good money.

I agree that no manager buys perfectly everytime. But Keane's record in the transfer market (for Sunderland and us) is not a good one. He has far, far more failures than successes. Which isn't acceptable if you're spending limited funds.

But hey, I'm happy at the moment, I'm just worried that each transfer window is going to see a destabilised team and more failures.

Oh no, tell me it's not true.. Yesterday I was saying how Simon Cleeg is improving his performance and now this (SC is in charge of new signings? that's what it said the other day). Like all the other ITFC fans who saw him play for us last time, I think he's rubbish..
Hope it's a rumour and that SC is not a typical modBrit (sugar, branson, Gordon Ramsey) a showman who knows the price of everything but the value of nothing.. I can't believe that RK has him asked to sign this player..

No no no no no no no no no no no no. Please god no

why is he looking else were when we have David Wright who is playing really good as a make sift left back please keane dont get him

Superflude when Delaney was awful at left back which is the position he was signed for a lot of people yourself included claimed that Magilton had signed him, now he has improved as a centre back he is one of Roys succesful buys !!
Looking at the rest Healy not up to it but cheap,Martin poor and lightweight , Priskin not scoring ,lazy and would seem way down the pecking order,Edwards has created little and not scored and been taken off in most games (jury out),Bruce and Trotter new contracts both not upto it in my opinion which leaves us with the sucessess Rosenoir and Colback excellent loan signings and Leadbitter who as Naa says you would expect for the money if not more.
And the reason the team is doing better and scoring could be because last seasons top scorer and top scoring and creative midfielder have both been recalled from the wilderness another who you said we should get rid of because he wasnt up to it !!
And dont now give me all the rubbish how dropping our two best defenders Mac and Wright and Stead and Garvan has made them all better players ,they were good players and should have been playing all season an perhaps we wouldnt be in the bottom six for so long .

Surco - its not optism is realistic, Martin is crap i totally admit that but he does have potential, yes he's expensive but go though clubs to see their expensive flops, Nani, Kleberson, Tiabi - Berbatov - Man Utd, - Veronin, Luka, - Liverpool, Boulahrouz - Chelsea, also remember Bramble!, superb for Ipswich but my god embarrasing for Newcastle!, these guys come into a team and the fans get excited, But suddenly they're awful and the managers gets blamed which for me is wrong.

And you say wheres the logic in Delaney at Centre Back - the logic is the fact he played there for Hull and it was his strongest posision.
Anyways enough bout that and my apparent optism but seriously look at the list of transfers above and i think you'll agree that Managers should not get the blame! all the time