In Keane we trust!

Please no. Get this thug out of our great club !!!! Unfortunately, our good start to the season may have blinkered a few more fans into thinking that this bloke truly knows what he is doing and he does not !!!

Jayessess

The only real big time job apart from Man Utd and Ireland RK would be really interested in is the Celtic job and he let that pass this time round. The man is uniquely unpredictable. He has never given anybody any hint that he has ambitions beyond the ITFC job. Like anyone else in employment he needs to be valued. To their credit ME/SC seem to be recognising this and the word is out. You suggest that he needs us more than we need him. All I can add is a message to ME, don't, I mean DON'T, tell him this to his face; he can walk away in an instant with his credibility intact and it will not affect his job prospects in the future in any way. From where I sit I think he likes this job and wants to be successful. Time will tell if it all turns out OK.

how? His credibility is on a knife-edge as it is. A largely unconvincing time with Sunderland, followed by a bad (yes, a bad) season with Ipswich, which followed some truly ridiculous levels of bravado from Keane. Besides, if he walks, he walks. He's not bigger than the club, we pick ourselves up, find another manager. If he's laid such a great foundation things will presumably be fine.

jayessess
Keane's credibility on a knife edge? With whom - I think most other managers and players treat respect his ability, although they may not like him.
An unconving time with Sunderland? Having taken Sunderland from the bottom of the Championship to promotion in his first season in his first job as manager! Robson I may remind you got sacked by Fulham.
True Keane made some silly predictions of instant success when he came here - but he certainly showed his mettle last season when things went wrong - and for all but those who will not see he clearly diagnosed what was wrong and began to put the club firmly on the right path. Obviously the problems were far deeper than most of us suspected - until Shane Supple let the cat out of the bag: a large, inconsistent and unmotivated squad. The club frankly was going nowhere.
Happily I think the majority of supporters recognise what he has done for the club.

delusional! Ask yourself how much respect someone like Aidy Boothroyd has. He's achieved more as a manager than RK has, and he's the same sort of age. Do you think he's on the hitlist for premier league clubs? Is he b*******.

As for what he's done for the club. Here's some news, a lot of the players he cleared out of the club had been part of sides that were good enough to reach the play-off places. If Keane couldn't get them going it's at least in part his fault. Great, he's cleared them out, he's got the team doing well at the moment. I'm happy, but we don't owe him nothing yet, not til he's actually achieved something real.

jayness you are truly depressing, you are really scraping the barrel to have a pop at a man who enjoys living in east anglia, has stuck to his guns (even when last season was very bad) and looks like he is building a team worth having hope for and not spending stupid money on over paid w.....rs. As i said to chambersm and i say to you , snap out of the "i dont like roy keane" craze and sit back and have a look at what is going on. If we had the same start as last season then i would understand your gripe but you must admit there is improvement and things are looking good for now! with one or two good loan signings we could really push for minimum playoffs this year with a bit of luck maybe auto promotion (and f..k it i will get carried away even champions) this league looks like it is really going to be any of about 6 teams who could win it, i thought QPR and Cardiff may be strong but i am hoping for QPR being inconsistent and Warnock is sacked by a crazy club (if i am not wrong what you seem to want at ITFC sacking managers at any escuse) and Cardiff falling to peices when Bellamy gets sent off for the tenth time in one season and he goes walk about looking for beer and gambling dens.I think another two year contract would be very prudent for this club because leaving it until the last minute WILL create the usual media bullsh*t which is not welcome at a club who want to improve and get promoted. As for the signing players situation is there a problem? most recent example is. Did Stead score Saturday? and was he ripping us apart? who did score? and what was the result? and where are we in the league? no "yeah but no but answers" please just facts.

Chambers sorry if i offended you earlier but i know you love this club lets leave personal out of it(including Keane and talk football only)

No problem fella (im assuming). Cba to point out what I disagree with in your latest rant however.

lunatic 38: this is exactly what I'm talking about, you're screaming about facts, but you're incapable of making an objective assessment of the reality of the situation.

Look, take the green-tinted glasses off, look at it from the perspective of an outsider. We have a manager who took over before a pre-season, was given £8m to take a championship team from 9th and make them competitive in the top 6. He finished FIFTEENTH. He's had another summer to rethink things, and he's managed to have a good start to the new season. Ask yourself, really ask yourself, if you supported a different club, even a championship club, would that be the kind of record you would want from a new manager?

I'm happy with the job he's doing at the moment, I think the team looks good - well organised, balanced, compact, I'm pretty hopeful that we'll be more competitive this year. I'd like to see Keane take us forward. I just don't think he's earned the right to a new contract yet, nor that we can take the risk of offering him one. That's not scraping the bottom of the barrel, it's an objective look at the facts that you and some others seem incapable of doing.

The whole cleaning out the useless deadwood stuff is just a narrative you've made up to support the hard-on you've evidently got for Keane.

It is probably speculation and nothing else. If It was true we have to wait until april/may next year. Keane and everybody deserves full credit to a fantastic start but you can go from hero to villain in a matter of weeks. If we finish in the top six come may regardless if we miss out in the play offs he would deserve a new contract.

Well we are getting there jayessess, you have acknowledged something good that has happened since Keane has taken over and goddamit you even said you are happy in your well written reply. As to your facts and points all i can answer is, how was we doing pre Roy Keane? and would mighty Jims squad be capable of getting promoted if it was still here?
I for one have been a little frustrated at certain things (finances and transfers) in the last couple of weeks but as a whole i think things are on there way up for many reasons and i honestly do believe we ITFC are the envy of many Championship and lower Premier league Clubs. As for Roys record, i have said many times the biggest mistake Keane made was to annouce he would get ITFC promoted within two seasons. With the squad he inherited and the financial way this club is now gonna be run(frustrating but maybe sensible)that was a very bold statement and if it takes him 3 seasons to get us promoted (taking into account the age of our squad and the potential we have here now) i personally dont think that will be a bad record to have !