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Keane: We're A Long Way From the Play-Offs
Keane: We're A Long Way From the Play-Offs
Monday, 29th Nov 2010 09:20

Blues boss Roy Keane admitted that his side are a long way from the play-offs after Sunday’s dismal 4-1 derby defeat at Norwich. The Town manager is concerned that with some tricky fixtures coming up, his side could drop even further down the table from their current position of 16th.

Keane said: “At the moment I don’t think we’re capable of going on a run like we’ve seen from other teams, Burnley and Derby for example. I’ve been saying for a month now that we’re only a few points off the play-offs, but if anything that gap’s going to get wider because we’ve got a tough run of games.

“We’ve got injuries andwe don’t look like we’re going to score many goals, so we’re a long way off the play-offs yet.”

The Blues boss says last season’s poor run was his hardest time in management and that he constantly looks at his own performance: “It was pretty tough last year when we didn’t win for 14 games, but the expectation this year was that it would be better. I analyse my position every day, whether we’ve won three or four or lost one or two, whatever it might be. That doesn’t change.

“We’ve got to try and turn things around and it’s not going to get any easier. We’ve got West Brom on Wednesday.”

Keane believes the line-up he fielded at Norwich was decent enough: “I think our starting XI was pretty strong, I’ve been saying for the last few months that we’ve got too many young players. I think it was an experienced team, no Tom Eastman as he’s injured, as are Luke and Connor.

“But going down to 10 men made it very hard for us. Having said that, you still have to get punished for it and Norwich are a good team and are in good form and they punished us.

“When it was 2-1 we dropped back a little bit and tried to soak up the pressure. Having lost a centre-half, we had to reshuffle and we missed Jack Colback in midfield, so it had a massive knock-on effect.

“They put us under a bit of pressure, put a lot of balls in the box and they’re pretty good at that anyway, even if we’d had 11 players. A tough afternoon all round for everyone.”

Chief executive Simon Clegg gave Keane his backing just over a week ago, but the Irishman says he’s aware that patience eventually runs out: “I think we’ve heard that from clubs before about managers and the next day they’re gone. I take any comments that might come with a pinch of salt.”

Moving on to Wednesday’s Carling Cup quarter-final against West Brom, Keane says he’s not sure who will be in his squad: “God knows what players we’ll have for Wednesday. We’ve a lot of injuries, suspensions, two or three players who started today won’t be available because they’re cup-tied. It’s going to be tough. West Brom could come down and flex their muscles.

“They had a pretty good weekend, winning 4-1, and they have a chance of getting to a semi-finals. It’s another big game for us on Wednesday, but we’ve had a decent cup run, although this is the first time we’ve played a team from a higher league.

“We’ll find out a lot about our players on Wednesday in terms of their characters and personalities because we question them all the time, asking, ‘what have you got?’. We’ll know a bit more about the group on Wednesday.”


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el_nino added 09:24 - Nov 29
Sounds like he's thrown in the towel.
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Vexorg added 09:24 - Nov 29
I think I know enough thanks
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BYRNE_16 added 09:24 - Nov 29
lol
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StowTractorBoy added 09:28 - Nov 29
We are already down in the dumps Mr Keane make it worse why don't you.
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gerard1947 added 09:28 - Nov 29
Can't see his old boss Brian Clough taking this tone nor Fergie for that matter.
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DoobDude added 09:29 - Nov 29
Keane later added that the pope is catholic!
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itfcboi added 09:31 - Nov 29
Please just go. No more excuses just leave. Been feeding off of his Sunderland success too long now.
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nsblu1 added 09:31 - Nov 29
'Keane: We're A Long Way From the Play-Offs'

no s##t
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beerman added 09:32 - Nov 29
No sh1t Sherlock!
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Calmingwind added 09:35 - Nov 29
hardly inspiring from keane there.
if we loose to WBA this week though i doubt it will have much affect on his position. swansea could be another matter but i still think he will be here until end of contract just because it will be to expencive to sack him. mind you... if were in the bottom 3 january/feb then thats another story
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Marcus added 09:37 - Nov 29
It sounds like he's about to walk.
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BluePlough added 09:38 - Nov 29
If this mug aint shown the door we will be playing league 1 football next season! Worst state this clubs been in for a long long time, porbably one of the worst teams too, and thats thanks to you Roy! Absolutely Clueless!
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legoman added 09:38 - Nov 29
Legoman; We're not far from relegation.

:o(
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dirtydingusmagee added 09:39 - Nov 29
and you sir are a long way from Cork ! hopefully both situations will be rectified soon.
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fourth added 09:40 - Nov 29
It's good to have some detached, objective comment. Let's all take Roy's lead, sit back a bit, observe, offer up thanks that predestination releases us from having to DO anything.
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Radlett_blue added 09:40 - Nov 29
"Norwich...are in good form"? Er, Roy, they hadn't won in 5 games! Everything's relative, I suppose.
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PimsOclock added 09:40 - Nov 29
He has been assessing his own performance, I wonder if he has come to the same conclussion as the rest of us: Inept, Incompetent, moronic, useless, joke.

I am a full Keane-Out convert now having given him far too much benefit of the doubt for the past 18 months but he has acheived absolutely nothing and has been given more chances than any other manager at any other club in the country.

Taxi for Keane!
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blue_em_away added 09:46 - Nov 29
Mr Roy Keane sir.... You have an excellent record as a manager of not being sacked.... Keep it up, and walk away.....Again!!
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dirtydingusmagee added 09:48 - Nov 29
Keane s ,''Weekly Wisdom'' thread every feckin Monday,'' we will find out a lot about our playersWednesday,ect ect because we are always asking them what have you got .........................ASK YOURSELF KEANE WHAT THE F;;;K HAVE YOU GOT........ apart from a good bank balance ,you have PUT F;;;K all into the club,and are getting worse by the day .
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MAVERICK added 09:54 - Nov 29
Not so far from relegation though, Remember - This is the team that Keane built !
We don't know what we are doing
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Thetruth added 09:55 - Nov 29
If you want to make a real stand then dont turn up on Wednesday

AC milan fans staged a protest and the ground was empty when they played Reggiana

The problem is that everyone turns up Wednesday because a premier league team is in town, unlike the last rounds pathetic attempt

One thing I hate about this club is our support, its poor and we are as much to blame as the players and the manager, even those yellow scum create a big atmosphere, I hate to say it but our support has been shocking for a long time, and the words intimidating atmosphere will never be used to describe so called fortress portman road.

Its poor, really poor
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Calmingwind added 09:56 - Nov 29
with keanes interveiws im starting to see similarities with comical ali...if anyone remembers him
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yorksblue added 09:56 - Nov 29
Curbishley, Hoddle, Wilkins, O'Neil NOW!
failing these.......
Sadam, Ayatollah, Kim Jon, Scargill - anything but this muppett
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corshamblue added 09:58 - Nov 29
Whilst I can understand the knee jerking of some pi**ed off fans, yesterday was hard to swallow. Couldn't believe the tactical blunders, the right sided shuffle in the 2nd half was nothing short of Stupid.

Why he didn't Bring on a CB when a CB had been sent off I don't know! although Troy is still learning he could have done a job. Whilst Priskin did well, Scotland IMO was more of a threat on his own and a simple 441 with Townsend in place of Jack and Zuivalandooovoodo was'his'name bombing on the right we'd given it a good go!

FFS Roy!

We need a Class CB right NOW, Tommy looks decent and Delaney and O'Dear remain suspect imo - How may games have we lost without MACCA ? We need someone running the back 4 and I don't see anyone capable in the club of doing that (or at least one that's going to be fit this side of New Year)

Please Roy, manage the club. Lets become hard to break down and get the more than capable front line scoring some goals - oh don't forget to remind the defence that forward is always good!

COYB
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corshamblue added 10:01 - Nov 29
O'Neil - and that's the first and last time I'll ask to see Keano ousted, but enough is enough.
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