Keane: At Ipswich I Managed Badly
Tuesday, 7th Oct 2014 13:26

Former Town boss Roy Keane’s second autobiography The Second Half is published Thursday but after a Manchester branch of Tesco put it on sale early passages have begun to appear on Twitter and in the national media.

While much of the material leaked so far centres around his time at Manchester United, the Irishman includes a chapter on what he accepts were 20 unsuccessful months at Town.

"I don't think I'm a bad manager, but at Ipswich I managed badly,” he says in the book, which he wrote with Booker Prize-winning author Roddy Doyle.

"I spoke to some people like something on the bottom of my shoe,” concedes Keane, who is now the assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland and Aston Villa.

“I couldn't feel it - me and the club,” he admitted, adding, "I don't f****** like blue. City were blue, Rangers were blue. My biggest rivals were blue. Is that childish?”

The Second Half is officially published on Thursday and is available from Amazon here.

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MJR101 added 13:23 - Oct 7 We don't f****** like you either.
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spanish_archer added 13:28 - Oct 7 When he sold Rhodes it was the end for me Poor old Villa...Claret & Blue....What a Pr1ck
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spanish_archer added 13:28 - Oct 7 When he sold Rhodes it was the end for me Poor old Villa...Claret & Blue....What a Pr1ck
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trncbluearmy added 13:30 - Oct 7 how this tw4t ever got near our club was the real crime
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tractorfact added 13:32 - Oct 7 greatest bit of crap we ever appointed you managed badly "no sh*t sherlock"
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itfc1981 added 13:34 - Oct 7 'One day at a time, sweet Jesus. Whoever wrote that one hadn't a clue'.
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TR11BLU added 13:36 - Oct 7 I would argue that PJ took us to an 'all time low'
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joshITFCporter added 13:36 - Oct 7 What a tw*t
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Marcus added 13:38 - Oct 7 Keane was the only manager I would have accepted being replaced by John Duncan.
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OriginalMarkyP added 13:39 - Oct 7 At least he admits he managed badly and treated people poorly. Let's not forget how many fans were excited when he arrived. I don't think Paul Jewel would admit to managing us badly. He'd say he was unlucky. Keane like him or loathe him doesn't hide.
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jpring89 added 13:40 - Oct 7 bit of a disgrace. you are a rubbish manager. always will be. hope we draw villa in cup and beat you.
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radiogaga added 13:42 - Oct 7

Yes he did manage badly, without question. He didn't f****** like blue, but he liked Evans' beefy contract offer to him to manage us.

For all his many many many MANY flaws & the terrible terrible predicament he left McCarthy to sort out, Jewell at least had affection for the club & you'd never have heard him say a bad thing about Town. Keane is too arrogant and self obsessed to become a good manager, this is further proof.

itfcserbia added 13:44 - Oct 7 No s**t Sherlock?! What a prick! Doesn't like blue - "does that make me childish?" No, it makes you retarded! Took us back 5 years in those 20 months... Sod off... What a prick.
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BrettenhamBlue added 13:45 - Oct 7 It is childish. "I don't like blue" What a disgrace. MM is running the club so much better than him as well, which rubs salt in his personal wounds. Should never have been appointed. Sad that he still has a job in football.
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itfcserbia added 13:45 - Oct 7 Phil, guys, please take down that photo of him with Town badge on his chest, I think it insults everyone here. And probably everyone who actually likes blue.
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Wussinwhiteboots added 13:53 - Oct 7 3rd January 2015, Villa @ FPR me thinks. BTW, I hate yellow, that includes flowers, pages and coldplay songs. I just can't get round it.
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GiveusaWave added 13:53 - Oct 7 Managed badly? Worst manager we have ever had, and that includes John Duncan."Managed appallingly and I am so sorry to every fan of the club" might have been better. http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/oct/07/roy-keane-mid-life-crisis-autobi
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Michael11 added 13:55 - Oct 7 Oh just f**k off Keane and never come back.
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Arthur added 13:57 - Oct 7 Keane: At Ipswich I Managed Badly Understatement of decade!! "I don't f**** like blue." .... and I don't f**** like you. Never did, never will!!
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PJH added 13:57 - Oct 7 If anyone needs reminding how lucky we are to have MM they should just think of the time when our club had a temporary name change to "Roy Keane's Ipswich Town" He never belonged here and the damage he did has only recently been repaired.PJ tried but failed to repair the damage and it has taken Mick to repair it and take the club back towards where it belongs.
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itfc1981 added 14:00 - Oct 7
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GiveusaWave added 14:06 - Oct 7 He's clearly lying in his new book : there are contradictions galore between the first and second installments.A summary of some events in his first book are on his Wikipedia page http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Keane
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bluemikey100 added 14:12 - Oct 7 yes we went 14 games without winning at start of season and rhodes goin on a good note he signed carlos edwards and daryl murphy on loan
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