Ryan Giggs has reflected on what makes our club what it is, with it continually replacing the most important and effective player with someone else.
“Over the last 20 years, lots of good players have left United,” said Giggs. “How do you replace Keaney? You don’t. You are never going to get another Roy Keane, but different players come in and the team evolves that way. When Roy left, Scholesy took up the mantle in the centre of midfield and Michael Carrick also. They are different players, but still effective in different ways. It was the same with Eric Cantona. Andy Cole, Dwight Yorke and Teddy Sheringham all came and did well in his place. We’re not over-reliant on one player. Last year, we relied on Wayne’s goals, but people still had to create those goals for him. This year, while he has been away from the team, we have done OK. We haven’t been firing on all cylinders, but we have done OK goals-wise. The team moves on and that has to carry on if the club is to be successful.”
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Interview with Mark Ogden
Man Utd News 24/7
Well, that’s because there’s only one Keano!
” we haven’t been firing on all cylinders” below the belt…. lol
Its a bastard to recreate, Him and he was the powerhouse we need, not for the league, I think for the Champions league, to get to the final.
Stiffen up that midfield please Sir Alex.
How do you replace Keano? You dont, you merely match or better their feats.
Players make their own names not shadow others. Our youngsters should aim for someone to say ‘I wanna be that guy one day’. If Hernandez wants someone to say I wanna be the next Chicharito, hes destined for success
what wise words
@RedScott , u might get yr wish mate.
Fergie said no signings in January ,then he goes out and sign Anders, lol.
So maybe Defour,Gea,Marin ………….!
@ Dave I know mate, but the boss works, in his ways and confuses everyone.
Or maybe a Bastian Schweiensteiger, well you are allowed to dream right! lol.
He will pull a rabbit out of the hat as sure as fuck.
Off topic..
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It’s scary isn’t it. You get to read quotes and comments and interviews from Ryan Giggs and he sounds like this ordinary bloke. It’s easy to forget he’s basically Jesus without the famous dad.
Love it . Jesus without the famous dad spot on
When his royal highness speaks, us mere mortals can only stand up and listen…….
Roy Keane is a diff. class but i think Fletcher had fill the void he left behind perfectly.
so, who’s our next star??
Wednesdayx
To answer your question, every player that wears the shirt on match day is a star mate……
touche cedarsdevil
@CedarsDevil
I know, I know….
One of the very many things to love about United is the fact we have and I hope always will attract players with enormous character, spirit and fight, not just very talented footballers. If you go back over the years, no other club has had anywhere near the number of players with such fire and skill and this aspect of United’s make up is obviously part of the reason for success, but a vital tradition that seduces people’s hearts that will hopefully never wane.
Imagine the difference a fully powered up, raging, snarling Keane would make to the current team though.
How do you replace Ryan Giggs?
You don’t
How do you replace Paul Scholes?
You don’t
Didn’t Fergie try replacing Keane when he left? Wasn’t that what Djemba-Djemba was for? I may be wrong, I was a naive Champ Manager playing teenager at the time, but that’s what it struck of a bit.
You can’t replace such great players, you have to change the squad to accomodate for their loss. Rather than replace Keane, we followed the tactical trends and went for a three-man midfield. When Giggs and Scholes leave, we’ll have to do something similar again.
@Tom, i think Alan Smith was meant to replace him but we all know how that panned out
I wonder why the players insisted on calling him “Keaney”.
Just doesn’t sound right and no doubt they heard our chants for him, so ,,, why?
@MG – sadly yes..
let’s hope we are having a couple of replacements in terms of loyalty in the current team.
Keane was before my time, as such I haven’t seen much of him on the field (clips from movies and youtube). What kind of midfielder reminds you guys of him nowadays?
I always pictured him as equal to or better than Cambiaso from Inter( great passer even better tackler with a good workrate) but as I said, I never had the chance to watch him play.
@thesavage
mate ,going thru a dry spell here, I saw your name and thot I saw cleavage!!!!
aaaaaaaaaaaa dammm
Well Fergie will get it right ,this season is huge for us,we are seeing it coming to the final conclusions on a few careers,and will watch the successors .
Brilliant.
How do you replace Roy Keane, well lets see how many here could do the job. Answer the questions.
Question 1.
Your walking down the street and your minding your own business, an ugly brute of a man walks past with his hulk of a dog and it nips you on the hand as you walk past. You look back as you retract you hard sharply to catch the owners eye. Do you.
a)shit yourself, cry and then say sorry.
b)murmur “wanker” under your breath and when he grunts “what did you say”, say nothing and walk away with a jul log in your pants.
c)Cut the twat, cut the dog and cut the bus driver who witnessed everything. Cut yourself, as you here the police turn up. Tell them he went on the rampage after a sarcastic outburst then when the copper is taking his pulse, cut him.
Question 2.
Viera has just thrown Pizza at Sir Alex. Do you.
a)cut the twat
b)cut the twat
c)cut the twat
Question 3.
Someone spills your pint, Do you
a)cut the twat
b)cut the twat
c)cut the twat
Question 4. (test question for personal use)
Your having a juicy internet fumble and a tastey bodied bird shows you her boat and she looks like the ruins of the Mary Rose. Do you?
a)Cum quickly, feel dirty but say ok i was drunk, when you really wern’t.
b)Tell her shes a minger and that shes going to have to be a little bit more daring with that toothbrush because the flag poles coming down fast, timber.
c)Make her cry, that brings you off, you ask for her adress (because shes bloody desperate she gives it to you), go round her house and cut her dad because bringing something like that into the world is just wrong – and certainly counts as a crime against humanity.
Question 5.
…………………
Shit what was the question again…. How do replace Roy Keane, god knows but i may have some of his manor.
I just cant play bloody football.
The question is how to replace Ryan Giggs? :’(
Goat – Quality post.
East Stand Manc – I know. I cringe almost when I hear “Keaney”. Its horrible.
@doghouse, what do You mean by “JESUS without the famous dad” hope You are not being abusive…
Bloody hell! Blackpool match been postponed! What the hell was the heated cover thing all about then?
Dandivine7- Don’t bring in being offended by religion on here mate, it was a joke.
Mahesh- Alright mate. How’ve you been? Long time no see. Yeah Blackpool are a joke. No undersoil heating in the Premier League is just sad.
A more important question is:
HOW DO YOU REPLACE FERGIE?
Over here in Cork we put a ‘ y ‘ on the end of names and in Dublin they put an ‘ o ‘ so i’m thinking Roy would have wanted to be called Keaney instead of Keano since his from Cork.
themufc1999 – Oh cheers pal.
Dandevine – Chill out man.
I bet the game COULD have gone ahead. I live between Leeds and York and its been awful weather but today its raining and thawing. My bet is there wouldn’t have even been a frost on the pitch at Blackpool.
King Eric – It’s as bad as nails down the chalkboard for me, lol.
themufc1999 – And we all know no-one goes against Roy, lol! Cheers for the explanation mate.
2 seasons ago and most of last season..Fletch came closest to Roy Keane. He cud lace his boots.., Not this season. Not yet!!
A fully fit Hargo? I dont know…cos I have forgotten how he plays.. still remember the curly hair !
fletch is a good player.
KEANO IS A FUCKING LEGEND!!!!!!!!!
When he first signed he was a box 2 box midfielder weighing in with a good goal return.
Then incey(another great player 4 united & better than fletch) left & roy became r true midfield general. He could pass long & short, score goals & tackle. But most of all he could drive united forward when we were up against it something carrick can’t do & 4 all fletch’s effort neither can he.
THro the 90′s till o5 we had world clas centre mids Robson’,Ince,scholes& the best of them all Keano. what we have now does not compare……….
ps.steven gerrard what fuckin twat
what a fuckin twat soz
Fletcher doesn’t even come close to Roy Keanes quality. As for anyone who never got to see him play
1- You’ve made someone in their 20s old – Well Done.
2- You missed out.
3-Nobody in todays game comes close to Keane. That includes Gerrard, Essien. Cambiasso and god knows who else.
Keane was The Midfield General. In the literal sense, he was both a tactical genius, a leader, a champion and a relentless warrior. He could be dirty, he could be spiteful, and he used that to scare the opposition. And to scare his own players. But he was also great in the air, incredibly strong on the ball, great range of passing, a few goals in him too. I don’t think there’s ever been a player like him, and I don’t think there ever could be really. I don’t think they make them like him any more. I don’t think anybody wants to make them like him any more. Great talent, but such a ferocious character. Even Fergie could barely keep him in line.
Apologies if that last post didn’t make a lot of sense, Chelsea just shat the bed, we stay above them, and typing anything more sensible than FUCKING GEDDIN YOU BLUE NOSE SCOUSE WANKERS is tricky right now.
NRD – Agree mate. As much as Fletch has improved this last few seasons, he doesn’t have Keane’s aura as a player. That’s not a criticism of Fletch by the way, just an opinion.
You can’t replace Keano. I still miss his midfield presence now-a-days; offered so much. People forget what a good passer of the football he was too, it wasn’t just his attitude and tackling.
Yeah, you forget how good a passer he was, he did start a lot of United’s moves, that led to goals.
@The Goat in a United shirt, or a fruedian slip! lol
OK I accept your points.Seeing as you put them so eloquently,this well thought out arguement could hardly fail to convince even the most sceptical of posters.
In fact, have you ever considered going into Politics?
Cracking post mate as ever, had me in stitches of laughter.
goat ….you fucking eejit nearly busted me guts laughing ….jeez….now off to the shitter for a wipe , it made me laugh so much…
thats better all cleaned uop……sitting here doing me accounts……god i hate the fucking taxman …..
wish Keano would cut the bastard….hahahahahahahahah….o fuck it off the shitter again…..
Will Fergie Spend Or Promote?
With Manchester United out of action this weekend, rumors have unsurprisingly started to swirl that a couple of their long-serving, living legends are set to announce their unwanted, but inevitable retirements. …. http://www.theunitedreligion.com/2010/12/get-ready-to-spend-or-promote.html
I’m more afraid of who the replacements of Sir Alex and Edwin will be… Let’s hope United will embark on another successful journey after their departures. One love United
The real question is….
How far is science on human cloning?
We definitely need to clone Giggs. Scholes and Sir Alex.
@Dandivine7 – if you have to think if he’s being abusive there’s evidently something to be said about that.
Regardless, religion is for simpletons, hope that’s not too abusive. -.-
Doghouse, You’re first post was absolutely fucking spot on. there’s the argument that the “game” is changing and you cant play as rough as he did but when you talk real leaders on a field, you might as well put his picture on the dictionary as A “midfield general” for all the youngings coming up to understand what that means.
@Devil310
i lol’d x) spot on!
And definetively most conserned about SAF.. I mean, not to talk bad about Edwin, but with SAF at the wheel we could have me in goal, and still win.