Keano! There’s only one Keano! There’s only one Keano!
February 1st 2005 – Roy Keane chases Patrick Vieira down the tunnel, with the Senegalese born midfielder shitting himself and running off. “I’ll see you out there!” Keano threatened. That he did.
Vieira totally bottles it in the match.
United beat Arsenal 4-2 at Highbury.
Five years later, after Inter Milan have chosen not to renew his contract, Vieira is back in the Premiership, earning a ridiculous £150,000 a week!
Vieira, woooah
Vieira, woooah
He comes from Senegal
He gave Giggsy the ball
And Arsenal won fuck all!
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Vieira, possession needlessly surrended…He’s through, he scored!
What a game that was, just watching O’Shea taking a while to realise he scored a screamer!
Keano is exactley what we need at the moment, the guy was class on the pitch and leading the team!
Ha Ha city really have lost the plot.This guy is gone so far,it’s funny.150 grand a week for a has been.First of all Veron and now the Senegal man,who next,Pele?.Think I’m beginning to like this Mancini guy!
love the neville stare at the end, pure hatred.
Exactly what we need at the moment. An inspirational figure Like keano although i feel In Fletcher we have that sort of a player and i wont mind seeing fletch as our skipper. He really is a fighter and likes to get STUCK IN.
Speaking of Keano i feel the performance in Turin in the 2nd leg in 1999 against Juve has to be the best ever by any player in a United shirt. He was playing against a midfield containing Davids,deschamps and the great Zinedine Zidane
That’s what I like to see at United.
Viera was a bully who came up against a bigger one . Keano went all game trying to kick lumps out of the cunt and as Scotty said , he bottled in …… coming back to Shitty smacks of desperation if he cant make it into the Inter team, Mancini must be off his fucking rocker…… might he just try to get a team of Red haters together in an effort become some sort of a Man Shitty legend ……Jesus these bitters are desperate aint they…….
I heard on talkshite that some twat in the Guardian reckons that the balance has shifted in Manchester, what with all the Arabs money and our so-called debt…… he was asked how long it would be till Shitty were as successful as we are and he clammed up….the dopey cunt realised then what he was saying….. Made a total prick of himself. hEdoesn’t realise that our brand is Global and that Shitty are hardly known outside the UK…
Well, looks like Mathieson got his wish:
http://www.manutd.com/default.sps?pagegid=%7BF9E570E6%2D407E%2D44BC%2D800F%2D4A3110258114%7D&newsid=6644739
Has there ever been a time when a game has been rescheduled AHEAD of its original date?
keano said ‘see u out there on the pitch’..OMG he did..there is only one captain fantastic in the history of english football and thats our keano16..
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/news-and-comment/vieira-reveals-respect-for-keane-1048465.html
http://therepublikofmancunia.com/blast-from-the-past-arsenal-tunnel-does-keane-want-runaway-vieira/
@Costas
I am made up the game has been moved for two reasons!
a) It is now on a Saturday always a bonus.
b) We wil now avoid playing them just before Milan which will mean we will be nice and fresh!
Fucking loved this game. it’s a shame that the games against that lot aren’t as fierce anymore, in terms of rivalries United/Arsenal from 97 up to this game was fabulous.
@giggs11gerrard0
I prefer this date than 4 days after the Arsenal game or just before the Milan game. It’s just funny how one day a City journalist complains about us having 8 days of rest before the second leg and the following day the Hull game moves between the 2 legs. Anyway, February provides us with tougher games and it’s good to get this one out of the way now. Providing no more games get cancelled.
I love that picture of Giggs by the way. And it’s one of my favourite United kits of all time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhP9xAl4xng&feature=PlayList&p=305B614B5C2A13E6&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=25
great vid, shows what we did on the pitch after captain fantastics magic.
Great game. Have watched it recently. And yes, that kit looked great.
PS. Just can’t wait to see Hargo playing. It doesn’t matter if it is for reserves.
oh old roy keane is magic, he wears a magic hat, and when he saw old trafford, he said i fancy that!
Awsome – what a guy
Did you notice Gary Nevilles “handshake” – brillant
keaneo embarrassed that twat viera there..
roy showed why he will go down as uniteds greatest captain and their most dominant personality of modern times…
shit scared of keaneo, yer all shit scared keaneo
Bottling cunt. Viera shat himself . Hardman my arse. Keano owned the twat everytime he played. One of my favourite games is this.
One question. To the older fans who would you take Robbo or Keano? I absolutely love Roy but for me it has to be Robson. He was my boyhood idol. I used to always buy New Balance boots. Proper Captain Marvel. When Bryan didn’t perform, United didn’t .
King Eric: Really tough one, I dunno! ……….But what we wouldn’t give for either of them right now.
ooooh king eric thats a really tough one. Robson was my idol, then when keane came along he just took it to that next level i think. Robson never let us down, and was absolute gem in midfield. Just can’t pick. Keano. No robbo. No keano.
And some say Remi Moses would have been better than both of them!
sorry could not would
I had the pleasure of growing up watching Keane captain United. So, I haven’t seen much of Robson apart from highlights of older games. Here’s my take on things. I think they are both great leaders, but Robson had a more demanding task. He didn’t captain United during their golden era. He captained them during a dark period and it’s much harder to lead your men during times like that. If you look at Keano during our bad seasons(01-02, 03-05) he showed signs of cracking up. Getting sent off out of pure frustration(like throwing the ball on Shearer, lol) or having a go at the players in public. Don’t get me wrong. Roy hating to lose was what made him so great. I just feel that Robson might have channeled his anger in a better direction.
WELCOME TO MANCHESTER – PATRICK!
man…I feel like such a plastic…I’ve seen that vid so many times and I always thought it was keano shaking his hand at the end and not Red Nev
Keano is class,we still need some one like him.may be hargo is d answer.
scott???He comes from Senegal
is that line in that chant i taught it was just Vieira, woooah
Vieira, woooah
He gave Giggsy the ball
And Arsenal won fuck all!
the post match interview with keane was stuff of legends
when asked what happened with vieira keane started with
“patric vieira 6’4 and he come up to gary neville”
i always taught that was so funny because keane starts with a hight thing even thou gary neville is 3 inches tallers than keane
GHTT, that is funny! But looking at him, you never got the impression that Roy felt short!
@ costas – good poining that out, but I don’t think it was anything to do with how successful we were at the pitch. look at the haaland, overmars, that goalie he stepped on (champions league match anyone remember?) and southgate incidents et al.
that match was brutal. Rooney should have been sent off about three times! gotta love graham poll for that!
I named my pit bull after our dear captain.
the fear in vieira eyes shaking hands hahaha and bergkamp seeing if he hasnt shit himself keano is god always love him
Roy Keane. He was a fekkin nutter. But he was our fekkin nutter! There’s only one Keano!
The night this happened it was awsome, the atmosphere in the pub was fantastic.
Viera was completly rattled and did nothing in the game what so ever.
There is no arguments from me, If i had to pick a player from any that i have seen to play in Keanes positon for my greatest ever 11 it would be keane every time.!!
The man is a legend!
@keano86
I think the goalie was Vitor Baia of Porto. He missed the return leg where they knocked us out of the Ch.League. I think there were cases when United weren’t playing well and his frustration was there to see(the red cards with Shearer and Baia). The Haaland thing was personal though. As was the elbow on Mcateer.
I didn’t remember him being too robust in this one! I remember a certain young Wayne walking a vey tight rope!
you’d be shitting yourself too if you’d pissed off keano.
Keano, what a captain he was! Vieira’s arse well and truly went
@ King Eric, hi mate, much as i loved Keano, Robbo was simply outstanding.
Robson would have smashed almost every record going if it wasn’t for the horrendous injuries he suffered. A true Captain Fantastic!
Robson certainly edges that one for me, and i was lucky enough/old enough to have seen the Holy Trinity play.
Trevor
it was mental in the pub alright the first match I watched in a pub with trigger and you could maybe work out the dates from Emily age that I’m a fast worker. Second date to the pub with the lads and it was rocking . That was also th game that Ronaldo stepped up from the one trick pony. Everyone seems to over look that when thinking about tht game
Remi Moses was fergies keane before keane he loved remi and remi represented sir Alex on the field. The guy was a rock in midfield. His name even made that early -mid 90s jersey with the faint print on it with a load of united legends names on it. If my mind remember right Moses was on the front of your right shoulder blade
yeah that mcateer elbow annoyed me, because he should have elbowed him a lot harder, he would have got the same punishment as his soft elbow. mcateer deserved it, he was a prominent figure in the squad supporting Mick mcarthy who was a disgrace to the country he was representing. mcateer is a traitor to Ireland and that’s how most of us see him.
I remember Uriah rennie (I think it was him) holding keane back as he was snarling at him too. god I miss Roy
fergie used Moses to illustrate how good gazza was when he wanted to sign him. he said it was gazzas first game back after injury, and we had robson and Moses in midfield, and he absolutely tore them apart. would hve loved to have watched that.
Giggs still giggs oh it’s a wonderful run fron giiiigggs….. Thanks paddy
keane wins it fit mr over robbo but if robbo was Irish I’d go robbo keane controlled 2 teams at the same time in my heart. That’s hard to beat. Why doesn’t anyone ever talk about mr missed one game from injury in his whole tome at united the legend that is Brian mcclair
Keano86 didn’t gazza Moses on the head when Moses was lying on the ground after missing a tackle on gazzas quick feet as in there there it’s alright. I’d have loves gazza at united. The gazza that could have been not the gazza that he became
ghtt, i sing that song without the bit scott put in aswell, maybe its just us irish???? lol
lol Giggs looking at that shitty on the ground that pic so funny
@keano86
You have a good memory. It was Rennie and Beckham(with a grin on his face which still pisses me off) holding him back while that cunt was talking trash at him. It was the only way he could anyway. And when he did get sent off, I was also thinking that he should have elbowed him harder.
Only once in my life I cried out of depression, helplessness and sheer sadness and that day was when Keano left Man UTD. Surely the worst day in my life as a United supporter. Even today when try and remember that day my eyes get wet… I really miss him……… He was a monster and he bleed United all the way…………. I can’t imagine if he would have been around we would have played such un-inspirational game against Leeds……… He was the LEADER, MOTIVATOR, MONSTER a real RED DEVIL… I miss you KEANO………… R U listening????
Morning Everyone.
A few stories i read in the newspapers today
1. The sun reported Rooney will be our skipper next season
2. Also read Neville will be offered a new contract and it will be his decision whether he wants to continue or retire
3. If tomorrow’s game is called off SAF will take the whole team to Dubai for a break and due to the warmer conditions there
http://www.sport.co.uk/news/Football/32223/Sir_Alex_Ferguson__Eric_Cantona_to_be_reunited_in_April.aspx
As good as Fletcher is doing this season and last, getting stuck in and doing a good stab at being a Keaneo type player… He seems like he is a nice chap he always comes across well in an interview where as Keane was just evil he had the real deadman stare….
morning AIG, if Rooney was make captian, I believe he is a real leader and he does have an evil streak in him too…
Haven’t commented on the site for a while but couldn’t let this one pass. I cannot stand viera – wont even buy a Panasonic tv cos it has his name on it – so this game will always stick long in the memory. Keano proved that day who is and was top dog in the Premiership during that period.
As for the Robbo vs Keano debate. Toughie. Both incredible and inspirational leaders who gave absolutely everything for the cause. I really can’t split them apart. Highlights – well, for Keane’s Juve away read Robbo’s Barca at home. 2 games that will live with me forever. And was I the only one that cheered like a loon when Keane eventually got Haaland – not that I would in any way condone such behaviour – blah blah blah…
Long John O’Shea
I actually dont want wazza to be the skipper in the next 2-3 years.He already has a lot of burden on him and usually a skipper should be a defender or midfielder becasue if wazza does become skipper, it may result in him dropping deeper when things arent going our way. i am rooting for fletcher because he is a commanding presence in midfield.He deserves some recognition for the way he has turned it around from a scapegoat when United didnt do well to the most important player in the team.
man u fan????????????
scott ya cant write about the terrible day that involved 96 liverpool fans
or that nightmare day in 1958 without your comment having to be checked
is there anyway you could block the” man u ” name on the site .
How can people not know about it
could you stick a blog on it
Ive wrote time and time again about it but maybe your words could stick
its disrespectful to manchester united 1958 and mostly duncan edwards
also while im on about stuff ya dont do that i noticed at the fulham game and i hope doesnt happen when fulham come to old trafford
you dont boo Damien Duff
Vieras only come back because he knows he doesn’t have to face Keano again. Hes been the tough man of the Italian League kicking the shite out of 5 footers.
ghtt
many people outside UK in Asia dont know about it. They are ignorant of that and use “Man U”.
In India all the newspapers refer to United as Man U, hardly anyone refers to them as Manchester United. Same for the news channels and at times the guest panel on ESPN. The thing is how many people will you correct?. There will always be some ignorant bastards who will use that name
i hate it AIG it grinds my teeth
as ive said to you before on this ive bloked a guy on youtube from emilys videos called duncans missing head and when i hear uniteds fans saying man u its just like supporting that twats youtube username
The Sun reporting on the leeds game had man u in there headlines.
and even if people dont know where it comes from its like calling arsenal arse yes its shorter for the real name but nothing to do with the club not merchandise to fans chants to the owners and everything in between ever refair to them selfs as it. joel glazier,the only united fan out of the family, calls united the red devils. its united man utd/united manchester united or the red devils
Robbo or Keano? Tough call, but for me Bryan Robson shades it. He was almost a one-man team in the ’80s when the squad was much weaker than in the Roy Keane era. He managed to lift the team to greater heights, exactly like Keano could, but he had much less quality around him to do it. For Keane against Juventus with Zidane in ’99 read Robbo v Barca with Maradona in ’84. When United started to go into decline in the mid-2000s, Keane, tragically, became part of the problem, not the solution. As his own body began to struggle, his motivational powers began almost to work against the team. His constant demands for higher standards began to intimidate lesser players and inhibit them, in a manner that Robson never did, at any stage of his career.Robbo always tried to bind the team together and his presence at the club helped the ‘kids’ (Beckham, Nevilles, Butt etc) to come through. They all revered Robson, who always tried to encourage them and make them feel part of the team.It was Robbo’s tough luck to be at his peak when the team wasn’t great, while Keane was surrounded by winners from day one. That’s why, for me, Robbo was ‘Captain Marvel’, the greatest United skipper I’ve ever seen.
Remi Moses was a terrific player, sadly knackered by serious injury. If he’d stayed fit Robbo might have won his coveted league titles much earlier. Another of the great ‘might-have-beens’…I wish we’d got a Remi now!
“Ignorant Bastards” is quite harsh, it’s not like it’s a well known fact to the general public. Ignorant yes, but that doesn’t make them bastards.
bigphil2003
my opinion is you should never write or comment about anything without doing the full research or having some knowledge.I have written to the newspapers myselves and yet they continue using Man U.
When United beat Inter 2-0 last season one news reporter called nemanja Vidic,” United striker”. When we won 4-0 against West ham the headline in Times of India was, ” Man U thrash West ham”. Wont you get angry reading this everyday?
Maybe i was harsh but i love United and hate when anyone calls united man U.
Meant to add, GHTT is absolutely right, more credit should be given to Brian McClair. He was central to United’s early success in the Premiership, and kept the team going in the dark days of the late ’80s. I used to love Choccy’s Diary in the official magazine. So droll, so cool, so damned funny. I loved one of his stories about Gary Neville, around the time he was just breaking into the first team. Apparently Gary had a new girlfriend and , eventually, he was invited home for tea to meet her Mum so she could give him the once-over. They were all sat round the table and the Mum offers the nervous young Gary a tuna sandwich. ‘Oh, sorry, no, ‘says Gary, ‘I don’t like tuna. It reminds me too much of fish’…
Keano has got to be in line for our next manager. We need someone to sort out half of the players on that team.
Giles Oakley
Happy New Year!!!
How are you and how is your health?. Waiting eagerly for your next aricle. Enjoyed reading everyone of them.Hope the new year sees you back to your healthy best
aig I get that it annoys you but you can understand why people (who don’t know the history of the phrase) might use it. You should be able to shorten a team’s name without having to research it. Should you have to do a google search before referring to Darren Fletcher as Fletch for example?
The people that do know the history and continue to use it… they are ignorant bastards.
Giles my friend hello
I always taught if Keane=the next Robbo then Scholes=the next Brian McClair. While keane was such an amazing leader and force in Midfield I didnt think Scholes got the credit he fully deserved till Keane left. I remember been in a pub watching United and someone said to me “Scholes has really up’d his game since Keane left he’s getting much better” like this guy never noticed Scholes before hand. Brian McClair was a profesional. Simple as that. As I said earlier he only missed on game with injury and never missed one training session. Fantastic Neville story by the by
Oh also, on topic I’d just like to add that while I admired Keano’s sticking up for his team mates, this incident always made it hard for me to take Nev seriously as a captain just a couple of years later. Giggs has always been the true captain in my eyes since Keano left.
This was a fucking amazing game though! When Silvestre got himself sent off I was worried, and then O’ Shea pops up with that moment of absolute beauty!
bigphil2003
But noone at united has ever refaired to there team as man u ever. as i say about calling arsenal arse. and fletcher gets called fletch by his teammates always in pre match and post match interviews as Fletch.
bigphil 2003
You are right about that.What got me iritated what i wrote to all the newspapers saying United are referred to as Man Utd, Manchester Utd, United or mostly as ‘champions’. “Man U’ in itself dosent sound good. But maybe because we are hardcore United fans we get annoyed by it.
viera you fucking cunt!!! God dam i love Roy keane. My favourite player of all time!
vidic is out for 10 days peoples
rio is inproving and will be back in full training in 2 weeks
and all going well rio will be back in 3 weeks playing
vidic has a nerve problem in his leg
hargreaves is in full training with the reserves and should be playing a reserves game in 3 weeks time
bring on febuary is all i say
didnt keane say to graham poll that viera was picking on neville? can gaz not fight his own battles or what?
I remember this game well,cos I watched it through a window lol! At the time manchester united and arsenal were the two best-supported sides in my country(until Abramovic came along) and the crowd in the room to watch the game was so large no one else could get in the door, had o watch it from outsie. Didnt know about the bust up until after the game, but strangely enough this was one of the united-arsenal games of the era where i was most confident that we would win. One of my best mates is an arsenal fans and was stood right next to me.Had a real go at me too when Viera gave them the lead and when Bergkamp resstored that lead, but I’m sure you all know which of us went home smiling at the lol. One of my fave united-arse games ever, plus, O’shea even scored a beaut!
Fuck, how i wish Roy Keane was still running our midfield.
Notice how that scum viera can’t even look Nev in the eye – fuckin piece of shit bastard.
exiledred
Funny I was talking about the Haaland incident just a few days ago.
I fucking LOVED it.
‘Take that you cunt, and don’t ever stand over me again talking about feigning injury.
And tell your mate Wetherall there’s some for him as well’.
There is well and truly only one Keano!
can someone please let me know what roy is saying after the “I’ll see you out there”?
Im trying to understand it, but I just cant make out the words
Thanks in advance!
islandred1981
Couldnt agree more. During the game I wet myself when it happened without really seeing the full extent of the challenge. Afterwards, looking at the replay, there was a fleeting thought in my mind that maybe, just maybe, he’d gone over the top. Then I thought, fuck it, he’s only done what each and every one of us would have wanted to do in that situation.
I just wish he’d connected with Shearer’s chin that day at the ground formerly known as St James’s Park…..
listening to Ken Bruce on Beeb Radio2 today anf a comment made me spill me fucking brew…..
He said that he had noticed that everyone was panic buying bread and milk cos of the cold spell…..
then he said that’s why Man City are spending millions buying Patrick Viera…..well, it made me fucking laugh…!!
by the way …nice to hear from Giles Oakley…. Happy New year fella, hope you are feeling a little better.
LOL.. just laughing at Gary’s handshake and stare at Viera as the players shook hands. You know he gave him a good squeeze to go along with that stare. Brilliant. Think the move will add a bit of further spice to our derby matches which is always a good thing!
Happy New Year to AIG , GHTT and TonyBee, and everyone, with thanks for remembering my little local health problems. I am just beginning to emerge from my radio therapy, which ended just before Xmas, and which is generally totally knackering. My recovery took a severe beating in the middle of treatment when I went to Craven Cottage in the pre-Xmas freeze -up (wearing 6 layers of clothing, 2 scarves, a Red Army fur hat and mittens) I took a United-supporting friend who comes originally from Newry. As we dismally trailed out of the stadium after the woeful 3-0 defeat my pal got a text from his brother back at home in Northern Ireland, ‘Don’t fucking go to see United again!’…
tonybee
big ken is a legend!!!
I remember seeing it all kick off in the tunnel that game, I kept saying to my old man “That’s Keano shouting in the background, something’s going on up there!” getting all excited that the players we massively pumped up for the game!
It was a fantastic match, I was physically knackered at full time – I felt like I’d played the 90mins it was so engrossing!
giles -
good shout I used to love choccies diary!
greatest premier league game of all time by far. for utd anyway!
exiledred
You could imagine the look on mary poppins face had Keano floored him – in my head I can see the tears welling up in his eyes, his bottom lip trembling…
Would have been priceless!
haha viera what a twat!
Probably the only footballer I have ever really admired as a person…. He’s no academic but he has an intelligence that is manifest in every interview or press conference he gives.
“i see you on the fuckin pitch!” this is class!
I loved his recent press confrence when that guy’s phone was ringing and he gave him a stare @@ “That shit has been going on long. Why don’t u turn it of?!” LOL xD
Vieira would smash Keane so hard that Keane wouldn’t be alive anymore