🇾🇪 Bitterness Disguised as Standards: How United's Legends Lost Their Way 🧵
Manchester United's challenges extend far beyond the pitch. While tactical debates and squad rebuilding dominate headlines, another problem festers in the background: former players whose commentary has devolved from constructive criticism into something far more destructive.
Roy Keane's recent outburst about Manchester United's coaching appointments epitomises this troubling trend. His dismissive comments about Jonny Evans joining the coaching staff revealed more about Keane himself than about United's decision-making.
"Evans was at United 4-5 weeks ago as a loans manager, and then Fletcher gives him the job," Keane sneered. "He has two games, Fletcher goes and then Carrick gives him a job. Great isn't it? We should all go to Barbados for a week."
The irony is staggering. Keane himself transitioned into management at Sunderland with zero coaching experience. Yet when Evans, a player who spent two seasons with the current squad and possesses intimate knowledge of these players, receives a coaching role, Keane treats it as a farce.
His mockery extended beyond Evans. He ridiculed Fletcher ("he knows the guy in the canteen, he rings Ferguson up to ask what socks he's going to wear") and even took aim at Carrick's wife: "His wife has a big mouth sometimes. Maybe she's doing team-talks."
This isn't punditry. It’s playground bullying dressed up as analysis.
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As announced we protest against this dysfunctional co-ownership before Fulham.
But you have got to watch this! 😂
Full press statement tomorrow.
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Today we mourn the passing of a true giant of our Club, Joe Quinn.
Joe gave a lifetime service as player, coach, mentor, chairman & President.
He won championships in the 50s, before relentless work with Rossa & @GAASouth juveniles for over 6 decades. Ar dheis dé go raibh a anam
Breaking: @SkyNews just deleted this video by their Amsterdam correspondent @AlicePorterTV posted to Twitter, without public explanation. I saved a copy.
The video explains the truth about the Israeli football hooligans who went on a racist rampage in the city this week. Watch:
Noel Gallagher on commentary with Fletcher & McCoist tonight on TNT Sport 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️ what the fuck is football coming to when you have a Musician commentating on a football game in the Champions League