A big sigh of relief at the end of the game but why did we have to sigh at the end when it was so comfortable for so long in the match? It was because once Manchester United took a 2 goal lead,...
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In the immediate aftermath of Fabio Capello's resignation on Wednesday night, a number of England players shared their views on the matter via Twitter. "Gutted Capello has quit. Good guy and top coach. Got to be English to replace him. Harry Redknapp for me," said Wayne Rooney. These comments were relayed to his former teammate and current ITV pundit Roy Keane, who promptly eviscerated him.

By Chris Wright

Given the furore at Leeds yesterday, we thought it would be fairly timely to put together Pies' pick of the ten English-based football managers that, for one reason or another, are almost impossible to foster a begrudging respect for let alone take to your heart.

The statistics this morning read; Manchester United joint top but still second in the table due to an inferior goal difference compared to that of Manchester City. Our neighbours lost thanks to a...
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Old Trafford legends Roy Keane and Paul Ince were livid with Man United's 'schoolboy defending' at Anfield earlier today, and both players were disappointed that Alex Ferguson's team could not turn [what they perceived to be] superior possession and quality into goals.Summarising the game on ITV, Keane was typically blunt about United's defensive failures:"Poor goals from United's point of view;

ManUtd24 reflects on Roy Keane's time at United... and his departure.

The Daily Mail talks about Vidic's claim that we'll win the title without him.

The Telegraph discusses the Bayern Munich president's attack on the Glazers.

United Rant looks to the returning players from injury ahead of crucial games.

Roy Keane's departure an anecdote

iSimangaliso Wetlands Park. Formerly known as 'Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park'. The destination for myself and the future Mrs Pattison on a scorching hot Sunday in November. It was the final stop on our whirlwind three day safari before returning to our Charity project in Kwa Zulu-Natal.

Roy Keane's departure an anecdote

iSimangaliso Wetlands Park. Formerly known as 'Greater St Lucia Wetlands Park'. The destination for myself and the future Mrs Pattison on a scorching hot Sunday in November. It was the final stop on our whirlwind three day safari before returning to our Charity project in Kwa Zulu-Natal.

Former team-mates and current professionals were among the mourners who attended the funeral of former Liverpool and Everton defender Gary Ablett.
The 46-year-old died on New Year's Day after a 16-month battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish and Everton boss David Moyes were present at the city's Anglican Cathedral along with many of Ablett's team-mates – including John Barnes, Alan Hansen, Mark Lawrenson, Duncan Ferguson, Matt Jackson and David Unsworth – and other contemporaries from the 1980s and early 1990s.

No we know how Roy Keane controlled the Manchester United dressing room as captain for so long. He ruled with an iron fist, starting with childish bullying of the United junior teams!

Sir Alex Ferguson has spent 25 years as the manager of Manchester United and he has won the Premier League 12 times, FA Cup 5 times, League Cup 4 times, the Champions League twice, 10...
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By Chris Wright

It seems that, with the recession still biting and Robbie Earle no longer around to 'sort everybody out', the money men over at the ITV Football department have been reduced to extreme bouts of penny-pinching when it comes to providing match tickets for their pundits.

The final whistle is blown at the Etihad Stadium and it is safe and fair to say that Manchester United fans the world over breathed a huge collective sigh of relief. Pre kickoff, we had the shock...
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Forget Roy Keane, among the weapons the now former Bristol Rovers manager Paul Buckle had in his armoury was an icy stare that could single-handedly re-freeze the polar ice caps. I've seen it used on misbehaving players in training, at fans who've had a differing opinion, and at journalists (including myself) who've asked questions that he doesn't think are worth answering (which, on some occasions, has been a fair response).

Thanks for coming Thierry So Thierry Henry is on his way back to Arsenal. Great (yawn). Maybe Henry and David Beckham can share a row in first class on their way back to jolly ol' England. Personally, makes me no never mind whether Henry returns to the Gunners. It's just the symptom of bigger issues on both sides of the pond.

Gary Ablett, Liverpool and Everton FA Cup hero, dies at the age of 46

• Ablett lifted FA Cup with Liverpool in 1989 and Everton in 1995 • 'Our thoughts are with Gary's wife Jacqueline and children' Gary Ablett, the only man to win the FA Cup with Liverpool and Everton, has died after a 16-month battle against non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of blood cancer.

By Alan Duffy

Manchester United 2-3 Blackburn Rovers Premier League 31st December 2011

With a starting 11 which included Rafael in midfield and Michael Carrick at centre-half (and without Wayne Rooney), this was never going to be a vintage Manchester United performance.

Andrew Cole has reflected on memories of his former Manchester United team mate and manager when he was at Sunderland, Roy Keane, following his very public falling out with Sir Alex Ferguson.

"I was trying to sleep in a Hong Kong hotel when I heard the banging in the corridor," said Cole.

Andrew Cole has reflected on memories of his former Manchester United team mate and manager when he was at Sunderland, Roy Keane, following his very public falling out with Sir Alex Ferguson.

"I was trying to sleep in a Hong Kong hotel when I heard the banging in the corridor," said Cole.

By Chris Wright

Before last night's goalless draw with Wigan, Liverpool (including their 'negrito' players) ran out onto the field wearing t-shirts in support of freshly convicted racist-insult-slinger Luis Suarez including the man himself...

This is a joke right?

Reports doing the rounds suggesting that Out of Contract football star David Beckham has signed for French side Paris Saint Germain are false this is according to his spokesperson.

Beckham's contract with the LA Galaxy comes to an end later this month and it was widely believed that he would join PSG after talks with English Premier League Club Tottenham broke down.

Why Roy Keane is fighting a losing battle by taking on Sir Alex Ferguson

He talks just like he played fearless to the point of recklessness. Roy Keane never left the pitch without having imposed his will on the game, the referee, his opponents and team-mates alike.

"Football is a simple game" were four words of Graham Taylor's wisdom when he was managing Watford up the Football League in the late 70s and early 80s. And his Watford sides certainly "kept it simple." But it is an unfortunate consequence of the contemporary 24-hour news culture that "keeping" football analysis "simple" leaves a gap in the media schedules.

By Majid Abdalli, writing from the United Arab Emirates

When Asamoah Gyan arrived at Sunderland for a club record £13 million fee, it seemed like the dawn of a new era for both club and player. However, the new era has become true only in the case of the player, while Sunderland are back where they were under Roy Keane – struggling at the wrong end of the table.

My dad is certainly two things, he is a Glaswegian, and he is a football fan. Nothing strange I know, but his club of choice baffles some, he comes from a family of Celtic fans, but for some reason in the 1960′s he adopted Clyde as his team. This rubbed off on me, and along with my brother we all follow the Bully Wee as well as Newcastle.

Manchester United and Arsenal, from 1997 to 2005, undoubtedly engaged in the era-defining rivalry in English football. In order to be classified as a great sporting rivalry the protagonists must move beyond the feudalistic; the edge and the aggro, and be ultimately characterised by supreme competition and a bountiful supply of dramatic and heart-stopping moments.

Manchester United and Arsenal, from 1997 to 2005, undoubtedly engaged in the era-defining rivalry in English football. In order to be classified as a great sporting rivalry the protagonists must move beyond the feudalistic; the edge and the aggro, and be ultimately characterised by supreme competition and a bountiful supply of dramatic and heart-stopping moments.

Ahead of kick-off on Wednesday I was nervous but I was still entirely confident we would progress to the Champions League Round of 16. I would have preferred not to endure a nervy draw and fancied us to get a win, but it was neither here nor there. Whilst there was some talk of the game falling on the 6th anniversary of the last time we had failed to get out of the group, it didn't feel within the realms of reality that history could repeat itself.

Roy Keane, in his new role as ITV pundit, spoke of how the Manchester United players were letting Sir Alex Ferguson down at half time in last's night 2-1 defeat against FC Basel.

At full time, Keane claimed that our young players hadn't done well enough. He also made reference to Phil Jones' comments ahead of kick-off and questioned how relaxed he felt now.

Roy Keane, in his new role as ITV pundit, spoke of how the Manchester United players were letting Sir Alex Ferguson down at half time in last's night 2-1 defeat against FC Basel.

At full time, Keane claimed that our young players hadn't done well enough. He also made reference to Phil Jones' comments ahead of kick-off and questioned how relaxed he felt now.

United legends divided Manchester United's Champions League exit has created a bit of a rift between Sir Alex Ferguson and Roy Keane. Fergie is obviously not overly pleased to see his former fledglings now giving honest appraisals of United performances as TV pundits. He turned on Keane after being asked about his former skipper's views [.

When the draw for the group stages of the Champions League was done a couple of months ago everybody expected Group D to be a clear path to the next stage for Manchester United and Benfica. The tables however turned last night when minnows Basel clinched the last qualification spot in Group C.

Rejoice! International break is officially over, and as far as we can tell, everyone should return to Liverpool in relatively good health. Which mostly just means that we can shift our collective focus of complaining from the utter stupidity of having a bunch of mid-November ticklefights to the teeth-gnashing prospect of two matches away to Chelsea sandwiched around a home date with Manchester City, with the latter two coming in a 48-hour stretch just under two weeks from now.

People talk to me about Barcelona's current team as the greatest ever. I even hear stories about the Ajax side that had Johan Cruyff. The AC Milan side with the Dutch trio of Riijkaart, Van Basten and Gullit is always mentioned as well. Hell, even United's 1999 treble team has been dubbed as one of the best.

People talk to me about Barcelona's current team as the greatest ever. I even hear stories about the Ajax side that had Johan Cruyff. The AC Milan side with the Dutch trio of Riijkaart, Van Basten and Gullit is always mentioned as well. Hell, even United's 1999 treble team has been dubbed as one of the best.

'Slave' Kuszczak has made his last United blunder by crossing Fergie

You would think that after all the reminiscing about Sir Alex Ferguson's 25 years, Tomasz Kuszczak would have realised the golden rule at Old Trafford. No-one crosses Fergie. Paul Ince, Jaap Stam, David Beckham, Gabriel Heinze, Ruud van Nistelrooy even Roy Keane in the end made that mistake.

By Alan Duffy

Caught in the act: the offending spit in action

Poor old Roberto Martinez is having a hard old time of it. Not only does the doe-eyed Spaniard have to find a way to wake his underperfoming Wigan side from its early season coma, but he now has to deal with the likely suspension of his Paraguayan defender Antolín Alcaraz.

Michael Vaughan is the England cricket captain, and he was able to Thursday night's function at Old Trafford to celebrate 25 years of Sir Alex Ferguson's reign at Manchester United.
Vaughan wrote of the lessons learned from the Manchester United manager.
It was a huge honour for me to be in that room, filled with the great players of the last quarter century and beyond.

A lot has and will be said about Fergie's winning mentality this week. It's at milestones such as these (and let's face it, SAF's had a few) that well worn phrases are paraded about like leathery skinned ex-pros at identikit stadia they never graced. "Never knows he's beaten", "obsession with winning" and "addicted to success" are all old favourites.

As he completed 25 years in charge of Man United today, Sir Alex in the bigger picture has always looked an epitome of perfection, a Midas of sorts. To the common man, most of his buys were intelligent and always paid dividends but even the greatest make mistakes. So on this day, we take a quick look at the 10 worst signings of the Fergie era (in no particular order)

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