~~ Life goes on... ~~
Received a call from Kingmeng on Friday night while playing mahjong. Was told that Roy Keane had officially left Manchester United after 12 long years of service. It was said that the decision was agreed upon mutual consent.
Well, this incident had been one of the hotly debated topics between me and some of my online friends. Basically over different points of view. I see the departure of Roy Keane as a neccesity the day he decided to go public on his criticisms of so many of his teammates. Majority of friends see it as an act of ingrate on the management's part. After all, this is a guy who have slogged for ManU for 12 long years and have basically won anything that is to be won on club level. I fully agree with that. I never once undermined his ability and his contributions to the team. However, I see his latest outburst as a wrong that cannot be written off for all the rights he has done.
Whilst his comments are true to an extent, the implication of going to the media with your criticisms only means one thing. You have a serious lack of respect for the authority above you. In this instance, Sir Alex Ferguson or the new board if they do care. Sir Alex is going through a rough patch himself leading the team to nowhere at the moment. The last thing he needs is his most experienced player commiting an act like this that could really be detrimental to the belief and morale which is already lacking in the team.
Thus my verdict, he has to go. Its either him or Sir Alex. I do not think its too hard a decision to make. Washing dirty linen in public is a big taboo in any team effort so its only right that he got punished for it. Call me a realist if you want but if you could just understand that I had never once doubted Keane's ability as a player, perhaps it would really help.
Anyway, like the title says, life goes on. And it goes on indeed with ManU claiming 3 points from Charlton in emphatic fashion. A brilliant performance by new captain Van Nistelrooy made Keane's absence seems insignificant suddenly. I hope RVN would continue from here and be a real leader and bring ManU to greater heights. Sincerely hope so.
Well, this incident had been one of the hotly debated topics between me and some of my online friends. Basically over different points of view. I see the departure of Roy Keane as a neccesity the day he decided to go public on his criticisms of so many of his teammates. Majority of friends see it as an act of ingrate on the management's part. After all, this is a guy who have slogged for ManU for 12 long years and have basically won anything that is to be won on club level. I fully agree with that. I never once undermined his ability and his contributions to the team. However, I see his latest outburst as a wrong that cannot be written off for all the rights he has done.
Whilst his comments are true to an extent, the implication of going to the media with your criticisms only means one thing. You have a serious lack of respect for the authority above you. In this instance, Sir Alex Ferguson or the new board if they do care. Sir Alex is going through a rough patch himself leading the team to nowhere at the moment. The last thing he needs is his most experienced player commiting an act like this that could really be detrimental to the belief and morale which is already lacking in the team.
Thus my verdict, he has to go. Its either him or Sir Alex. I do not think its too hard a decision to make. Washing dirty linen in public is a big taboo in any team effort so its only right that he got punished for it. Call me a realist if you want but if you could just understand that I had never once doubted Keane's ability as a player, perhaps it would really help.
Anyway, like the title says, life goes on. And it goes on indeed with ManU claiming 3 points from Charlton in emphatic fashion. A brilliant performance by new captain Van Nistelrooy made Keane's absence seems insignificant suddenly. I hope RVN would continue from here and be a real leader and bring ManU to greater heights. Sincerely hope so.
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