1. On Man United fans
2. On pundits
3. On Saipan
4. On playing for Ireland
5. On Mick McCarthy
6. On players’ wives
7. On Liam Miller’s excuses for continually showing up late for training
8. On Rio Ferdinand
9. On his team’s performance against Middlesbrough during that famous MUTV rant
10. To Jack Charlton, after Keane arrived half an hour late for the Ireland team bus
11. On diving
12. On his position at Manchester United
13. On Gary Neville after that infamous tunnel spat with Patrick Vieira
14. On his return to the Ireland set-up
15. On Jamie Redknapp during the 1996 FA Cup final
16. On the 2002 World Cup debacle
17. When asked about United potentially giving Alex Ferguson the bumps back in his playing days
18. On Alex Ferguson, after his book revelations
19. On Cristiano Ronaldo’s Champions League celebrations
20. On Patrick Vieira’s all-time Man United-Arsenal XI
21. On Arsenal and selfies
And finally, here’s one of the most memorable interviews he gave:
A version of this piece was previously published on 10 August 2014.
Kick out one makes no sense. Anyone Who’s ever played the game has played when the wind is blowing a gail and you’re lucky to pass it forward 10 metres, let alone 25 metres. Can’t see it working across all year round. Also one thing that is drilled into every player from day 1 is to hand pass in a short space, what if on pass 4 you want to hand pass to someone running of your shoulder or a pop inside and you can’t as you have to kick it? Just won’t work.
@Declan Snow: after 3 passes if there is no good forward pass on you will have to turn back and kick pass backwards to keep possession is hardly going to encourage attacking play
Over complicating an essentially simple game…pointless…
All too complicated – just bring rules into to subvert mass defences and problems will be solved – minimum of 4 players in opposing half at all times
Sideline kick:
If I am an opposing team and I know the opposition can’t kick the ball backwards from a sideline kick then I am going to get all my players back behind the point of the sideline kick in a defensive position. Therefore this rule will have a negative impact on the game.
If the GAA want to sort out football, their main issue and one that nobody talks about is the tackle. A defending player one on one tackling a forward will 9 times out of 10 be judged to foul that forward with the current interpretation of the tackle. Teams are then forced to pull back extra players to shepherd the attacking player with the ball away from the goal as their is less chance of giving away a free by doing this.
Take should keep the handpass as long it is used going forward ,if used backwards have a hop ball
These rule changes aren’t ideal but it needs something. Its stink at present. Give them a try it can’t get much worse.
Best to have well painted 20m and 40m lines. In most pitches neither the referee nor the players will know where any lines are.
GAA handball…can they stop the decay of the game?