Roy Keane was very, very good at football. He was a great talent that had the benefit of some world-class players on his team, but you can't argue his record. He's also a world-class jerk, but that's part and parcel of his win-at-all-costs nature. If he weren't such a hard charger he would never have been as successful as he was. In any case, he's managing now, and he had some very accurate things to say about the feeble performance from England in the World Cup.
Here's the summary: England are wildly overrated. And any team that starts Emile Heskey as a first-choice striker is probably shit.
With my thanks to the Guardian:
"They have to take a long hard look at themselves. They get away with murder," he said. "I wasn't really surprised by the Germany defeat. I keep saying it – good players don't necessarily make good teams. People keep talking about world class players but who are they?" he added.
"There's probably only Wayne Rooney, who had a brilliant season. But look at the goalkeepers. David James was relegated with Portsmouth and Robert Green just about stayed up with West Ham. Glen Johnson did okay at Liverpool but they had a poor enough season.
"John Terry? He had his issues and I don't think he had a great season. Chelsea may have won the Premiership and FA Cup double but that was more down to some world class attacking players.
"Matthew Upson didn't have a great season at West Ham and Ashley Cole, to be fair to the boy, has just come back from injury.
"James Milner had a good season but Gareth Barry was very average for Manchester City. Emile Heskey started the World Cup up front but he only scored three Premiership goals for Aston Villa."
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