Source: Daily_Mail
HATCHET MAN: Smiles better at Sunderland with Ricky instead of Roy
Roy Keane seems so wrapped up in being football's macho man that he cannot think straight about the game. [LNB]By claiming that Sunderland [LNB]should have employed Roy Chubby Brown if they wanted a manager to put smiles on their players' faces, he comes across as a caricature.[LNB][LNB][LNB] Different approach: Sbragia (left) doesn't work in the same way as Keane[LNB] Keane made himself look like the sport's cartoon hardman last Sunday with ridiculous and juvenile statements to justify his departure from the Stadium of Light. [LNB] More from Hatchet Man... HATCHET MAN: Plastic pitches and reserve teams: Don't Villa and Spurs just love the UEFA Cup experience?[LNB]26/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Happy, injury-free and motivated - childish Drogba forgets to complain and hobble now Guus rules the Stamford Bridge roost [LNB]26/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Toure, late for the game, late to ditch moneybags City, late to pledge loyalty to the Gunners - what a loyal club man he is[LNB]26/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Cut out the mock shock Rafa - you're no naive victim in the Liverpool contract battle[LNB]26/02/09 HATCHET MAN: There's nothing special about Mourinho any more - Inter looked second-rate against United[LNB]25/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Memo to Martin O'Neill - You're either a poor manager or Aston Villa are a poor side[LNB]25/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Torres is no toro, he's a whippet so bully-boy Pepe's threat to snuff out the 'big powerful' Liverpool man is Real-ly stupid[LNB]25/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Carling Cup Final boost for Spurs as worse Brazilian keeper than Gomes unearthed in Spain[LNB]25/02/09 HATCHET MAN: Unprofessional Toure should be told: This is the Champions League, not the Sunday League[LNB]25/02/09 VIEW FULL ARCHIVE[LNB] None of it added up though. [LNB]Absenteeism management doesn't - and clearly didn't - work in the end, and if he didn't have coaching staff who backed him up at Sunderland, that is a management problem he should have fixed. [LNB]Keane may not have wanted to pander to his Sunderland players and seems to think his replacement, Ricky Sbragia, is too chummy with them. [LNB]Now his successor may be extremely boring in comparison to Keane and he has made decisions the Irishman wouldn't have, but he has put smiles on a few faces in a way that would have been novel towards the end of Keane's reign: by guiding them close to safety.[LNB] Keane: Why I had to walk away from Sunderland and football[LNB]Arsenal 0 Sunderland 0: New Arshavin but same old story...[LNB]SUNDERLAND FC NEWS FROM ACROSS THE NET[LNB] [LNB] [LNB]
