Roy Keane goes viral with an explanation as to why his Ipswich team would win ‘f*** all’

Roy Keane goes viral with an explanation as to why his Ipswich team would win ‘f*** all’ when he managed them between 2009 and 2011.

The latest episode of Stick to Football / The Overlap was recorded prior to the Euro 2024 Final, and in it, sees Gary Neville, Ian Wright, Jill Scott, and Roy Keane not only reflecting on the tournament, but also gave interesting insights and stuck around as they brought back Room 101, with the team sharing their biggest pet hates. You can watch it all in the video below.

One moment saw Roy Keane recall the tales of sneaking out as a player and managing players who partied.

On his time at Ipswich, he said: “My biggest problem, I knew straight up, I think might have been, was that Ipswich went away pre-season and I gave the lads the night out when we were away.

“And the next morning I came and I was talking to the staff and I said, just say they had to be back for 2am or whatever.

“And I said, was everyone back? And they went ‘Yeah’.

“I said, we’re gonna win fuck all with these. They’re all back on time. I don’t want them back on time. I wanted to break the rules. Jump in the pool naked. Do something. They’re all back at 2am.”

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The former Man Utd player also spoke of when he and a number of his Republic of Ireland teammates snuck away from the team hotel while on a trip to London.

“Did you ever sneak out with the team, I used to love that,” Keane said to Gary Neville, Jill Scott and Ian Wright. “We’ve done it with United and we done it with Ireland.

“You are going back on the bus and you are at an official function. You ask if anyone is sneaking out.

“So about ten players go yeah, yeah. So you say we’ll meet in ten minutes by a certain lift and then only two or three turn up! I used to love all that stuff.

“We done it one night in Ireland. I think we we doing something at the Irish Embassy. It might have been before the 1994 World Cup.

“Back to the hotel and a few of us snuck out, the Irish lads. I think we ended up in Stringfellows. What night we had. Brilliant night.”

It was 15 years ago when Roy Keane was named manager of the Tractorboys, coming in to replace Jim Magilton in 2009.

East Anglian Daily Times had a brief look at his time at the club. He won his first two games, with money given to him to buy new players, he signed Damien Delaney, Lee Martin, Tamás Priskin, Carlos Edwards and Grant Leadbitter for big fees, promoted youngsters, sold Jordan Rhodes for a small fee (watching him go on to be a regular goalscorer in the Championship), failed to win any of his first 14 games in charge for the 2009/10 season, ended that run with a victory against Derby, managed to finish the campaign in 15th.

He also fell out with Jon Walters, Delaney, Counago, Kevin Lisbie and Ben Thatcher, while many inconsistencies for both the 2009–10 and the 2010–11 season meant that Ipswich never really challenged for promotions and not helped with the poor run of form, he was sacked in January 2011 with the side sitting 21st in the Championship.

This is how Twitter users reacted as Roy Keane goes viral with his explanation as to why his Ipswich team would win ‘f*** all’…

@OlliemaxM: If they’d have all stayed out “No discipline we’ll win fuck all with these 🙄”

@J_M_R_E: Yes, that was it, Roy. That’s why Ipswich didn’t win anything under you. #ITFC

@TomsTwitr: And that’s why Ipswich won fuck all with Roy Keane 😂

@ITFCnorfolk: Or… just a thought… it was your fault at Ipswich as you’re a shite manager ?

@JamiePinner: Riles up our fans so easily… Don’t take it to seriously! Laugh with it.

@houdini6363: Nothing to do with the fact that he had no man-management skills, he was rude and nasty with everyone, including non-playing staff. He blew some big money on average players and heralded the start of our wilderness years. No self-awareness.

@h_hg548: I actually like Keane on the telly & on the overlap but every time he mentions his time at Ipswich he just says something stupid. Clear to see why the management game wasn’t for him

@Itfcvix: I’m thinking the actual reason he didn’t succeed, other than being a shit manager, was because he is a complete cockwombling dickhead and nobody liked him! 🤬

@cardinal_dom: Selling Jordan Rhodes was another indication that he had no idea. He even said in his book that he struggled with managing a team that played in blue. Awful appointment from the start!

@houdini6363: His arrival signalled the start of the wilderness years. A nasty, rude man. Not up to the job so just slagged off his players and staff. I’m sure he would have been fine about anyone coming in late/drunk etc. Or maybe he’d have ripped into them…

@Gxttens: No chance Connor Wickham & Carlos Edwards was making it back in time 🤣🤣🤣

@Davidejohhanson: still love him 👀🚜🚜

@kevindburch: I’m sure recollections may vary!

@paulwhitmore98: He’s become a Roy Keane tribute act.

@jones_itfc: He thinks the whole thing is funny. We weren’t laughing at the time, or for years later.

@LeonRousseau10: Talks so much shite at times.

@keeganmiddleton: 😂😂 Roy Keane is a legend

@weegietractor: Not the fact he was out of his depth? Admittedly, the owner at the time was out of his depth too

@dave_sheldrake: You were useless at Ipswich, wasted money on crap players and alienated everyone, one of the worst managers in my 60 years supporting the club.

@KevinH1505: Roy Keane on the overlap is genuinely one of my favourite people to listen to in the whole of football 😂