Keano speaks on England

[Numeric]

Roy Keane has slammed England's players following their failure to qualify for Euro 2008 he reckons that the squad is made up of too many egos, and is adamant that the players should step-up and take some of the heavy criticism...

"They certainly have the heart and the passion, but that only gets you so far," he said.

"Technically you have got to be able to handle the ball. These top countries who are constantly qualifying and winning tournaments have that.

"Having said that and if you look at some of the England players, they're ******* good players.

"But certainly if you look at some of the England players and the England set-up, and to be from the outside looking in - just my opinion - there are too many egos in there, too many big heads.

"If you get carried away with any little bit of success, then you're in trouble.

"I look at the England set-up and they don't look a happy bunch, and their body language sometimes isn't great. As good as they are players; good players don't make good teams.

"Steve McClaren lost his job because he did not qualify, and that is fair enough. But the players have got to take responsibility for their own actions.

"I don't think international football is that important to a lot of the players these days. Club football has taken over."

There is ongoing debate as to whether England's failings relate to the lack of talent emerging at youth level.

Keane feels the correct measures are now in place, but admits the results of the system are unlikely to surface for 'many, many years'.

"To be fair to the English FA, from the one or two courses I have been on, I think they are working hard on that," he added.

"But you might not see the results of that for many, many years to come. We always talk about patience in football, but with the English national team - people don't have that patience."

[DJsmallpaul]

Yea he accuses England players of being "Arrogant" erm...kettle...pot...black

[Numeric]

don't confuse arrogance with confidence :;

Keano is a legend...

[djfase]

Yea he accuses England players of being "Arrogant" erm...kettle...pot...black

He had a right to be arrogant.

One of the best midfielders of his generation

[Will]

He makes some good points. Maybe England should do what Scotland did a few years ago and concentrate on blooding the younger players. Not that we have that many old players to clear out though...

[Will]

Maybe we should try to tempt Scholes out of retirement too! I think Sven ruined his international career because he didn't know how to handle him - or many other big players. He should drop them when they're out of form so they can regroup and have to work hard to get back in, like at united.

[Richierush]

Scoles wont come back,an it doesnt help that we gotta wait years for next tournament

[Aratron]

He had a right to be arrogant.

One of the best midfielders of his generation

he is hardly one to berate footballers for being arrogant. that cunt finished Haaland's career over his big ego. he spat his dummy out for Ireland in the World Cup. He seems to matured a bit like now

Did you see Shearer after England lost? He could ghardly speak he was that angry, he was pulling weird facial exressions and everything.

[Richierush]

shearer should get his kit back on for england

[Aratron]

shearer should get his kit back on for england

should get his kit off

[Richierush]

should get his kit off

yea i thought ud be the one to say that

[Aratron]

yea i thought ud be the one to say that

[Numeric]

he is hardly one to berate footballers for being arrogant. that cunt finished Haaland's career over his big ego. he spat his dummy out for Ireland in the World Cup. He seems to matured a bit like now

Did you see Shearer after England lost? He could ghardly speak he was that angry, he was pulling weird facial exressions and everything.

Haaland was a c**t anyway...

you could tell that the result had wounded Shearer, was quality

[Microdot]

he is hardly one to berate footballers for being arrogant. that cunt finished Haaland's career over his big ego. he spat his dummy out for Ireland in the World Cup. He seems to matured a bit like now

Did you see Shearer after England lost? He could ghardly speak he was that angry, he was pulling weird facial exressions and everything.

not true. Haaland has said himself that the injury that ended his career wasnt caused by Keane. It was on his other leg for a start.

[djfase]

not true. Haaland has said himself that the injury that ended his career wasnt caused by Keane. It was on his other leg for a start.

Yea true.

Just ppl who have a problem with keane think he caused his injury