“I know you’re a nice guy…”

March 15 - 2007 

When Roy Keane took the job at Sunderland, it had all the makings of a tragicomedy.  Worst team in Premiership history?  Check.  Unstable Irishman with no managerial experience?  Check.  Orgy sex-tape scandal?  Check, check, and check.

This weekend, however, Sunderland have a chance to hit the very top of the Championship table, and the Keane experiment is looking more and more like an unmitigated success.  I, for one, am backing Sunderland to make the jump.  This prediction is made sight unseen; I couldn’t pick a single ‘06-07 Sunderland player out of a two person crowd.  They could be Leeds for all I know.  But feast your eyes on this old clip, and tell me this man couldn’t frighten any collection of yahoos back into the top-flight from whence they came.

I’m glad he toned it down for the mom and her Gooner kid.