Steve Coppell at City. Didnt even last a month!....Mind­ you, he wasn't a great player so maybe that doesnt­ count!

Big sam for a mans job

FIRE THIS WRITER!!! FIRE HIM FIRE HIM FIRE HIM!!!!

yeah he has to sit on the sidelines and watch his team­ underperform but that is management and you need to try­ and turn it around instead of leaving.

HEY! Whats with the Wigan bashing??

Yes Heskey is­ rubbish but Bruce is a good manager and in my opinion­ Keane has just left when it got hard instead of­ roughing it out.

kenny dalglish great player, disaster in charge.

Is it the fault of Roy Keane that Sunderland has been­ under performing or is it the players fault that they­ cannot hold a match together in defense or take control­ in attack? It's not like he can run on the pitch­ and help out. He has to stand or sit on the sidelines­ and watch his team flop about like fish out of water­ whenever the ball is in their half.

I tend to agree, being a great player does not equate­ to being a great manager. If you go back to when­ Souness joined Glasgow Rangers, they were so poor,­ anything would be an improvement. It also helped he has­ millions to spend, which really started the money mad­ transfers....then Souness hits a purple patch and wants­ to run to his mammy at Liverpool.

I don`t think­ somehow many quality players wanted to come to­ Sunderland, did Keane not say he was limited by what he­ could attract.

Offering funny money does not equate to­ success. trust me, I support Partick Thistle in the­ Scottish 1st Div, we have no money though we always­ laugh!

In any case, if you offered me a contract for 3­ years, on shed loads of cash, do you think I`m going to­ bust my balls in a @#$% wee dump against some miniscule­ team? Look at Leeds in the cup! ( hahahahahha gaun the­ wee team!)

I can't believe Graeme Souness wasn't on the­ list. As a player he only made Liverpool stronger. As­ a manager he set them down a path that the team is­ still trying to recover from.

I think the author of the article is outright­ intellectually limited or simply doesnt understand the­ complex dynamics of the beautiful game. That­ Sunderland is underperforming is beyond Roy and if the­ management resort to signing second hand players, what­ do you expect Roy to do. C'mon.... Think like a­ proper undastender of the beautiful game.

Yeah why was Vassel even playing last night? heh heh.­ he's almost as bad as Heskey but he's at least­ got pace.

Rubbish managers. Imagine Hughes playing Versel ahead­ of Elano in a match against man u. oh no. wat a mess

Kenny Dalglish? Fergie never could get the better of­ King Kenny either as a player or manager....

Sorry to see Keano go, who's gonna take his place­ now, hello to Mike Ashleys favourite manager - Sam­ Alladyce

Roy Keane deserves all the accolades both as a player­ and as a manager. Sunderland had been through a bad­ spell, and as tough man he thought this was the right­ time to go. People should bear in mind that because of­ his reputation in the game players like Cisse, Diouf,­ Marbrangue signed for Sunderland. I am very sure Keane­ will take a deserve rest and we shall see him come back­ strong. We love you Keane and you leave Sunderland with­ your heads UP. Thanks for your contribution to­ football.

And two greats who succeeded: - should read 3­ greats!

You forgot about Paul "Luggy"­ Sturrock the legend.

Steve Bruce, Kevin Keegan, and Mick Mcarthy should­ never be managers. They are the most depressing people­ in football and once youre up the creek with them you­ aint getting out of it. I'd end up committing­ suicide having to listen to these all folorn, woe is­ me, sorry i try type managers. Keane should have­ stayed.

The argument shouldn't be over whether good players­ make good managers. It should be over whether­ prospective managers should learn their trades at big­ clubs like Sunderland or Newcastle United. Good­ managers serve their time learning their trade before­ filling big boots. Alec Ferguson (East Stirlingshire,­ St. Mirren before Aberdeen and Man United). How old was­ Bob Paisley before he got the top job at Liverpool­ (55). Arsene Wengers' role call includes­ (Strasbourg(youth coach), Cannes(assistant),Nancy,­ Monaco & Grampus). Chief executives should think­ about that before employing retired players­ inexperienced in all matters managerial with over­ inflated egos.

most managers would have brought sunderland back up,­ they seem to be a team not good enough for the premier­ but too good for the championship which is why their­ managers always get them promoted but fail to progress­ further. can't see keane being a success at­ management if the first sign of a problem he says­ he's not good enough and quits

The standard of reporting on this site is beyond­ terrible. I may not have been a fan of Roy Keane,­ (since I support Liverpool and have never forgiven him­ for Saipan) but I know one thing, he isn't a­ rubbish manager. If he was, Sunderland would not be in­ the Premier League right now, they'd still be­ struggling to be promoted from the Champiopnship. If­ that was the situation and Keane was still in charge,­ then he would be rubbish. He's not a great manager­ but very few people, regardless if they were great­ footballers or not, are great managers at a young age­ or in their first job. Alex Chick, try providing­ evidence that he is rubbish you @#$%. Alex Sharrat as­ well, there's more to Keane's career than his­ bad moments, you might have actually passed off the­ @#$% you wrote if you gave a proper factfile of­ Keane's career. Both of you can't write a­ decent article, they can't even come up with a bad­ article, everything is @#$% @#$%. I thought Beijing­ bias during the Olympics was bad but the fact that­ Yahoo can't provide football fans proper articles­ to read & enjoy is more than annoying. The majority­ of not everything they write is @#$% @#$%, your as bad­ as the sun newspaper, if not worse.