The amount that has been quoted as to how much R Keane­ spent during his time At S/land is vey inaccurate, it­ is more like £77 Million. However ,thats all irrelevant­ now as hes gone,and Steve Bruce is much more shrewd in­ his transfer dealings. He must be , he got £3 mill for­ Whitehead !!!!!!
As for Edwards signing how much time­ does he want?? he should be grateful anybody wants him­ as he aint that good. With regard to Grant ,I am­ supprised at the choice of club as I thought he would­ end up at Wigan or Bolton and not a championship side

I have read some ridiculous drivel in my time but­ "wheresmegold1" has written the biggest­ rubbish I have ever heard. Second trophy?? 4.6 million­ on players?? I debated not even replying to this @#$%­ but he needs to get back in his Mam's spare room­ and play his video games.

I for one am pleased with­ Steve Bruce as the current Sunderland manager. I would­ not swap him back for Keane and I doubt any Sunderland­ fan would. Yes, I am grateful that he took Sunderland­ from the bottom of the Championship to the Premier and­ kept us there. However, Keane is in the past now and­ only time will tell whether he will become one of the­ all time greats or someone who couldn't translate­ his football skill into football management. I am­ betting on the latter.

wheres me gold 1 keane signed antony stokes for 2mill­ varga and ross wallace 1.1m david connelly 1.5m, tobias­ hysen 1.7m carlos edwards 1.5m add on fullop and­ kavanagh at another 1m between then and it comes to­ nearly 9m there were a few others as well so in total­ he spent about 10m the only sizable recoup of that­ money was selling mccarthney stead and alnwick tolal­ about 2m. Arca and davis were sold that season but­ before keane came to the club.so he spent about 8m to­ get us up.what was frightening was the money he spent­ once we got up alot was wasted 40m the first yr and­ sold nobody and then the next 30m including buying back­ mcarthney for 3.9m more than he sold him for so he­ spent 70m for us to be a team fighting relegation and­ as soon as the fans questioned his ability he said if­ it happened again he would walk which he did after he­ was booed after we got trounced 4-1 at home to­ bolton,the man can't take any criticism as soon as­ things don't go his way and the fans get on his­ back he will do it again

Oh, and laugh of the week is Fat Sam buying­ Chimbonda....nuts or what????????

Rich S: I like your style. Not sure about the evidence­ to back it up, mind, but straight to the point. LOL

Steve Bruce is doing exactly what Mick Mac would like­ to have done, and Roy Keane didn't do. You need a­ team to get you up and a different one to move on.­ Most EPL players are one step and two thoughts ahead of­ good CCC players. They can buy the time they need to­ get passes, shots or tackles away or can react because­ they think BEFORE the ball gets to them, they read­ situations as they develop, not AFTER they have­ developed. Carlos and co , as hard-working and­ committed as they may be can't do that, so they­ mis-time tackles, get caught in possession and miss­ plays developing. They will always do a good job in the­ CCC. As for RK, he is another Keegan, I think. He did­ great in getting us up, but didn't have the­ experience to deal with the difficulties of matching­ wits with experienced EPL managers. He will spit the­ dummy out though, and I think he may at ipswich.

Sean a, FACT, Keane didnt inherit a premiership squad­ in a lower division this time and with money to spend.­ It will take time to develop a squad, worry about ur­ own house first, u were very near playing us this­ season.

IPSWICH TOWN THE GREATEST

who the hell mentioned sir bobby bobson you idiot? keep­ on the story, i was talking about sunderland and how­ keane took us up, not how good your former stinking­ bosses where!
FACT: ipswich will not get promoted this­ season and fight for survivial or mid- table finish.

ipswich town had the best managers one who won the­ world cup and the great bobby so sean a whos got to get­ the facts right first

your a prat you ipswich bin licker, got all your facts­ wrong!
1.we only lost 4 games when keano took over
2.we­ had won many tropthys before that one
3.if we mackems­ are prats, then you lot are a bunch of gary glitters
go­ wipe your feet before you leave your house or the­ street will get **** all over it! pathetic loser

once Leadbitter and Edwards see what Ipswich are­ offering for wages, they might not agree to join. Daryl­ Murphy and Nyron turned them down. Wait until the fat­ lady sings.

4.6 million you prat..yes to get you to the­ premier.
The number goes up everytime I hear it from­ you brats.
Alot of people left the club too.
Everytime­ sunderland fans criticise RK,everybody laughs at the­ petulance and the deceitful bile and lies that you­ brats spew.
Go back to your playstaions and­ footiemanager you ungrateful prats

and think the point is in the wrong place more like­ 46million

second trophy in history? please check facts before u­ comment

Grant Leadbitter will be an asset to Ipswich, hes an­ honest hardworking and quite skillfull pro, Carlos­ Edwards on his day will turn any Championship defence­ but you gotta catch him on his day. Keane will get it­ sorted don't worry, he will fall out with players­ directors and fans alike but he'll sort Ipswich­ out!
FTM

Comment 18, I completely disagree with your last­ sentence. Sunderland were lucky to land Roy Keane as­ he got he from the bottom of the championship to the­ very top! I don't know why Sunderland fans are so­ ungrateful, you maybe in League 1 if it wasn't for­ Keane, so get a grip!

I am a Sunderland fan and I have nothing against­ Ipswich at all. However, Ipswich's current squad­ looks pretty crappy and it's not surprising they­ have struggled. I mean, look at the likes of Jon Stead­ who couldn't score in a brothel. There is no doubt­ Leadbitter and Edwards will help their team but Ipswich­ have far bigger problems with the mental Roy Keane. ­ Keano will quit (again) sooner rather than later just­ like he did at Sunderland. Keane spat his dummy out­ when Sunderland's owner asked Keane to keep his­ mobile on so that he could be reached. Something else­ will trigger his Ipswich walkout and time will tell­ what that will be. He already was cursing and swearing­ at reporters at a press conference the other day. The­ only club that Keane will ever be a success at is one­ with mega millions and a chairman and owner who are too­ scared of him and will never question anything he does.­ However, Sunderland were far better off after Keane­ than before he arrived and I really hope that happens­ at Ipswich as well. But back to my point - thanks­ Grant & Carlos. You are both hard working­ professionals and thanks for the job you both did for­ Sunderland.

As soon as Roy Keane got the Ipswich job, he critisised­ Sunderland, their owner, the chairman and the players.­ The bile was all over the press for over two weeks.­ What does he do when the solids hit the fan? He comes­ back for players, fails to get Murphy and tries again­ for Edwards and Leadbitter. Maybe he should eventually­ learn to keep his mouth shut and not slag off people he­ might need later. It's embarrassing Roy, for you­ and your club.