Today FM had an exclusive interview with the Ireland management team this evening…
Republic of Ireland manager Martin O’Neill and assistant manager Roy Keane held their first ever joint live interview with Matt Cooper on The Last Word on Today FM this evening.
Here are some of the highlights from the 90 minute interview…
Very humourous start to our interview with Martin & Roy! Don’t forget you can tweet your questions using #ASKMONRK pic.twitter.com/or8gbJCm90
— The Last Word (@lstwrd) July 22, 2014
Roy Keane says no regrets not going to the World Cup as a pundit and says “it’s not the first World Cup I’ve missed out on” and laughs.
— JOE.ie (@JOEdotie) July 22, 2014
MON jokes that he went up to Christ the Redeemer and saw Roy Keane’s head on it.
— JOE.ie (@JOEdotie) July 22, 2014
Roy Keane on whether he’d consider punditry on Irish TV: “depends on the money I suppose..”
— The Last Word (@lstwrd) July 22, 2014
Matt Cooper: “Why were England crap at the World Cup?” MON: “Because Roy said they would be…” LOLfest
— JOE.ie (@JOEdotie) July 22, 2014
Roy on Rodriguez’ World Cup performance: “decent enough”! Martin O’Neill cites Messi as stand out in the tournament. #ASKMONRK
— The Last Word (@lstwrd) July 22, 2014
Keane on #GER: “The strength they have in depth, the quality of players, a good coach, it makes them very difficult, a top, top team.”
— JOE.ie (@JOEdotie) July 22, 2014
MON on #GER: “They are the best team in our group but that doesn’t mean we’ll roll over.”
— JOE.ie (@JOEdotie) July 22, 2014
MON on the Euro Qualifiers: “not for one minute would I ever discount Georgia in this competition” #ASKMONRK
— The Last Word (@lstwrd) July 22, 2014
Keane: “I think the group will be very exciting and very tough but like when I was playing, we have to believe we can win every game.”
— JOE.ie (@JOEdotie) July 22, 2014
Keane: “I just hope at the start of the campaign when the players turn up, they’re ready to have a real go.”
— JOE.ie (@JOEdotie) July 22, 2014
MON on Stephen Ireland: “That’s another story” and moves on very quickly.
— JOE.ie (@JOEdotie) July 22, 2014
Roy on balancing Ireland and Villa roles: “it’ll be no problem, I weighed it all up. I won’t become a better coach sitting in a TV studio”.
— The Last Word (@lstwrd) July 22, 2014
MON: “There’s no reason why players in the League of Ireland can’t use it as a platform to go to England and have a great career.”
— JOE.ie (@JOEdotie) July 22, 2014
MON: “Brian Clough once said I was arrogant without anything to be arrogant about” and laughs.
— JOE.ie (@JOEdotie) July 22, 2014
Keane said his best signings were Dwight Yorke, Dean Whitehead and Jon Walters but fell out with them in the end.
— JOE.ie (@JOEdotie) July 22, 2014
MON on Keane: “We’re not boozing buddies, we’re not good friends, we are here as professionals and to do a job. It’s serious business.”
— JOE.ie (@JOEdotie) July 22, 2014
