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The Gaffers: Mick McCarthy, Roy Keane and the Team They Built
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The Gaffers: Mick McCarthy, Roy Keane and the Team They Built
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This book brought back some memories! At the time, I was working downtown Toronto and was basically out of the house for 12 hours a day, working for 9.5 hours + commute time. With the time difference, this put the round robin games being played at about 7/7:30 in the morning. I would get into work having missed the first 30 minutes, and would pretend to make myself busy by the trading side of the floor where the TV screens were tuned into the World Cup. But as soon as the markets started up, the TV stations got changed. Needless to say, I didn't have a chance to watch much of the games except for the weekend games. And really, I haven't gotten a chance to watch the Irish team play since the World Cup. The news of Roy Keane leaving the team was front page news for you folks for plenty of days I'm sure. It didn't even make the front page of the sports section here. Infact, if I remember correctly, the news was reported on about a third of a column. This book definately gave the insight to what happened that was not reported here.I found it neither pro-Keane or pro-McCarthy, which is good. But I've learned to take everything with a grain of salt, as I'm sure there is bias in this book. From the sounds of it, Keane is a stubborn guy that can't be managed, and McCarthy is a push over that tries to be everyone's best friend - not exactly what you need in a football coach. As the book describes at the end, there are so many "what if" scenarios. The most important "what if" is what if Roy Keane was actually playing - could Ireland have won the World Cup? We'll never know. The book also tries to get more personal with the Irish squad. I must admit, I by the time i was about 60% through the book, my favourite players from the tournament hadn't been mentioned and I was beginning to wonder if they were going to be talked about at all - Matt Holland, Robbie Keane, and Ian Harte (only because I play the same position as him, we all know he didn't have a great tournament). Though it really had nothing to do with the McCarthy/Keane feud, it was nice and interesting to ge the background information on the players. Overall, I thought this book was insightful to what happened. Thanks for sending it to me so I could read it! I'm going to finish the Matt Holland book, then try to give away these books as a pair to anyone that will have them. And of course, I can't leave without posting an autographed picture of another Irish player now, can I? :) Leeds uniform though, sorry! Reserved for tyvmdear |
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Released 7 yrs ago (2/5/2005 UTC) at RABCK in RABCK, RABCK -- Controlled Releases WILD RELEASE NOTES:
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