Give Keane a chance, says United legend Crerand

PAT CRERAND, the man who began his senior career at Glasgow Celtic before going on to become a legend at Manchester United, believes that people are being hasty in their judgement of Roy Keane's move in the opposite direction.

Keane's debut for Celtic was ruined by the giant-killing exploits of Clyde but, ahead of the player's expected home debut against Kilmarnock tomorrow, Crerand suggests that it might have been too much to expect the Corkman to hit the ground running.

"People are making an even bigger thing of it because it was Roy Keane's first game for Celtic but what a lot of people seem to forget is that it was his first game in four months and it's not easy to come back and be at your best straight away."