Stokes urged to tame his inner tyro after last-gasp winner

IT was a stark warning from one who knows, and Anthony Stokes would do well to take heed.

In his confessional moments, Roy Keane has spoken of the lifestyle change he made to save his playing career.

So when the Sunderland manager tells the tyro Ireland striker Stokes that, if he fails to cotton on he could be playing at non-league level in “four or five years”, the message is delivered with authority as well as purpose.