Keane should have toughed it out

THERE wasn’t a morning I woke up to over the last week without half-expecting to hear that Roy Keane had resigned but I still greeted Thursday’s news with great sadness.

This was the first time in Keane’s managerial career — he’d been in charge at Sunderland for 27 months — that he faced turmoil. And it all came in a bit of a rush.

It’s just a matter of a few weeks since there were great celebrations on Wearside following the derby win against Newcastle and the team was robbed of an even more impressive victory against Arsenal only by a stoppage time equaliser.