Angry Keane pulls no punches

REPUBLIC OF IRELAND legend Roy Keane admits he can empathise with managers who have become violent in dressing rooms.

After Tuesday’s defeat at Watford, which leaves Keane’s Ipswich Town 17th in the Championship, the Cork man kept his squad locked in their dressing room for 90 minutes.

He revealed that there were a few “things which had to be said” but agreed that “sometimes it’s good to go a bit mad”. He said yesterday: “I can understand why Brian Clough hit me. Players drive you crazy.

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