Roy bites back at Trap

The war of words between Roy Keane and Giovanni Trapattoni rumbles on, with the Irishman opting for many and the Italian responding with a choice one.

Keane yesterday expanded on his criticism of Ireland’s performances in the Euros and suggested the chant, ‘You’ll never beat the Irish’, had passed its sell-by date.

“I’m sick of this ‘win, lose, we’re on the booze’ mentality, it has to change,” he said. “People seem to have misunderstood me. I’ve no problem with fans singing. It’s great that they back the team during and before games but should they really stay on long after the final whistle and be cheering them? There’s a danger that gets the players thinking that what has just happened on the pitch is acceptable when it’s not.”