By Robbie Butler
“You are not winning any league titles with 10 draws."
These were the words of Sky Sports pundit and former Manchester United Captain Roy Keane on Sunday evening after Arsenal drew against his old team at Old Trafford. Arsenal have now drawn 10 of their 28 league games this season and are 15 points behind leaders Liverpool with just 10 games to play.
Roy is a graduate of this institution and a proud Cork man. In 2002 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Law by the National University of Ireland (NUI). In the years that followed he finished an extremely successful football career, commenced management and enjoyed promotion to the Premier League, before recently becoming a notable pundit.
Maybe the statement above was tongue-in-cheek but it is inaccurate. In fact, Roy himself played and captained league winning Manchester United teams that suffered more draws. During the 1992/93 season - United and Keane's first title - the team drew 12 games. His league winning team in 1993/94 drew 11 games, while there were 12 draws in 1996/97 on route to title number 4.
The treble winning side of 1998/99 - often lauded by Keane and others as the benchmark for others at the club - drew 13 league games that season, accumulating just 79 points. This total was less than Leicester's title success in 2015/16, who incidentally drew 12 games. Even the great Arsenal Invincibles of 2003/04 prove Keane wrong. The North London side drew 12 games during their unbeaten season.
You can win the league drawing ten games. Roy has proved this as a player and captain.
“You are not winning any league titles with 10 draws."
These were the words of Sky Sports pundit and former Manchester United Captain Roy Keane on Sunday evening after Arsenal drew against his old team at Old Trafford. Arsenal have now drawn 10 of their 28 league games this season and are 15 points behind leaders Liverpool with just 10 games to play.
Roy is a graduate of this institution and a proud Cork man. In 2002 he was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Law by the National University of Ireland (NUI). In the years that followed he finished an extremely successful football career, commenced management and enjoyed promotion to the Premier League, before recently becoming a notable pundit.
Maybe the statement above was tongue-in-cheek but it is inaccurate. In fact, Roy himself played and captained league winning Manchester United teams that suffered more draws. During the 1992/93 season - United and Keane's first title - the team drew 12 games. His league winning team in 1993/94 drew 11 games, while there were 12 draws in 1996/97 on route to title number 4.
The treble winning side of 1998/99 - often lauded by Keane and others as the benchmark for others at the club - drew 13 league games that season, accumulating just 79 points. This total was less than Leicester's title success in 2015/16, who incidentally drew 12 games. Even the great Arsenal Invincibles of 2003/04 prove Keane wrong. The North London side drew 12 games during their unbeaten season.
You can win the league drawing ten games. Roy has proved this as a player and captain.
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