It was a rant that betrayed Roy Keane’s intolerance of any player falling below his own professional standards, and told us why a return to management would be just as box office as the punditry of his intervening 11 years.
That is not to discount the 50-year-old as a parody act. He is not, and he is serious about managing again.
But a lingering hostility for those who fail to meet expectations is a compelling facet of the Irishman’s character, not to mention potentially incendiary amid players of a new generation.
Roy Keane stole the show at 'The Overlap' live viewing in Manchester this month
‘We had a brilliant dressing-room at Manchester United, and you assume it’s the same everywhere - it’s not,’ began Keane to an audience of nearly 3,000, including Sportsmail, at The Overlap Live in Manchester.