Roy Keane wishes footballs boo-boys could be given a taste of
their own medicine.
The Sunderland boss reckons Sol Campbell was spot-on in speaking
out about fan abuse this week.
Keano copped plenty of flak as a player and admits he would have
loved to have followed Manchester United team-mate Eric Cantonas
infamous lead and unleash a kung-fu kick into the crowd when it all
got too much.
The legendary Irish hardman said: I agree with Sol Campbell.
But as soon as you say that, people say youve got to accept it
because youre in the public eye and youre getting well
paid.
"Ive been abused everywhere. Whether it be because youre Irish or
they hear something or believe something, whatever it might
be.
I dont take it personally. You try and forget about it but
sometimes you react youre human.
Ashley Cole reacted last week. Then people want you to be fined
and hammered and banned. I think you should be allowed to give a
little bit back, I do.
I wanted to do an Eric Cantona loads of times. I wanted to do it
everywhere.
You can see it with managers. I saw Brian Clough go on to the
pitch after a cup game against QPR and smack two supporters. Its
just the mood he was in.
As he said, they ran on to his pitch. Its like running on to his
garden get off.
The people who got the smack probably thought he was right. They
shouldnt be running on the pitch and doing that sort of
thing.
The best way to react is by beating them, keeping the ball,
scoring a goal, making a tackle, winning the game and getting out
of there. That soon shuts them up.
Sometimes the abuse is over the top, but what can you do about it?
Are you going to eject 40,000 or 50,000 supporters for abusing a
player or a manager? Its very hard to deal with.
