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Eamon Dunphy insists Roy Keane ‘not a great judge' as Sky Sports pundit and reveals ex-Ireland teammate who is better
EAMON DUNPHY has given an honest assessment of Roy Keane's abilities as a pundit - and revealed his former Ireland teammate who is better.
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Eamon Dunphy turned 80 on Sunday
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He believes Roy Keane is not a great judge as a pundit
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And he suggested Shay Given is better
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However, his judgement was called into question by Dunphy, who himself is a former pundit with
He was part of the national broadcaster's iconic trio alongside Johnny Giles and Liam Brady.
And
"But in general he is not a very reflective pundit, not a very good judge, in the way
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'I don't think Roy has the knowledge or an overall vision of a game. He will call it but he won't always be right."
The ex-Millwall
star
prefers the insights offered by
Ireland
qualified for the 2002
And while Dunphy praised the Corkman's legacy as a player with the Boys in Green and
Manchester
United, he believes that hasn't translated to punditry.
He added: 'He was a great, great player for a very long time.
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"Now I was a useless player but a really good pundit. Roy is a good rather than great pundit. Shay is better.'
Dunphy's impact on RTE and the Irish media landscape went beyond what was seen by viewers on the
television
.
Roy Keane takes time to sign autographs for kids at the Cork City game vs Sligo Rovers
Indeed, he was a major positive influence on colleague Johnny Giles when he transitioned from being a player to an analyst.
His broadcasting career was a fitting follow-up to what was an iconic tenure on the pitch.
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He moved to
Leeds
United.
Giles won 59 caps with the
After hanging up the
boots
, he started an unforgettable tenure as pundit with RTE and Off The Ball.
He
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'REALLY LUCKY'
Speaking on OTB for the final time, Giles said: "I was really lucky. I fell into the television. Eamon [Dunphy] helped me a lot in that.
"When you're doing the job I was trying to do, you have to watch all the matches. You can't make it up as you go along.
"I think it got to the stage where I was getting a bit stale trying to watch as many matches as I could and it became hard
work
.
"
Football
has never been hard work to me, I have always loved it but there are so matches.
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"Even in the
summer
now, you see the teams over in America [for the Club World Cup].
"I have had a good run of it. I am 84, nearly 85.
"I have enjoyed it. I loved playing. I fell into to the television, I had no intention of doing that when I was actually playing the football.
"No complaints whatsoever."
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Off the Ball are going to hold a night of celebration in his honour in
Dublin
's
Sugar
Club on Thursday August 14.
