Gary Neville ‘Ends’ Stick to Football After Roy Keane Comment on Rio Ferdinand

Gary Neville brought the latest episode of Stick to Football to an abrupt end after Roy Keane made a dig at his former Manchester United teammate Rio Ferdinand.

Former Spurs and Nottingham Forest head coach Ange Postecoglou was the guest on Thursday’s (February 12) Stick to Football show, while Neville, Keane, Jamie Carragher, Jill Scott and Ian Wright also appeared.

Of course, most of the episode centred around Thomas Frank’s sacking as Spurs head coach, as well as an analysis of which summer signings have been a success.

At one point, Postecoglou, who was sacked by Spurs despite winning the Europa League last season, claimed that the north London side was “not a big club”, despite praising the training facilities and stadium.

The 60-year-old Australian said: “When you walk into Tottenham, what you see everywhere is ‘To Dare Is To Do’ [the club motto], and yet their actions are almost the antithesis of that. I think they didn’t realise that, to actually win, you’ve got to take some risks.

“I felt like Tottenham as a club were saying, ‘we’re one of the big boys’, and the reality is I don’t think they are.”

Once Ange had left the studio after what was a thoroughly entertaining episode, the usual hosts discussed the actions of modern defenders, homing in on some high-fiving after making tackles rather than focusing on the ensuing corners.

Keane then homed in on how he didn’t enjoy players speaking to each other too much on the pitch, before Neville recalled: “He [Keane] used to say if the crowd were singing, you won’t hear me anyway. You can’t hear anything on a football pitch if the crowd are singing or there’s a big atmosphere.”

Scott then said she felt that some of her former teammates would speak to themselves to stay engaged during matches rather than to help their teammates.

Neville agreed: “Rio [Ferdinand] was one of them — ‘Don’t go quiet’.”

Keane wasted no time in comically adding: “I wish he’d go quiet now,” before the panel laughed along.

“On that note, we’ll end, I think,” the former United right-back quipped.

It must be noted that the Irishman was clearly joking and likely has a good relationship with Ferdinand, given the fact that the pair played together 92 times for Manchester United.