Bully Keane has has become a caricature of himself

MY starting point is the ending point of a doomed World Cup campaign.

- camondunphy

I was sitting in a television studio that night, analysing the game for RTÉ.

Across the corridor, Keith Andrews was carrying out the same role for Sky Sports.

The date was November 2017. Ireland were playing Denmark.

The halftime score was 2-1 to the Danes, prompting the Irish management team of Martin O'Neill and Roy Keane to make the following calls; Wes Hoolahan replaced David Meyler; Aiden McGeady came in for Harry Arter.

Carnage followed. Ireland started the game without a decent striker; they ended it without any structure.

The final score was Ireland 1-5 Denmark. An embarrassment.

I was critical of O'Neill and Keane that night and when I was subsequently told that Andrews had also called the Ireland management out, I didn't bat an eyelid.

"He is just doing his job," I thought.

I knew Keith. I had worked with him. He is honest, confident and knowledgeable. The fact he was critical of a tactical blunder is a reflection of his say-it-as-he-sees-it nature.

Now there is a difference between what Keith said about Keane and O'Neill that night and what Keane has done to him subsequently.

In an interview with the Sunday Independent, Keane said: "I've heard a lot of bullshitters over the last 10 years, and Keith Andrews is up there with the best of them."

His old pal, Martin O'Neill, recently joined in when asked about Andrews' suitability for the Brentford job.