What's good on the eye..

Roy Keane have played for United for almost a decade. During that time, he won 10 major trophies for us, including a Champions League cup. He led the team during most of his time too as the captain. One would think that he at least have been nominated UEFA or FIFA for their player of the year during that time. But amazingly, Keane had never won any of those awards.

Keane style was never easy on the eye. He never have the skill of Zidane, he never had the passing range of Beckham, and you wont find him dribbling 4-5 players to score a goal. But without him, United wouldn't be where they are right now, there'll be no treble or three Premiership title in a row.

Keane had one of the best physique in football. You could guarantee him to cover every single grass on the pitch. You could find him break the opponent's attack in near his penalty box one moment, and he'll be in the other end of the pitch to score a goal seconds later. He based his game on destroying the other team attack, and build his own team attack from there. As captain, he had immensse presence on the pitch. It's not something you could see with plain eyes, but you had to feel it. Some people have that aura, where by just being there, they could affect the people around him. That's what Keane has, and by that he lead Manchester United to one of their finest era.

Like I said, it's not easy in the eyes, it's not easy to spot either. One would appreciate a goal more rather than the tackle that enable the team to gain possesion which lead to the goal. One would appreciate a defence splitting pass rather than short passes that enable the team to keep posession. Which is the point I try to make. Why is it it much easier to appreciate something that looked good rather to appreciate of what's really important?. Keane contribution that season was far greater than Beckham or Rivaldo yet it was they who are being nominated as FIFA player of the year. His performance against Juventus, where he dragged United from 2-0 down to won 3-2 worth the award alone. Beckham did similar things that against Macedonia and hailed as the saviour of British football. England didn't even won that game, they drew. Like fuck he is. If he looked like a bald gnome and didn't marry a popstar, no one would even notice him.

And it just doesn't happened in football. It happens on almost every aspect of life. Surely you see the preference for the handsomes and beautifuls all the time? Sad, but that's the way it is.