Here’s a question for you: would the justice system be better or worse if Roy Keane somehow found himself in charge of it?
You might think this is an open-and-shut case of ‘definitely not’. For all its faults, the system of being innocent until proven guilty has sustained civilisation in Britain for centuries. For all the squawking of right-wing blowhards, this remains intact.
But consider the tantalising prospect of Keane handing out sentences as he sees fit and tell us it wouldn’t put a smile on your face.
Swapping shirts with an opponent? Community service. Shirking a 50/50 tackle? Exile to Australia. Being Alan Shearer? Lifetime imprisonment.
And his response to ‘elbow-gate’ during Liverpool’s roller-coaster draw against Arsenal was inspired. Andy Robertson found himself on the receiving end of a stray elbow from Constantine Hatzidakis, but didn’t receive any soothing balm from Keane in the Sky Sports studio.
“I’ve not seen anything like it really, But Robertson… does he grab the linesman first? I’m not sure,” Keane said as the other Sky pundits clutched their pearls to their chests.
“But Robertson’s complaining. He should be more worried about his defending.
“I’ve watched Robertson a number of times and he is a big baby. Just get on with the game and concentrate on your defending. He does grab the linesman first.”
In Keane’s world, Robertson deserved to be elbowed because his defending was as half-hearted as a Boris Johnson apology. Superb.
Roy Keane did not hold back on Andy Robertson here after this incident with the linesman 😳 #LIVARS pic.twitter.com/soQqtDmO1m
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“I’ve never seen an official raise an elbow to a player,” Gary Neville added after his former Manchester United team-mate had simmered down. “I think he’ll be in a lot of trouble after this game ends.”
Robertson claimed Hatzidakis ‘elbowed him in the throat’, according to Sky Sports’ long-standing touchline reporter Geoff Shreeves.
“Andy Robertson was absolutely apoplectic, stunned even,” Shreeves said. “He said ‘the linesman has just elbowed me in the throat’ – Jordan Henderson was well aware of it and led the remonstrations with referee Paul Tierney and after that they got taken away. Extraordinary scenes.”
A statement from Professional Game Match Officials Limited read: “PGMOL is aware of an incident involving assistant referee Constantine Hatzidakis and Liverpool…
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