Keane: United players should be ashamed

Former Manchester United captain
Roy Keane believes some of the club's
current players should be "ashamed"
following David Moyes' departure.
Moyes' exit from Old Trafford was
announced by United on Tuesday, less
than 12 months after the former
Everton boss had agreed a six-year
contract as Alex Ferguson's successor.
Keane spent more than a decade with
United as a player, winning seven
Premier League titles, the UEFA
Champions League in 1999 and four
FA Cups.
The outspoken 42-year-old feels
Moyes was let down and deserved
more time to stamp his mark on the
club, despite a miserable run of results
leaving United seventh in the top
flight and guaranteed to miss out on
silverware this season.
"I think he should have been given
more time and I think some of the
players at Man United should be
ashamed of themselves. I think they
really let him down," said Keane on
ITV prior to Tuesday's Champions
League tie between Atletico Madrid
and Chelsea.
"He certainly had a hard start last
summer when he took the job. I think
the chief executive (Ed Woodward)
didn't get the deals done that he
wanted. (There was) a lot of
negativity, they had a slow start and
they had no momentum.
"To be seventh in the league is
disappointing and he (Moyes) will take
responsibility for that, but you still
need people around you to help you in
every way they can and I don't think
he's had that support, particularly
from the players.
"I think he deserved a bit more time,
definitely."
Ferguson had a hand in the
appointment of Moyes, but Keane
does not believe his former boss can
be criticised for the role he played in
determining his successor.
"I wouldn't necessarily say he (Moyes)
was his (Ferguson's) pick," added
Keane.
"He obviously put his name forward,
but the club eventually had to make
the decision.
"You can't be critical of Alex
Ferguson."