Favourite 16 reactions to Roy Keane’s brilliantly bleak England-Croatia punditry

With England in the semi-finals of the World Cup for the first time since 1990, what could be better than an Irish pundit? An angry Irish pundit, that’s what!

No-one’s offered a bleaker take on the World Cup than ITV’s Roy Keane, but he really excelled himself during the defeat by Croatia which ended with this bizarre bust-up with his fellow panellist, Ian Wright.

Say what you like about ITV – please! – but you don’t get that on the BBC. Here are our favourite 16 reactions to Keane’s uniquely bleak punditry.

1.

I enjoy Roy Keane being on the panel. It’s like a Samuel Beckett character has wandered in and he’s about to mutter: “Yes, there is football but there is also death.”

— Mic Wright (@brokenbottleboy) July 11, 2018

2.

Roy Keane is inflicting so much misery on the English on ITV right now that the producers are considering giving him the late 1980’s Gerry Adams treatment and overdubbing his comments with an actor’s voice.

— LAD (@LADFLEG) July 11, 2018

3.

I don't think ITV are paying Roy Keane they're just too scared to ask him to leave.

— Sam Freedman (@Samfr) July 11, 2018

4.

ITV: "Roy Keane is back with us to restore some calm"

A sentence that has literally never been said before.

— Paddy Power (@paddypower) July 11, 2018

5.

Roy Keane goes to the funerals of people he doesn’t know so he can see their loved ones grieving.

— MrPaulRobinson (@MrPaulRobinson) July 11, 2018

6.

Roy Keane looks like he's angry at everyone for leaving him asleep in the sun.

— cluedont (@cluedont) July 11, 2018

7.

Roy Keane: "Yeah I think Croatia deserved it in the end"

And with those 9 words, an entire country screamed in unison "F*ck off Roy"

— Paddy Power (@paddypower) July 11, 2018

8.

Roy Keane already debating whether to beat Ian Wright to death with Gary Neville's leg, or vice versa.

— The Poke (@ThePoke) July 11, 2018