Farewell Kieran Richardson …
Farewell Kieran Richardson.
The Times says that you have agreed to go to Sunderland, bringing to an end an association with United which began when you were a teenager.
You’ll be excited at the new beginning Keane is offering but I’ll guess there’s some disappointment too. You’ve always been dissed for being something of a baby Bentley headliner and you’ll be remembered more for what you didn’t do at Old Trafford.
Put simply, you just didn’t take the chances offered to you. It’s hard to recall your greatest game in the club’s colours. You are versatile, nippy and confident. Fergie was willing to give you chances. So what happened? Was ‘Ms Kelly’ Rowland keeping you up late? Something got in the way of football and you allowed ‘pensioner’ Giggs and the eternally injured Ji Sung Park to remain ahead of you.
Nevertheless ability is everything. No matter what anyone says, England caps are not given out with chocolate bars so you should start making the most of your talent before its too late and you become yet another teen prodigy who ends up scuffling in the lower leagues. It is to be hoped that this transfer acts as a source of motivation during the rest of your career. Gordon Strachan and RVN flourished after leaving United but you will know that in the Fergie era, most ex-United players flounder.
To your credit, you’ve joined Keane at Sunderland knowing that you will not be feather-bedded. The club and its passionate fans will keep you in the spotlight and you’ll be a big fish in a small pond again if you can recapture the form you showed on loan at West Brom. That seems such a long time ago now.
Keane should give you lots of games and if you establish yourself in the midfield, it could be a home from home with Liam Miller and Yorkie also in the club’s service. You’ll have lots in common and much to prove to the Manchester hairdryer who came to believe that you were busted.
As a soon-to-be ex-Red Kieran Richardson, AbsolutelyUNITED salutes you.
