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On the eve of the 2002 FIFA World Cup, the Irish captain Roy Keane forfeits his place in the squad at the team's preparation base in Saipan, following a heated disagreement with the Irish manager Mick McCarthy.
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00:00Where is it you're going again?
00:03Saipan.
00:04Saipan.
00:05This is Saipan.
00:06Where Irish preparations for the World Cup are in full swing.
00:14We are sending them to the place that launched the nuclear bomb.
00:17That's ominous.
00:18Maybe I'll bring you all closer together.
00:21The walk starts now, yeah?
00:23Come on!
00:25How are you going to manage Roy Keane?
00:27I'm a winner.
00:28Just like Roy.
00:31Here's Roy Keane!
00:34Did I wake you?
00:36Uh.
00:39Now the game's changed.
00:41And we need to be prepared.
00:43We're going to try to work, aren't we?
00:46And to acclimatise.
00:49There's been a bit of an issue.
00:50I've been promised some things that haven't been delivered.
00:54We don't have footballs.
00:55You can manage without that stuff.
00:57Without footballs.
01:00It'd be better if we had footballs.
01:04I want us to be winners.
01:06Can't all be Roy Keane.
01:08Do you think the Portuguese are eating cheese sandwiches?
01:10I'm trying my best, Roy.
01:13Anything you want to get off your chest?
01:16The captain can't speak up for the lads who will.
01:17The lads are good, Roy.
01:21You call this little setup you got going on here mad management?
01:23That's all sorted for tomorrow, boss.
01:27What is?
01:28The banana boat.
01:32What doesn't destroy you makes you stronger.
01:36Are you still in charge?
01:37This has been shambles after shambles.
01:43Think we're done?
01:44No, we're not done.
01:45You don't ever tell me when we're done.
01:47I'm just getting stabbed in.
01:54You can walk away a hero.
01:55There are no heroes here.
01:57You can walk away a hero.
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