join the interview, but made him promise not to print the article until after Kimmage's column on Sunday. Humphries reneged on the deal, stealing a major scoop for The Irish Times. In the article, Humphries listed the events and concerns which had led Keane to decide to leave the team. This article included details and references to the FAI's preparations for the Irish team. This indirectly implied that the event was organized as a junket for FAI officialdom. The article was seen as a direct affront to the authority of the Irish manager and the competence of the FAI. The Irish Times article increased tensions greatly. McCarthy decided to question Keane about the article. In a team meeting McCarthy held up a copy of the article and asked "What's this all about?", and an argument started. McCarthy then accused Keane of faking injury when Ireland were playing Iran in the second leg of the play off. Keane then unleashed a stinging verbal tirade against McCarthy: "Mick, you're a liar … you're a fucking wanker. I didn't rate you as a player, I don't rate you as a manager, and I don't rate you as a person. You're a fucking wanker and you can stick your World Cup up your arse. The only reason I have any dealings with you is that somehow you are the manager of my country! You can stick it up your bollocks." Mick McCarthy then held a press conference announcing that he had sent Keane home. Niall Quinn observed in his autobiography that "Roy Keane's 10-minute oration [against Mick McCarthy] ... was clinical, fierce, earth-shattering to the person on the end of it and it ultimately caused a huge controversy in Irish society." But at the same time, he was also critical of Keane's stance, saying that "[Keane] left us in Saipan, not the other way round. And he punished himself more than any of us by not coming back." None of his team-mates voiced support for Keane during the meeting, though some later expressed their support to him privately. Keane mentioned in his autobiography that Gary Breen and David Connolly visited his room. Senior players Steve Staunton and Niall Quinn seemed to take the side of McCarthy, and the FAI, in the argument that followed. Staunton was the most loyal to the FAI line of the argument. He was later given the captaincy in Keane's