'I am surprised he wrote this autobiography when he did. Not for the first time in his career I think he got the timing wrong.
'I don't know why he decided to go ahead and get the book ghost-written and I am surprised he did a book in the first place.
'He would be the first one to give someone stick in the dressing room if they'd done something similar.
'It could be more trouble than it's worth. He's had a pop at several players who have since left Manchester United like Mark Bosnich, Dwight Yorke and Peter Schmeichel. He's had a pop at a few inside the club without actually naming them but they know who they are, and he's had a major pop at Mick McCarthy.'
'I am sure there are one or two players who will come back at him, but he's got to expect that.
'Roy is a very strong character; he wants the best and from what I have heard about Saipan [the Republic's World Cup training camp] I would back him to the hilt in all of that.
'But Mick McCarthy is bringing out a book and he's going to have his opinions. It can't all be one-sided.
'When things like this occur in football, they usually stay behind closed doors and this whole World Cup controversy should have been suppressed from the start rather than spiral out of control. “