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Sat 07 Jul 2007Keane reveals ulterior motiveSOCCER:"Folks, Roy's a stickler for time," the Sunderland press officer mused as the scribes shuffled for space in the cramped conference room in Malahide. As Anthony Stokes will testify, you don't arrive late for Keano.Pre-season and back on home soil, Roy arrived, sun-kissed and very much chilled out. Alone at the top table, his eyes switched rapidly from face to face studying his latest environment.