http://www.safc.com/news/?page_id=13605By Nick Alexander
Roy Keane reckons tonight's game against Falkirk, a testimonial for Andy Lawrie, will have a competitive edge.
Keane agreed to take part in the game when asked two months ago because he believed it would act as a good work-out for his players ahead of the international break.
And the Sunderland boss is treating it seriously, with 12 of his travelling 16-man squad being senior players.
He said: "We get asked a lot if we can get involved in this type of game. We looked at this one, saw it was a couple of days before the free weekend and thought it was a decent game.
"We'll go up there with a strong squad and pay our respects to the player, we're looking forward to it.
"The lad [Andy Lawrie] deserves a testimonial. He was at the club for 11 years and loyalty seems to be going out of the game these days. I've been to Falkirk before, it's a good club, I went to watch a game just before we got Stokesy [who spent a time on-loan at Falkirk].
"Hopefully the lad will get a good turnout and maybe a few Sunderland fans will travel up because the likes of Deano [Dean Whitehead] and Coley are playing.
"We'll prepare as well as we can. I do like these games to be competitive and hopefully the Falkirk lads will be the same. I certainly won't be getting my boots out - I don't know where they are!"
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