Kenny’s bravery in trying to change everything will benefit Irish football. It is now time to be wary of hacks promising short-term salvation by changing only results.

There is no question that he succeeded in exciting the public, but now victory tomorrow is the only acceptable sign of progress. It is a huge demand but it’s what’s required.

'Doing a Leeds’ is part of the folk memory of English football, a reminder that sometimes when people panic, they panic for a reason.

The transfer market was doing its bit for entertainment as the new season edged closer, but if Manchester City dominate again, it will be hard to make that case going forward

This weekend at Croke Park we will see RTE's split personalities: by day a mild-mannered public service broadcaster; by night, a rapacious commercial operator maximising revenue at every opportunity

While Kenny has done much to suggest there could be a future worth believing in, there comes a time when the future becomes the present and then there has to be a reckoning

Manchester United believe Ten Hag is taking the club to where they aspire to be. That is another challenge to wrestle with. He won’t benefit from low expectations again.

If you still believe that jeopardy is part of sport, if why and how City are doing this matters as much as how Pep Guardiola has done it, then this was a different type of week

Wherever he has been, Sam will always find a reason not to play out from the back and as he takes on Manchester City this weekend, it will not be the time for risks.

In this simple and oddly comforting world, it is just a bottle job that stands between Arsenal and the title.