After 90 days’ respite Ireland’s best forum for unreasonable soccer supporters is back for the rest of the season under the affable guidance of our chief correspondent Liam Mackey. Liam will run an arbitrary eye over your prejudices every Tuesday between now and May and be handing out glittering prizes for reasoned, and unreasoned arguments.

PERHAPS the only thing left to admire about Michael McDowell is his brass neck.

We’re almost in the dog days of the soccer season but our contributors are still enjoying a good snarl.

PERHAPS I’m in danger of turning into a romantic old codger as far as football is concerned but, much though they deserved to go through, West Ham’s FA Cup winner at Man City left a bad taste in my mouth.