Mark Donnelly is convinced Tyrone still have the firepower to beat Armagh despite losing some key forwards.

Alex Ferguson believes the “unethical” manner of Mark Hughes’ sacking by Manchester City could help trigger a Devon Loch-style collapse next week that opens the Barclays Premier League title door for Manchester United.

JONJO O’NEILL has raised the possibility of Synchronised running in the Lexus Chase at Leopardstown rather than defending his Welsh National title over Christmas.

Keiran Burke has the French Champion Hurdle as a possible long-term target for his talented mare Sparky May.

SO FAR, the score is one Waterford Glass tumbler, two plates and a cereal bowl.

SAM ALLARDYCE has delivered a withering put-down to Roy Keane after the Cork man’s “bizarre” outburst at his former Manchester United team-mates who have become managers.

BEFORE the events of this week, the last time I had written about Roy Keane was in the immediate aftermath of his shock departure from the Stadium of Light when, amid the general air of gloom and doom on Wearside, I asked that people spare a thought for the owners of a public house in Sunderland who had just been forced to put their business up for sale.

Incoming manager Roy Keane is ready to write a new chapter in Ipswich's history.

ROY KEANE roared back into front-line management with Ipswich Town yesterday and wasted no time in launching a typically stinging attack on those who doubted he would ever return.

WITH apologies to the so-called Madchester rock scene of the late eighties, when the likes of the Stone Roses and the Happy Mondays first stalked the land, it’s surely past time that the name Mad City entered the football lexicon.

Roy Keane is hoping to come out on top against his former Manchester United team-mate Mark Hughes tomorrow when Sunderland meet Manchester City at the Stadium of Light.

IF YOU rant and rave, you are heading for an early grave. So says Roy Keane, once the fiery midfield enforcer of Manchester United and the Republic of Ireland and now, it would seem, a changed man.

CHILDISH though it is to snigger over pre-match comments rendered ridiculous by subsequent on-pitch events, no column is complete without a dig at John O’Pie; so this was his warning before Saturday: “I don’t see why Bolton cannot stay the course this season. We are going to have a difficult test there on Saturday.”

George Clooney remains an avid viewer of comedy cartoon series South Park - despite being ridiculed in creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone's latest film.

A 56-year-old father-of-seven said he feels “lighter and 100 years younger” after surviving a lightning strike at his home in the United States.