Even after two cup finals there was no patience for the greatest living servant of our club. If things go pear-shaped next season, they’ll be asking us to “be patient” for the former boss of Swansea City, a man Reading sacked. Good luck with that.

I’m writing this as my old friend Bill O’Herlihy reads a laundry list of names to Eamon, John and, yes even, Ronnie Whelan.

THIS COLUMN doesn’t share that much with William Goldman, the acclaimed screenwriter responsible for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President’s Men and the Princess Bride.

Casablanca and a pair of Godfathers are among the 101 greatest screenplays ever, according to members of the Writers Guild of America.

While this is certainly not one of the King's better stories it makes a film much better than some critics are making out.

Usually known for his gravitas, Morgan Freeman turns up in director Lawrence Kasdan's supernatural chiller, Dreamcatcher, as Colonel Curtis, a US Government operative who doesn't play by the rules.