Angry fans

OUR football correspondent LIAM MACKEY is back in top form and full of energy. He casts his eye over your comments and gives his own critical analysis of the goings on throughout the world of football. You may agree with him or then again you may not.

This week John O’Shea makes me drunk; This defeat was coming for a long time; Utd short at the back; Torres gives Vidic a torrid time; Fergie’s cracking up now; United’s big players fail to show; Let’s hope we draw Utd in the Champions League; Villarreal and Porto final; Villa gone missing; Robinho has no heart away from home; Hiddink getting things done; Tevez affair settlement is awful.

The Letter of the Week goes to Pat Kavanagh, Cork. Get in touch with your postal address . . . and our magnificent prize will be winging its way to you.

I recently, whilst watching Manchester United, have found myself playing a drinking game based around John O'Shea. I take a drink if any of the following happens:

1. He loses a tackle to an opponent.

2. He is beaten in the air despite being 6 foot 3 inches by an opponent smaller than him.

3. He is caught hopelessly out of position at a set-piece and the guy he is supposed to be marking is free.

4. An opponent goes past him as if he is not there.

5. He passes the ball straight to the opposition.

6. He totally miscontrols a perfect pass.

Its great fun and I find by half time in any game he starts that I am intoxicated. Maybe supporters of other clubs could play this game. Examples would be Pool fans and Lucas, Arsenal fans and Eboué maybe?

Derek Turner, Clonmel, Manchester United fan.

OUR SHOUT: Red card for setting a bad example. All I can say is here's hoping you're teetotal when we play Bulgaria and Italy. Meanwhile, strap on your seatbelts, the 20-20 hindsight brigade are on the way...

The rest of today’s column appears in the Irish Examiner and will appear here tomorrow.