Angry Fans

Liam Mackey is brushing up in his Italian, checking out his list of Puglian

We'll be debating the thespian

merites of The Damned United; Duffer's fitness, if that's not a contradiction

in terms; the importance of this Wednesday's match in Bari; England's dodgy new

strip; Liverpool's enormous squad; remembering the best end-of-season game ever;

and asking whether the Stand Up Sit Down campaign really is a good idea in the

light of the Ivorian soccer tragedy.

The Letter of the Week goes to Anthony

O’Leary, Dublin. Get in touch with your postal address and our magnificent

prize will be winging its way to you post haste.

BEEN TO see The Damned

United this weekend. Where did they get that actor from to play Billy Bremner?

Good voice work, but looks like he plays for an over-40s pub side which only selects

overweight midgets. And was it part of the legal settlement with the publishers

that Johnny Giles had to be played by someone without the faintest resemblance

to him? All in all though, it’s hard to feel the remotest bit of sympathy

for Leeds in their current plight after watching that.

Donal Morrissey,

Dublin, by email

OUR SHOUT: The scenes showing Dirty Leeds were good

though, and a far cry from the football depicted in Escape to Victory and When

Saturday Comes. A lot’s been said about Michael Sheen’s performance

but I thought Dublin’s Colm Meaney stole the film as Don Revie. Perhaps that

was the Don’s final revenge on his tormentor?

The rest of today's

column appears in the Irish Examiner and will appear here tomorrow.