With or without Roo

THEY’VE always been one of the biggest draws in world football but it’s wins Manchester United need right now.

The way things are going, you suspect it won’t be long before the Stretford End has adopted ‘You’ll never beat United’ as its new anthem.

Which is all well and good if, like the storied Ireland of heroic failure, it’s deemed to be enough that you’re there and sometimes even thereabouts when the gongs are handed out.