Mirroring our fortunes

They tell me that Kaiser Chiefs had been set to share the billing with Aslan at Shamrock Rovers’ ground later this month.

Surely something of a decline in fortunes for the yelping Britpop revivalists?

Dare one draw a parallel between this unlikely alignment and the respective moods in the two bands’ homelands heading into this European Championship? For once, their hopes are as modest as ours.