Like a dog with a bone

The man behind the Ross O’Carroll-Kelly phenomenon Paul Howard has gone back to his roots to finally give his obsession with the force of nature that is Roy Keane a voice — through the man’s loyal sidekick Triggs.

We had walked as far as the Tesco Express on Ashley Road. He needed one or two things for the trip and he was tying my lead to the trolley bay outside.

“Overmars,” I told him, “is the player I’d be most worried about.” He fixed me with an unblinking look. I expect you know the look I mean.