This is not a tale of treachery or betrayal

He came, he saw, he went home… Should the creators of the hilarious Saipan spoof I, Keano decide to write a sequel, the tagline might be a bit more of a mouthful.

Something, perhaps, along the lines of, ‘he came again, he saw again, he decided that, on balance, and all things considered, he preferred the look of Paradise’.

While Roy lovers will be saddened and even dismayed by what seems to be his imminent departure from Irish football, Roy haters will be only too happy to pick at those old Saipan sores again and, snorting derisively, declare that weren’t we all the big eejits not to think he would be capable of “walking out on his country again” at a moment’s notice.