Sing it loud: You’re gonna beat the Irish

Some day, while suffering a demoralising runaround of the type France treated us to last Monday, Irish football may locate its inner George Costanza.

The great man figured it all out, having realised that every decision he ever made was wrong. Jerry Seinfeld duly pointed out that if every instinct George has is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right.

And vowing to go against his better judgment from there on in, George immediately approached a woman in the coffee shop, telling her, “I’m unemployed and I live with my parents.”