The 2024 Larrys: Keano's canine tips, Lecter's A-Team, Rory's political swings and radio gold 

It's that time of year all over again (the waning hours, to be exact) when we hand out the coveted awards for 2024's guff merchants and overlords, its worst stunts and best, er, swordsman with some mystery and natural justice mixed in

WHY ALWAYS ME?: Roy Keane was the inescapable face of 2024. Pic: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

OVERLORD OF THE YEAR 

Holder of the 2023 Most Influential Influencer award, Roy Keane kicked things up a notch again in '24. Everything now revolves around Roy, the grumpy face of Sky Mobile, a movie of Saipan in the works, three nights with Roddy Doyle sold out in the Marquee, Amorim promising to buy him dinner, and another year gone constantly viral, cranking up the rage at United’s misfortunes on demand, and with comic timing now the envy of any standup in the game. The most quotable man in football history summed up the year perfectly. “I always say, you want loyalty, get yourself a dog.”