Counting cost of misspent loot

YOU know something is going wrong with the season when my car’s CD player for away day trips is overflowing with The Smiths and Joy Division to cheer me up on the way home.

At the beginning of the season I was filled with optimism, with The Clash and The Stone Roses blasting out on the motorways around the country, believing that Roy Keane’s collection of Championship players could stick it to the man and secure survival.

But we’re now looking more putrid than post-punk and a lot of fans are beginning to question Keano’s eye for a player.