Kenny’s done well to steady ship with this lot

MARCELLUS WALLACE had the right idea about pride. Unprintable, but right.

Normally people say, “If you want something done, do it yourself” but stopping a team you dislike from emulating or even surpassing your own musty achievements is beyond the Reds right now, so we tend to adopt temporary allegiances no matter how dirty we feel.

Attempts to shrug off the unsavoury side effects of rivalry have failed in this house. Some say “rise above it” but frankly I’m bored out of my skull so the impulse to obsess about matters remains strong.