Aidan Fitzmaurice: From sack race to manager of the year contender – Old Trafford display shows how far Keith Andrews has come

Keith Andrews after his Brentford side were defeated at Old Trafford on Monday night. Photo: Reuters

We will respect his privacy by not putting his name into the public domain.

But when the so-called culture war raged during Stephen Kenny’s time as Ireland manager, one former senior international – no one-cap-wonder but a high-profile one, a World Cup veteran – was so irked by something he’d read in these pages that he was moved to make direct contact, to counter what he saw as the relentless positivity from the media, this writer included, around Kenny’s Ireland side.