Premier League predictions: Chris Sutton vs. Roy Keane – Saipan star Ena Hardwick – and artificial intelligence

The dispute between McCarthy and Keane caused a major debate in Irish society over who was to blame, and despite the best efforts of former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern, the duo were unable to resolve their differences before the start of the tournament, resulting in Keane’s absence from the World Cup.

“I always thought it was a lot more nuanced and gray than it is sometimes portrayed,” Hardwick told BBC Sport.

“Sometimes it gets simplified as a struggle between the person who wanted to win at all costs – Roy – and the person who had a ‘we’re happy to be here’ approach – Mick.

“I think it’s more complicated than that. Roy’s commitment to excellence and absolute rigor is inspiring – he’s a symbol of the way professionalism in football changed in the 1990s and 2000s, moving away from the pub culture that existed.

“But Mick had a fantastic career as a player as well, as probably the most successful captain in Ireland, and then he was probably behind Jack Charlton as the second most successful manager in Ireland.

“So, he knew how to win and he knew how to get the best out of the team. That’s a really important thing to differentiate because they both wanted to win – they just had different ways of going about it.

“In a way, there’s an element of Greek tragedy to the situation because they’re both on these different paths, and they’re both leading to one place. So it was always inevitable that it would end up where it did.

“I walked out of the show in Cork [where he and Keane were both born] It was very interesting to hear very different reactions, all very close to the skin. Some people were saying they were completely with Roy at the moment, while others were completely on Mick’s side.

“It makes it more of a sports story. We probably all identify with one more than the other, depending on who you are as a person.”

Chris Sutton and Ayanna Hardwick were speaking to BBC Sport’s Chris Bevan.

The AI ​​predictions were generated using Microsoft Copilot Chat – we simply asked the tool to ‘predict this weekend’s Premier League results’.