With the season winding down there's little to do in some counties but pick through the corpse of the past year and hope tomorrow dawns brighter. And what better way to ensure a fruitful future than to instal a new leader to point the way. Or at least throw turf on the bon"re of speculation.

The past few days have provided some beauties in the managerial merry-go-round rumour mill. In Laois there's talk that Tommy Lyons may take over, next door in Meath there's an unprecedented scramble for the hotseat with no less than nine names mentioned, while up in Cavan they're playing down rumours that Micko is eyeing up another Bainisteoir jersey.

The best of all comes from the Banner, though. Talk is rife across Clare that Davy Fitz is about to hang up the well-worn boots and turn his attention to the Galway seniors.

Never, we say.

Sideline Cuts has a sneaking suspicion that this is a story devised to de"ect attention from where the real action is. Instead, we've a hunch that Davy's buddy Cyril Farrell . . . Davy introduced Cyril to Sixmilebridge this year . . . will take the helm at Clare for a few years and pave the way for Davy to succeed him on the throne.

Well, hunch may be overstating it. Let's just say if your ear is to the ground in Clare, those are the whispers you hear.

COMING TO A BIG SCREEN NEAR YOU. . .

With the championship racing to a finish, we've shamelessly plucked a few TV and film ideas we spotted on the internet during the week. Sorry Rupert, we're already in the process of copywriting:

Lost Again, starring the Laois squad of 2006. A sequel to the 2005 smash hit Lost, which also happened to star. . . the Laois squad. An epic battle to overcome unpredictability and downright uselessness. Starring Billy Sheehan, the man with the grimace to sink a ship, Fergal 'Lord' Byron, Donie 'The Boy Wonder' Brennan and directed by veteran Mick O'Dwyer who describes this as, "A great film, everyone gave their all, tis pure entertainment, no one could ask for better. Tis more frightening than United 96!"

Others entries we spotted around the place included The Sixth (non)Sense featuring Pascal Kellaghan who, despite official sanction from his commanding officer, returned to duty bloodied but not broken.

The inability of the powers that be to make a decision on what course of action to take keeps both sides guessing. Drawn out by it's director but should keep interested parties happy.

And one for today perhaps.

Crash. Go on, you can work it out.

Compiled by Ewan MacKenna and TJ Flynn sport@tribune. ie