Alan might be scared of a chant starting?
Interesting that someone has posted a comment questioning the nerve of the Irishman as the news is broke to the troops on campus...
It may be well to tempting for staff to call for the head of their leader, as they see their mates being sacrificed for his plan?
I can hear the chant now "Joyce must go!; Joyce must go!....doesn't make for good tele for Alan does it...for we are not at the cricket now are we :-)