Trying to find something to do whilst waiting, I thought I’d look at the qualifying criteria for the CL. It definitely says that it is the top 4 teams from associations 1-4, of which England is one. There are also places reserved for the CL and EL winners, should they not qualify as of right. Nowhere does it say that a team finishing 5th will qualify should a higher placed team be banned from competing.
So, imagining the worst case scenario and we lose this morning, this assumption that 5th will ‘be enough’ might prove to be somewhat misinformed, which might be funny, depending on the final table.
I will now get my coat....