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ENGLAND stand at fourth, unsteadily I must add, among the favourites for the World Cup in Qatar.
They have a chance of recording their second Hallelujah in 72 years but for all Gareth Southgate’s soft-spoken commitment, I won’t bet more than a few of the King’s newly-minted bob on it.
It appears the team is on a gentle downward curve, perhaps because too many of the squad that did so well in the European Championship last year have slipped into exhausted form or spent too many hours in the treatment room.
Or maybe because there is so little break between the Prem ending mid-season and the tournament starting that players who are carrying injuries cannot travel.
Why, oh why did Fifa give Qatar the World Cup? Well… we know why, don’t we?