glancing at week-end results...

what's happenning with the pool.

They're struggling because they're about to sack their manager, Eric.

yep.
i reckon you could be right.
what a fuckin mess eh?

He wasn't the man for the job, Eric. He grinds out results with limited resources. He's now at a club where he is expected to dictate games. It's like when Mike Walker was at Everton. Outstanding on low expectation and a shoestring at Norwich, but Everton don't work like that.

different worlds aren't they.

Exactly. "Nearly qualifying" will do for Finland. Nearly qualifying at Anfield is a fucking disaster when between 1976/7 and 1984/5 they played in the European Cup every year when it was harder to qualify through being champions or holders.