We've been resigned to ignominious early departure for months. rubbish team, can't defend, can't create, can't score goals. Half our best players are injured and the new manager is playing a rigid, outdated 4-4-2 system which even a county league team would skip through.

The nearest thing to hope we've got is that we won't be taken seriously and can surprise people. The last time England surprised anyone at football we lost 1-0 to the USA in 1950.

keep to the Fen Causeway