fallback

“When that route fails, there is no fallback. That is the weakness we keep seeing play out.”

With qualification still to be earned for Euro 2028, two spots held in reserve for host countries gives the four home nations a fallback option if required.

If he wants to struggle financially though life, that’s not my issue, but I’m also closing the wallet on being the fallback plan.

Skepticism, I should note, is generally a fallback position for me.

There was no fallback plan — just a willingness to be vulnerable and responsive.