So, the pots for Euro 2012 have been decided. Bizarrely, Ukraine and Poland, the co-hosts, have been seeded in Pot 1, so that heavyweights like Germany and Italy are relegated to Pot 2. There’s some interesting rankings too as former champions, France, are in Pot 4. With England seeded in Pot 2, it means England could face Spain, Portugal and France to qualify for the quarter finals.

The preferable draw would clearly be Spain, Greece and Ireland, which would allow football fans to make the first economic chant ever of “Your debt is worse than ours” in all three qualifying games. We could even move on to play Italy in the quarter finals, so that our Wayne can hear the chant echoing around a bleak stadium in Donetsk or Gdansk as he punches a diving Italian.

Still, at least England’s brave John Terry will be OK as long as Capello tells him to write “Shake Hands” on the back of his hand as a reminder to pump the hand of each opponent after the game to comply with Sepp’s doctrine.