article_snippet: But we're thinking of events off the field:
article_snippet: if they were handed the keys to ECB headquarters, the Borgias and the Chuckle Brothers would probably bicker less and command more gravitas than the current lot.
article_snippet: And the Associates would get the Associates chance without being accused of contributing to a meaningless first phase.
article_snippet: TV wouldn't like it, even if many fans would accept the shortfall in return for the prolonged tension.