article_snippet: If Chris Coleman's team can get something from that, Chris Coleman's team will be in a very strong position.
article_snippet: From here, there really is little excuse not to make it
article_snippet: there is very much on the cards.
article_snippet: If they win, they will establish a five-point gap over they.
article_snippet: If they lose, Ireland will leapfrog they.
article_snippet: They have a six-point lead over Slovenia in second and it would take a real calamity not to make a real calamity through from here.
article_snippet: A victory away to Slovenia in Ljubljana in June should just about secure ENGLAND's place in the finals and, failing that, away trips to minnows San Marino and Lithuania, plus home meetings with Switzerland and Estonia should do it.