be good enough

It is the wonder at a glimpse of a freshly mowed field, the pride in identifying a teenager that just might be good enough to make a living playing the game, the camaraderie among colleagues who sacrifice nights and weekends for what can be less of a job and more of a calling.

"He was the Spanish national team manager, Real Madrid manager and won the Europa League with Sevilla, but some people think he cannot be good enough for a team that finished ninth in the Premier League last season."

Against a ragged Japan, even an error-strewn England should be good enough.

Depending on how you choose to assess the Premier League table, Amorim arrives with United either 13th, way below expectations, or only four points off a Champions League place, for which fifth might be good enough.

Unless it is hammering it down and the match is a proper arm-wrestle - like against South Africa in the rain in last year's World Cup semi-final in Paris - it will not be good enough to win these games.