The whole process is flawed, to say the least, and certainly on nights like these Roy Hodgson's players remind everyone that their shortcomings are not merely a matter of fine-tuning.
"And on nights like this one," the president says, "we can say to those families who have lost loved ones to Al Qaeda's terror: Justice has been done".
And on nights like this one, we can say to those families who have lost loved ones to al Qaeda's terror: Justice has been done.
When I put it on on nights like this one, it felt like all I had left of him.
On nights like this one, spent canvasing potential properties, everyone wears black stocking caps and zips up their jackets.
"I'm the one who gets to stand here on nights like this and talk," Manager Terry Francona said after halting the Angels.
"The one thing that carries you through on nights like this is your attitude.
You need that on nights like this".
He loved playing on nights like this.
But on nights like Friday, he has hope.
On nights like this, contention seems so far away.
