It belongs there, though I can't help adding a qualifier: as long as it tastes like an integral part of the wine rather than the sort of garish makeup or cheap cologne — choose your metaphor — that is so often layered on top of a defenseless wine.
The player will also miss Scotland's four opening European Championship qualifiers, as well as a friendly against England in November.
Do you see the upcoming World Cup qualifiers as a good chance to shake that off and get people talking about all the right things again?
Ireland's coach Eddie O'Sullivan said: "I think it proves that anyone who was talking about these World Cup qualifiers as a done deal would be very foolish.
Lindpere, 30, has fulfilled his two-year contract with the Red Bulls (the club holds a one-year option) and probably sees the two qualifiers as a way to land a deal back in Europe.
But the qualifiers as a whole were good fun – unless you spent most of it watching England coast through Group E, perhaps – and threw up enough engaging stories to ensure that the draw for the finals, on 12 December, ought to sustain our interest for a further six months.
Motherwell have been handed a debut in the Champions League qualifiers as a result of Rangers, who finished runners-up, heading for liquidation and forming a new company.
Celtic manager Ronny Deila would like to sign Belgian defender Dedryck Boyata from Manchester City ahead of the Champions League qualifiers as a replacement for Jason Denayer, who has been on loan this season from the English Premier League club.
A British men's team last competed in the Olympic qualifiers as an amateur team for the 1972 Games but did not reach the finals in Munich.
Telford club professional Towler was the leading qualifier as he shot a two-under-par 70 in wet conditions.
