THOMAS SARGENT argues it’s time for pre-qualifying to end the one-sided bore-fests...

AS QUALIFICATION matches for Euro 2016 rumble on, in the main, without passion or enthusiasm, isn’t it about time to make major changes?
The Africa (CAF), Asia (AFC) and North, Central America and Caribbean (CONCACAF) football federations, who have 56, 47 and 41 members respectively, all currently host some kind of pre-qualifying tournament for both the World Cup and their own continental competitions. And I reckon it’s time for the lower ranked teams in Europe to be involved in a pr...