Forget the 12 days of Christmas.
Once the festivities are over, England will have just 12 weeks before their Euros qualifying campaign begins in March with a double header against Italy and Ukraine.
And that is why the clock is ticking on the Football Association needing and wanting a decision from Gareth Southgate on whether he will stay or walk away after six-and-a-half years in charge. Thomas Tuchel and Mauricio Pochettino would be interested in the job but the reality is that there is no obvious English candidate.
