It's easy for a championship game to dip in quality because of players' nerves, especially with those who are relatively inexperienced at the international level.
I've seen the shows so many times that I haven't yet watched the whole series in order again, just dipped in to check on the quality of the prints.
Any dip in quality and you know about it all too quickly, in the ratings and our public appreciation scores.
Since his début, more than twenty-five yeago ago, Keene has plied his trade on more than ten albums, rarely with a significant dip in quality, and never with any major commercial success.
Organic Parminter & Sons 2 Station Road, Haddenham, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP17 8AJ, 01844 291480 This traditional butchers has been sourcing and selling local meat for almost 40 years, and shows no dip in quality, as it was recently awarded a Countryside Alliance prize for Best Buckinghamshire Shop.
Ubisoft have done well to put the series back on track after a brief dip in quality, and in Connor have created a troubled character worthy of succeeding the iconic Ezio Auditore.
James Purnell, the BBC's strategy director, has said the "sword of Damocles" is hanging over BBC funding with cuts to one of its biggest shows, EastEnders, reversed after viewers began to notice a dip in quality.
The show's production might have been moved to BBC Glasgow for the new series, and there might be a new editor overseeing things, but with Double D at the helm (and the news having apparently gone batshit for the foreseeable future) there is no reason for any dip in quality.
The battle to lure audiences away from Netflix was temporarily won last year thanks to event movies that were loved by fans and critics (Star Wars: The Force Awakens; Jurassic World; Inside Out; The Martian) but this year's crop has seen a major dip in quality.
Finding her earpiece has a flat battery, she asks, hypothetically: "You're not going to stand up and walk out on me if I sing out of tune, are you?" That there's no dip in quality after the technical hitch is testament to just how good Rumer is.
