Managerial blips: Greats who faltered Bobby Robson, Fulham (10 months) After failing to avoid relegation in 1968 he learned he had been sacked driving past a newspaper billboard.
"Mike Ashley's keen to talk and I'm really pleased we can sit down together," said the 56-year-old who, despite failing to avoid relegation, has impressed at St James' during his two-month tenure.
But a master historian, and Timothy Snyder is one of the best, always includes, almost as if by a higher inspired intuition, the key to unlock the very trap he may on a rare occasion be failing to avoid.
A class action lawsuit that is currently being heard by the federal district court for the southern district of New York accuses the UN of recklessly failing to avoid the spread of the disease.
Spending most of his time failing to avoid the obnoxious attentions of the management speak-spouting acting head, Howard lives with his American girlfriend Halley, who fell for him because he was "Irish-looking", "by which she meant a collection of indistinct features – pale skin, mousy hair, general air of ill-health – that combine to mysteriously powerful romantic effect".
On 25 August, a district court judge in San Diego will decide whether the Jacksons – and around 110 other US navy sailors and marines – can proceed with a $1bn lawsuit that accuses Tepco of failing to avoid the accident and of lying about the levels of radiation from the stricken reactors, putting US personnel at risk.
Marussia's Max Chilton said he was "lucky to be here" after failing to avoid the debris.
The Manxman, who came fourth in the stage's intermediate sprint, was well placed inside 3km to launch a bid for his 22nd Tour stage victory, but he fell off his bike after failing to avoid a pile-up.
You can usually find him eating pasta, listening to hip-hop, or failing to avoid the nearest political discussion.
Scores of economists have predicted that failing to avoid the cliff could send the nation right back into recession.
