He is now fighting to avoid becoming the earliest major candidate to be shown the door.
And I think the players realize we could be contenders, not fighting to avoid last place.
In another courtroom, a patient is fighting to avoid taking it.
Australia captain Michael Clarke made history at the SCG to leave India fighting to avoid defeat in the second Test.
That was a thriller here at the Emirates, against Roberto Martinez's Wigan Athletic, fighting to avoid relegation.
That is the curious logic at CIT, a small-business lender in America that is fighting to avoid bankruptcy.
Now, after a shocking morning, they are fighting to avoid their most surprising Test series defeat since, when, 1999?
"When you go to play for Bolton [on loan], fighting to avoid relegation, that gives you an incredible experience mentally.
Samsung is now fighting to avoid the downwards spiral that damaged once profitable mobile phone businesses like Nokia and Blackberry.
Now he finds himself fighting to avoid a whitewash in the two remaining games, on Sunday and Tuesday.
PR: I first started writing it when we were fighting to avoid eviction from Dial House, 20 years ago.
