But what if it had remained a five and he had found himself in the play-off.
Matthew Etherington found himself in the area after playing a neat one-two with Charlie Adam but the winger fired into the side-netting.
With that, he found himself in the postseason rotation, playing in all of the 26 playoff games.
For the first time in his career McIlroy found himself in the unenviable position of playing out a dead rubber against Rafa Cabrero-Bello.
Lawrence M. Krauss, a physicist at Case Western Reserve University known for his staunch opposition to teaching creationism, found himself in the unfamiliar role of playing the moderate.
Matsui found himself in the middle of a double play in the sixth inning.
With the ball back in his arms, Goff jumped back up to salvage the play, and found himself in the thick grasp of the Eagles Kamu Grugier-Hillleadinging to a sack … wait, he tried to throw it!
In May, Parker learned he had melanoma after doctors removed a cancerous mole on his right calf, and during the next two months, he often found himself in the backyard, milking every moment of play time with his two young daughters before training camp would open.
The Premier League's top scorer with 22 goals this term has also found himself in trouble playing for Liverpool in the past, notably being banned for eight matches last season for racially insulting Manchester United's France defender Patrice Evra.
In high school, Mr. Lew found himself in music (he played the 12-string guitar), edited the newspaper and fought for causes like building low-income housing in Queens.
That was the scenario Mark Roberts found himself in while playing for Northwich Victoria, his home-town team.
