So the league season has been mixed - but the FA Cup offers a salvation of sorts, though a vote on this website after the Blackburn win saw 55% of those taking part suggest finishing in the top four was more important than Wembley glory on 30 May.
She also suggests finishing it with a little cream, but again, this takes it into queasy territory for me.
Media reports suggested finishing fourth would mean coach Frank Farina would have the option to extend his contract.
But when an aide suggested finishing off the Communists, he "bent his head and did not answer.
While discussing the 2006 remix of My Life in the Bush of Ghosts at a dinner party, Eno suggested finishing some songs that he had written but that did not have lyrics.
However, the earliest written record of prenatal care we have is the "registration card for pregnancy", which suggested finishing registration during the first trimester.
"It's not a race, mom," she tells me, when I suggest she finish one.
When the effect is measured as YL or QALY, these alternatives start the screening at ages younger than 50 years whereas only a few suggest to finish after the age 69.
The writer went on to suggest that finishing the game took "a special blend of hatred, skill, reflexes and sheer bloody determination".
All of Sunday's rounds will be played at Pebble Beach, and recent history suggests the finish could be wild.
