The problem is that two weeks will quickly lead to four weeks and eight and so on until we reach the real deadline which is the drop dead date for a season.

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Vernon Wells, who was all but left for dead in Anaheim, is having a vintage season.

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The CSL, a collection of 15 squads in cities from Shenyang to Shenzhen, went the entire 2005 season without a title sponsor, thanks to dead-end deals with Philip Morris, PepsiCo and Siemens, which rescinded its support after the first season of a multiyear deal because of on-field corruption.

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"But the last thing you want to do is spoil season three of 'The Walking Dead' where you turn into a zombie and kill Andrea!"

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But with six games left for City this season and hopes of a first English title in 44 years all but dead in the water, Mancini's own position at the club will also be under scrutiny.

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Stephen Jones' kick-off epitomised the Scarlets' season thus far - off kilter as the ball ran dead, bringing a scrum on half-way at which the Wales fly-half must have been relieved to see a free kick awarded against Ulster.

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