Or the CIO and his team at the VA who pulled the plug on 12 IT projects when they saw how off-track they were.
It was the only blemish in an impressive spell and a wicket maiden confirmed Hampshire's fate as Plunkett bowled Mascarenhas, who tried a desperate heave and saw his off-stump knocked back.
Spirit - backed by private equity firms Texas Pacific Group and CVC Capital Partners as well as US investment bank Blackstone - saw off rival bids from pubs group Laurel and Japanese bank Nomura.
But Ferguson was keen to concentrate on the positives after his young side - that contained five played aged 21 or under - saw off the Championship strugglers to book their place at Wembley.
Robredo beat John Isner 6-7 6-3 7-6 after Sanchez saw off American Melanie Oudin 6-4 6-4.
The Black and Whites reached Wembley by beating Wakefield 32-24 while holders Saints saw off Leeds Rhinos 26-16.
Nadal will now face France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who saw off Stanislas Wawrinka 2-6 6-3 6-4 in his quarterfinal tie.
The pair will meet in round two after Bogdanovic beat former semi-finalist Hyung-Taik Lee 6-4 6-4, and Baker saw off Alexander Peya 3-6 7-6 (7-5) 6-3.
The twice former champion will face Jelena Jankovic in the last 16 after the in-form Serb saw off Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, 6-3 6-4.
Roddick got the better of Belgium's Xavier Malisse 6-4 6-4 while Gambill saw off Nicolas Kiefer of Germany 7-5 7-6 (7-5).
Boss Ian Holloway's side then saw off Nottingham Forest in the play-off semi-final and Cardiff in the final to reach the top flight.
Striker DJ Campbell, whose goals saw off Nottingham Forest in the play-off semi-final, returned to Leicester at the end of his loan spell, while free agent Robert Koren opted to move to Hull.
Earlier in the reverse singles, Kleybanova beat Ivanovic 6-2 6-3 while Jankovic scored her second victory of the weekend as she saw off Kuznetsova 6-3 4-6 6-3 to level the tie.
The visitors struck first after the break as Tindall's half-break set Balshaw free and Barkley converted, but they saw full-back Morgan limp off in the 44th minute.
Three-time defending Dubai champion Djokovic saved a set point in the second-set tiebreaker before beating Tipsarevic 6-1 7-6, while Murray saw off the fifth seed Tomas Berdych 6-3 7-5.
"I watched him a few times last season, I saw the Championship play-off finals, " McGinn said.
Williams, the reigning Wimbledon, Olympic and U.S.Open champion, saw off 19-year-old Sloane Stevens 6-4 6-3.
Yesterday we saw another sharp sell-off in the indices amid worries about escalating conflicts in the Middle East and the fiscal cliff.
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French player Halard-Decugis saw off a brave revival by Chanda Rubin.
The five-piece saw off competition from 40 other bands and artists to win the prize at the Live and Unsigned Final at the O2 Arena in London.
Turns out, a good chunk of it resulted from the price spike in the quarter for hard disk drives, which saw a sharp fall-off in supply as as a result of the recent severe flooding in Thailand.
The fly-half saw a drop-goal attempt come back off the upright on the resumption before South Africa were again reduced to 14 men.
Moscow's flexing of its muscles in the energy sector - which saw state-owned firm Gazprom temporarily cut off gas supplies to neighbouring Ukraine - as well as new rules for the foreign ownership of Russian companies and export tax rises, all have implications for BP.
Luctonians lost 24-21 at Nuneaton but bounced back in their last outing when they saw off Rugby Lions 39-15 at Mortimer Park.
Carragher hit the post but Liverpool saw off QPR 1-0 at Anfield with Philippe Coutinho scoring the only goal.
Lille saw off Bordeaux 2-1 in the day's late game thanks to goals from Ronny Rodelin and Salomon Kalou.
It saw Northants to 92-1 off seven overs in reply to Somerset's 200-7 when the weather forced a premature end.
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