Trying anything to get a little better, and it just went from bad to worse.
And it went from bad to worse for Ronaldo who never got into the game.
As the game headed to penalties, things went from bad to worse when Apam received his second yellow card.
Morecambe's afternoon went from bad to worse when, one minute after half-time, captain Jim Bentley upended Green in the box.
Aberdeen's afternoon went from bad to worse when Paton was shown a straight red card for his tackle on Hayes.
"Things went from bad to worse and once we got down we just stopped doing our whole game plan, " he said.
Things went from bad to worse for Britain after the break as Amat latched onto a loose ball to score again.
When things went from bad to worse, the public-relations machine began rolling out releases, including love letters from Leo to Thailand.
Cambridge's afternoon went from bad to worse when Phil Bolland was shown a second yellow card for scything down Elliot Benyon.
Barkley's radar was again off target when he attempted to convert and things rapidly went from bad to worse for the visitors.
For the Ugandans and Rwandans, things then went from bad to worse.
It went from bad to worse for Arsenal when Bent then finished from an acute angle after his initial shot had been beaten away.
Things rapidly went from bad to worse for Canale as he was penalised for taking out Jauzion as the French centre chased a chip ahead.
Morris' day went from bad to worse five minutes before the break as he dropped an Aaron Burns cross which allowed Lowry to hammer to the net.
It then went from bad to worse for Bergamasco as his horrendous pass eluded Gonzalo Garcia and Goode kicked ahead before Flutey gathered the ball and went over.
And things went from bad to worse for Australia as Ricky Ponting, facing his first legitimate delivery following two more wides, was trapped plumb in front of his stumps.
Things went from bad to worse for Tonga as replacement Toma Toke was shown a yellow card for a high tackle to reduce the Sea Eagles to 13 men.
Things went from bad to worse for Andy Robinson's Edinburgh side when lock Craig Hamilton was shown the yellow card on 50 minutes for pulling down in the line-out.
And it went from bad to worse for the visitors as, with just seconds remaining of the half remaining, Hinton thumped the ball down field rather than kick to touch.
Wasps looked shell-shocked and things went from bad to worse when scrum-half Joe Simpson, who had a lively game, dropped a try-scoring pass from David Lemi five metres from the line.
Aberdeen's afternoon went from bad to worse when Hooper claimed his second of the match, as Diamond deflected Niall McGinn's cross into the path of Hooper who fired home from close range.
Things then went from bad to worse for the Buddies as Flood drilled a right-footed shot from the right side of penalty area past Chris Smith to seal the points for United.
Things went from bad to worse for Huddersfield on 62 minutes when Thorman's languid clearance kick on the fifth tackle was charged down by Jamel Fakir, who chased down the ball to score in the corner.
His race went from bad to worse as a gearbox problem left him at the back of the field and, though he recovered to seventh, Raikkonen took the chequered flag to snatch the title by a single point.
And the visitors' chase went from bad to worse when they lost key men Cook, who gave a catch to short extra cover, and Ryan ten Doeschate, run out for 22 after a direct hit by Hildreth, with the score on 33.
The home side's evening only went from bad to worse when Matthew Rees was sin-binned for a ruck offence and that opened the way for Floch to breeze in for the bonus point try on 57 minutes as Clermont led 29-0.
England had five overs to negotiate before lunch and although they did so, Cook's day went from bad to worse soon after the re-start as he swept straight into the hands of the one fielder on the leg side and departed for 21.
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