| Four goals down with 20 minutes to go, Jock Nugent's side looked to be fighting a lost cause. |
| At present it feels like a lost cause, and the SNP seems directionless, ennuied and underachieving. |
| If, like death and taxes, people tolerate you because they are stuck with you, you're a lost cause. |
| At a time when the continent is still considered a lost cause, they had every reason to welcome the president's messianic message of hope. |
| No area can be taken for granted or written off as a lost cause, and there are incentives to build further support to win more seats. |
| He was omitted because of the cap on team strengths in the competition, but will ride tomorrow in what looks a lost cause against the champions. |
