crunch time

“I know it wasn’t the best decision to take the ball out his hands in crunch time on that fourth down,” McVay said.

It feels like crunch time for Angela Rayner.

"It is nice to play well at the crunch time; the play-offs and the Ryder Cup," Fitzpatrick said.

They should not be written off after just two matches against a side that are turning into genuine World Cup contenders, particularly on home turf, and it is not yet crunch time for England or Edwards in terms of whether they can turn this around.

But a series of lousy draft picks and a lack of an attractive infrastructure — that imaginary permanent practice facility is being built any day now! — have kept them from acquiring the sort of superstars that carry teams in crunch time, the kind of difference-makers this town deserves.