Johannesburg, Thursday evening
No wonder Ian McGeechan says victory in Saturday's final Test of this 2009 Lions series would be "very sweet".
If the odds were not already stacked against his side before it started, they have only lengthened as each week of their South African safari has unfolded.
After the brutality of the defining Pretoria Test, the impending joust in Jo'burg will hardly be a walk in Ellis Park either, despite a much-changed Springboks side.
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Peter de Villiers should have spent the last week basking in the glory of South Africa's first series win over the Lions for 19 years.
Instead, the Springbok coach has been fending off attacks from all sides after seeming to condone Schalk Burger's eye gouging in Saturday's second Test.
It seemed strangely appropriate for a man who has almost courted controversy since becoming his country's first black coach last January.
De Villiers was in hot water with the South African Rugby Union (SARU) before Saturday's match, following comments he made in the wake of the first Test.
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Johannesburg, Wednesday evening
Wales flanker Martyn Williams has been giving us the 'behind the scenes' view of life inside the Lions' camp on their South Africa tour.
I will be speaking to Martyn again on Thursday afternoon, after the team is announced for the third Test.
So in the final week of the tour, this is your last chance to ask him any questions you may have about what has unfolded so far, on and off the field.
I'll collate the best of them and his answers will appear on the site on Friday.