Sentences with phrase «despite woeful»

The addition of 2D pilot profiles in the style of their respective shows is a very nice touch as well, as it somehow evoked a sense of nostalgia from me despite my woeful lack of

In the French wincefest Marguerite, the character is a wealthy baroness buying her way into an opera career, despite a woeful lack of talent.

The high street is stealing my hear right now with their new AW15 collections, despite the woeful feeling I have a severe lack of summer in the UK, I am admittedly excited for those autumn days, crisp sunny days & of course my wardrobe of winter warmers & cosy outfits.

Despite woeful performances and results versus Russia and Slovakia, England got a favourable second round draw versus Iceland but even then we're anything but guaranteed a quarter - final spot with Roy Hodgson in charge.

Mertesacker coming back will hopefully help as, despite his woeful lack of mobility, he is an organiser in defence and does fire up the players around him.

Despite a woeful conference record, things have been looking...

Not exact matches

There has been much talk about Arsene Wenger's woeful record against Jose Mourinho's Chelsea sides, despite both managers saying that games are won on the day, not by the history books.

The Hornets had a woeful campaign this season under former England boss Graham Taylor, finishing on a measly 24 points getting relegated with a whimper despite beating Liverpool and Chelsea.

From the media mainly, who seemed to want to lay a lot of the blame for another woeful display in a tournament from the England side at his feet, despite him hardly featuring for Roy Hodgson's team in Brazil.

despite our current woeful performance in front of goals....

There is a significant difference between being flithy rich / poor AND being taken as mugs by the corrupt board and inept manager with their empty promises, not strengthening the club season after season, 4th place finishes, woeful performances etc etc despite paying over the odds in ticket costs.

He had a good record at Everton, picked up something of a poison chalice at Old Trafford (despite being recommended by Sir Alex) and was woeful at Sunderland.

The Trotters hold fond memories of their last visit to St Andrews, but they'll be hard - pressed to repeat the trick not even a month after they were last in the Midlands contesting a fixture with the Blues, that despite Birmingham's recent slump in form, as Bolton's record on the road in the Premier League this season has been woeful, and even more so since the turn of the year.

The Germany international is currently in good form despite Dortmund's woeful Bundesliga record this season, but has not been convinced by the club's direction in recent times.

Despite Huhne, Rennard and their woeful place in the national polls, the Liberal Democrats won.

Despite the name above the title and his mug front and centre on the poster, it's well over an hour before Arnie turns up for the final 20 minutes or so of this woeful action - comedy.

I should point out that, whilst fairly pedestrian, the film never comes close to the woeful Pirates of the Caribbean movies, which somehow continue to attract audiences despite being, on just about every conceivable front, shit films.

This isn't to say that Hamilton County's suburban districts are as woeful as IPS — which, despite improving the passing rates for its poorest fourth - graders on ISTEP + by 12 percent between 2009 and 2011, remains the worst - performing district in the Midwest outside of Detroit.

Despite promising players that Final Fantasy XIV Online would build on the critically - acclaimed FFXI, Square Enix have unfortunately delivered a woeful mess of bugs and glitches.

Despite more impressive - sounding specs, the Android flagships were noticeably slower than iPhones, their cameras were terrible and the fit and finish, or build quality was — quite frankly — woeful.

It has woeful battery life by today's standards, despite its power - sipping eighth - generation Intel Core i5 CPU.

I think it's beyond me despite completing 3 - Unit Art for the HSC (how the talented kids hated me for getting higher marks than them — my artistic skills were so woeful I did a dodgy collage as my major work, but I streeted them on the essays).