Sentences with phrase «dire run»

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Chelsea, meanwhile, also face missing out on Europe's top club competition after a dire run of recent form under an increasingly unsettled - looking Antonio Conte.

Brighton, meanwhile, are in a dire run of form with no wins in their last ten matches, and while many of those have been draws, they are in real need of what would be a big three points here if they could pull it off.

Even with that dire run of form the Golden Boys only dropped to 14th place.

Leeds have been on a dire run of form in calendar 2018.

But after a dire run of results, the Baggies produced a disciplined, tenacious and clinical display at Old Trafford to inflict United's first home league defeat in nine games.

Now, however, Leeds are sitting in 14th place after about a dire a run of form as you will ever see from a football club, while Villa are in 4th place in the table and have a very slim chance of catching Fulham for the final automatic promotion spot after beating Cardiff City and Neil Warnock this week.

As if a dire run of results wasn't enough of an indication that Chelsea are showing all the characterisitc of a team deprived of any self - belief — winning just one of their last eight matches in the league, there were also some telling antics on the field which left us pondering what on earth has been going on behind the scenes.

There's few doubting their ability to finish there, but the longer this dire run goes, the more fears there will be about missing out on the Champions League.

From the sunny heights of a 9th place finish last season, the Blues» plight has been pretty emphatic and the battle is now on for Alex McLeish and his normally resilient and stubborn charges to drag themselves out of the hole they've dug by amending their dire run of form, with the relegation zone the next destination for Birmingham should they suffer their third defeat in a row this Saturday.