Sentences with phrase «dismal run of»

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal is teetering on the brink of losing his job after a dismal run of six matches without a win cost the Old Trafford club their place in the Champions League and their top - four spot in the Premier League.

A surprisingly dour contest between Blackpool and Stoke at Bloomfield Road ended up goalless, which in turn stretched Blackpool's dismal run of form to eight without a win.

Unfortunately, though, his admirers have taken a step back of late following a dismal run of results which before Wednesday's 1 - 0 victory over Wolves read four defeats in their last five, excluding their FA Cup campaign.

And he admits that the outpouring of criticism against him earlier in the season was «usual and expected» as the club hit a dismal run of form.

I know away from home Stoke haven't been anywhere near up to the standard required to clinch three points, but with the Baggies slap bang in the middle of a dismal run of form, there may not be an easier away assigment all season.

Fans have been appalled with what they've seen so far this season from Alex McLeish and his team, with the club languishing down in 15TH following a dismal run of form which has seen them record one league win in 2012 − a narrow 3 - 2 success away at struggling Wolves.

While they did well to put a dismal run of form to bed eight days ago, their wretched run of results away from home is still very much alive and defeat on Sunday would be their fourth on the spin on their travels.

The club finish in 18th place, but their late revival silence's the critics who wrote them off after a dismal run of 18 matches without victory.

Their win over the hosts in the last encounter ended a dismal run of seven games without a win against Spanish opponents, and they will leave no stone unturned to stop Valencia from edging closer in the group table.

Guardiola brutally received his marching orders from Zamparini just a week before Christmas following a dismal run of form.

A dismal run of form has seen Arsenal fall to seventh place in the Premier League table, 10 points adrift of Manchester City in fourth with two games in hand.

The Merseyside team are in a dismal run of form but they are playing at Anfield and will surely be up for a big game against the leaders.

3 A TOTTENHAM WIN WILL OPEN A REAL TITLE CHANCE FORTHEM!A Spurs win on Saturday would leave Arsenal six points behind Tottenham andextend the club's dismal run of form to four defeats in a row in all competitions.

Borussia Dortmund manager Jurgen Klopp has emerged as a strong favourite to take over from Brendan Rodgers as manager of Liverpool, report the Mail, if the Reds do decide to dispense with the Northern Irishman after a dismal run of form that continued with a 3 - 0 defeat to fierce rivals Manchester United at Old Trafford today.

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His comments, made to the U.K.'s Daily Mail, came on the same day as a «raft of dismal economic news from around the world, with manufacturing output falling in Britain and Europe, unemployment jumping in the eurozone and America, and fast - emerging economies such as Brazil and China showing signs of running out of steam.»

Just like today, we have recovered to win a few games after a dismal run, but still have no chance of winning the Premiership.

Manchester City take on West Ham United this weekend and will need to get back to winning ways after a dismal recent run of form in the Premier League.

Strangely, following that dismal run Villa then went on a run of seven wins in eight but it appears too little too late as Bruce's side now lie in the safety of mid table in thirteenth place, mathematically out of the playoffs and safe from relegation.

Though 13 horses went to the post, it was expected to be a three - way race among Slavic, an impressive Gulfstream allowance - race winner; Rhythm, last year's juvenile champion, whose 3 - year - old debut was a dismal seventh - place finish in the Feb. 10 Hutcheson Stakes at Gulfstream; and a son of Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew named Yonder, who made a strong stretch run in the Hutcheson to finish second.

Liverpool's dismal 1 - 0 defeat at the hands of Hull City continued their poor run of form and seriously damaged their faint hopes of Champions League qualification, causing quite a stir on Twitter.

In view of our dismal form prior to the break, then perhaps in our case it is a welcome chance to re-group, work hard, and re-charge our batteries for the run - in.

Following a dismal exit in the FA Cup at the hands of West Bromwich Albion, the Reds went on a run of five wins and two draws.

Embed from Getty Images The Gunners are aiming to bounce back from a poor run of form, with three points seeing them back into the title race after a dismal month of February.

A strong run in Europe is going to be a key demand for the Blues this season, following their year out of this tournament last season, and the dismal way in which they exited the competition during the 2015/16 campaign.

Their 0 - 0 draw with Preston in midweek extend their winless run in the league to eight games, with their only successful outcome during an otherwise dismal month of football being a 2 - 0 victory at Doncaster in the third round of the FA Cup.

The Midlands club have a truly retched record against their Lancashire rivals, having won none of their last eight league encounters with Blackburn, a dismal run which does include five defeats, four of those occurring on their previous four visits to Ewood Park.

During this dismal eight - game losing run of theirs, Wigan have plundered an embarrassing four goals − failing to score on four occasions − making them the league's lowest scorers, on top of being the league's poorest side in general down in 20th.

Once again goals are proving hard to come by for Wigan, although the disappointment surrounding their dismal effort at Craven Cottage will be compounded by the fact their three - match successive run of scoring in every game also came crashing to a halt.

Owen Coyle, though, firmly believes his side are capable of ending their dismal run against the Londoner's on Monday despite the fact his team will tackle one of the strongest teams in Europe, albeit on a bit of a downer themselves, on the back of a disappointing run of form.

The season is still fairly young but already Wolves manager Mick McCarthy has his side gearing up for a must - win encounter on Saturday, a relegation six - pointer if you like, as the Midlander's finally get their turn to get all excited about a trip to the Seaside, only their dismal start to the season means there will be no fun and games down in Blackpool, strictly business as the team currently positioned second bottom in the table seek to end a run of three consecutive loses.

As Paterson has failed to resurrect his dismal poll numbers - 70 % of New Yorkers, including 65 % of Democrats said in a Marist poll last week that they don't want him to run next year - momentum has been building for him to step aside.

The royals» dismal, off - key response to the tragic death of Princess Di in 1997 whipped up more public vituperation against the Monarchy than anything we have seen since the ghastly Edward VIII ran off with Wallis Simpson back in the days of black and white newsreel.

Ahead of a June primary, GOP surrogates have been pounding the field as «dismal and in disarray» and running far left of the average district voter.

The optics that would come along with running for Mayor of New York City — transitioning from investigating the Mayor to running against him — are dismal.

Couple that dismal showing among Democrats in the Marist poll with other recent data that suggests state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo would soundly defeat Paterson if he ran in the primary and the White House's attempted intervention, and it's clear that the governor has lost the confidence of his own party.

I realized that my hair was looking a little flat due to the dismal weather outside, and one of their hairstylists was able to touch up my curls in the less than 10 minutes I had before running off to our shoot.

As usual, though, the movie also spawned several unimpressive sequels, and was thought to have run its course after the dismal 2003 effort, «American Wedding,» as well as a series of terrible straight - to - DVD duds.

Later, when the money ran out, or the romance of the wandering life faded, the Walls retreated to the dismal West Virginia mining town — and the family — Rex Walls had done everything he could to escape.

Ashes is told in five parts, corresponding to five seasons of the Chinese almanac, and with each successive season, it becomes an increasingly dismal tale of unrequited loves — each character can't seem to let go of somebody who loves somebody else, and each is running from their love, away from memory, instead towards blissful forgetting or self - annihilation.

You're the kind of person you meet at certain dismal dull affairs Center of a crowd, talking much too loud, running up and down the stairs Well, it seems to me that you have seen too much in too few years And though you've tried you just can't hide, your eyes are edged with tears You better stop, look around Here it comes, here it comes, here it comes, here it comes Here comes your nineteenth nervous breakdown - The Rolling Stones

A Mercury News investigation published in April revealed how the state's online charter schools run by Virginia - based K12 Inc., the largest for - profit charter operator in the country, have «a dismal record of academic achievement» but has won more than $ 310 million in state funding over the past dozen years.

Later, when the money ran out, or the romance of the wandering life faded, the Walls retreated to the dismal West Virginia mining town — and the family — Rex Walls had done everything he could to escape.

There are droves of investors hoping Research in Motion (TSX: RIM / NASDAQ: RIMM) will hit a home run and avert a complete meltdown, which almost seems imminent based on the tech giant's collapsing stock price and dismal quarterly reports over the past year.

Avatar Holdings (AVTR): 3rd quarter results were dismal along with the rest of the housing market; revenue was down and there continued to be a significant net loss, albeit at a lower run rate than the same quarter in the prior year.

While they did add many new features and the fighting was much more enjoyable on a 3 - D plane verses the flat screen of a Game Boy, Re: Chain of Memories still suffered from the same dismal plot which is something the beautiful graphics couldn't save me from and I ran out of steam halfway through the game, feeling, «I beat the game once, why am I bothering a second time?»

At a time when optimism is rampant in the real estate industry, and the stock market is near all - time highs after a massive run - up, economists lived up to their billing as dismal scientists at the National Association of Business Economists (NABE) annual policy conference in Washington, D.C., last week.

The retailer has been posting a dismal performance for some time — in June, its same - store sales fell 9 percent and same - store sales for the second quarter are projected to fall between 7 and 11 percent — and it also recently announced the departure of its latest CEO, Susan McGalla, two years before her contract was set to run out.