Sentences with phrase «lacklustre first»

After a lacklustre first half, Jose Mourinho had to remind his players at half - time about their responsibilities.

Despite the lacklustre first half, this match had everything in the second half with both teams going at each other to find the way to score a late goal for a match winner, to no avail.

Not exact matches

The first Surface came out in late 2012 to lacklustre sales.

After relatively lacklustre growth for the first three quarters of 2004 (with the notable exception of the Australian market), global equity markets rose strongly in the December quarter, in part reflecting renewed confidence about the strength of the economic recovery in the US (Graph 20, Table 5).

By: Nadine James 3rd May 2018 Lacklustre investor performance, stemming from investors» decision to embrace a «wait and see» approach in light of geopolitical uncertainty muddying growth and market outlooks, has contributed to soft first - quarter gold demand, the World Gold Council (WGC) reports.

John Pontifex from Aid to the Church in Need, the organisation behind Saturday's rally has accused the government of having a «lacklustre and disengaged» approach and wants the UK's politicians to show leadership on the issue, he said: «For the first time we have seen no Christian presence, no mass, no liturgy, no celebration of the Christian faith permitted, with all the communities having now fled.»

Elneny looked sharp with his forward passes and shots, Wilshere did okay, Welbeck produced bad first touches and Ozil looked very lacklustre

That man Sanchez was in the right place as usual after Ozil was tackled in the box to put us in front, and Olivier Giroud followed up after he had replaced a lacklustre Theo Walcott, and at last Ramsey got his first League goal at the 30th attempt this season!

(getting predictable now) What I can't understand is that these players are international players with vast experience in world cups CL's etc and yet the first half was a typical, lacklustre performance with neither passion desire determination cohesion call it what you want but the first half was pathetic!!!

When he first arrived Arsenal fans thought him lazy and lacklustre because he didn't seem to be running around the pitch like a madman (mind you we call Walcott a headless chicken when he does it!)

The Blues are aware that they are in need of some drastic changes to their front and back room staff next term following their lacklustre form in the first half of this season, with Diego Simeone apparently topping his wish list.

The role of the fans at this juncture it our club's history appears lost of most individuals who frequent this site following a victory... I'll explain further, but first I must state that I have cared for this club dearly for the better part of 35 years, so my critique is both measured and carefully considered... there is certainly nothing wrong with celebrating a victory, regardless of the circumstances, but making wild predictions or fawning over players after a lacklustre win solves very little, if anything it enables those in charge to continue down the road too frequently traveled

The game suddenly came alive in the last five minutes of the first half, with a lacklustre Arsenal corner eventually going out for a Gunners throw, which was also disappointing, and we were then hit on the counter attack.

we first have to sort what is gradually unfolding to be a lacklustre transfer window..

As if it was not bad enough that Arsenal lost our first game of the Premier League season yet again, and just like in our opening day defeat to West Ham last season it was a home game, we did so after dominating the first half and taking the lead against a lacklustre Liverpool side.

Undoubtedly the team has looked unorganized and lacklustre at times, and played poorly, particularly in New York, Foxborough and during the first - half in Columbus, but is that so surprising given all the changes?

They were scintillating in the first - half and led thanks to goals from Paco Alcacer and Lionel Messi, but lacklustre in the second.

After last Sunday's 5 - 0 hiding in the semi-final of the FA Cup at the hands of Stoke, I doubt there will be too many in that Bolton dressing room excited at the prospect of turning out in front of their home fans for the first time since last week's horror showing, especially as another may well be in the offing should they turn up in a similarly lacklustre mood when Arsenal pay them a visit on Sunday.

The Clarets are well drilled and their high pressing was effective against a lacklustre United midfield in the first period.

careless and lacklustre with chances through the first two thirds of the game and then scrambling at the end.

A combative performance similar to the one which almost saw them knick a point off Man City last weekend would put them in with a chance at Anfield, against a Liverpool side who while they are beginning to build up ahead of steam, were a little lacklustre at Anfield first time out.

TheHardTackle's FLASHBACK Juventus 1 - 1 Fiorentina Olimpico Grande Torino — 17 October, 2009 The two sides played a lacklustre draw in Turin when Vargas» early strike was cancelled out by an Amauri goal mid-way through the first half.

I had switched to and my first couple of 30 - 40 mile training rides on the bike were also lacklustre affairs.

Using a first person perspective it does a great job of replicating the high speed, high risk nature of running for your damn life but the lacklustre visuals, wobbly voice acting and repetitive nature of the genre get tiresome very quickly.

Ten years after the original «Beverly Hills Cop» was a smash hit and seven years after the first lacklustre sequel, this pointless third instalment has been singled out by many as the all - time low point in Murphy's career.

by Walter Chaw Editor Éva Gardos's An American Rhapsody, her first film as writer - director, is riddled with inconsistencies, lacklustre performances, and convenient platitudes that are perhaps not terribly surprising for a debut screenwriter and director, but disheartening from a veteran cutter who gained experience with the likes of Hal Ashby and Peter Bogdanovich.

While the first half of 2014 produced a number of genuinely impressive Asian films, including The Tale Of The Princess Kaguya, The Raid 2 and Black Coal, Thin Ice, the second half of the year felt a little lacklustre to...

The Cruze has already been using Opel's Delta II chassis platform since it first surfaced, but when we last tested the Cruze with its normally aspirated 1.8 - litre engine, it felt a little lacklustre and flat, especially at Johannesburg altitude.

Only lacklustre design and safety features really brought the car's score down, but it's a concern that almost a third of 3 Series owners reported one or more faults in the first year of ownership.

They were the first company to employ color e-ink in their products, although the lacklustre hardware prevented it from going mainstream.

The brand's first effort - the Sony Tablet S - hardly set the world on fire and since its lacklustre launch in 2011 a broader selection of tablets has emerged.

Certainly it's not the first product to ever be recalled, but considering reviews were already lacklustre to begin with, I wouldn't be surprised if people were having second thoughts about buying one.

It was not all smooth sailing at first, as the earnings season kicked off in April with lacklustre results in the semiconductor sector.

The first group includes stocks that don't pay dividends, which delivered lacklustre results from 1927 through 2011.

Being indie developer Spiral House's first title, the small studio based out of Liverpool clearly had some huge ambitions for this epic action - adventure but unfortunately things fall a fair distance short due to lacklustre technical issues and uninspiring gameplay.

Sony's first party really brought it last gen, while lacklustre probably isn't a strong enough word to describe MS's.

First party games came and went, titles such as Uncharted, Resistance, Unit 13, Everybody's Golf and more came from Sony's studios and although some of these felt lacklustre at times, perhaps, if anything, it was the lack of a killer IP from third party studios which hurt Vita most.

First, you're forced through a lacklustre opening that forgoes much of Alpha Protocol's best systems.

Mega Man II was famously turned down by the suits at Capcom after lacklustre sales of the first Mega Man.

After some lacklustre entries released from Sony franchise Resistance and the ever - popular Call of Duty series, our hopes for a console quality first person shooter experience on the go looked slim.

Magus was Atlus sticking their feet into game developing for the first time, co-developing the game alongside Black Tower but sadly this is nothing more than a great potential on paper but rather lacklustre in ever other aspect.

Enemies at first are quite lacklustre in the game as you fight way through too many Frost Giants with the highlight being the occasional boss battle.

Sneaking up on enemies and knocking them out with a single button press is fun at first — and certainly preferable to alerting them and brawling against the lacklustre AI — yet after a while everything has been seen and done... over and over again.