Sentences with phrase «morale as a defeat»

I think it is worth it because another draw, especially with no goals, would be just about as bad for our title hopes and morale as a defeat would be.

Not exact matches

So Arsenal fans will be happy to say that our next opponents Watford suffered a setback to their own confidence and morale yesterday as they crashed out of the EFL cup with a shock defeat at home to Gillingham, a team currently sitting 10th in the third division of English football.

However, it was their second morale crushing defeat on the spine after previously losing in Portugal to Sporting Lisbon and evidentially exiting the Europa League as a direct result.

Opening the campaign with three successive defeats would rot most side's morale and confidence from the inside but not Stoke, not a team so battle hardened and gusty that I would actually go as far as to say they thrive off adversity.

The Blues were beaten by Liverpool at Anfield while Arsenal were humbled by Newcastle at The Emirates, but for Chelsea the situation isn't so bad as they still boast a two - point lead at the top of the table whereas Arsenal suffered their second home defeat of the season, once again against an opponent you would never have envisaged beating the Gunners on their own patch, and their latest setback could do no end of damage to the morale in camp.

They have had some tough fixtures mind, most of them away from home in fact, but while we could excuse them for not picking up as many points as they perhaps should of, the fact remains that defeats can have huge implications and the morale of any dressing room and that's a big concern for Bolton who haven't won any of their last five in the league.

hi great game but maybe you could when you win a battle take the enemies artilary pieces (like you take ships as prizes) and maybe capturing the enemys colours if you defeat an enemy unit which adds stuff like better ranking and morale.