Sentences with phrase «of lack of firepower»

And then of course the problem of lack of firepower.

Not exact matches

The team has shown lack of imagination and firepower and lack of defensive aptitude; most of all though firepower.

The league is already lost, we have zero chance of catching Chelsea with draws as both they and City have the firepower we lack, time for us all to get over Wenger and move on as soon as possible, he has returned to his old ways, light squad and zero tactical nous.

According to The Sun, Chelsea have spent # 18m to prise him away from Arsenal, and it evidently addresses a key problem in the squad with a lack of firepower hurting them this month.

So with Arsene Wenger having added no new front men to the Arsenal squad, thus far at least, I would have to assume that Henry no longer harbours such doubts about our lack of firepower.

Like Aarong, I didn't think they could come back — not because they lacked the heart but because they lacked the firepower to score 6 runs in 2 at bats which I don't think was unreasonable given the evidence (they'd only scored 6 or more runs in 5 of the season's first 43 games).

Are they tired, didn't they sleep well, did they eat some kind of food (salad) that made them later weak and sleepy, or is it because they were overconfident of winning the game after taking the lead, or did the Gunners lacked the added firepower of Alexis?

What we really need is to score 3 or 4 goals so the team doesn't come under pressure for a lack of firepower after the transfer saga.

If we don't buy a top quality attacking player this summer, and we don't win the league due to a lack of firepower, I blame Wenger and Gazidis.

Or perhaps the key lies with Diego Costa (who, if Brazil go out through lack of firepower, might go down in history as the man who ruined the World Cup for two nations).

Huntelaar has been in great form this season, netting 26 goals in 27 appearances in all competitions for Schalke as they look to challenge for the Bundesliga title and Dalglish sees the 28 year old as a solution to his sides lack of effective firepower.

Neither player proved they can be considered as suitable long - term solutions in that position and United legend Paul Scholes expressed his disappointment with the lack of firepower at his former club.

They are also 11/4 to win the game to nil, and with our lack of firepower I believe (unfortunately) that this is a good bet too.

Doncaster boss John Buckley acknowledged his side's defensive frailties and lack of firepower but was pleased with their work - rate.

The Magpies do have the firepower to get through this test, but it may be a slightly uncomfortable afternoon for them nonetheless with their own lack of clean sheets.

For many onlookers, their failure to capitalise on the season's opportunities has come down to a lack of firepower up front.

Despite their own lack of good form, Sevilla have the firepower to topple some of the world's biggest clubs as shown by their victory over Manchester United at Old Trafford last month.

Benzema has been linked with Arsenal and Sanchez is concerned about the lack of firepower at Real this season.

Beyond the Frenchman Wenger can also call on Danny Welbeck, Lukas Podolski and Joel Campbell but many feel there is a lack of top - level firepower at the Emirates considering the club's aspirations to challenge for the title.

We can't beat the big sides, our defence won't stand up to their threat, we don't have the firepower up front to challenge the toughest of defences and our lack of squad depth means our legs will go.

He may have only played a handful of games for the club, but Lukas Podolski has certainly made a big impression already and many feel as though he could be the answer to the club's lack of firepower following Robin... Continue reading →

Chelsea supporters would look at their current strike force and lament the lack of firepower up front, but since manager Jose Mourinho doesn't have the luxury of throwing him up front, he will have to devise a plan to stop the monster he created.

# 50 million would make Kane one of the highest paid players in the Premier League, and a move to Man United would no doubt given Louis van Gaal the kind of overwhelming firepower that the club lacked at times.

West Ham United have reportedly stepped up their pursuit to sign Bayer Leverkusen striker Javier Hernandez following the lack of firepower in the forward department.

Even so, his film works hard to blow its own credibility at every turn and emphasises just how out of touch it is by presenting the cyber agencies of United States and China as lacking the capability, firepower and ruthlessness of a few moustache - twirling baddies.

While they lack the firepower of the Baftas or the Golden Globes, the New York Film Critics Circle awards are regarded as a good litmus test for the Academy Awards.

But it's odd that, with all the writing firepower on board - Nick Hornby adapts Colm Toibin - the movie lacks any semblance of a dramatic pulse.

The world that C.S. Lewis laid out for The Chronicles of Narnia has been treated with white - gloved respect throughout these three pictures, but it's a museum appreciation, lacking distinctive cinematic firepower to launch it skyward.

However, despite lacking the firepower and feeling a little dumpier than the Merc, on the road there's very little difference in terms of pace.

Phenomenal firepower of the 5 - litre V8 is matched by impressive traction, but the SVR still lacks subtlety

The original Honda NSX might have lacked the firepower we now expect from supercars, but it was light, advanced and spectacularly usable by the standards of the day.

But despite its visual potency and turbo - massaged firepower, the SL65 Black lacks the true drama of a full - on mid-engined supercar.

Instead, in the new VXR, GM has delivered a sophisticated high - tech European sports hatch that makes up for its lack of RWD and V8 firepower with technology, efficiency and just enough performance.

The gun emplacements give a soldier a lot more firepower, but the exposure and lack of mobility make sniper fire an ever - present danger.

Of course, not that Blizzard lacks the firepower to replace him, but still.

Still, I felt that the latter entries were lacking in that oppressive atmosphere, removing the survival horror elements in favour of jacking up the firepower and having characters slap the shit out of boulders.

Roger is very well aware that they lack the scientific firepower of senior scientists like Webster (Rossby Medal) and Holland (head of the NCAR Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology Division).

While there is no lack of skilled climate scientists in the U.S., few can muster the rhetorical firepower and political finesse of the director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies.