Sentences with phrase «only papers over the cracks»

We need a guy who can hit the ground running for us from day one We can't have a potential who is going to be a novice at a our club We have lost some much ground on the top 5 that is is becoming embarrassing Winning a cup or two only papers over the cracks Which he might do..

I have supported arsenal for over 50 years and have never ever wanted my team to lose but if that what it takes to get rid of Wenger and bould then that's what is needed because even if a miracle happens and we somehow get a result then it is only papering over the cracks

All in all, with these guys in charge, we are only papering over the cracks, the only clubs that made it to the latter stages of the Champions League last season were either owned by the fans, sugar daddies or family owned, go figure.

look at it another way if we beat a weakened man u team it will only paper over the cracks this is the game we want to loose then wenger has no more excuses we can protest and force him out enjoy your last game wenger!

Even were we to win, we realists on here know all too well it will be only papering over the cracks, like for years past, until the next embarrassing capitulation.

I love the FA Cup, but we've won it recently, and it would only paper over the cracks, as the last two did.

An FA Cup victory would only paper over the cracks though at least it would let the supporters end a difficult season on a high.

But a tie with a powder - puff Leeds team would only paper over the cracks and as October arrived, the ability to occasionally cling on to a draw gave way to a portentous run of defeats — boss Steve Smith finally losing his job and being replaced by a big name manager in Malcolm Macdonald, a promising helmsman indeed in an earlier spell at Fulham, previously chronicled in these pages.

A lot can be said of the injury situation at the club, however, that only papers over the cracks in the style of play that is hindering United from blowing teams like West Ham away.

Not exact matches

I do think we need 1 or 2 top signings, but would that only be papering over the cracks of our fundamental problems?

The win over Milan only slightly papers over the cracks to end our 4 match losing streak but what about all the other loses we suffered to supposedly inferior teams.

look man i understand that you say ozil in the middle means no protection or less than adequate but ozil will be CAM and he is close to scoring a tap - in rather than giving shield to arteta who is an unreliable source and does not deserve the captaincy, wenger only gave it to him cause he gave the players some papering over the cracks statements after the Liverpool, chelsea and man city match and the player does not even have a cap for the national team Wenger may have seen this as a player who can play in and out with no internationals regardless of his qualities on the pitch and the main reason why he sold vermaelen who would have done decent job at CDM and then all that fluid style that arsene thinks he can play dictate «arrogance»!

However, his signing, and his 7 goals in the season, served only to paper over the cracks of United's midfield, as they were still left without a Defensive midfield presence, that van Gaal's system harks for.

Mertesacker, too, feels there is only so long the Gunners can paper over the cracks, with the World Cup winner looking forward to welcoming his team - mates back.

But there are only so many times you can slap on a Fleetwood Mac toe - tapper and expect it to paper over the cracks.