Sentences with phrase «to paper over the cracks»

One or two additions just paper over the cracks enough for 4th.

These two victories only serve to paper over the cracks in the wall as it is apparent that the wall is in a structure without a roof and with unsafe foundations.

The book does not paper over the cracks; it portrays the challenges as they are.

Small pockets of additional funding, while needed, simply paper over the cracks.

They are not even papers over the crack, because the crack is so big a new pipe is needed.

The text found language to paper over the cracks of disagreement to the satisfaction and relief of most countries.

At the end of the day a trophy is a trophy, but we shouldn't paper over the cracks.

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.

And although his side papered over some cracks with last weekend's FA Cup semi-final success, it's apparent that something needs to change:

I said at the end of last season that the FA cup win merely papered over the cracks.

«This 18 - month - long shambles wasn't an attempt at papering over cracks of consensus on rights and freedoms but at bridging the Grand Canyon,» said the group's director, Shami Chakrabarti.

Instead FA Cups and 4th place finishes have been papering over the cracks for years and keeping fanbase satisfied while Liverpool get Klopp, play great football, and Spurs overtake us in our precious top 4 spot.

People have to wake up and see that Arsenal are in decline — all this talk of stability is rubbish and just papering over the cracks which have now become chasms.

I don't want a window papering over the cracks like Fergie did with RVP at united.

This has happened before, season after season, but 4th always kinda papered over the cracks and we never truly addressed the fact how far behind we've fallen in terms of training, tactics, scouting, wage negotiations and so on.

Last season papered over the cracks but we all knew this was coming.

NOTHING What have Liverpool won whilst papering over the cracks and under Klopp?

Under 23 players look good and many now getting a run out in first team So we are in transition finally rather than papering over the cracks If we get either Malcolm or Auba then its been a good window with new and younger players coming in for Sanchez Waclott and Giroud

Win, loose or draw we still want Wenger out a win only papers over the cracks time for action bring Wenger out bangers and make ourselves vocal say we want Wenger out say we want Wenger out.......

Winning the Europa league will be the biggest papering over the cracks!

If (a very big IF) we do win against Spuds, as Mr DT says It will only be paper over the cracks coz there is always a Watford / Stoke or a Liverpool drubbing round the corner.

You can't use The Ox, he is an accident waiting to happen Chambers is a possibility for Tuesday but he is NOT a DM If anything I would prefer Monreal who has proved he can play well at centre - back, but to be honest right now we are just papering over cracks until our injured players come back.

However, much like an episode of the Simpsons where Monty Burns abates the safety inspector's concerns with ambiguity and charm, or where a banking crash is blamed on an individual's greed and selfishness rather than on inadequate regulation and recklessness from those at the top, Wenger will paper over the cracks from now until the end of the transfer window.

But even if I assume that a miraculous fairy - tale ending comes and we get 4th and the cup, we need to stop papering over the cracks and look at the real issue.

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.

The 85th minute winner, courtesy of Ashley Cole perhaps papers over the cracks of what was a tactically poor display from Chelsea.

Fernando Alonso's last - session dash on the hypersofts to put him P3 on the overall standings had a hint of desperation about it, a glory run papering over the cracks that are still there even after ditching Honda.

Can't paper over the cracks when you blow 2 points like that.

Is the Arsenal manager merely trying to paper over the cracks by calling upon the services of Henry?

With discontent growing ever louder around Arsenal, the FA Cup can no longer paper over the cracks appearing in the team and in the fan base.

«The Commission was a classic political fudge, designed to paper over the cracks within the Tory - led government, and today's report is a dog's breakfast as a result,» he said.

The announcement did little to paper over the cracks between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives.

Its political commentary can be occasionally simplistic, but also offers important messages around cultural tolerance, and the strong performances of the film's leads paper over any cracks in the film, bringing Mullin's gentle romantic comedy to life.

With around 1,500 to be made worldwide it could be difficult to get your hands on an XXV, but bar the added design touches the car is very much the same as the standard Discovery — a car that has been on sale for a long time now, but various updates have helped paper over the cracks in its walls.

And unfortunately, whilst proving to be a beautiful affair, Wildlands pretty much lived up to all of my fears as a single player experience, before papering over the cracks as a co-op mixed bag.

How many goals have our current strikers missed in the last 2 games alone As for a PROPER DM, we've needed one since Viera left.Coquelen has been at the most, adequate, but you've papered over the cracks with Arteta, Flamini and the penalty taker.

The victory over West Ham on the final day of the 2014 - 15 season that ensured Premier League survival for another year merely papered over the cracks.

This is just papering over the cracks of all our deficiencies — surely people are not fooled by this!

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..

My over riding point, is that Wenger is just not good enough any more and the FA cup wins have just simply papered over the cracks.

More often than not it was Emre Can tasked with plugging the holes throughout the midfield but if Klopp's men are to be contenders on all fronts they can't be papering over cracks like that again.

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.