Sentences with phrase «poor run of»

Even if you get a pretty poor run of luck you can generally find something to do with most cards you draw, even if they don't initially seem to have a place in your well - oiled machine.

Roma are on a poor run of form with just 5 points from their last 5 games in Serie A. Touted as Serie A winners at the start of the season they currently sit 5th.

Fraizer Campbell, a player who has only featured in a handful of games for Sunderland this season, scored a brace against Barrow whilst playing the role of assistant in Sunderland's third, so perhaps his classy display will put him into Steve Bruce's starting equation ahead of their home fixture with Bolton in a game Sunderland have to win to banish their poor run of league form.

But they handled the pressure after a poor run of form and managed to scrape a win.

Michy Batshuayi has yet to see minutes on the field this year and could be handed a start in place of Alvaro Morata, who's undergoing a poor run of form.

Owen Coyle will surely fancy his sides chances of earning a valuable set of three points and bettering their poor run of just one win in their last six when Fulham pay them a visit this Saturday.

After a poor run of form in the last four games, the Blaugrana need to qualify for the semifinals.

This poor run of form is mainly due to the absence of Welshman Gareth Bale due to his injuries.

A poor run of form during this period can derail a season and undo all the good work from earlier in the season.

Hannover's poor run of form finally came to end against Werder Bremen on Friday night.

It still doesn't feel like the Dutchman is really under pressure yet... if this poor run of form does continue that will change.

The visitors come here in a poor run of form, can they repeat the draw that they picked up here last season?

Can he break his poor run of form on the biggest of stages this summer?

There seemed to be no end to the poor run of form, as a weakened Arsenal side were beaten 2 - 1 in Greece by Olympiakos.

Sacking a manager about a third of the way into the season seems harsh, even if the club has had a poor run of form.

According to reports in the British press, the Dutchman is on the verge of getting sacked, following a poor run of form.

Victories at home to Sunderland and Swansea City recently ended a poor run of form at the Hawthorns that had seen Steve Clarke's side pick up 1 point from three home games.

Boro have fired Aitor Karanka which isn't surprising after a poor run of form which has seen Boro slip into the bottom three.

The brace broke a scoring drought that had plagued the striker for months, and his tenacious performance gave many members of the Arsenal faithful hope that he had finally broken out of his poor run of form.

Everton defender Leighton Baines is confident that the Toffees can overturn their poor run of form in the upcoming set of fixtures.

Unfortunately I think this will lead to a poor run of results until Bendtner can reach match fitness, could do with that Moroccan right about now / fu Holland.

Former Real Madrid player Michael Laudrup believes that Real Madrid should not sack Zinedine Zidane after their poor run of form.

The West Ham player - on loan to the Hoops until the end of the season — continues to make a major impact on the side after a poor run of results.

The Argentine was one of the best players at the start of the campaign, but he has been going through a very poor run of form over the last couple of months.

Amkar, in recent history, have been the perfect example of mid-table stability in the RFPL; never qualifying for European competition, never getting relegated and often reach the safety barrier of 35 points in the 30 - game Premier League before then ending the season in a poor run of form after having already secured survival.

The Reds finally ended their poor run of form in 2017 with an emphatic win running out 2 - 0 winners at Anfield on Saturday leaving Mauricio Pochettino's side floundering in terms of winning the league.

A poor run of early results is perhaps understandable against such strong opposition.

Fresh from their 2 - 1 victory over Chelsea last weekend, United may well have turned a corner after their poor run of results in the last few weeks.

With Arsenal very hit - and - miss at this moment in time, and Swansea on a poor run of 1 win in 6, this game could go either way.

Bale's return to full fitness saw Zidane, under pressure after a poor run of form, revert back to the 4 -3-3 system; the playmaker was no longer part of the starting XI.

After a desperately poor run of form, Swansea sacked Bob Bradley and looked for their third manager of 2016/17.

That was a much needed win for them as well as it snapped a poor run of four straight defeats that they were on in the top flight.

Arsenal host Galatasaray in the second game week of the group stages of the Champions league on the back of a poor run of results in which they have won just one out of their last six matches including no wins from their last three games at the Emirates.

Perhaps Keane thought his side, on a poor run of form, would be fired up for this derby.

And even when things went pear - shaped in January, Lasogga was one of the shining lights at the club, scoring a number of goals and was one of the few players to acquit himself well during the poor run of form that Leeds have been on.

However, despite this poor run of form they are just the three points behind Southampton who sit in 7th position.

Michael Carrick has stated that the dressing room remains confident of a top four finish this season despite the poor run of results of late.

Juventus have one goal and one goal only — get back to winning in Serie A. And with one of Italy's cellar dwellers coming to Turin, can Juve get over their poor run of form and get three points once more against Livorno?

Huddersfield Town will be looking to end their poor run of results in the Premier League when they travel to Paul Clement's Swansea City this Saturday.

NICOSIA: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane insists he is still «optimistic» as the Spanish giants look to shrug off a poor run of form in La Liga by securing their place in the Champions League last 16.

Embed from Getty Images The Gunners are aiming to bounce back from a poor run of form, with three points seeing them back into the title race after a dismal month of February.

So far, he has a lot of support, even during a poor run of form.

A poor run of just two draws from their first six games of the season have left them in 19th position on the log and, to an extent early candidates for relegation.

However, I refuse to believe that this is the prime factor for their poor run of form.

The Merseyside outfit finished 11th in the Premier League, as a poor run of form towards the end of the campaign saw Roberto Martinez sacked as manager, with the side then winning 3 - 0 in their final game without the Spaniard.

Fans are disenchanted following the team's poor run of form in La Liga.

This has helped him recover from a poor run of form which has plagued him from the start of November.

Liverpool ended their poor run of form at home to Villa on Saturday afternoon to ease the pressure on manager Brendan Rodgers for the short term.

Since then they have had another poor run of results winning just one (at home to Hull), and losing five of their last six games.

A poor run of form, or lack of game time entirely, between now and the end of the year could foster doubt in Deschamps» mind.