Sentences with phrase «poor run of form»

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

The Swans are well aware that they are on a very poor run of form at home, but have had some excellent results on the road this season, and also have a great record at the Emirates.

With MANC's poor run of form continuing, we have a great chance to seize the top spot in the PL and then mount a serious challenge this year.

The Premier League champions are desperate to improve their squad after a difficult season, which could see them finishing as low as fourth place after a surprisingly poor run of form towards the end of this season.

City have won four consecutive derbies but arguably go into this weekend's showdown as underdogs, given their recent poor run of form.

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

The Gunners remain in their drastically poor run of form since the turn of the year, with the latest Premier League result being that 3 - 1 defeat to West Brom.

The major story for the Gunners right now, of course, is Arsene Wenger's three - match touchline ban for calling the integrity of referee Mike Dean into question, a spark of controversy that's only made Arsenal's poor run of form look even worse.

Last season at goodison park, Everton were on a similar poor run of form and we were flying only to lose to them after taking the lead and we then lost the next match to city and then crystal palace and a few poor results later, wenger decided to change formation.

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

This is widely seen as a move designed to help the club recover from an astonishingly poor run of form.

The Germans have not won any of their eight European games this season (D2 L6) in a really poor run of form.

The two clubs meet in the Premier League this weekend, with Chelsea currently five points behind fourth - placed Tottenham and on a poor run of form.

Chelsea are in a poor run of form right now and look unlikely to have what it takes to get past Barcelona, who have an away goal advantage from their first leg tie that finished 1 - 1 at Stamford Bridge.

The fact that the Magpies are in such a poor run of form will only add to the possibility of the Senegal international accepting an offer from a side that can offer the 27 year old his first taste of Champions League football.

Martin O'Neill has been a huge success at the Stadium of Light and he has successfully extinguished all memory of the poor run of form the North - East side suffered under Steve Bruce.

If he does not work hard to turn this poor run of form around, then he will go down in Premier League history as a # 48 million flop!

That poor run of form has left the club in 19th position with just 10 points, and so ultimately owner Tony Xia would have felt that a change was necessary.

The England striker was dropped for the 2 - 0 loss to Stoke City in December following a poor run of form, but the resurgence continues as Rooney scored his seventh goal in as many games on Tuesday night to help them secure a 3 - 0 win over the Potters at Old Trafford.

Still, after Chelsea's poor run of form this season they could certainly do with a player of Umtiti's quality coming in, with the 24 - year - old likely to be an upgrade on the likes of Antonio Rudiger and David Luiz in that area.

They were in a poor run of form leading up the tournament but put in the performances when they really mattered.

I was so disappointed that Arsenal did not go for the jugular today and take advantage of the poor run of form that our local rivals Tottenham have been suffering with.

Dejan Lovren had another nightmare for Liverpool this weekend, making one glaring individual error that led to a goal, and adding to his reputation as a liability that he built up after a poor run of form last season.

With a few absentees from the Spurs squad, and a poor run of form in the last few games, Arsenal fans can hope that we can secure the unlikely on Sunday.

His poor run of form continued with another toothless display.

The France international was left on the bench again against Sevilla in yesterday's big game in the Champions League, and his future at Old Trafford looks increasingly in doubt after a poor run of form.

Wenger can ill - afford another defeat on Sunday, as the Frenchman is already under fire following a poor run of form which has seen them fall eight points off the pace in the Premier League title race, as well as slipping to a two - goal deficit ahead of their second leg clash with Barcelona in the Champions League.

The Scot replaced Bilic as Hammers boss this week after a poor run of form in the Premier League, and despite Ings» poor recent record with injuries, he could be a useful addition up front.

Right now we are stuck with the likes of arteta, flamini, carzola... all of whom are on a poor run of form.

United could certainly do with a player like Kluivert as soon as possible as their season threatens to go off the rails at the moment following a poor run of form.

The Spanish giants have been blowing teams away this season and will be favourites to do so again here as they host a side in the bottom half of the table and on a poor run of form.

However, it appears as though the Dutchman may have turned a corner after a goalless draw with Chelsea and a win over Swansea City ended a poor run of form, which in turn has potentially bought him some more time to save his job.

Wayne Rooney has been given the captains armband by Southgate and he will be looking to put in a good performance after a poor run of form.

But even though it looks like the Frenchman is over his poor run of form I do not think this is a good idea as the pace and movement of Welbeck spearheading attack has been great and is much better suited to this match than Giroud's strength as a target man.

Van Gaal has reverted to using Wayne Rooney as his central striking option, with Robin Van Persie injured and Radamel Falcao suffering a poor run of form, and may be keen on strengthening his attack this summer.

Is the Stamford Bridge boss needlessly cautious about using his up and coming talent during the club's poor run of form?

Zidane may be wary, however, that Real Madrid president Florentino Perez is not one to shy away from sacking managers pretty swiftly after a poor run of form.

After the latest defeat, the Norwegian said he accepted the blame for the club's poor run of form.

The 30 - year - old seems to have got worse recently in correlation with a poor run of form.

The Blues found huge success last season when Conte made the surprise change to a 3 -4-3 after a poor run of form, with his side going on to win 13 games in a row in the Premier League in that setup.

Sources close to the club say talks are progressing well and that an agreement is expected to be reached within the next few weeks, in what will no doubt be a welcome boost for Liverpool after losing Luis Suarez to Barcelona in the summer and enduring a poor run of form at the start of this season.

The Italian's future at Chelsea is in serious doubt at the moment after a poor run of form, with the Blues winning only two of their last ten games in all competitions.

After a poor run of form the Citizens picked up a 2 - 0 victory against West Ham last weekend to keep up hope that they won't have to play a Champions League qualifier next season

It is good for Arsenal fans to hear Arsene Wenger sounding so upbeat and confident as he prepares the Gunners for the latest attempt to end our poor run of form and results against the bigger clubs in the Premier League.

Muller was in a poor run of form, and then came Arsenal!

Chelsea face West Bromwich Albion at Stamford Bridge on Monday night hoping to end a poor run of form which has seen them lose their last two Premier League games.