Sentences with phrase «recent lack of form»

Fernando Torres has scored in his last three home appearances against Blackburn and is the hot favourite to extend that run to four games despite his recent lack of form.

Still, its also worth noting Bale's age and recent lack of form and injury problems, which could be playing on their minds as they ponder whether or not to spend what would be a club - record fee on the player.

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This is likely to see the 22 - year - old leave the club this winter, despite a lack of options upfront for Manuel Pellegrini's side due to a recent injury to Sergio Aguero and some unconvincing form from the likes of Edin Dzeko and Stevan Jovetic this season.

The boss also alluded to his lack of time on the pitch in recent weeks but reminded the player that Olivier Giroud has been in good form since his return from months out with injury.

I may be reading a bit too much into the comments this week from the former Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour and our current star Alexis Sanchez, but if I was Mesut Ozil I would be wondering just what I had done to deserve what seems to me like a lack of appreciation of the German international's recent form and contribution to the cause.

Now with Alvaro Morata's recent injury problems and Michy Batshuayi's lack of form, Lampard has criticised the decision to let the young forward go for the length of the campaign.

The bookmakers are quoting odds of 4/6 for City to win this game, a ridiculously short price considering their recent form, and the lack of knowledge regarding the strength of the team they will put out.

Arsenal's recent form and a lack of spending power have left the club in serious danger for a top - four finish and consequently a Champions League place for the upcoming season.

The lack of movement and imagination from the Liverpool attack in recent weeks has been in sharp contrast to their form in the first half of the season.

The move would come as a shock to many, given Agger's recent injury record and lack of form that saw him lose his place in the starting lineup due to Rodgers» preference of Mamadou Sakho and Martin Škrtel as a centre - back pairing.

However, due to the most recent passing of the Arsenal November Curse, the Gunners are in terrible form, lacking confidence and feeling sorry for ourselves.

The lack of intensity was bizarre given the form Arsenal have been in during the recent run of wins in the Premier League.

Fairly recent science says that lack of sea ice also means the Jet Stream, and the Polar Vortex, will be disturbed, forming unnatural bends, tending to settle for longer, moving slower.

In recent years, the spoof form has suffered due to a widespread lack of that same specificity.

The final Potter is a real return to form for a series that has been sagging in recent instalments with a lack of magic, overlong runtimes and increasing grimness.

Members of the British Association for the Advancement of Science had been complaining about the lack of a good term at recent meetings, Whewell reported in his review; alluding to himself, he noted that «some ingenious gentleman proposed that, by analogy with artist, they might form [the word] scientist, and added that there could be no scruple in making free with this term since we already have such words as economist, and atheist — but this was not generally palatable».

The lack of expandable memory will be a real bug bear for those who don't want to pay extra for the Moto G 4G, especially if you end up with the 8 GB model and it's missing the more recent tech advances in the form of NFC.