The phrase
"scrappy affair" means a messy and not well-organized event or situation, where things are done in a haphazard or uncoordinated way.
Full definition
Sunderland's defensive shortcomings could prove the difference between the two teams in what could be a
really scrappy affair.
It was a
very scrappy affair that saw PSG squeeze past the lower league side thanks to a Zlatan Ibrahimovic header, and although the French champions were in control for most of the game, it could've gone very wrong if they managed to concede a goal.
If we fail to get an early goal, this could well turn into
a scrappy affair, but Theo Walcott loves to open up defences in midweek, and I can see him breaking through in the opening 45 minutes, and the game should be much more open from then on.
The first half was
a scrappy affair, as both sides, filled with new names struggled to get any kind of chemistry going.
Combat in Revolution is a criminally dull,
scrappy affair, in which you either spam the enemy with your single melee attack combo — which can only be used once a timer has filled — or use special weapons, items and magic - like «ragnite» abilities to either damage or degrade the enemy, or buff you and your teammates.