Sentences with phrase «start putting the ball in the back of the net»

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We've had a slow start to the season with a frustrating 3 draws from our first 5 games and our first win only coming in the 6th — many of these draws caused by the difficulty we have in putting the ball in the back of the net.

What I sincerely want Olivier Giroud to do as one of his fans, is, let him wake up from his goal scoring slumber and starts putting the ball into the back of the net at Watford as the Boss starts him in his rotation starting XI.

This theory seemed to be proven tonight as Giroud was given a starting role for France in a friendly against Serbia, but after missing two clear cut chances to put the ball in the back of the net, he was getting jeered and booed by his own French supporters.

The young winger Alex Iwobi started this season as the breakthrough star from the Arsenal Academy, and was a regular starter in the first half of the season, but although he had some excellent performances he didn't really follow that up with actually putting the ball in the back of the net very often, and he was finally squeezed out of the First team squad in the last couple of months and relegated back to the U23 reserve side.

The Swans are just struggling to put the ball in the back of the net, just as they were at the start of the season.