Sentences with phrase «stuttering start»

Laura Robson and Heather Watson both endured stuttering starts to their grass - court season with losses in the Nottingham Open first round.

Had Arsenal not made such a stuttering start to the current campaign they could be level with Chelsea (or even ahead!)

After two wins in a row, Wenger can build on the players» confidence and look forward to a very winnable home game against Burnley next weekend and all of a sudden the poor results and the stuttering start to the season could start to become a distant memory.

The Potters have had a stuttering start to the season, with some great results against Arsenal and Manchester City but disappointing ones against the smaller sides.

Despite a stuttering start to the campaign, Spurs now find themselves as Chelsea's nearest challengers in second place.

It's been a stuttering start to the season for Brentford who are six points off the play offs and they host Leeds United at Griffin Park on Saturday teatime.

And I think there was quite a bit of caution in the manager's approach to our last game as well after a stuttering start to the season.

Arsenal's strikers may have had a stuttering start to the season, but now is the time for them to finally forget their summer holidays and start proving that they really do have the quality.

Chelsea, however, could do with more firepower to get their title defence back on track after a stuttering start, with three league defeats already.

We can hardly argue, given our stuttering start to the term, but on the defensive side, who could have predicted those two late injuries we received?

It has been a stuttering start to the season for the Foxes, but Etienne Capoue has been absolutely flying.

«I had such a big influence last year and the amount of goals I scored but now it has been a bit of a stuttering start to the season.

A humbling and humiliating Champions League defeat by Borussia Dortmund on the back of a stuttering start to the Premier League season has left us teetering on the brink of disaster.

Arsenal fans have been giving Arsene Wenger and his team a very hard time (including this website to be fair) after their stuttering start to the season, but the fact is that the Gunners have still only lost one League match this season despite a crippling injury list.

Spurs dropped seven points in their first three league games at Wembley but after a stuttering start they have recorded landmark wins against Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Liverpool, United and Arsenal there this season.

Manchester United have hit the ground running, Chelsea have recovered well from a stuttering start, Huddersfield have taken to the Premier League brilliantly and Newcastle need to turn their fortunes around urgently.

They got off to a stuttering start however, but recovered with four victories in their last five fixtures to take the play - off spot behind Belgium and Wales.

A stuttering start to the season ramped up the pressure on Wenger and exposed the holes in the Arsenal squad before a relieving win at Watford.

Southampton made a stuttering start to the season, but they've really picked up in recent weeks.

The Royals had made a stuttering start to life in the top - flight (they would succumb to relegation at the end of the season) but under the lights at their home patch, their players flew out of blocks against their opponents, racing into a 4 - 0 lead after 35 minutes.

News that Frimpong has agreed to join Charlton on loan until January should please Arsenal fans therefore, many of who recently voiced concern over the player's stuttering start to his Emirates career.

If we had taken the view that we always need to buy # 30M superstars then we would never have had an Ole or a Scholes (who started life as a striker due to Andy Cole's stuttering start to his Uniterd carreer).

Bayern are also looking for a permanent replacement for Carlo Ancelotti when they sacked him a couple of months ago, following a stuttering start to the season in the German Bundesliga.

Spurs are spending the year at the national stadium while their new 61,500 - seater stadium is being built and, after a stuttering start to the campaign, they have made Wembley into a formidable home, winning there against Borussia Dortmund, Real Madrid, Liverpool, Arsenal and United.

Sunderland were very busy during the summer, bringing in nine players, which could be the reason for their stuttering start to the season so far.

It was almost a year ago to the day that the equivalent fifth match of the season fixture, a 4 - 2 defeat, sounded the early alarm bells that the wheels might not be fixed as securely as first thoughton the Bilic bandwagon; that the stuttering start to his second season in charge was not solely down to the challenges of settling into a new home.

Manchester United have made a stuttering start to life under José Mourinho.

New signing, Oxlade - Chamberlain has made a stuttering start to his Liverpool career but that can all be put down to him being in the throes of adaptation.

United in comparison have experienced a stuttering start.

Bertrand Traore was on good form for Ajax as they recovered from their stuttering start to the season with a 3 - 0 win at newly promoted Go Ahead Eagles.

Rodgers may be on the brink, but Sherwood is by no means safe, and a continuation of their stuttering start will bring fresh scrutiny on the Villa boss.

Winning both of these fixtures is fundamental to improving the Villans» stuttering start to the season and two negative results would be disastrous for the manager, players and supporters.

Sometimes I optimistically try another album from my own library and the stuttering starts again.