Sentences with phrase «than stellar start»

The Blues are defending the cup they won last season, and they'll be targeting another run in the competition after a less than stellar start to the season.

This Team is officially 2 - 1 this season and have gotten 2 straight Wins after a less than stellar start in Week 1.

However, despite the club's current position in the table and a less than stellar start to the season, it is not all doom and gloom at the Emirates as I write this.

Not exact matches

Amid some iffy publicity and legal issues, accommodation - rental start up startup Airbnb rolls out a rebrand and receives a less than stellar response.

High rates if you have poor credit: Although APRs for business loans at Lending Club start at 9.8 %, they can be as high as 35.7 % if your credit and business revenue are less than stellar.

Woods, with just four less - than - stellar starts on his resume this season, thanks to his back injury and subsequent surgery, needs to make up ground if he hopes to have a tee time at The Barclays, the first leg of the four - game series.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits

I love coaching,» says DeHaven, whose San Francisco special teams had a less - than - stellar start, allowing kickoff returns of 57 and 48 yards in a 36 - 28 loss to the Falcons.

I'll repeat again... Martin Caceres the former Juventus Defender is currently a free agent, has a CV that includes Seville, Barcelona, Villarreal and Juventus and despite some stellar performances was only kept out of the starting line - up because of people like Bonucci and Chielini and Liechtenier can play anywhere across the back line... If we sign Johnny Evans or someone equally as crap I will loose it, if I can find that out in less than a day using the internet I don't want to hear any excuse about there is not any available talent... And did I mention he's free..

As moviegoers may recall, Ryan Reynolds» DC movie career got off to a less - than - stellar start in Warner Bros.» first adaptation of Green Lantern in 2011, a critically panned, commercial dud.

As someone who is too young to have been around for the first round of muscle car wars, I sometimes forget that these beasts started out as rather crude vehicles that were nothing more than an excuse to buy an enormous engine that made an otherwise less than stellar car exciting.

The onward march of time seems to have been kinder to the Z8 than to some other machines that have had a less than stellar critical acclaim — is it the car's styling, cracking V8 or limited production run that's kick - started the Z8's appreciation society?

This being said, I'm just starting to look into ebook tools but inDesign's output is less than stellar even though it's great for layout and design.

However, he needs about $ 10,000 for start - up funds and his bank will not float a loan because of his less than stellar credit rating.

Dear Lisa, Actually, yes, adding positive credit to a less - than - stellar credit report happens to be a very good way to start raising your FICO score beyond what simply the passage of time will heal.

The best way to start with less than stellar credit is to take inventory of your current credit cards.

«Nowadays, Massively Multiplayer Online Games have a highly competitive market and a less - than - stellar release can be the end of a title before it starts,» president Scott Brown said back then.

Now that Forza 7 has had time to take players on a couple of laps around the track, players have started to really dig into the game's various systems; filling message boards and forums with all sorts of details on what they like about the game, as well as some less - than - stellar areas that need to be addressed.

After starting his personal injury law firm less than a year ago he's already cemented himself in the community and is on his way to a stellar start to his career.

A sluggish start in Japan has been followed by some less - than - stellar sales figures in the first weeks of its International launch.

The dramatic price rise marks the latest milestone in bitcoin's stellar growth in 2017 — it's already worth more than four times its value at the start of the year.

Is it really possible to wholesale when starting with no money, less than stellar credit, no assets, and no steady income??