Sentences with phrase «unconvincing back»

Their short time at the restaurant turns into a proper walk - and - talk date, taking the pair into a shop full of old neon signs, to an unconvincing back - alley gathering of food trucks and to a piano bar where Ray and Helen plunk out a soggy rendition of «Beautiful Dreamer.»

With Phil Jones» recent injury and an unconvincing back line, it would be wise to bring in a world - class defender in Otamendi, whilst Pedro would give United an attacking spark and flair, which could make the front line more prolific and could take some of the responsibilities off Memphis Depay, who has not yet hit his stride at Manchester United.

At an absolute minimum bring Xhaka in when we are winning 2 - 1 to give some support to an unconvincing back 4.

Liverpool don't look in the best shape right now after another crushing defeat at the weekend, with a more defensive - minded midfield player perhaps ideal to offer more protection to the Reds» unconvincing back four.

Not exact matches

He evidences irritation when repeatedly asked about his position on abortion, and refers questioners back to his by - now tired and unconvincing 1984 speech at Notre Dame.

United are surely now well - placed to grant him this wish in January, with Jose Mourinho certainly in need of reinforcements at left - back after freezing out Luke Shaw and rotating between unconvincing options in Ashley Young, Daley Blind and Matteo Darmian in that position.

Uncharacteristically for a Jose Mourinho side, Chelsea have been leaking goals and looking highly unconvincing at the back, with a record of nine goals against them already this season.

Much like Switzerland, their weaknesses are at the back, with Dejan Lovren and Vedran Ćorluka an unconvincing pairing and full - backs Danijel Pranjić and Darijo Srna into their twilight years.

United could certainly do with strengthening at the back after some unconvincing recent form from the likes of Chris Smalling and Phil Jones, and Diario Gol have suggested Varane would cost around # 52million.

As one of a centre back pair or as a left back, he's unconvincing.

This will no doubt be a massive boost for the Gunners, who are also in desperate need of reinforcements to their back four this season, following an unconvincing start in the Premier League and Champions League.

There's certainly room for improvement in defense, and the rumor mill has offered up Monaco right - back Fabinho and Southampton's Jose Fonte as possible upgrades on the unconvincing Marcos Rojo and the apparently disfavored Matteo Darmian, but any further improvements will probably have to be made on a one - in, one - out basis, and it seems a little late for that.

With Luke Shaw unconvincing this season, a new left - back makes sense for United, with Real Madrid's Fabio Coentrao believed to be a target.

The Manchester United defender had an ordinary and unconvincing campaign at the back for his club.

According to Don Balon, the Catalan giants want to strengthen at right - back after an unconvincing first season at the Nou Camp from Nelson Semedo, with Ernesto Valverde largely preferring Sergi Roberto in that role.

United could do with a new centre - back of his quality after some unconvincing form from the likes of Chris Smalling and Phil Jones this term, and landing such a proven player on a free would be a huge boost.

The Red Devils have looked unconvincing at the back this season and there's no doubt Miranda could help tighten things up in that area.

But the Spurs manager would be justified in considering dropping Lloris for Tuesday's league game at Brighton on the back of his latest unconvincing performance.

Former manager Vincenzo Montella began with a 4 -3-3, but as calls grew louder for a three - at - the - back formation after a string of unconvincing performances, he switched to a 3 -5-2 (or 3 -4-2-1).

Guardiola still has a goalkeeper conundrum, with Willy Caballero unconvincing and caught out by a routine deflection from Kompany for Hazard's first goal, while there is an air of permanent frailty at the back.

However, they were made to work hard for their most recent triumph, when Fernando Torres scored late on in an unconvincing 1 - 0 victory on Merseyside back in August.

The Spurs defending that day was woeful, with the Potters unlocking a Tottenham defence which was at sixes and sevens on numerous occasions and had the ball in the back of Heurelho Gomes» net, who has been worryingly unconvincing between the sticks of late, twice.

Yet back to back loses and unconvincing performances on the pitch have certainly eroded the optimism around the club.

He described how Arsenal showed «strength» to come back from the Bayern and Blackburn defeats and win against Aston Villa, even if it was «unconvincing» in his own words.

The 3 at the back formation was instigated to fix a particular defensive problem, had some initial success but is now looking very unconvincing when taking account of the players that we have at our disposal.

After experimenting with Rooney in a midfield role last season, most notably as part of his unconvincing and unpopular attempts to bring a back three - based system to Old Trafford, the Dutchman has returned the conundrum that neither Sir Alex Ferguson nor David Moyes were able to solve.

Are we going to revert back to our clumsy back three, containing three unconvincing centre - backs?

United will be relieved it did not come back to haunt them after an unconvincing first - half display in West Yorkshire, despite making a superb start.

To date, however, we have yet to suffer the embarrassment of defeat to a non-league side and here we look back at our unconvincing yet ultimately successful encounters with clubs from outside the top 4 divisions.

The combative relationship between Woodstock and his lover, Alma, struck me as unconvincing, while a scene where they snatch back a dress from a bulky, comatose Barbara Hutton - type is ridiculous and would have finished off his business.

The true story of a Klansman who turned his back on hatred makes for an underwhelming drama with an unconvincing lead performance

«It's almost like we're back with Richard Tuttle now,» she said, after a carnivalesque and, to her, unconvincing series of works with electric light.

Your particular back - pedal here is rhetorically unconvincing and I will just let it stand as is.

Stefan [non-responsive reply — absolutely no attempt to address the point; falls back on pompous appeals to his own authority and unconvincing unrelated «explanations»]

President Trump, his top officials, and Republican leaders in Congress propose to dial back action on climate change, arguing that the scientific consensus on human induced - climate change is unconvincing.