Sentences with phrase «unconvincing performances»

Sterling now seems a priority target for City, who could do with more variety in attack after unconvincing performances from the likes of Samir Nasri and Jesus Navas out wide.

Credit to all three though, despite unconvincing performances in front of goal they've kept their heads and kept at it.

However, Gatti was axed after a string of unconvincing performances by the host nation and Menotti decided to go with Fillol.

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).

Despite a rather unconvincing performance at home to Hull City in the FA Cup, there was indeed a huge positive for Arsenal going into the business end of the season.

After two more unconvincing performances by Arsenal in our last 2 home games, some fans thought enough is enough and put up simple A4 sheets stating — «Enough is enough, Wenger Out» which got... confiscated!

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.

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

The shot - stopper has been criticised quite a bit from the fans after displaying unconvincing performance for his side.

The drop in the amount of goals scored by Liverpool from the 2013/14 season to the 2014/15 season was stark, and was a result of their meek, submissive, and wholly unconvincing performances during the last campaign.

Cabellero's somewhat unconvincing performances in sky blue should not take away from his brilliance.

Every month Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy put on another embarrassingly unconvincing performance in front of the cameras, assuring everyone everything will be fine and then promptly retreating to their rooms so they can chew off their own hands.

Best possible result for arsenal today # unconvincing performance from Walcott against quality opposition # no thrashing of Chelsea to make them strengthen in the window # mourinho hoodoo over against arsenal # wenger clearly wants a striker because giroud hasn't played much in preseason and didn't start.

Ancelotti led Real Madrid to La Decima last season, but unconvincing performances in La Liga, and the Champions League, as well as a seemingly fractured playing squad suggests that the former Chelsea boss may be leaving the Bernabeu in the summer.

This ineffectiveness likely stems from a combination of unconvincing performances and the film's straight - to - the - point runtime allowance (a brisk 77 minutes).

The Red Devils take on the Spanish side at Old Trafford tomorrow evening and are not yet assured of qualification after a 0 - 0 draw and an unconvincing performance in the away leg.

Despite Arsenal not looking great in the early stages of the new Premier League season, with defeat in the opening game at home to Liverpool, just a point from the first two matches and some unconvincing performances against Southampton and PSG, Arsene Wenger has been sounding pretty positive about Arsenal's chances of trophy success.

Les Parisiens ran out 2 - 0 winners in with an unconvincing performance against Lyon last night.

His situation at Real has become strained with his unconvincing performances resulting in whistles and catcalls at the Santiago Bernabeu — most recently in the 2 - 2 draw to Valencia at the weekend, which all but ended the club's La Liga title hopes.

Brian Glanville watches some unconvincing performances from the English clubs in the Champions League, and wonders whether the Premier League is all it's cracked up to be.

Still an unconvincing performance from Walker once again, but at least he didn't make any game threatening errors.

The clean sheet and two goals scored make this look like an ideal scoreline to take confidence into Sunday, but to take comfort from an unconvincing performance against a poor Newcastle side would be a mistake.

With injury worries, League Cup heartache and an unconvincing performance against Sunderland last weekend Arsenal will certainly have... [Read more...]

Joe Allen — 5 An unconvincing performance from a midfielder who was dominated by the opposition in all aspects of the game.

Overall, Battle of the Sexes is a wishy - washy emotional drama injected with some quality humor, stale sports tropes and unconvincing performances, not only from Stone but the ensemble as well.

That's bad enough, but removed from all of that, the movie itself is a slog of repetitious melodrama, unconvincing performances (One suspects Allen went with the first take of each long shot), and over-the-top, neon - based mood lighting (provided by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro).

Full of lazy dialogue, unconvincing performances, and lackluster action sequences (made nearly incomprehensible if you have the misfortune to see the movie in its 3 - D version, inarguably the worst conversion to stereoscopic imaging since the trend began anew), The Last Airbender is an unintentional laugh riot.