Sentences with phrase «unconvincing seasons»

Although United have already signed Memphis Depay from PSV (a deal all but completed according to BBC Sport), there's no doubt they could still do with more top class attacking players after unconvincing seasons from the likes of Angel Di Maria and Radamel Falcao.
There is no doubt the Gunners need improvements in goal after unconvincing seasons from both Wojciech Szczesny and David Ospina, with the Colombian international replacing the Pole as first choice for the time being.
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.
Does Tottenham's convincing win over Real suggest the champions, unconvincing this season, are there for the taking?
The Red Devils would be hoping to get all the three points against Arsene Wenger's side, who have been unconvincing this season.
It has been a thoroughly unconvincing season from them and they may need to take action in the summer.

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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.
This is likely to see the 22 - year - old leave the club this winter, despite a lack of options upfront for Manuel Pellegrini's side due to a recent injury to Sergio Aguero and some unconvincing form from the likes of Edin Dzeko and Stevan Jovetic this season.
Last season, Force India started slowly too and looked unconvincing until a massive upgrade was brought to the Spanish GP.
United have not won the Premier League since Sir Alex Ferguson's final season in 2012/13 and many will question if Mourinho is really the right man for the job at Old Trafford after an unconvincing first two years in charge.
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.
Chelsea have had an unconvincing start to the season, with a home defeat to Crystal Palace this weekend making it just one win from the Blues» opening four games.
Bayern's slightly unconvincing start to this season, which saw manager Carlo Ancelotti sacked and replaced by Jupp Heynckes, seems to have prompted their stepping up their interest in Sanchez.
After a slightly unconvincing first season, Mesut Ozil improved this time around and should see a small rise from 86 to 88 for FIFA 16.
Liverpool clearly need an upgrade in goal themselves after a series of unconvincing displays from Simon Mignolet and Loris Karius this season, and Navas would surely fit the bill.
As witnessed this season with the Away performances against all the teams (bar Palace) in the lower reaches of the League.You could have written Southampton's tactics before the game as it's what most teams do against us.We continue to be unconvincing and like you Anders S I do not offer the excuse of the side being full of replacements for rested First Team players.
Spuds, Pool, Utd, Soton, Everton have even more sob stories and slip - ups than us and both City (Newcastle, Middlesbrough, Stoke, Hull, Burnley, WH, QPR, Roma, CSKA) and Chelsea (Burnley, Bradford, Tottenham, Maribor, Shalke, Shrewsbury, Bolton, Sunderland) have been embarrassed or unconvincing more than once this season.
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.
Largely because of our unconvincing display this year so far, I too have mostly given up, but still cling on to that small hope that our team would suddenly click and go on to win all our games this season COYG:) For the remainder of this season, if the current retched form especially upfront continues, I fear that every match from this point forward could be a struggle for us.
Still, the Premier League champions could perhaps be well advised to invest in central midfield this winter after their unconvincing start to the season.
The Gunners look in particular need of bolstering their defensive options after some unconvincing form from Shkodran Mustafi this season, while Per Mertesacker is due to retire at the end of the campaign.
Players have bad games; strikers often look unconvincing in unconvincing teams; and as we established not four paragraphs ago, the first game of the season is the worst game of the season when it comes to actually knowing what's going on.
Morata clearly rates his former colleague highly, however, and there certainly seems to be room for a creative midfielder like Isco at Chelsea, particularly as Cesc Fabregas is ageing and has played more this season due to the unconvincing form of Tiemoue Bakayoko and Danny Drinkwater in midfield.
Arsenal are a very unconvincing team and show no signs of being worthy champions this season.
I think it was more the manner in which we approached away games against the top 5 or 6 teams last season, we looked completely unconvincing bordering on abysmal sometimes when we faced chelsea, city, man u, liverpool, everton.
According to Gol Digital, Atletico are looking to invest up front in the winter after an unconvincing start to the season, with Salah one of their priority targets.
Chelsea have looked an unbalanced and unconvincing side in most areas of the pitch, with Hazard one of the few to keep performing at the high level set last season.
The report adds that Kane will not wait forever for an offer from Real Madrid, who themselves could do with strengthening up front due to the unconvincing form of Karim Benzema this season.
United already have plenty of options in attack but could arguably do with more after an unconvincing start by Alexis Sanchez since his move in January, as well as some inconsistent displays from Romelu Lukaku in his first season at Old Trafford.
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.
Pulis says the saga has distracted Evans after some unconvincing form so far this season, but was also quoted in the Daily Mirror as saying he has no problem with the player as he provided some update on the prospect of him signing a new contract with the club.
The Frenchman is on loan with the Potters this season but put in another unconvincing display at Old Trafford this evening.
Arsenal could do with improving in that area after an unconvincing start to the season, with injuries keeping the likes of Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker out of most of their games so far.
It is a sad fact that after last season's unconvincing form, it has taken a long time for him to regain Wenger's trust, and in the six games he has started in this campaign he has been substituted in five of them!
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.
Manchester United's 15/16 campaign began in a much similar vein to many of last season's performances; tense, nail - biting, unconvincing, but, ultim...
I have no doubt that Luis Suarez will weave his way in and out of an unconvincing Arsenal defence, one which doesn't fill any pundit with confidence but has nevertheless kept an impressive amount of clean sheets at home this season (12/16), while Andy Carroll will be a constant threat from the air, especially from set - plays, which was incidentally where he scored the winner for Newcastle on his last visit to the Emirates.
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.
Being the two time defending champion, Zinedine Zidane's men also can't be considered as an underdog in that clash, despite their rather unconvincing display so far this season.
Everton kicked off their new season with a scrappy and unconvincing 1 - 0 win against MFK Ružomberok in the Europa League at Goodison Park.
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.
McNair, in his limited exposure, already looks a better prospect than the unconvincing Blackett, but if both of them get some games under their belts this season, we will be the better for it, even if we do buy someone in January and / or the summer (as we really should).
However, there are other phenomena that vary with the seasons that could have created a spurious result, and follow - up experiments all but slayed the DAMA detections — researchers found either no dark matter signals at all or mere hints that many found unconvincing.
Instead, the movie toes an unconvincing line between earnest sentiment and sweary glibness as Deadpool tries to protect an orphaned misfit (Hunt for the Wilderpeople's Julian Dennison) from a warrior from the future, Cable (Josh Brolin, having a big - budget season with this and Avengers: Infinity War).
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