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The phrase "a poor back" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who has a back that is in bad condition, often due to pain or injury.
Example: "After years of heavy lifting, he developed a poor back that made it difficult for him to perform daily tasks."
Alternatives: "a weak back" or "a bad back".
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"I played a poor back side," Mickelson said.
Schelin capitalized on a poor back pass from Kim Carroll and took one touch past goalkeeper Melissa Barbieri before slotting the ball into the unguarded net.
Dries Mertens added the second just after half-time courtesy of a poor back pass by the Feyenoord defender Kevin Diks.
Once the action was under way again, a poor back pass from Maurice Edu let Georgios Samaras through on goal and he should have had the net bulging but Allan McGregor blocked superbly.
This was shown perfectly in the third game of the season that year when he jumped on a poor back pass to slot home his second in a 2-1 win over a superb Milan side.
Botswana had briefly drawn level after Dipsy Selolwane's 23rd-minute penalty, awarded when the Guinea goalkeeper Naby Yattara clipped Jerome Ramatlhakwane after struggling to reach a poor back pass from Bobo Baldé.
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Mr Lindsey, a decent economist, proved a poor back-room co-ordinator.
In fairness to the keeper, he had injured a knee moments earlier when colliding with Leandro to block a poor back-pass.
Jamie Vardy opened the scoring after taking advantage of a poor back-pass from Jay Tabb.
Jason Cummings added a second soon after when he intercepted a poor back-pass and touched the ball home.
The lead was doubled when Stuart Beavon side-footed home after a poor back-pass by visiting defender Callum Davies.
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