The phrase "a poor playing" is not correct in standard written English.
It is typically used to describe a performance that is lacking in quality, but the correct form would be "poor play" or "poor performance."
Example: "The team's poor play in the second half cost them the game."
Alternatives: "subpar performance" or "lackluster play."
Alou said Taveras ran on his own and he called it a poor play.
Review of "Come Back to the 5 and Dime Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean" Director Robert Altman has produced a magical film out of a poor play by Ed Graczyk.
On June 10 , 1976 the American Place Theatre presented a rehearsed reading, which Barthelme later called, in a letter to Handman, an "invaluable" experience that taught him "what a poor play I had written".
That's fitting, in a way, given that "The/King/Operetta" as a whole is tedious, fully illustrating Brook's observation that, in a poor play, "the impressions are well spaced out, they lope along in single file, and in the gaps the heart can sleep while the mind wanders to the day's annoyances and thoughts of dinner".
But, if sixth-placed Hull caused an upset by winning at Warrington, who have a poor play-off record, that might also enter Wigan's thinking, especially if champions Leeds win in France.
"I wrote a play, a very poor play, when I was 16, which was called For Love of Biafra".
It will also continue working with the Chinese Basketball Association, the state-run national league that is plagued with a reputation for poor playing and officiating.
Obviously East's winning Trick 5 was wrong as the cards lay, but West made a very poor play on the second round of diamonds, which left East uncertain about that suit's layout.
But the numbers alone, not to mention the often poor playing, told a different story.
Preston will be hoping to end an astonishingly poor play-off record, having not won promotion in their previous nine attempts.
