Sentence examples for after a patchy start from inspiring English sources

After a patchy start, that process is going quite well.

After a patchy start, the show blossomed, nimbly blending gags with pathos.

Doubts remain about Mauro Pocchetino's side despite that victory, and this encounter, against an Everton side beginning to find form after a patchy start to the season, should provide a more thorough test of their credentials.

After a patchy start to the season by Terry, and a period when Jose Mourinho rotated his centre-halves, Guus Hiddink has made his preference clear: Terry and Kurt Zouma have started every single league game since the Dutch coach's second spell in charge began.

Falkirk boss Peter Houston is pleased to be within touching distance of the play-offs after a patchy start to the Championship season.

Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers also acknowledged his team need to recapture their best form after a patchy start to the season.

After only scraping through the group stages during a patchy start to the season, Bayern have now won their last 12 games, and the two teams look to be heading in very different directions.

"It's been a patchy start for us," he said.

Valencia, who has made a patchy start to the season, clips the ball over Sorensen, but it just ends up the wrong side of the post.

One reason is political: with upper-house elections due in July, his party, which has had a patchy start in government, badly needs economic recovery.

But Scotland's men, skippered by three-time European champion David Murdoch, made a patchy start, winning three but losing two of their first five matches.