Sentence examples for devoid of goals and from inspiring English sources

What wouldn't we give for his thoughts, though, on the conservatism which United have descended into: their moribund football, devoid of goals and imagination, which leaves the side on the brink tonight, knowing that a sixth goalless draw in 10 games is likely to put them out of the Champions League at the group stage.

There are some clients who have such a high degree of hopelessness and apathy and are so devoid of goals, that motivational interviewing may be ineffective in motivating them to change.

The famous Italian journalist Gianni Brera mused that the perfect game of football would finish 0-0 and his reasoning was thus: goals were predominantly a result of errors during a passage of play, thus a game devoid of goals was by association a game devoid of telling mistakes.

Instead, the match exposed Villa for what they are: a side low on self-belief, conceding all sorts of goals and so devoid of attacking threat there were only sporadic moments when they put their opponents under sustained pressure.

The start of the second half was devoid of goal-mouth action.

In a second half devoid of goal threat, Lampard was finally introduced with 14 minutes left to a reception that was largely applause but also contained some dissenting voices.

But the OWS movement is exactly that – a movement, devoid of leaders and goals.

The visitors managed just one on-target attempt in a game devoid of good goal-scoring chances.

The 37 minutes until the opening goal was largely devoid of action and entertainment apart from a deflected shot from Alex Cooper, son of County assistant manager Neale who challenged Dundee keeper Douglas as the best player on the park.

As a result, it's likely that a near full-strength Tottenham will turn up to inflict yet more pain on an Aston Villa side that are rock-bottom, devoid of fight and who have conceded 15 goals in their last four league games.

The result means Liverpool will top the table at Christmas - ahead of the Gunners on goal difference - as two teams with title pretensions of their own produced a spectacle almost devoid of entertainment and quality.