Sentence examples for wretched defeat from inspiring English sources
In the wake of a wretched defeat in Pallekele on Saturday, which meant the series in Sri Lanka was lost, Peter Moores offered unequivocal support for his beleaguered captain, Alastair Cook.
After a wretched defeat at Warrington two weeks ago Noble took decisive action, switching Robbie Paul back to his favourite scrum-half position after the best part of two years as a reluctant hooker, with Paul Deacon taking on the acting-half duties as hooker and the captain Jamie Peacock moving up from the second row to prop.
Conte's problem is that for all the glory of this FA Cup final win, there are too many minuses in the ledger, such as the tame end to the season in the wretched defeat at Newcastle United that meant they gave themselves no chance of making a last-ditch bid for the Champions League had Liverpool slipped up at the same time at home to Brighton.
The tone has certainly changed since those wretched defeats by Olympiakos and Liverpool and there were even more seats filled inside the Europa Suite at Old Trafford for his latest press conference than that day, last July, when he walked out in front of all the flashing bulbs for the first time as United's manager.
Confidence could not be lower at Paris Saint-Germain, whose winless run at home was extended to nine games after a wretched 1-0 defeatoto Caen.
He remembers a short-lived job in London in his teens, and getting the early morning train from Benfleet, "feeling so absolutely wretched and defeated and just nothing.
There will be much talk about the club having "moved on" in the months since that wretched finale (the defeat at West Ham while Arsenal were beating Wigan) to an otherwise splendid season, which culminated in Spurs' demands for a replay of theUpton Park game because of perceived Machiavellian goings-on which were later disproved.
Salford, who were so wretched in a home defeat by St Helens last weekend, bounced back impressively to ruin Wakefield's first home game under new ownership, and the previously pointless Catalan Dragons stunned Hull KR at Craven Park.
He has an astonishing 12-3 win/loss record, an 80% success rate – more than double that of Tiger Woods, whose record of 13 wins, three ties and 17 defeats is wretched.
It also ended a wretched run of four defeats in their past six home games as United finished a forgettable week on a positive note.
A wretched display in a 4-1 defeatoto QPR last time out at the Hawthorns had left the Baggies eight points clear of the drop in the same week it emerged that chairman Jeremy Peace could sell the club early this summer.
