naivety


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"The naivety of the goals we conceded was alarming.
When asked if it was nerves or naivety that allowed Hull back into the game, Stockdale replied: "A " ll of the above.
DAVID Stockdale believes both nerves and naivety cost Fulham dear in Saturday's 2-2 draw against Hull, which left Felix Magath's side in the Barclays Premier League relegation zone with just two games remaining.
The Scotland Under-21 winger, who moved south in the summer from Aberdeen in a PS400,000 switch, says his naivety in games is leading to him running out of steam far too early.
Myers attributes that indifferent form to the team's occaional naivety.
But errors, poor defending and basic naivety proved fatal as Thor, despite their lowly status as a second division side, had enough to punish Bohs.
As I've said, Allen is in great form - but I think a bit of naivety crept into his club Swansea' showed Stuart naivety's performance in their 2-2 draw at Wolves on Saturday.
* The Minister was overcome by emotions during the formal budget speech which at times appeared to be a address at a public rally * The Minister concluded the speech with the slogan Pakistan Zindabad * The Finance Ministers naivety was exposed when he started to table Finance Bill 2011-12 without being officially invited by the Speaker who had to interrupt the Minister, saying Tuseen merey bolan taun pehlan iee Bill pesh kar ditta aye.
PORTSMOUTH 1 DERBY COUNTY 1 DERBY manager Nigel Clough lamented the naivety of his side after they conceded a 90th-minute equaliser at Portsmouth.
I agree with the fact that justice must be done but am surprised by the naivety of the article.
16 (ANI): The man who dumped the body of Indian boy Gurshan Singh Channa after accidentally knocking him unconscious had acted out of fear, panic, naivety and stupidity, a Melbourne court has heard.
Naivety comes to mind, Mr Povey for his poor judgement in not engaging his neighbours earlier in the planning process and those living in the vicinity of the County Ground for not researching the area where they were proposing to live.
The naivety fits the profile of the tenacious former Tembec executive who's not afraid to question anything that's considered conventional industry wisdom.