scrappy, nerveless, unconvincing, sloppy, tense, enthralling, ropey, goalless, jittery, thrilling, ragged, tigerish, twitchy, gutsy, sclaffed, cagey, tetchy, workmanlike, edgy, obdurate, frenetic, dour, shaky, turgid, listless, attritional, scintillating, dozy, unglamourous, howler, insipid, pulsating, superb, scatty, imperious, sighter, faultless, dull, shambolic, plucky, unlucky, torrid, half time, resolute, phlegmatic, sublime, jaded, unflustered, purple patch, brilliant, luckless, unadventurous, lethargic, frantic, nervous, disjointed, dreadful, skilful, doughty, untidy, stoical, goalmouth, panicky, fluked, fretful, disconsolate, lively, manful, rueful, eventless, forgettable, plain sailing, jumpy, wobbly, spiritless, larky, shellshocked, kickable, untroubled, sprightly, steely, spirited, frazzled, flappable, calamitous, blowy, lairy, incisive, morose, unaffecting, sheepish, uncharacteristic, timid, undemonstrative, splendid, goodish, mesmeric, miskick, abject, harried, nerved, dreich, likable, likeable, stupid, brainy, fidgety, ornery, spunky, cocky, sneaky, touchy, funny, shy, cantankerous, carefree, feisty

bold, brash, cheeky, forward, high-strung, in suspense, overstrung, restive, uptight