| The young players are stopgaps, the old-timers are showing their age and those players in their mid-twenties, the supposed bedrock of the team, lack the daring or drive which were crucial components of the Ferguson era. |
| However, it is necessary to live with the fact that the solutions found are often only stopgaps. |
| But such campaigns are stopgaps and catch-ups on the road to norms and sustainability for a continuous-supply basis. |
| Finally, yes, we can do the maintenance and the stopgaps, but those aren't the answer. |
| He stressed the emergency steps taken so far were only stopgaps, not solutions. |
| He believed his measures were temporary stopgaps, to be promptly abandoned once the emergency had passed. |
