I wish I had mastered downloading interesting articles to this webpage, someone else might do it ? On the Newsnow site an article by..... "The Two Unfortunates".... entitled........"A brief introduction to the League Two Relegation Candidates"......it is well worth reading giving a very good analysis of those at the bottom of this division.......it doesn't sound good for Argyle supporters to read......seeing that we have got easily the hardest finishing run in of all the teams !!! The players have got to start playing at the top of their ability for every match now until the end of the season. Can John Sheridan have an inspired moment and bring in a replacement loanee who has something to prove.....The management have to really go for it now from James Brent down.....this is not a moment for penny pinching discisions.......the whole team owe this club a fistful of goals....with 30pts still to play for there is still time to salvage our league status......even teams going for the play offs will be nervous and nearer the end of the season those that have missed the boat will hopefully not be so interested in playing out of their socks (sorry Carl) it is possible to survive.
No charge Plymborn http://thetwounfortunates.com/a-brief-introduction-to-the-league-two-relegation-candidates/
Telling us not one thing we didn't already know. One thing I'm pleased to see is the Brent part which notes the catalogue of errors and not just down to the playing staff and managers. It's no good anyone looking at the league and asking why Plymouth are where they are. Simply they are there and however big in this league we like to think we are or others might perceive us to be in relation to others it makes no difference.
It's not a catalogue of errors Sensible, it's a catalogue of deliberate decisions. The squad we've ended up with are the result of the clearly publicised financial policy. You may not like it and it may seem incomprehensible to some football fans but it's not an error. In general, I don't see our competitors doing much different and if there have been errors, they've been in the fact that either the players that we've brought in aren't as good as others have achieved with the same sort of money and/or their subsequent management in the team has been less good. In other words, football failings not financial ones. You know full well I thought it was a waste of money changing the manager and although I don't take any pleasure from it, I haven't seen anything from Sheridan yet to change my opinion......
We should of lost last night............here it comes notDistant.........under Fletcher we would of........I just can't let you down.
Three points would have been the minimum required from either of them last night Plymborn, I'm not saying Fletcher would have got them necessarily but there's no debate that Sheridan didn't despite 5 of the 10 outfield starters being his recruits. I still live in hope to be proved wrong in saying that changing the manager would achieve anything. but if we can't beat Bradford at home, what do you think will happen against Fleetwood or away at Southend? If we don't win against them, what do you think will happen when Exeter come to Home Park? Time is passing and so are the matches....
One defence of Sheridan is that the budget, whatever it was, was mostly spent on recruiting the same players we failed with under Fletcher and Fletcher spent it on them. When Sheridan came in he had nowhere near the same sort of money. Too many players so we end up with quantity rather than any quality. That is Management and Board decisions rather than players. The players are poor. We have also picked up a regular supply of points under Sheridan if not getting enough. Not going to bother working it out or looking it up but, what points total would we have under Sheridan with a full season at current points gained. Would we be where we are now.
notDistant.....who would of expected Wimbledon to have convincingly beaten Southend 3-1 away......having seen the wombles recently I am gobsmacked. Southend have a far better away record.....so if Wimbledon can do it at Southend why not us.......all we have to do is score goals of course......I knew there was a flaw in my thinking.
Sadly (and predictably some might say!) I'd have to say "we're doomed". I base this not on some insane bitterness or other emotive reason, but on the fact that Argyle has been around the foot of the table for the entire season. That fact is non-arguable, it is a statistic that tells you all you need to know. Compare this to Torquay who have been reasonably competitive all season and suddenly find themselves plummeting towards the end. This scenario gives hope that it could be turned around. At some point their players have been performing and have been good enough. Argyle have not at any point in the season been good enough, simple as that. At no point this season have we been on the up or even stable. It's been a relegation battle since August. To expect our fortunes to suddenly turn around is a bit like expecting a real life miracle to occur. The league table tells us that our players and management/coaches are consistently not good enough and never have been good enough. No amount of hoping, praying, soul-searching, psychology, training or coaching is going to be able to turn our motley crew of duffers into gold. They are consistently and persistently not good enough and never will be. Teams like Torquay and Bristol Rovers are examples of teams that could benefit from hoping, praying, soul-searching, psychology, training or coaching as they clearly have a level of ability in their clubs that we don't. The only thing that can change Argyle's fortunes is investment. But we all know that is not going to come from James Brent. His track record now shows that he is a reactive owner not pro-active. His actions have shown that he will sit back and wait, only applying the bare minimum drip-feed of life support at the very last moment in a half-hearted attempt to keep the thing alive.
