Oh well, Argyle's interest in all 3 cup competitions ended for another season by mid November albeit after a spirited performance and a highly entertaining goal fest at HP.
Back to back home defeats are clearly not a cause for celebration, but there were plenty of positive signs that bode well for the remainder of the league campaign. Did Millwall deserve the victory? well probably... Was it a 5-3 match , probably not . In fact they probably had 7 or 8 shots on target and scored five, unfortunately all 5 were largely due to poor defending and errors and as so often happens , teams from higher leagues know how to punish mistakes. Hartley had an absolute nightmare from start to finish. He is a good header of the ball and an aggressive tackler, but lack of pace and tendency to over play things is starting to be exposed. Carey failed to mark their scorer of the first who finished with a deft header; Luke failed to hold onto an average shot and it spilled to a following up striker to slot home, one was a penalty and Mchugh scored a very soft own goal. At the other end Jervis scored a smart brace and Carey's contribution was another absolute screamer from fully 35 yards that will surely be goal or the round/month/season.
Despite going in 2-1 down at HT I thought we at least held our own in the first half or maybe even shaded it. Millwall however were strong and well drilled and it was no surprise when they went further ahead and eventually ran out 5-3 winners. McCormick , Nelson and Hartley all have knocks- not sure how bad. Carey got the sponsors MOTM for his wonder goal but Mchugh was also very good. Wylde flattered to deceive again. The rest were okay, and for once we had a decent set of officials.
Sad that the mindless morons from block 14 decided to get involved with the equally brainless Millwall fans after the match. The stewarding clearly failed and the skirmishes continued outside the ground afterwards.
Yes we lost 3-5, but still enough good stuff to remain positive for the rest of the season.
Back to back home defeats are clearly not a cause for celebration, but there were plenty of positive signs that bode well for the remainder of the league campaign. Did Millwall deserve the victory? well probably... Was it a 5-3 match , probably not . In fact they probably had 7 or 8 shots on target and scored five, unfortunately all 5 were largely due to poor defending and errors and as so often happens , teams from higher leagues know how to punish mistakes. Hartley had an absolute nightmare from start to finish. He is a good header of the ball and an aggressive tackler, but lack of pace and tendency to over play things is starting to be exposed. Carey failed to mark their scorer of the first who finished with a deft header; Luke failed to hold onto an average shot and it spilled to a following up striker to slot home, one was a penalty and Mchugh scored a very soft own goal. At the other end Jervis scored a smart brace and Carey's contribution was another absolute screamer from fully 35 yards that will surely be goal or the round/month/season.
Despite going in 2-1 down at HT I thought we at least held our own in the first half or maybe even shaded it. Millwall however were strong and well drilled and it was no surprise when they went further ahead and eventually ran out 5-3 winners. McCormick , Nelson and Hartley all have knocks- not sure how bad. Carey got the sponsors MOTM for his wonder goal but Mchugh was also very good. Wylde flattered to deceive again. The rest were okay, and for once we had a decent set of officials.
Sad that the mindless morons from block 14 decided to get involved with the equally brainless Millwall fans after the match. The stewarding clearly failed and the skirmishes continued outside the ground afterwards.
Yes we lost 3-5, but still enough good stuff to remain positive for the rest of the season.
