Spring News

HERE HERE!!!

Or should it be

HEAR HEAR !!!

Who cares anyway we're CHAMPIONS WITH A 101PTS ...WHATEVER.

 

I've had a bottle of wine so my tipperitter carnt spill.

 

Not too much said in the paper this morning about Argyle...other than the basics and a small pic of Joe Edwards holding the Cup.

For Div One it majored on Jay Stansfield scoring an hat-trick in his last match for Exeter before his return to his parent club Fulham.....Exeter was his boyhood team and of course the former club of his late father Adam Stansfield.

For anyone who is interested here is the play-off fixtures.

Fri...12th May..........Peterborough v Sheffield W
Sat...13th May..........Bolton v Barnsley

Thurs...18th May..........Sheffield W v Peterborough
Fri...19th May..........Barnsley v Bolton

Mon...29th May...Final Wembley

And of course all matches live on the lovely SKY SPORTS.

Don't forget.....PARADE today for Argyle from the Barbican to Home Park for those that are up for it.

 

Lovely day for it. Visibility is about 20 metres......

 

Looked out the window and in the end decided not to go. Listened on radio devon who were covering after a fashion and even their man in the boat said he couldn't see land from a hundred metres out. I saw all of the main things which was the team beating other teams so am content with that.

 

Just checked how last years Div 1 promoted teams did.

Wigan champions....ended up bottom relegated.

Rotherham second....just stayed up...19th.

Sunderland won play-off final......scraped into 6th place today....so in the play-offs.

Sunderland took awhile to get out of Div 1...but in their first season they've done really well.....did they have a good budget to help them ?

 

Been looking through the parade pics....wow that fog was a real bummer down the Barbican......the yacht bit was rather pointless in the end....unseen till they stepped ashore.

 

the only fog oi saw was the bad vision form a few to many beverages. still goy a foggy head, serve me right im no drinker but it was a special occasion

i hear there was a great turn out as alwasys

 

It is a bank holiday but it’s still astonishing that 10,000 were inside the ground to welcome the team home.

I should say that’s according to the BBC but it certainly looked busy.

 

Was shown live on YouTube

 

EFL have released some dates for next season.

1.....League fixture list out.....9am Thurs 22nd June.

2.....Season starts the weekend of 4th to 6th August.

3.....Round One of the Carabao Cup starts the following mid-week.

4.....Carabao Cup Final...Sun 25th Feb.....Wembley.

5.....Championship play-off Final...Sunday 26th May.....Wembley.

 

I've put this in Spring News because it touches on what Argyle are trying (and so far succeeding) in doing.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/65549007

If you haven't seen the film Moneyball, put it right immediately.

 

We need to play this low key.....or else everyone will be doing it........ssssshhhhhhuuuuussssshhhhh.

 

This isn't going to stay a secret for long is it. The more that is known about it and the more success clubs have using it then in time everyone will do the same. Not sure how that works though because not all players are going to be in demand using this method are they. Just for info they lost 2 - 1 to West Ham this evening.

 

Play-offs start tonight.

Prediction.....Peterborough...2-1...Sheffield W.........Peterborough starting to play well.......that'll put the mockers on them.

 

Peterborough on top at half-time......leading 2-0.

 

It's 4 - 0 now and you have to say game over and tie over. Peterborough have had 4 shots on target and 4 goals. Ergo Sheff Wed goalie has saved nothing.

 

posh will get promoted at this rate .. poor old sheff wed

 

Peterborough...4-0...Sheffield W.....F/T.

Oh dear...don't Peterborough realize that Wednesday are big boys and shouldn't be playing in this lowly league.

There was a time before Easter when Sheffield W looked like they were going to win Div One at a canter....but then it started going wrong......oh dear, oh dear.

The possibility of not going up after amassing 96pts....which should have meant automatic promotion most seasons.

 

Inevitable talk of Schumacher being on Southampton's wish list of manager's that they are interested in for their vacancy.

But Schumacher will already be a Championship manager by staying at Argyle.....and that's where Southampton will be playing next season....I assume they'll be one of the favourites to return to the Premiership.