A well deserved win in difficult conditions saw 12300 of the 12800 crowd go home full of Boxing day good cheer and, more importantly saw Argyle stay top and 6 points clear of 4th.
A near gale force wind and a pitch that played much better than it looked didn't deter Argyle in the first half, and they produced some very attractive attacking football which could and probably should have had them in at half time with a lead. Wylde was at his best down the left and Brunty made one or two outstanding passes to set up good positions. Yeovil played their part but never really threatened the defence - all in all it was back to the good performance of a few weeks ago- the only thing that was missing was a goal. The surprise inclusion of Reid and Simpson on the bench, in an otherwise unchanged side, must have had in affect as Brunt had his best game in green shirt. As well as some good passing, some of his hold up play in the second half was top class. No surprise then when he came up with the eventual winner round about the hour mark. Their keeper failed to hold a fierce swerving shot from Tanner and Brunt was on the spot to crash it home from close quarters. I must admit that my first reaction was that he was offside-obviously not. To be fair it should have been 3 or 4; Brunt shot over the bar from outside the area, Jervis should have scored instead of blasting over from 6 yards and Jervis also failed to find Reid when they were 2 on 1. The mercurial McHugh was crushed by one of their players and needed lengthy treatment, after which Yeovil seemed to grow in confidence a little. 1-0 is never easy and there were a few nervy moments towards the end but in the final analysis I thought we 'absolutely battered them 1-0' . Good to see DA on the pitch at the end acknowledging the GA.
Sponsors MOTM went to McHugh and it was a close call but I would give it to Brunt-He is never going to score a hat full of goals but today he was really influential. Reuben and Simpson played about 20 mins which can only be good going forward.
Half way there.
A near gale force wind and a pitch that played much better than it looked didn't deter Argyle in the first half, and they produced some very attractive attacking football which could and probably should have had them in at half time with a lead. Wylde was at his best down the left and Brunty made one or two outstanding passes to set up good positions. Yeovil played their part but never really threatened the defence - all in all it was back to the good performance of a few weeks ago- the only thing that was missing was a goal. The surprise inclusion of Reid and Simpson on the bench, in an otherwise unchanged side, must have had in affect as Brunt had his best game in green shirt. As well as some good passing, some of his hold up play in the second half was top class. No surprise then when he came up with the eventual winner round about the hour mark. Their keeper failed to hold a fierce swerving shot from Tanner and Brunt was on the spot to crash it home from close quarters. I must admit that my first reaction was that he was offside-obviously not. To be fair it should have been 3 or 4; Brunt shot over the bar from outside the area, Jervis should have scored instead of blasting over from 6 yards and Jervis also failed to find Reid when they were 2 on 1. The mercurial McHugh was crushed by one of their players and needed lengthy treatment, after which Yeovil seemed to grow in confidence a little. 1-0 is never easy and there were a few nervy moments towards the end but in the final analysis I thought we 'absolutely battered them 1-0' . Good to see DA on the pitch at the end acknowledging the GA.
Sponsors MOTM went to McHugh and it was a close call but I would give it to Brunt-He is never going to score a hat full of goals but today he was really influential. Reuben and Simpson played about 20 mins which can only be good going forward.
Half way there.
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