Argyle v Walsall

Todays weather

Pitch is covered, drains very well, rain should be clear from Plymouth in next hour and there is a nice wind to dry the pitch

From Argyle

It’s a wet start to 2018 in Plymouth but the Home Park pitch is drinking it in like New Year’s Eve reveller on the Barbican - and it’ll be dry this afternoon

Parking Notice Warning

Goals are close today and there gates are close, a bus operator who has lease some of the parks depo have put no parking cones out and using a coach to take up most of the road. If you drive in you be lucky to turn your car around to get out.

Stage coach

Plymouth we're running buses on routes 1 and 2 today. Why not hop aboard our 1 service if you're heading off to see Argyle play Walsall

Got a nagging doubt that we'll lose this one. Delighted to be wrong though

Delighted to be wrong though

Just got in and checked the stats apart the all important goal we've had 7 yes seven shots on target.
Whoop whoop.

And now for the inevitable equaliser

Freathy wrote:

And now for the inevitable equaliser

Ye of little faith - not as if we let in late goals or anything.

Luckily we didn't, good win, shame we dropped those points against the Seasiders.

Whoop whoop at the Brentihad.

Be interesting to get the attendance, so we can think about all that gate money that won't be spent on the squad.

akagreengull wrote:

Be interesting to get the attendance, so we can think about all that gate money that won't be spent on the squad.

10500, kerching for Akkeron!

First visit for a couple months, not a Christmas cracker but a vital win and a decent goal from a decent forward. 10 points from 12 with 2 squandered at Blackpool is very good form and deserves praise. A top half finish guaranteed once Jimmy splashes the January bonanza

Jimmy splashing the cash there's a thing.

Solid, hard fought win in a match where neither side created that much in the way of clear cut chances, although Argyle had far more efforts [Carey must have had at least 4 long range efforts saved or just over] and merited the points. Nearest either side came in the first half were both courtesy of the opposition-Sarcevic had a shot deflected inches wide and Walsall's closest was when an Argyle defender at full stretch, may have been Edwards, diverted a cross even less inches wide-honestly thought it was in. Excellent strike from Taylor won the game, funniest moment was their vertically challenged number 10 watching a diagonal ball sail over his head which most players would have taken on their chest-shortest player I've seen in pro football for many a long year, could take a wicked inswinging corner though. Up to 16th now-dizzy heights indeed and a big opportunity against Bury on Saturday but chickens should not be counted......

Arrows. On fire.

scrappy game not much in it good goal from taylor. We get 3 points which is nice.

Angry wrote:

scrappy game not much in it good goal from taylor. We get 3 points which is nice.

Not a bad goal from Taylor.

Decent holiday points for Argyle too. Just got to keep it going and get well clear of the bottom four. Argyle are certainly one of in-form teams in League One at the moment. One or two interesting January signings will bolster the hand of Adams

Bury should see another three points on the board hopefully. They are having a torrid time of it, losing the last five and conceding 10 goals, the last victory they had was against Shrewsbury Town back on November 21st, 1-0. They are there for the taking, although Argyle still have that awful habit of losing to sides who are crap and not doing so well.

Bury Statistics

VillageGreen wrote:

Angry wrote:

scrappy game not much in it good goal from taylor. We get 3 points which is nice.

Not a bad goal from Taylor.

Decent holiday points for Argyle too. Just got to keep it going and get well clear of the bottom for. Argyle are certainly one of in-form teams in League One at the moment. One or two interesting January signings will bolster the hand of Adams

Bury should see another three points on the board hopefully. They are having a torrid time of it. Although Argyle still have that awful habit of losing to sides who are crap and not doing so well.

Exactly. Argyle took the grand total of one home point against the two relegated teams [Hartlepool and Orient] last season and there is no reason to think that Bury will be a pushover-apparently played very well against Scunthorpe today. On a given day there is little to choose between top and bottom in any division, as was shown by Palace v City last week and countless other examples over the years. Any sort of win would be good next week, you can just imagine people turning up expecting a rout and getting shitty if the score is 0-0 after 30 minutes. Not that Bury should be overestimated either of course but if Argyle treat then with any sort of disrespect then arses could well receive a kicking.

Greenskin wrote:

VillageGreen wrote:

Angry wrote:

scrappy game not much in it good goal from taylor. We get 3 points which is nice.

Not a bad goal from Taylor.

Decent holiday points for Argyle too. Just got to keep it going and get well clear of the bottom for. Argyle are certainly one of in-form teams in League One at the moment. One or two interesting January signings will bolster the hand of Adams

Bury should see another three points on the board hopefully. They are having a torrid time of it. Although Argyle still have that awful habit of losing to sides who are crap and not doing so well.

Exactly. Argyle took the grand total of one home point against the two relegated teams [Hartlepool and Orient] last season and there is no reason to think that Bury will be a pushover-apparently played very well against Scunthorpe today. On a given day there is little to choose between top and bottom in any division, as was shown by Palace v City last week and countless other examples over the years. Any sort of win would be good next week, you can just imagine people turning up expecting a rout and getting shitty if the score is 0-0 after 30 minutes. Not that Bury should be overestimated either of course but if Argyle treat then with any sort of disrespect then arses could well receive a kicking.

Argyle must be oozing confidence right now !! and Adams will no doubt tell the troops to go out and play as they have been. Get an early goal or two and that could set the way.

I have predicted a 5-0 home win (bit out there I know) and I believe that Argyle have it in them to bang in a few and rattle Bury.

I agree about a healthy crowd turning up and the game becomes a damp squib, just hope it does not pan out that way. At this stage now, points really do start to matter and another three will be good for the cause.

Early doors yet, but there is light at the end of the tunnel.  It is in the hands of Argyle to make sure that light gets ever closer.

Squib ffs

Les Miserable wrote:

Squib ffs

Changed it now. You can tell I do not use that saying much :

I am one of the guilty ones


Shall I write it out 500 times and hand it in tomorrow morning.

Mucho appreciado gringo

In many ways it's a real shame the January window is upon us. Bury will possibly have a new addition or two by Saturday and that can have a big effect in the mentality of a dressing room, collectively.

I just had a look at the stats and it really surprised me. Certainly didn't feel like a '17 goal attempt' game. Lots of speculative or tame efforts from Argyle, but at the other end Matthews was never really seriously tested.

Really been a pleasant surprise Lameiras has been given a chance to shine. The way things were going early season there was no way Adams was going to give licence to Carey and Lameiras in the same 11. But Rubes has finally been given the chance to demonstrate what he showed pre-season that if he is given time and space to jink and run, he looks like a proper classy player. It's nice to have a player in the squad (whose name isn't Carey) that has potential to move you toward the edge of your seat when he has the ball. It gives the opposition a real problem because instead of trying to shackle just Carey, there's another genuine creative outlet for them to worry about as shown today in the build up to Taylors goal.