Plymouth Argyle v Macclesfield Town

Great win!

AFTER Argyle’s emphatic 3-0 win over Macclesfield Town at Home Park this afternoon, boss Ryan Lowe has emphasised how proud he is of his team.

Ryan Hardie opened the scoring and a double from the excellent George Cooper bagged three more points for the Pilgrim promotion dream.

“It’s another three points, another three goals and a clean sheet, which is always pleasing” said Lowe.

“I thought our boys were fantastic in every department today. The work ethic, runs on and off the ball, the shape, the pass appreciation, the passes forward, the runs forward – couldn’t have asked for better.

“I’ve got to give credit to Macclesfield because they came here and gave it a good go – fair play to [Macclesfield manager] Mark [Kennedy]. A lot of credit has to go to them today. They’ve been beaten by the better team but that wasn’t for the lack of trying. Credit where credit is due – they were different class today.

“We knew we had to be patient today. You know the team that is potentially coming and you need to be patient – teams come here to have a go. Macclesfield had a real go today and were trying their best to keep the back door closed – they were resolute.

“Their front three were a threat, we knew we just needed to focus on our game and worry about how we break those types of teams down and we certainly did – Ryan [Hardie]’s finish was calm and collected.

“Sometimes at 1-0 you expect it to go in in twos and threes but that isn’t always the case – we went in [at half time] at 1-0, deservingly, but we came out in the second half knowing we needed to be patient. The build-up was, as was the pass appreciation around the park – which was very good. It’s another win in the right direction.

“Our next one is Morecambe, which is going to be another tough place to go, so we’ll rest and recover the boys now and look to put on a performance at Morecambe.”

Will Ryan Lowe possibly take some risks going for the title or would he be happy with 2nd or 3rd ??

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Neil Warnock wearing his Argyle badge on Quest last night, Colin Murray invited himself down to stay with him

harvetheslayer wrote:

Will Ryan Lowe possibly take some risks going for the title or would he be happy with 2nd or 3rd ??

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i think he will be happy with 2nd or 3rd the title is swindons too lose they have a game in hand still.

I liked Warnocks comments on the highlights programme. Lowe doing a great job, great new stand (he can't get everything right), and the final comment, good owner NOW.
Neil knows the score

Angry wrote:

harvetheslayer wrote:

Will Ryan Lowe possibly take some risks going for the title or would he be happy with 2nd or 3rd ??

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i think he will be happy with 2nd or 3rd the title is swindons too lose they have a game in hand still.

It's still a very big ask to get this team promoted. Argo will drop many points over last 9 games - realistically can't see us picking up any more than 10 - 12 points max from the remaining matches. Our only hope is if Swindon, Crewe, Exeter and Cheltenham all drop as many points as we will.

bellend wrote:

I liked Warnocks comments on the highlights programme.  Lowe doing a great job, great new stand  (he can't get everything right), and the final comment, good owner NOW.
Neil knows the score

didn’t call him a shit owner at the time though funny that when he use to go in boardroom when he was down watching a game though

Statement on the EFL website:

"Macclesfield Town charged with misconduct for non-payment of players

Macclesfield Town has been issued with a further misconduct charge for failing to pay a number of players on the applicable payment dates due in February 2020.

The Club has therefore been referred to an independent Disciplinary Commission for failing to adhere to the terms of the players’ contracts.

As this matter is now subject to proceedings, the EFL will be making no further comment at this time."