Well. If ever there was going to be a turning point for us it should have been today.
A deserved win against the unbeaten league leaders would have been a massive boost to everyone
and given us a fantastic base to build from. But DA, hold your hands up boyo, you made one
almighty boo boo today.
4141 is a perfectly good defensive formation and has worked well for you plenty of times
over the last 3 seasons. So why change it when its working really well and then worse virtually
out of knowhere decide on a 3 CB formation. Which weakened us in centre mid just like it did at the start of
the blackpool home game just recently. In fact DA moved yanner into CM that day as we were being overrun there.
4141 gives us def cover on the flanks and in the centre and we were controlling the game so why
change it for a system hardly used by you and us during your tenure here?
So the mighty STFC brought on 2 strikers was your answer apparently. So what! They cant hurt us if
their not getting the service and with one less defender we could even get a second on the counter.
Just like we did against charlton.
It totally transformed the game in their favour with the equaliser coming from within the space
vacated by the formation change. Other efforts from distance followed which led to another DA change
to a 532 with 3 CMs again but now they were doubling up on us down the flanks and very nearly
got the winner from that route. Which would have been a total injustice after all the effort and
good play previous and not forgetting a fabulous goal by GC10 which so deserved to be a match winner.
Its so frustrating. Lets hope these 2 dropped points dont come back to haunt us at the end of
the season.
However, there were plenty of positives before all this.
Young fletch did a great job as the lone ranger and at just 18 is already beginning to look the part.
Toumani(MOM) is exactly what the team has needed for some time. He gives us more steel in CM plus
crucial experience and lookslike he can play a bit as well. Another lilian nalis?
It was also noticeable how vocal he was too. He looks a great signing.
Our 2 leftie full backs could have been weak links but both stuck to their jobs and played well.
Yanner and ryan both had good games and complemented each other again as a pair at CB. Though all
the defenders had good protection in front to help them.
Joel and GC10 worked hard covering on the flanks and foxy, in his usual central playmaking role,
along with sarce and toums protecting the centre.
The game plan was obviously to keep the game tight at first and then gradually gain more control of
the game which we did in the main from about 30 mins onwards. We just needed a goal as ever.
And it finally arrived early in the second half with a GC10 golden booted get in there special.
Maybe curved in as their keeper seemed rooted, staring at it in admiration perhaps.
So home park erupts. The crowd and the team are right up for it now. So what you gonna do now argyle?
Keep that accelerator pedal firmly down or use some unrequired braking with the winning line in sight.
Under DAs management?.....hmmm.
So 13 games and 6 points is where we are now with 2 away games in a week to take us to the 15 game
mark. A third of the way through the season coming up fast and usually its a good guide as to where we are
and likely heading to.
So these 2 away games, especially the wombles game, could be the tipping point for DA either way.
We need points desperately now. Good performances, which was the case in the main today to be fair, isnt
going to keep us up unfortunately.
So come on you argyle boys lets get going please. Time to bag some wins beginning at ewood on tuesday
and an excellent opportunity for some wembley wombley revenge next saturday. :scarf:
A deserved win against the unbeaten league leaders would have been a massive boost to everyone
and given us a fantastic base to build from. But DA, hold your hands up boyo, you made one
almighty boo boo today.
4141 is a perfectly good defensive formation and has worked well for you plenty of times
over the last 3 seasons. So why change it when its working really well and then worse virtually
out of knowhere decide on a 3 CB formation. Which weakened us in centre mid just like it did at the start of
the blackpool home game just recently. In fact DA moved yanner into CM that day as we were being overrun there.
4141 gives us def cover on the flanks and in the centre and we were controlling the game so why
change it for a system hardly used by you and us during your tenure here?
So the mighty STFC brought on 2 strikers was your answer apparently. So what! They cant hurt us if
their not getting the service and with one less defender we could even get a second on the counter.
Just like we did against charlton.
It totally transformed the game in their favour with the equaliser coming from within the space
vacated by the formation change. Other efforts from distance followed which led to another DA change
to a 532 with 3 CMs again but now they were doubling up on us down the flanks and very nearly
got the winner from that route. Which would have been a total injustice after all the effort and
good play previous and not forgetting a fabulous goal by GC10 which so deserved to be a match winner.
Its so frustrating. Lets hope these 2 dropped points dont come back to haunt us at the end of
the season.
However, there were plenty of positives before all this.
Young fletch did a great job as the lone ranger and at just 18 is already beginning to look the part.
Toumani(MOM) is exactly what the team has needed for some time. He gives us more steel in CM plus
crucial experience and lookslike he can play a bit as well. Another lilian nalis?
It was also noticeable how vocal he was too. He looks a great signing.
Our 2 leftie full backs could have been weak links but both stuck to their jobs and played well.
Yanner and ryan both had good games and complemented each other again as a pair at CB. Though all
the defenders had good protection in front to help them.
Joel and GC10 worked hard covering on the flanks and foxy, in his usual central playmaking role,
along with sarce and toums protecting the centre.
The game plan was obviously to keep the game tight at first and then gradually gain more control of
the game which we did in the main from about 30 mins onwards. We just needed a goal as ever.
And it finally arrived early in the second half with a GC10 golden booted get in there special.
Maybe curved in as their keeper seemed rooted, staring at it in admiration perhaps.
So home park erupts. The crowd and the team are right up for it now. So what you gonna do now argyle?
Keep that accelerator pedal firmly down or use some unrequired braking with the winning line in sight.
Under DAs management?.....hmmm.
So 13 games and 6 points is where we are now with 2 away games in a week to take us to the 15 game
mark. A third of the way through the season coming up fast and usually its a good guide as to where we are
and likely heading to.
So these 2 away games, especially the wombles game, could be the tipping point for DA either way.
We need points desperately now. Good performances, which was the case in the main today to be fair, isnt
going to keep us up unfortunately.
So come on you argyle boys lets get going please. Time to bag some wins beginning at ewood on tuesday
and an excellent opportunity for some wembley wombley revenge next saturday. :scarf:
