This season (enjoyment?)

[Ray Stidwell]

Favourite promotion = 2001-2002. Might not have been the prettiest but we were dominant, we were streets ahead of everyone else.

I probably should keep these thoughts to myself but part of me wonders what this team and Adams tactics would look like *IF* we did go up, with not a single chicken counted you understand.

They're not the greatest of margins I accept but in L1 the opposition would on average be slightly less 'agricultural', on average the pitches would be slightly better and on average those we play will pay us a little less respect (it being a slightly bigger pond and us being a slightly smaller fish in it). Added to that our own expectations as fans would be tempered by being a first season in a higher league for a long time, they hinder the team quite often.

All those things could actually help this team. Adams passing and counter attacking tactics would be aided by better pitches, facing less blunt force trauma and teams that think they can take us. The burden the crowd put on the team sometimes, especially when it's not going well, would ease off a bit too.

So as peculiarly frustrating as this season has been maybe, just maybe, any doubts we might have about the worthiness of any promotion we *MIGHT* get are made without putting into context just what a blunt/physical bunch of negative teams we've played on some truly horrendous surfaces.

I baulk at saying 'we're too good for this league' because patently we're not, the wildly undulating performance levels show that. However there could be something in Adams tactical doctrine being slightly better suited to a higher level.

The Liverpool games are where the seed of this theory originated for me. When you get panels of pundits purring in admiration on our defensive tactics and work rate (Steve McWhateverman aside) you have to think to yourself, why don't we see this week in week out?

Maybe the less we see of yer basement league cloggers, the less we face yer mixed martial art style aggression of yer Orients and yer Wycombes the better, the less we have to play on the ploughed fields of little England the better too.

Basically, get up a league and incrementally the better the environment will be for this team and this manager, I certainly trust him to get in good players.

Just get us there and test my theory eh Argyle?

This for me ! ...
.and further odd comments:
1)I often wonder how much better previous promotion seasons felt during the season, & especially how the fanbase's view at the time would have been expressed had social media been available,
e.g.:
The nightmare at Elm Park on 21/12/85 - Pasoti would surely have been in meltdown!, & the pain would quite likely have been much more "drawn out", whereas then we, or at least I, went home shocked, speechless & confused, got some ribbing at work on Monday, and then quite simply " moved on" ! ( Wigan similarly that season) . The reality is that " poo happening" on some occasions did not stop it being a great season!

2) The thought of not playing Wycombe again is Oh so sweet !

 

[GreenArmy1984]

13 Years since our last promotion in 2004

Enjoying this season as we all set for promotion to league 1 for the 1st time since 2010/11

The Final Countdown Now with Just 8 Games To Go

Come On You Greens :scarf:

 

[Leigh Rapson]

Have found a way to win most games this season without actually playing that well or being that much bettter than the opposition .
Results are what matters, but if we get over the line this side will probably go down as the most unconvincing promotion winning squad in Argyle history.
But they are more than likely to get us out of this division now.

P. W. D. L.
37. 21. 6. 10

Not exactly unconvincing those stats are they?
First two league games aside we've been in the top three all season.

 

[buck197]

The stats maybe convincing but the manner in which we play at home has been entirely unconvincing. The next question we will be asking is who do we keep and who do we let go, where do we need to strengthen?

 

[HC Green]

I've enjoyed the final whistle a lot this year.

 

[The Grumpy Loyal]

If you've been a regular away gamer this season your overall view will be in stark contrast to a 'homers'.

The majority of Home Park games have been pretty painful to watch - even some of the wins. Compare and contrast that with, for example, the euphoric atmosphere in the away end at Mansfield last week and they are polar opposites.

All that matters now though is getting out of this graveyard division.

 

[Guiri Green]

Have found a way to win most games this season without actually playing that well or being that much bettter than the opposition .
Results are what matters, but if we get over the line this side will probably go down as the most unconvincing promotion winning squad in Argyle history.
But they are more than likely to get us out of this division now.

P. W. D. L.
37. 21. 6. 10

Not exactly unconvincing those stats are they?
First two league games aside we've been in the top three all season.

Shhhhh, you'll spoil some peoples post match post mortems of why we're not good enough.

 

[esmer]

For me it's been a great season(so far). Challenging at the top of the league and at times playing some excellent football, as the first half yesterday. We've had a few downs but there has been far more positives. The league is of a high standard nowadays and very competitive and enjoyable. The table, at this stage of the season doesn't lie and we are the second best team in this division and we have a number of quality players. Promotion will be a great achievement and we need now to stay focused and get the job done.

 

[Biggs]

Is there a block button?

MGM... I don't need an essay telling me why a 20 point gap is unlikely. For the second time​, i merely said 'I wouldn't be surprised' if it was 'CLOSER TO' 20 points. I didn't say it would be 20 points...

And yes, your language is bizarre (using other posters opinions is also bizarre because I'm talking about the LANGUAGE you specifically use) and has been all season. You consistently deliver drawn out thoughtpieces attempting to pinpoint where exactly we're going wrong. Meanwhile, the team continue to open up a commanding lead over fourth place, with a few inevitable misteps (yes, it's League Two, guys).

Bloody hell, it can't be just me... Can it?

 

[Guiri Green]

Is there a block button?

MGM... I don't need an essay telling me why a 20 point gap is unlikely. For the second time​, i merely said 'I wouldn't be surprised' if it was 'CLOSER TO' 20 points. I didn't say it would be 20 points...

And yes, your language is bizarre (using other posters opinions is also bizarre because I'm talking about the LANGUAGE you specifically use) and has been all season. You consistently deliver drawn out thoughtpieces attempting to pinpoint where exactly we're going wrong. Meanwhile, the team continue to open up a commanding lead over fourth place, with a few inevitable misteps (yes, it's League Two, guys).

Bloody hell, it can't be just me... Can it?

As Michael Jackson (I think) once said......you are not alone.

 

[monkeywrench]

Is there a block button?

MGM... I don't need an essay telling me why a 20 point gap is unlikely. For the second time​, i merely said 'I wouldn't be surprised' if it was 'CLOSER TO' 20 points. I didn't say it would be 20 points...

And yes, your language is bizarre (using other posters opinions is also bizarre because I'm talking about the LANGUAGE you specifically use) and has been all season. You consistently deliver drawn out thoughtpieces attempting to pinpoint where exactly we're going wrong. Meanwhile, the team continue to open up a commanding lead over fourth place, with a few inevitable misteps (yes, it's League Two, guys).

Bloody hell, it can't be just me... Can it?

There isn't a block button, buy you can 'add foe' so you don't see his posts.

 

[PL2 3DQ]

If you've been a regular away gamer this season your overall view will be in stark contrast to a 'homers'.

The majority of Home Park games have been pretty painful to watch - even some of the wins. Compare and contrast that with, for example, the euphoric atmosphere in the away end at Mansfield last week and they are polar opposites.

All that matters now though is getting out of this graveyard division.

Blimey, I agree with you!
The best games I have seen this season have been away, I mentioned earlier in the season that fans at Home Park are not seeing the best of the team.

 

[Joe Totale]

If you've been a regular away gamer this season your overall view will be in stark contrast to a 'homers'.

The majority of Home Park games have been pretty painful to watch - even some of the wins. Compare and contrast that with, for example, the euphoric atmosphere in the away end at Mansfield last week and they are polar opposites.

All that matters now though is getting out of this graveyard division.

I agree 100%.

I also feel that next season (if we go up) our counter attack tactics could serve us well. Teams in League 1 are more likely to come at us giving us a chance to exploit them on the counter.

 

[GreenThing]

If you've been a regular away gamer this season your overall view will be in stark contrast to a 'homers'.

The majority of Home Park games have been pretty painful to watch - even some of the wins. Compare and contrast that with, for example, the euphoric atmosphere in the away end at Mansfield last week and they are polar opposites.

All that matters now though is getting out of this graveyard division.

Blimey, I agree with you!
The best games I have seen this season have been away, I mentioned earlier in the season that fans at Home Park are not seeing the best of the team.

Those of us who see only the home games might not be seeing the best on offer this year, but apart from the Orient match, we haven't been as bad as some on here like to make out.

 

[Aaron D.]

If you've been a regular away gamer this season your overall view will be in stark contrast to a 'homers'.

The majority of Home Park games have been pretty painful to watch - even some of the wins. Compare and contrast that with, for example, the euphoric atmosphere in the away end at Mansfield last week and they are polar opposites.

All that matters now though is getting out of this graveyard division.

Blimey, I agree with you!
The best games I have seen this season have been away, I mentioned earlier in the season that fans at Home Park are not seeing the best of the team.

Those of us who see only the home games might not be seeing the best on offer this year, but apart from the Orient match, we haven't been as bad as some on here like to make out.

Im an exile in France and Ive seen six home matches.
Carlisle and Wycombe games were top notch entertainment, shame about the late Wycombe equaliser.
Cambridge and Crawley were both wins but were patchy, we did well to take our chances.
Notts County and Blackpool were absolutely dreadful. Two of the most gutless, passion free, boring Argyle performances Ive seen in 34 years watching the greens.
Whilst I can understand the op, Ive enjoyed following the greens this season. Weekends are so much more enjoyable after a victory despite the performances.