Yeovil Predictions and Match Thread

[briangreen]

Didn't really get the grumbling on Sunday, Swansea being sooo far out of our league 'n' all. What were people expecting?

It's entirely logical that we're making a better fist of it against a club much closer to our level (albeit a league above having only just come from two leagues above).

We may or may not not beat them but if the performance level gets close to theirs then that bodes very well for the league 2 opponents to come.

Should I highlight that our competitive friends up the A38 only lost 3-0 to Swansea last night. Does that make them one goal better than Argyle or were they just flukey.

It was 2-0, but there not comparable, Sigurdsson came on and got 2 goals and an assist against us then didn't even play against them

Can be looked in two ways.

They came off from the plane from Brazil and 48 hours later had a game which wasn't ideal preparation. They didn't face siguardsson but they did face Bony.

On the other hand they played a back 5 system (watched the highlights out of curiosity) and so more difficult to get around the back of them out wide.

However, I did notice they did create a couple of decent chances by just having a player hugging the touchline (might of been the right wing-back) and getting some decent delivery inside the box.

In the 2nd half, especially when we reverted to 4-2-3-1 a couple of times Morgan got out wide left and caused some issues yet its him you want to see in the box on the end of decent delivery.

We might have "passers" in the team like Norburn but the one area that is in urgent need of finding someone is wide midfield. Someone who in the final third can cross dangerously in the box. Find him, and we can start hurting teams in our league.

So in summary the Argyle v Swansea and Exeter v Swansea games were different games played in different places under different circumstances with different formations and different players.

Yet still it's possible for some posters to draw a negative conclusion against Argyle based soley on scorelines.

My logic still stands. We should be performing better against a L1 side than a premiership side and if our performance level exceeds or comes close to a league 1 side then that bodes well for playing league 2 sides.

Pardon me for daring to draw something resembling a positive conclusion for Argyle.

What you call negative, I call constructive criticism.

We made subs in this game and the impact seems to be less than the starting 11.

We are performing well when we have the first 11 on the pitch. When we substitute players we become weaker. Its not proven by this game but the pre-season games we have had.

Argyle need more quality in the squad if they are going to have a good season. I cant see how that is negative just because it doesn't fall in line with your opinion.

I think there is quality on the bench, but just not enough experience. Those extra couple of players Shez mentioned could be pivotal to the season.
Don't want to be a part of the MM witch hunt, but I am dubious that this man can offer anything we haven't got already up front and he rarely looks like scoring and as far as playing on the wing goes, he is not an out and out winger and that for me is the part that's missing.
The match was won by the most flukiest goal ever, unbelievable.

 

[tigertony]

I notice some fans are saying ''the league is stonger this year''
Whats the basis of that ?

 

[Mannamead Green]

Game of two halves, first pretty good, second absolute tripe. Positives were Reid who took his goal well, Hartley, Nelson, Cox and Thomas - only who did anything going forward second half. Morgan tried and did get a fair amount to go his way but he's still very clumsy. Negatives: McHugh (not a left-back), Alessandra had a bad game too, and all the attacking players in the second half but Thomas.

 

[The Grumpy Loyal]

Pardon me for daring to draw something resembling a positive conclusion for Argyle.

To be honest, I think most fans are capable of drawing their own conclusions based on what they see with their own eyes.

Keep on though, I'm sure there may be someone somewhere who isn't bright enough to draw their own conclusions and appreciates the lectures from 300 miles away.

Pre-season hasn't been what Sheridan would have hoped for. I reckon I'm on pretty safe ground saying that.

 

[Knarf Reprah]

Nor burn absolutely outstanding, Morgan at last showed some potential. Nelson and Hartley solid, but getting to know each other, so the odd lapse is being punished. I'm mr moaner, but have faith we are miles better than last year, and are trying to play football...only one hoof ball all night. I've thoroughly enjoyed both home friendliest, how many matches did I enjoy last year......Reid still poor apart from an excellent goal. Let's see what Smalley can do. Draw at Cambridge and stuff the Greeks will do me

 

[LeonTheGreen]

I notice some fans are saying ''the league is stonger this year''
Whats the basis of that ?

Other league 2 teams have signed some very good players. Wimbledon for example have signed Tubbs and Porkyfenwa, Bury, Shrewsbury, Northampton and Portsmouth look strong. On paper there are a lot of strong teams. But of course ' on paper' means naff all if they don't gel.

 

[UncleBuck]

Observation from me, half time the Yeovil subs were being put through their paces by 3 coaches/specialists on the pitch with the players giving various workouts and training moves. Same for Swansea at the weekend who had no less than 6 coaches/specialists on the field giving training and one-to-ones during half time.

In both games the Argyle subs were completely by their lonesomes for the entire period just having a general kickabout and a doss for 15 minutes.

A minor observation but one that adds weight to my theory that we are (and always have been) severely lacking in technical support staff and specialist coaches and that is why we consistently under perform.

 

[Trev501]

An interesting view from an 'opposition' local paper:
http://www.westerngazette.co.uk/REPORT- ... story.html?

 

[X Isle]

Pardon me for daring to draw something resembling a positive conclusion for Argyle.

To be honest, I think most fans are capable of drawing their own conclusions based on what they see with their own eyes.

Keep on though, I'm sure there may be someone somewhere who isn't bright enough to draw their own conclusions and appreciates the lectures from 300 miles away.

Pre-season hasn't been what Sheridan would have hoped for. I reckon I'm on pretty safe ground saying that.

It depends which fans those eyes belong to though Grumpy, some will look only for negatives, they'd view a Capability Brown landscaped panorama only to dwell on the fox turd in front of them :facepalm:

Time, experience, a long memory and an eye for detail allows the more savvy readers of this site to pick out whose observations and assessments to trust from games and which one's to dismiss. You can weed out the uber negative types, the types that are too forgiving and the types that vary wildly week to week. This could be done from the moon if needs be, geographical location matters not.

By so doing it's possible to gain a better overall picture of the general trend of things than simply relying on 'one's own eyes'. You see one man's eyes only ever comes with one man's ability to assess and rationalise what he's seeing, one man's 'baggage' and one man's fixed point on the green tint/brown tint spectrum.

Distance can give perspective and perspective assists the ability to see and appreciate bigger pictures ;-)

 

[Cobi Budge.]

An interesting view from an 'opposition' local paper:
http://www.westerngazette.co.uk/REPORT- ... story.html?

It was a 50/50 game when you take it all in to account. I couldn't see a league's difference out there, looked evenly matched to me. I did expect Yeovil to be a bit better.

 

[lewjam14]

i have been in yeovil for the last to weeks and watched Bristol rovers game and Cardiff game.
bristol rovers where the better team in the first half but both where sloppy in the second half and yeovil got two goals in the second half against the run of play and it ended 2-0. i think they will get relegated.

 

[Cobi Budge.]

I noticed that RE half time warm ups, been the same since Sheridan arrived to be honest, even under Fletcher they usually did at least something.

Under Sheridan, the subs just seem to be sent on to mess around and do bugger all, a bit embarrassing considering both Swansea and Yeovil had coaches out putting the subs through their paces.

How hard would it be to keep Wotton on the pitch to run something?

But you are right Buck, we do seem to lack support staff and specialist coaches, which is telling in the pre match warm up as well.