Plymouth Argyle Daily News - Wednesday 30 December

Site Manager · Dec 30, 2020

Wednesday 30 December

Oxford Matchday Moments ... club You Tube. (beware of loud music).

Plymouth is placed into Covid tier 3 so no fans will be allowed into Home Park for Saturday's game against Gillingham. Club statement.

In the top four leagues only two other teams have conceded more goals this season than Argyle - Swindon Town and Burton Albion in League One.

Oxford manager Karl Robinson talks about a quick change of tactics early in the game and the Home Park floodlights ... Oxford club website.

We noticed the lights are low on one side and the keepers said about it so I sprinted in before the game and asked if anyone had a long throw and we used that from that side of the pitch. It was a last minute thing but we had three or four of those, knowing we would get the ball in the box.

Drone video footage over Home Park ... You Tube.

Shot map ...

@analyticsOxford

Argyle 2 - 3 Oxford match highlights ... club You Tube.

Post-match reaction from Ryan Lowe ... club You Tube.

The Doctor · Dec 30, 2020

Watching those highlights it’s clear from the second goal that Byron Moore has lost his running speed, something which was his main asset last season. He looks really fatigued despite having played few minutes this season. :think:

At the game last night the main thing I noticed in the build up to that goal was Mayor stepping sideways to allow their player to start his forwards run and I was livid about that. It looked odd at the time - he should have put a challenge in - but I think he thought the player was going to pass the ball and moved to cut off the non-existent pass.

The Doctor · Dec 30, 2020

Those first half v second half stats look pretty telling.

Knibbsworth · Dec 30, 2020

The Doctor":y0023wa1 said:
Those first half v second half stats look pretty telling.

It is bizarre. First 30 mins of every match we look like we are winning the league. Second 30 we go completely off the boil and don't do any of the things we were doing in the first 30. Last 30 Lowe brings on loads of subs who invariably contribute very little.

Almost always the lead and dominance of the first 30 mins is usually peed away along with the result.

How can the same thing keep happening game after game? You can almost set your watch by it.

Rush Goalie · Dec 30, 2020

Knibbsworth":3le38vwd said:
The Doctor":3le38vwd said:

Those first half v second half stats look pretty telling.

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It is bizarre. First 30 mins of every match we look like we are winning the league. Second 30 we go completely off the boil and don't do any of the things we were doing in the first 30. Last 30 Lowe brings on loads of subs who invariably contribute very little.

Almost always the lead and dominance of the first 30 mins is usually pi$$ed away along with the result.

How can the same thing keep happening game after game? You can almost set your watch by it.

Because we can't defend. You can't hope to just outscore your opposition every time if you keep conceding soft goals.

Knibbsworth · Dec 30, 2020

We seem able to defend perfectly fine for the first 30 mins. We are like an olympic sprinter who flies out and is yards ahead after 20 metres.

Then psychologically something happens.

Hardie stops getting the ball in dangerous areas and becomes a passenger. Because of that Jephcott becomes a passenger, two strikers and no service. Midfield get overran. We defend deeper and deeper. Nervous tension sets in. Any kind of elevated punt into our box seems to scare the life out of everybody involved. Suddenly you are thinking we have got 45-60 mins of this and only a one goal lead.

You can feel the equaliser coming and an inevitable winner from the opposition, when five minutes before we had been passing them off the pitch and creating chances. The whole gameplan seems to go straight out the window on the half hour mark.

How does this happen every single game?

The Doctor · Dec 30, 2020

Knibbsworth":oajz9k0z said:
How does this happen every single game?

We should probably look at the opposition and not ourselves for the root of the answer.

Mike Charlick · Dec 30, 2020

Devon & Cornwall into Tier 3. No fans.

oldage · Dec 30, 2020

The Doctor":pelgqohp said:
Knibbsworth":pelgqohp said:

How does this happen every single game?

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We should probably look at the opposition and not ourselves for the root of the answer.

What a strange thing to say! We are the common denominator in all games ,the opposition are glad to accept our gifts.Our play is so predictable that's why this happens every single game.

Herts Green · Dec 30, 2020

oldage":23fjtoyk said:
The Doctor":23fjtoyk said:

Knibbsworth":23fjtoyk said:

How does this happen every single game?

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We should probably look at the opposition and not ourselves for the root of the answer.

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What a strange thing to say! We are the common denominator in all games ,the opposition are glad to accept our gifts.Our play is so predictable that's why this happens every single game.

But that doesn’t make sense surely? If we were that predictable we wouldnt be so good in the first half of games, other teams would know how to play against us from the start.

oldage · Dec 30, 2020

Herts_Green":2ditc7vy said:
oldage":2ditc7vy said:

The Doctor":2ditc7vy said:

Knibbsworth":2ditc7vy said:

How does this happen every single game?

Click to expand...

We should probably look at the opposition and not ourselves for the root of the answer.

Click to expand...

What a strange thing to say! We are the common denominator in all games ,the opposition are glad to accept our gifts.Our play is so predictable that's why this happens every single game.

Click to expand...

But that doesn’t make sense surely? If we were that predictable we wouldnt be so good in the first half of games, other teams would know how to play against us from the start.

Opposition manager sees that we are actually sticking to our plan A and sets up second half to overcome it

philevs · Dec 30, 2020

oldage":2k710wcu said:
Herts_Green":2k710wcu said:

oldage":2k710wcu said:

The Doctor":2k710wcu said:

Knibbsworth":2k710wcu said:

How does this happen every single game?

Click to expand...

We should probably look at the opposition and not ourselves for the root of the answer.

Click to expand...

What a strange thing to say! We are the common denominator in all games ,the opposition are glad to accept our gifts.Our play is so predictable that's why this happens every single game.

Click to expand...

But that doesn’t make sense surely? If we were that predictable we wouldnt be so good in the first half of games, other teams would know how to play against us from the start.

Click to expand...

Opposition manager sees that we are actually sticking to our plan A and sets up second half to overcome it

Yes. The only conclusion would seem to be that opposing coaching teams figure out how to counteract us during the first half, then make changes at half-time which catch us by surprise; our coaches then either do not have time to adjust to the opposition’s new strategy, or do not know how to.
Is this not the logical explanation for the staggering difference in our 1st and 2nd half performances?

oddball · Dec 30, 2020

Argyle have quite a large coaching staff and a DOF....bout time they sorted things out....

philevs · Dec 30, 2020

oddball":1h0ikym8 said:
Argyle have quite a large coaching staff and a DOF....bout time they sorted things out....

Noticeable to me that in every post-match, RL refers to the “game-plan” and how well or not the players stuck to it; but if the game-plan needs to change during a match because the opposition has counteracted it, then clearly RL (or somebody on our coaching staff!) needs to be able to successfully do this.

BiggyGreen · Dec 30, 2020

oddball":75fi57oz said:
Argyle have quite a large coaching staff and a DOF....bout time they sorted things out....

I did find it quite perplexing why a New Goalkeeping coach was employed when the vastly experienced Luke Mcormick was already around.
Having playing goal keeping coach who knows the club inside out surely would have made economical and sporting sense.

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