Analysis
From editorials to detailed tactical analysis, this is the the home of the best long-form articles about Plymouth Argyle Football Club anywhere online.
Editorial: The end of football
The kindling is stacked, it just requires a spark. And then, who knows? For many clubs and communities, finance shall be the end of football.
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2018/19 Review – Analysis: Shooting ourselves in the foot
Argyle’s goal return was not only diminished, but it also translated into fewer points as goals were concentrated into a small number of high-scoring games.
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2018/19 Review – Analysis: The failure of 4-2-3-1
4-2-3-1 reduces Fox’s influence on the ball and exposes him defensively, while preventing Sarcevic and Ness from effectively protecting the defence.
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Race to Home Park: Ian Holloway
Holloway does represent an exciting opportunity; he brings back nostalgic memories of Championship football, Halmosi, Buzsaky, Norris and Ebanks-Blake.
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Race to Home Park: Ryan Lowe
Bury’s team featured a goalkeeper, two-centre-backs, a full-back, a central midfielder, three attacking midfielders, a winger and two strikers.
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Player Rankings: Argyle Life Player of the Year
Argyle didn’t stay up – there’s no escaping that. But, the truth is, there was one decisive man who’s the reason that it even went down to the final day.
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Analysis Extra: The fall of Derek Adams
My overriding feeling is one of remorse. I genuinely wanted Derek Adams to succeed and hated watching as he paved the way to his eventual departure.
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Player Rankings: Matchday 44
It would take quite a dramatic turnaround in the final two games for Lameiras not to be named as Argyle’s star performer.
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Analysis: It’s time for Taylor to start
There is little reason to suggest that Ladapo should start any of the next three matches given his dreadful record away from home and against top teams.
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Player Rankings: Matchday 42
From now until the end of the season, we will be publishing our Plymouth Argyle player rankings, made up of aggregated player ratings from every game of 2018/19.
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Who is better: Macey or Letheren?
To say that Letheren was the cause of Argyle’s improved results is wrong for one basic reason: it assumes that Macey was the team’s core problem.
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The Case For The Defence
Argyle have kept five clean sheets in 33 league matches this season. Four of those have come from the 11 in which Edwards and Canavan have started together.
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