Argyle Life
The Alternative Plymouth Argyle VoiceOpinion
Read regular opinion pieces about the fortunes of Plymouth Argyle from our columnists Tom Sleeman and Adam Price, as well as guest writers.
Extra Time: End This Madness
After an injury time winner, Plymouth Argyle were brought back to reality by playing in the Checkatrade Trophy, the equivalent of watching grass grow.
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Extra Time: To Be Expected
We should perhaps scale back our praise a tad and make good performances against good sides an expectation rather than a treat
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Extra Time: How it ended in Dingwall
The circumstances at County and Argyle appear to be similar, so why was it that the Dingwall club parted company with their most successful manager?
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Extra Time: Adams Out
I would desperately like to see Derek Adams be the man to turn around Argyle’s fortunes this year, but with no signs that he is able to do that at present, it’s time to hand over the reigns to somebody who can.
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Extra Time: The Curious Case of Mr Adams
It’s no secret that Plymouth Argyle’s start to the 2018-19 season has been a complete travesty. This season’s failures have mirrored those from the start last term, with the only real difference being that, this time last year, Argyle did at the very least have one...
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It’s Good to Talk: In tough times, honesty is the best policy
So it’s not been the greatest start to the season for Argyle, who now prop up the table with just three points from seven games. That’s worse even than at this stage last season. While talk of a crisis is premature, any team still winless by mid September clearly has issues.
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Extra Time: The Mental Game
It all feels so familiar, doesn’t it? Many of us were optimistic a month ago when the season got underway, believing Argyle may well be able to build on a successful 7th place finish last term. But, suddenly, it’s September and the Greens are rooted to the bottom of...
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Final Whistle: From Parkway to Portsmouth
Following Saturday's horror show 3-0 defeat to South Coast rivals Portsmouth, Plymouth Argyle took their winless run to six games this season as they remain bottom of League One and now boast the divisions worst goal difference to boot. It reflects a similarly torrid...
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Extra Time: A Week Is A Long Time
It’s an old cliché to say that a week is a long time in football. But, as any long-term readers of this column will be all too aware, an old cliché is absolutely not something I’m going to shy away from. Although, my goodness, you’d do very well to find a seven-day...
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Extra Time: Does It Matter?
Well, football is back, Argyle have lost, and I’m here to discuss whether any of this really matters at all. But whilst this could go down the route of considering whether football as a whole is worth caring about in the current global political climate, fear not....
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Release or Retain?
Robert te Loeke Nick: ‘With Michael Cooper already announced as a provisional third choice keeper, it seems unlikely that RTL will last the summer.’ Sam: ‘His performances in the two games he played were patchy to say the least. Coupled with his injury problems, his...
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Final Whistle: Three’s a Crowd
Fantastic. Mesmerizing. Rampant. All words to describe Plymouth Argyle as they thundered to a 4-0 win over Southend at Home Park for what was their highest win of the season so far. The three points also coupled with a return to the League One play-off positions at...
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