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Extra Time: Irresistible Mania
Knowing your audience. It’s a key skill when writing about just about anything, I’m told. I completely agree – it’s why I know when you click through to Argyle Life you’re hoping to see a deeply considered analytical piece about all things Argyle and not, as I seem to...
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Player Ratings: Bristol Rovers.
Remi Matthews - 4. An uncharacteristically poor game from the Norwich loanee, as he was beaten a little too easily for Bristol Rovers’ first goal and was caught our by Ellis Harrison’s pressing twice, nearly conceding in the process after kicking the ball into him....
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Extra Time: In The Script
Sporting media does love a fairy-tale story. Leicester City’s against-all-odds Premier League title win two years ago was lapped up worldwide, and events such as Greece’s European Championships triumph, Ronnie Radford’s famous goal for Hereford United (you know the...
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Player Ratings: Fleetwood Town.
Remi Matthews: 8 MOTM. The game was not wholly defined by keepers: Argyle played well in spells and had chances of their own, but the excellence of Matthews cannot be denied even if it is not the case that he singlehandedly won us our point. His command of area and...
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Argyle Life Player of the Month: February
Antoni Sarcevic wins February Player of the Month. Congratulations to Antoni Sarcevic, who is Argyle Life's Player of the Month for the second consecutive month. Like in January, Graham Carey finished second, albeit by an even finer margin, while Ryan Taylor finished...
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Player Ratings: Bradford.
Remi Matthews: 7. Another good game was had by Matthews by and large who picked up his second clean sheet in a row. He claimed most of what he had to deal with admirably in terms of crosses and his distribution was also accurate. One flap in the air however near the...
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Preview: Bradford City
A brief introduction Adams and his inform Argyle head into Saturday’s match just one point and one place below the play offs. With 12 games left in the Pilgrims’ campaign, they will be aiming to finish as close to the play offs as possible, and Saturday sees them...
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Why Argyle’s Ability to Mix Styles is Making Them So Tough to Stop
“Football should be played on the deck” we're always told. In general I agree. Retaining possession has become so much more important in the modern game than it was before – I watched Manchester City play last week and every corner they had was played short, never...
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Preview: Oxford United.
Overview Argyle head into Saturday’s match with Oxford in eighth place, yes, eighth! Now clearly overachieving, Adams’ men are aiming to finish as high as possible and they head into the weekend after a fantastic February so far. After overcoming Blackburn, Shrewsbury...
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Extra Time: Small Gamechangers
Football. It’s a funny old game, as they say. There are an almost innumerable amount of variables that can influence the outcome of a match, and the only thing we’re all really unanimously agreed on is that goals change games, whenever they are scored. As a child,...
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