Extra Time: Football’s a People Business

Extra Time: Football’s a People Business

Supporters’ desperation for Argyle to reveal the name of the new manager is understandable, but the club is caught between a rock and a hard place. Appoint too quickly and people will say they’ve jumped at the first candidate willing to take the job. Take too long and...
Extra Time: Make Argyle Great Again

Extra Time: Make Argyle Great Again

I suppose the one thing about Saturday’s game is that it delivered what we all want from football, namely an emotional roller coaster. As the goals went in at Home Park and Southend, Argyle bounced from relegation to safety and back again, but it goes without saying...
Extra Time: End of the Road

Extra Time: End of the Road

Another eventful week at Home Park, then. The bare facts are that, following the abysmal 5-1 defeat at Accrington, Derek Adams was sacked 6 weeks short of 4 years in charge of Argyle. That’s a long tenure by the standards of modern football management, though I’m sure...
Extra Time: End of the Road

Extra Time: Is it nearly over yet?

On Monday night I found myself reflecting on the fact that, for the first time in my life, I had seriously considered walking out of a football game before the end. In fact, I was seriously tempted to flee at half time, and in some ways I wish I had. I could have got...
Extra Time: Make Argyle Great Again

Extra Time: Circles of Hell

When I sit down to write this column every week, I usually take an analytical approach. Look at the facts, crunch the numbers and write something based on a balanced assessment of the two. But there are times when all that goes out of the window, when emotion takes...