Thought I'd largely sleep on it.
Taking the positives this morning. We scored 3 really good goals in a scrappy, frustrating game. Fleetwood were very much on the front foot and kept the ball from us for long periods, particularly in the first 20 minutes of the 2nd half. We weren't allowed to settle into any real pattern of play and the pitch hardly lent itself to our best style anyway.
There is clearly work to do at the back but I think we've been upended by the injury to Galloway. His pace and poise rescued us in more than a few situations earlier this season; for a squad of Argyle's size it's a major blow to lose your best defender like that.
In microcosm, it's difficult to look past throwing away 3 points to last minute goals in the space of 4 days but it's very fine margins. With a reasonable head on, we are still an outfit in transition. If we end up in the top 10, which I think we will, it has to go down as progress, irrespective of where we were earlier this season - and especially suffering the disruption of involuntarily and surprisingly losing a manager mid-season.
To those turning on Schumacher already, have a word! He's a very young manager starting out and needs the time to bed in. In the last couple of years, Argyle have starting getting most of the big calls right. I would rather we give some like SS a spin than pluck someone off the managerial merry-go-round.
It does look like we are very much falling back into the pack but there is everything to play for in the next few months. The forwards look lively, which is a plus. We have another very promising midfielder in Randell, who is providing genuine competition for more seasoned pros. Mayor, Houghton and Hardie to come back into the mix