I‘m going to try and be balanced about what l saw today.
That was bloody fantastic.
So as most know l am very much a fan of the 3-4-2-1. And the reason is because of what l hope many people got to witness at HP today.
The first half was the best football l’ve seen in a while. Argyle controlled the game from the start. However, l would say it took them at least 10-15mins mins to settle down their football as there were initially long balls to Hardie that weren’t directed well.
l will repeat, the thing that a 3-4-2-1 gives us is 3 players in forward positions. Two of them in wide areas of the pitch. Constantly Azaz and Mayor were getting down the sides of Peterborough. And were supported well by Edwards & Mumba. The number of times we got in good wide positions and getting crosses into the box was terrific. Last season we just didn’t have that attacking type of width.
The first goal is a great example of the attacking width. Getting down the sides of a team. Mayor could of had a shot but his pass to Azaz was l guess because he thought he had a better shooting angle. I’m glad Azaz scored but sometimes Mayor needs to pull the trigger himself otherwise we will over play in certain situation. Countless times today Argyle were getting in those type of positions. Last season to be honest l don’t think we got in those situations enough.
Today we had countless chances that we should have scored from. And we must become more ruthless with the opportunities that we have in the future as lm sure opposition sides will make us pay if we don’t.
I know Peterborough changed their formation in the second half. Personally, l thought we were comfortable although they maybe controlled possession more. So when Schumacher changed it to 3-1-4-2 l was surprised. But the changed worked. And this is what Schumacher said about if we need to change things we can. And l repeat it’s important to always have another option. I don’t think it’s healthy to always play 3-4-2-1. You need to be adaptable. But l’m sorry, that 3-4-2-1 today also showed you can make numerous chances with it. What l will say though is lm starting to feel a strong, physical front man would help our system.
To be honest apart from Taylor’s mazy dribble inside Wilson & Edwards l can’t recall Posh every really having too many other efforts apart from Marriott’s first half one.
Argyle continued to see out the game and in fact had opportunities to really punish Peterborough on the counter attack.
The only thing l found annoying today was the ref. I felt at times he didn’t give us many 50/50 decisions.
As for the players today they were immense. Especially in that heat. Edwards was like the Duracell Bunny going up and down that line in the second half.
Azaz looks to me to be the jewel in the crown of this side. Is such a talent. Makes Argyle look brighter in the final 3rd.
Randell was top notch. His display today just oozed class. His passing and vision are just a thing of besuty. And on top of this he works so hard. I’m not a massive fan of Houghton because of the defensive side of his game but today l thought he put in a great performance.
Mumba is the type of player l was trying to explain Argyle needed last season at wing back. First of all he has pace. Secondly, he can beat a player on the outside which gives us better width. Why this guy impresses me though is because of his work rate. He is one minute being tackled after going forward. The next second he is up off his feet racing towards the ball snapping at the oppositions feet.
The trickery he has on the ball was shown by the penalty. When Miller comes back to fitness lm very excited about what they both can do in our team. Mouthwatering.
But l will temper this post down. I said before & after Barnsley how relaxed l feel about the team and our football. I’ve been as positive as you can be about some of the football l’ve seen at home in the last two games. Yet l repeat this team needs time. It’s still a new system and mistakes will be made. Understandings need to be developed. Your not going to click perfectly into a new system after 8-10 weeks of training.
I will also add if we were to lose players to injury, like Azaz, it will impact the team. And that is why l mentioned budget. As those teams like Sheffield Wednesday & Ipswich may also suffer injuries over a 46 game season but cope better with their larger squads. That’s not excuses. That’s just how l personally feel about playing budgets. Winning or losing games doesn’t change how l feel.
We just need to be patient with on field & off field situations. It’s easy for that to be said when we just had a great win. Yet there seems to be plans about our future in the pipeline and we just need to have some faith. I mean it could be worse. We could be run like Man Utd.
That was bloody fantastic.
So as most know l am very much a fan of the 3-4-2-1. And the reason is because of what l hope many people got to witness at HP today.
The first half was the best football l’ve seen in a while. Argyle controlled the game from the start. However, l would say it took them at least 10-15mins mins to settle down their football as there were initially long balls to Hardie that weren’t directed well.
l will repeat, the thing that a 3-4-2-1 gives us is 3 players in forward positions. Two of them in wide areas of the pitch. Constantly Azaz and Mayor were getting down the sides of Peterborough. And were supported well by Edwards & Mumba. The number of times we got in good wide positions and getting crosses into the box was terrific. Last season we just didn’t have that attacking type of width.
The first goal is a great example of the attacking width. Getting down the sides of a team. Mayor could of had a shot but his pass to Azaz was l guess because he thought he had a better shooting angle. I’m glad Azaz scored but sometimes Mayor needs to pull the trigger himself otherwise we will over play in certain situation. Countless times today Argyle were getting in those type of positions. Last season to be honest l don’t think we got in those situations enough.
Today we had countless chances that we should have scored from. And we must become more ruthless with the opportunities that we have in the future as lm sure opposition sides will make us pay if we don’t.
I know Peterborough changed their formation in the second half. Personally, l thought we were comfortable although they maybe controlled possession more. So when Schumacher changed it to 3-1-4-2 l was surprised. But the changed worked. And this is what Schumacher said about if we need to change things we can. And l repeat it’s important to always have another option. I don’t think it’s healthy to always play 3-4-2-1. You need to be adaptable. But l’m sorry, that 3-4-2-1 today also showed you can make numerous chances with it. What l will say though is lm starting to feel a strong, physical front man would help our system.
To be honest apart from Taylor’s mazy dribble inside Wilson & Edwards l can’t recall Posh every really having too many other efforts apart from Marriott’s first half one.
Argyle continued to see out the game and in fact had opportunities to really punish Peterborough on the counter attack.
The only thing l found annoying today was the ref. I felt at times he didn’t give us many 50/50 decisions.
As for the players today they were immense. Especially in that heat. Edwards was like the Duracell Bunny going up and down that line in the second half.
Azaz looks to me to be the jewel in the crown of this side. Is such a talent. Makes Argyle look brighter in the final 3rd.
Randell was top notch. His display today just oozed class. His passing and vision are just a thing of besuty. And on top of this he works so hard. I’m not a massive fan of Houghton because of the defensive side of his game but today l thought he put in a great performance.
Mumba is the type of player l was trying to explain Argyle needed last season at wing back. First of all he has pace. Secondly, he can beat a player on the outside which gives us better width. Why this guy impresses me though is because of his work rate. He is one minute being tackled after going forward. The next second he is up off his feet racing towards the ball snapping at the oppositions feet.
The trickery he has on the ball was shown by the penalty. When Miller comes back to fitness lm very excited about what they both can do in our team. Mouthwatering.
But l will temper this post down. I said before & after Barnsley how relaxed l feel about the team and our football. I’ve been as positive as you can be about some of the football l’ve seen at home in the last two games. Yet l repeat this team needs time. It’s still a new system and mistakes will be made. Understandings need to be developed. Your not going to click perfectly into a new system after 8-10 weeks of training.
I will also add if we were to lose players to injury, like Azaz, it will impact the team. And that is why l mentioned budget. As those teams like Sheffield Wednesday & Ipswich may also suffer injuries over a 46 game season but cope better with their larger squads. That’s not excuses. That’s just how l personally feel about playing budgets. Winning or losing games doesn’t change how l feel.
We just need to be patient with on field & off field situations. It’s easy for that to be said when we just had a great win. Yet there seems to be plans about our future in the pipeline and we just need to have some faith. I mean it could be worse. We could be run like Man Utd.
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