- Jul 28, 2010
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1) Argyle unchanged starting 11 but the welcome sight of Ryan Taylor on the bench with Callum Dyson the one making way. This match risked the appearance of an over confident Argyle perhaps for the first time since Walsall. Another team in red to face, would this be our fist win against one for a while?
2) Argyle dominated the half, we kept the ball really well and managed to get a few shots away. With dominance on the pitch the crowd was quiet and then became restless as Argyle tried to break down a stubborn Stevenage defence. Stevenage won a few corners but apart from that were kept at arms length.
3) Ladapo had his usual 1 v 1 but left it too late to pull the trigger. On another day Argyle couldn't have at least one pen with Grant tumbled in the box by a lunging tackle. Carey had a couple of shots go wide and went close with a free-kick but overall we couldn't get the quality of chance against a packed defence.
4) Stevenage picked up a couple of yellows in the first as they turned to desperation with J Grant and Carey running past them at ease. The game was crying out for Lameiras and with Taylor on the bench I half expected to see them at some point if the scores stayed level.
5) Argyle made a poor start to the second unable to retain possession wihout Ness especially poor perhaps he was injured. Within 10 minutes of restart the injured Ness was replaced by Lameiras. Almost immediately Ladapo played him in but he mis kicked completely. Another few moments and he set up Carey whose fierce shot just went wide.
6) Further chances came and went and time began to run out. There was a long injury break for a Stevenage player who eventually went off on a stretcher. Argyle still couldnt find the killer ball. Grant and Lameiras both found the keeper instead of a colleague and the ball just bounced off Ladapo.
7) Moore had a poor game as did Ness before he went off but maybe he was carrying an injury. Lameiras was a mixture of blinding brilliance and shocking wastefulness as was Carey. Songo'o had another solid game and both Grant's were good although Joel faded as the game went on.
8 ) Adams seemed to leave his substitutions too late again. The build up began to look predictable as the rain came down heavily and the ref gave 10 minutes of injury time. Finally the goal came. Fox's shot was parried by the keeper and Lameiras finally found the quality to beat the despairing dive.
9) Shockingly quiet Argyle crowd. They only really got going for a couple of periods in the second. The feeling when the goal went in was more of relief that we finally had broken through. The most worrying thing was that we took so long to break down such a poor defence. Still, in the hat for the next time round.
Matt Macey - 7
Tafari Moore - 5
Yann Songo'o - 8
Niall Canavan - 8
Connor Grant - 7
David Fox - 7
Jamie Ness - 6
Antoni Sarcevic - 7
Graham Carey - 7
Joel Grant - 8
Freddie Ladapo - 6
Kyle Letheren - unused
Peter Grant - unused
Ashley Smith-Brown - unused
Stewart O'Keefe - unused
Ruben Lameiras - 7
Luke Jephcott - unused
Ryan Taylor - unused
2) Argyle dominated the half, we kept the ball really well and managed to get a few shots away. With dominance on the pitch the crowd was quiet and then became restless as Argyle tried to break down a stubborn Stevenage defence. Stevenage won a few corners but apart from that were kept at arms length.
3) Ladapo had his usual 1 v 1 but left it too late to pull the trigger. On another day Argyle couldn't have at least one pen with Grant tumbled in the box by a lunging tackle. Carey had a couple of shots go wide and went close with a free-kick but overall we couldn't get the quality of chance against a packed defence.
4) Stevenage picked up a couple of yellows in the first as they turned to desperation with J Grant and Carey running past them at ease. The game was crying out for Lameiras and with Taylor on the bench I half expected to see them at some point if the scores stayed level.
5) Argyle made a poor start to the second unable to retain possession wihout Ness especially poor perhaps he was injured. Within 10 minutes of restart the injured Ness was replaced by Lameiras. Almost immediately Ladapo played him in but he mis kicked completely. Another few moments and he set up Carey whose fierce shot just went wide.
6) Further chances came and went and time began to run out. There was a long injury break for a Stevenage player who eventually went off on a stretcher. Argyle still couldnt find the killer ball. Grant and Lameiras both found the keeper instead of a colleague and the ball just bounced off Ladapo.
7) Moore had a poor game as did Ness before he went off but maybe he was carrying an injury. Lameiras was a mixture of blinding brilliance and shocking wastefulness as was Carey. Songo'o had another solid game and both Grant's were good although Joel faded as the game went on.
8 ) Adams seemed to leave his substitutions too late again. The build up began to look predictable as the rain came down heavily and the ref gave 10 minutes of injury time. Finally the goal came. Fox's shot was parried by the keeper and Lameiras finally found the quality to beat the despairing dive.
9) Shockingly quiet Argyle crowd. They only really got going for a couple of periods in the second. The feeling when the goal went in was more of relief that we finally had broken through. The most worrying thing was that we took so long to break down such a poor defence. Still, in the hat for the next time round.
Matt Macey - 7
Tafari Moore - 5
Yann Songo'o - 8
Niall Canavan - 8
Connor Grant - 7
David Fox - 7
Jamie Ness - 6
Antoni Sarcevic - 7
Graham Carey - 7
Joel Grant - 8
Freddie Ladapo - 6
Kyle Letheren - unused
Peter Grant - unused
Ashley Smith-Brown - unused
Stewart O'Keefe - unused
Ruben Lameiras - 7
Luke Jephcott - unused
Ryan Taylor - unused