I thought that too - he looks like he could play the Danny Mayor role as well as wing back. All based on a few short clips of course!Could be the replacement for Ryan broom
It’s more likely that some players, as always, don’t see location as a problem whereas some (probably many) do. The trick is to find the ones for whom location isn’t an issue and/or offer contracts and opportunities that are sufficiently tempting to outweigh any negative thoughts about location.Could it be that this new generation of players don't see our location as a problem. With zoom face time. Social media etc.
Interesting GF but do not forget Argyle are developing a lot of local talent, who are coming forward. It makes it difficult for Cornwall/Plymouth/West Devon placed guys required to travel to the M4/M5 interchange on a daily basis for training. I take on board the fact that the team is not going to be totally local in origin, but it may put off some lads being ambitious with the club, and therefore look to a team based in Exeter. Just a thought?I suspect it is the same problem it always has been, its not as if we have never signed players before. We will just have less options than more centrally based clubs and/or will have to pay more for the same talent.
I am convinced the difficulty in attracting players due to geography is the reason we are the biggest city in Europe never to have had a club playing in the top league. I still think a Bristol area training facility (around M4/M5 junction) is the long term answer to this- more players could commute to training from wherever they are based on a day to day basis without a huge life upheaval, and would be much closer to most away games. Could have a purpose built accommodation in Plymouth for home games (perhaps flats that could be rented out the rest of the time) and combine community work in Plymouth and surrounds with home games.
Coming up on the rails is the City of Westminster. On 2019 figures only 781 people behind Plymouth in population terms.I suspect it is the same problem it always has been, its not as if we have never signed players before. We will just have less options than more centrally based clubs and/or will have to pay more for the same talent.
I am convinced the difficulty in attracting players due to geography is the reason we are the biggest city in Europe never to have had a club playing in the top league. I still think a Bristol area training facility (around M4/M5 junction) is the long term answer to this- more players could commute to training from wherever they are based on a day to day basis without a huge life upheaval, and would be much closer to most away games. Could have a purpose built accommodation in Plymouth for home games (perhaps flats that could be rented out the rest of the time) and combine community work in Plymouth and surrounds with home games.
No shortage of left and right wingers there. Strikers a bit harder to find?Coming up on the rails is the City of Westminster. On 2019 figures only 781 people behind Plymouth in population terms.
Loads on the railway station picket lines last week.No shortage of left and right wingers there. Strikers a bit harder to find?
This signing might bring the best out of Jephcott. I like him personally. He gets slated on here but he does score goals and has lacked service. Hopefully we can address that now.
And Byron Moore. Jephcott definitely scored a fair few goals from Moore’s crosses.If my memory is not failing me, when Jeffers had his purple patch a couple of seasons back, it coincided with us having a direct, early-crossing left wingback: George Cooper.
It is failing you.If my memory is not failing me, when Jeffers had his purple patch a couple of seasons back, it coincided with us having a direct, early-crossing left wingback: George Cooper.