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Lowe - "We're overachieving ...............
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Certainly has helped.Something to do with having more capable defenders in front of him perhaps?
But I reckon the disasterous defending last season was a lesson on communication and organisation for him
Agree about MC. He is so assured with the ball at his feet, beyond his years for sure. It won't be long before he moves for big money. I just hope his agent doesn't turn him into a bench warmer for a Prem club
I am dreading the january transfer market. At this rate we will definately have Clubs circling around our players and some, like Broom may well be wanted back by Peterborough.
Except thatâs nonsenseâŚ!
If your budget is 10 times bigger than mine then you can be 10 times more wasteful than I am and still get better outcomes. Having a bigger budget makes it much easier to be successful, even if youâre not very good.
But yes, how you spend/manage your budget is obviously of great importance.
the idea that the size of the budget âmakes little differenceâ is so clearly provable nonsense itâs amazing it even needs saying. Why do you think Argyle are better than Truro City but worse than Chelsea? There will be some over and underachievers but every season the league table always has and always will more or less align with how much different clubs have to spend
Personally I donât think any of our players are over performing. I think they are top-half / mid table players currently in very good form. Thatâs the biggest difference from last year where we had the remnants of a League Two squad and the recruitment brought in players who were only just League One standard.
Itâs about time the January transfer window was abolished Europe-wide. Buy your team at the start of the season, develop them between August and May, and live with your decisions. If clubs need to buy and sell, then this should only happen at the seasonâs conclusion, when all competitions are finished and a sensible judgement and valuation of playersâ contributions to those competitions is possible.
Are we punching above our weight?
I have to say that when I think of the football club I think of traditionally being top half of the first division and the bottom half of the Championship. This is where we have plied our football regularly, in the past, and where we should be, according to the size of the club and its support from the fans.
Admittedly the introduction of seats have reduced our numbers that can get into the ground (42,000 used to be our capacity), but that has not been a problem in recent years.
I know we haven't been there for many years, in fact we've been in the bottom division far too long for my liking, and I know times have changed and the levels of the football league have improved immensely since we were regularly there, but I cannot get away from the fact that we are now where we should be competing, top half of the third (now the first) and bottom half of the second (now the Championship). Indeed we have toyed with the top of the first division (Championship) but have always been unable to sustain such a challenge.
Fans of a lesser age than me will not know of the times we had in the second, now Championship, but believe me we were always a sustainable club at that level and alternated between the two divisions regularly. We had another spell in the second more recently before disaster befell us and liquidation was a real threat. However we have overcome that, thanks to James Brent, and have now left that in our past.
Resurgam indeed.
We just have to be sustainable and we can expect decent football from here on in.
Thank you to all those that have made this possible and I look forward to where Ryan Lowe and his team can take us in the next year or two, and may he continue to get the players to "overachieve"
Hang on, the ride should be an exciting one.
I have to say that when I think of the football club I think of traditionally being top half of the first division and the bottom half of the Championship. This is where we have plied our football regularly, in the past, and where we should be, according to the size of the club and its support from the fans.
Admittedly the introduction of seats have reduced our numbers that can get into the ground (42,000 used to be our capacity), but that has not been a problem in recent years.
I know we haven't been there for many years, in fact we've been in the bottom division far too long for my liking, and I know times have changed and the levels of the football league have improved immensely since we were regularly there, but I cannot get away from the fact that we are now where we should be competing, top half of the third (now the first) and bottom half of the second (now the Championship). Indeed we have toyed with the top of the first division (Championship) but have always been unable to sustain such a challenge.
Fans of a lesser age than me will not know of the times we had in the second, now Championship, but believe me we were always a sustainable club at that level and alternated between the two divisions regularly. We had another spell in the second more recently before disaster befell us and liquidation was a real threat. However we have overcome that, thanks to James Brent, and have now left that in our past.
Resurgam indeed.
We just have to be sustainable and we can expect decent football from here on in.
Thank you to all those that have made this possible and I look forward to where Ryan Lowe and his team can take us in the next year or two, and may he continue to get the players to "overachieve"
Hang on, the ride should be an exciting one.
Overachieving Clubs:
Leicester, Brentford, Blackpool, Norwich, Accrington, Morecambe, Wycombe and.....Argyle ?
Personally, I think we are under achieving.
As an Argyle fan, I remember many hard fought matches between us and the Clubs listed above, when we were all in the same division.
And what about that infamous play off encounter with Burnley. Which league are they in now with there 16 - 20 000 attendances ?
Argyle, with their 15 000 crowds, huge catchment area. A big local youth talent pool..., we should be doing much better.
So, why do we suddenly tell ourselves, 'okay lads, the shows over, nice while it lasted, now back to mid table we go' ?
Some tactical rethinks, new player additions and we can soon be back to a top 2 position.
Leicester, Brentford, Blackpool, Norwich, Accrington, Morecambe, Wycombe and.....Argyle ?
Personally, I think we are under achieving.
As an Argyle fan, I remember many hard fought matches between us and the Clubs listed above, when we were all in the same division.
And what about that infamous play off encounter with Burnley. Which league are they in now with there 16 - 20 000 attendances ?
Argyle, with their 15 000 crowds, huge catchment area. A big local youth talent pool..., we should be doing much better.
So, why do we suddenly tell ourselves, 'okay lads, the shows over, nice while it lasted, now back to mid table we go' ?
Some tactical rethinks, new player additions and we can soon be back to a top 2 position.
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