My biggest disappointment of the season given the level he had played in Holland.
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My biggest disappointment of the season given the level he had played in Holland.
You do realise that Brickfields is EXTRA money that Simon Hallett has put in. If there was no Brickfields we wouldn't have had that money, it would have stayed in the Hallett's pocket. It hasn't come from the club coffers. Brickfields literally has no impact on anything else within the club.
Some supporters seemingly would never have us upgrade our infrastructure
There two sides to every argument, who wants a great infrastructure, if your team is playing in Div 2.
It is a very fine balancing act, some people will agree and some disagree.
And that's fine but to be honest if you told me we could stay up and not do the academy/Brickfields etc, or be relegated and do it, I'd take the latter, as short term thinking is pointless... obviously there are various shades of grey between those two things
I don't blame the board for spending money we don't have, but I do
for the mistakes they made
1 For appointing IF
2 For sacking him too late
3 For relying on Dewsnip and Nance to get us to safety though they still might
4 Not bringing in an experienced manager until the end of the season.
I don't blame Mr Hallett as I believe he was influenced and I'm not
Blaming anyone in particular.
If you don’t have a good infrastructure you’ll always be playing in league two though.
It’s going to take a very long time to reap any benefits though, at least 5 to 10 years before we may start to see regular academy graduates being of Championship standard.
I just refuse to believe that out of over 100 applicants, the fella who got the job just happened to be someone who was pal’s with the fella who led process. Foster was always the wrong appointment, and it isn’t a case of hindsight because I said that all along. I just hope that Hallett is more involved in the process this summer.
Totally ageee. Just saying it will take time for a regular pipeline of players of Championship standard (or better) to keep / sell on, right now it’s a bit sporadic
Just watching the Hull v Ipswich game. What a difference in the quality of play from both sides (when compared to Argyle) - the fluidity of the play, the speed and urgency, the effort, the ability to string together passes (like they know what the plan is, how they intend to approach the match). For quite some time Argyle have seemed to me to be a collection of individuals who don't have confidence in each other or the understanding of what the game plan is, if there is a coherent one in the first place!). And on top of all this, understandably perhaps, there is not the same work rate as other teams in the Championship, a general lack of aggression, continual lapses in concentration/joined up thinking). Most annoying to me is that certain players appear to be coasting, rather than putting in the extra effort that would signal to their team-mates that it's worth them putting in the same effort, to lift the team performance to a level that would allow them to truly compete with other teams in this league. Whittaker for me is the one player that has shown this lack of true effort and grit, regardless of his goals this season and his obvious (though limited) ability. Does he not realise he could a much better player if he didn't swan about like he believes football owes him something. You get what you deserve in this life, and if you want to truly succeed it starts by putting in the hard work and challenging yourself, NOT JUST COASTING!
If Hardie had scored a hat trick at Watford or if we'd scored 1 more than Leicester at their place, we'd be safe now.
I’ve never seen so many defensive Argyle players in a starting eleven. What happened to the “shackles off”…….going away to Millwall to hold out for a draw when they have 6’x Jake Cooper and their set piece record…..incredulous. I’m remaining positive though. We can get something against a very good Hull team going for the playoffs…….IF we play our best first eleven, and IF we have the mindset of simply outscoring the opposition.
