Three defeats
By: Jim | December 13th, 2008I should be feeling worse than I do, to be honest. But after the catastrophic performances against Blackpool and Doncaster, Argyle’s return to form against a very moderate Birmingham outfit has left me with an uncharacteristically optimistic frame of mind. Several people suggested it was our best performance of the season and while not wanting to go that far (we lost and we failed to score, so in one area of our game at least we were sorely lacking), it was certainly a good an attacking performance, bar the finishing, as I’ve seen in a while. However, there needs to be some perspective. We’ve now lost three on the bounce. Lose on Saturday against QPR and we will be looking nervously over our shoulders. If we needed a performance on Tuesday night, Saturday we need a performance *and* a result.
Positives to be taken out of Saturday included strong performances in midfield from Summerfield and Walton; both full backs (Barker and Clark) pushing much further forward and thus making life so much easier for the ball-carrier; a return to form from Fallon (lets hope he gets a bit more protection on Saturday than he did from Kevin Wright). Jamie Mackie made Franck Quedrue look like a League Two full back. But our finishing was woeful – Timar, Mackie, Gallagher, Summers, Walton -all guilty of shocking misses. We have not yet adequately replaced SEB and until we do, the play-offs are a distant dream.
Changes need to be made for Saturday: I’d return Cathcart to the defence in place of Timar, on the grounds that Cathcart’s anticipation is going to serve us better than Timar’s strength against Blackstock/Ageymang/Helguson. I’d try Marin at RW and move Mackie to the left – Paterson has been poor for the last couple of games and while he may be a better option than Barker at LB, he’s not a midfielder. So that’s a side that looks something like:
Larrieu
Clark
Seip
Cathcart
Barker
Marin
Summerfield
Walton
Mackie
Gallagher
Fallon
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MacLean
Noone
Folly
Timar
Paterson
QPR have been poor on their travels, and are kept in the mix by their excellent home record, including beating Wolves a week ago. With creative players like Martin Rowlands and Lee Cook, plus the evergreen Gavin Mahon in the centre of midfield though, I can see them causing us plenty of problems. We need a win: we might have to settle for a point.
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I couldn’t help but grin when I saw that Simon Walton had been sent off AGAIN. The boy’s not only an idiot, but a sloppy player too. Cash in on him quickly before every manager in the leagues cottons on to how awful he is.
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