Argyle Analyst

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@HodgeLuke That's my guess

@argyle_analyst Do you think Benarous will start in CM with Boateng?

I think it's more likely that Roberts starts from the bench tomorrow, but the ideal is that we see Jephcott 2.0. Returns from a short loan at Truro having performed very well and breaks into the first team #pafc

@HodgeLuke @RogGorst2 All the answers are in the blog I sent you, predominantly the second half argyle.life/opinion/argyle…

@RogGorst2 @argyle_analyst Absolutely but I’m guessing the travelling will be crazy? Where’s the nearest U21 / U23 professional league 🤷🏻‍♂️ Or do they - as they have on occasions before, try and enter a more local league? Foulston will be great providing there’s a sensible pathway through to 1st team.

Meanwhile, delighted for Campbell, delighted that we've continued to churn out talented u18s and contract them to the club (hopefully Mwaro next). Need to improve the next step of turning those talented players into first team ready players

@CMpafc I'd be keen to keep a running track of which Argyle players you haven't despised at any point in the last few years 😂 sometimes I wonder if you derive any enjoyment at all from football! Have some faith in the player!

@argyle_analyst Issaka is absolutely NOT a level above Truro😂

Would expect that Roberts, like Issaka, is comfortably a level above Truro, but good to see such positive description of a short loan spell there: "quickly became a key figure in the middle of the park ... with a lot of high praise thrown his way" cornwalllive.com/sport/football…

@HodgeLuke U21 team needed, it's the hill I'll die on, though I know it's an increasingly popular view, thankfully. I'll again push this (or the second half of it) if you've not seen it before. argyle.life/opinion/argyle…

@argyle_analyst There’s simply no stepping stone at all - It’s literally play first team football or play no football at all. Whilst we’re in this predicament, loaning these youngsters out to any conference league side or lower like Parkway is a necessity to continue their development. #pafc

Excited for the gametime that Finn has seen this season even if it's come at a stage when the player isn't physically ready, as we've seen in most of the league games, as it should help in long-term development

Obviously not to put Truro down, but a reflection that these two, even as second years, are better than a National League relegation scrap at the side with (I'm assuming) one of the smallest budgets and are struggling mightily

Argyle's home form currently reads WWWLDWWDLW

Issaka's second league goal for Truro (and third career league goal) from seven starts, now ranks joint fifth in Truro's top scorer charts (Harvey the top scorer with five)

@__jakemay You do realise that we started to get the ball down, pass more, and gained control of the game for a solid 30+ minutes, during which we scored? It roughly correlated with the 30m period in which Kane didn't attempt a single long pass

@argyle_analyst aged well

Game plan all wrong so far imo. Stop trying to out-run/muscle them. Slow it down, in Kane we have a quality technical player, why don't we try and use that? No no, let's twat it long and run run run run run... nowhere or backwards

@OfficialTomKirk Maybe you should tweet your apologies for all you said about TC... 👀 (unless you had and I'd missed it)

I have a huge amount of time for this. Tom is almost unrecognisable from the man in the dugout for the first 15 games. A real redemption arc for the ages, that I was convinced he wasn’t capable of. Well done Tom, and his staff. And to the club for sticking with him. #pafc

Argyle's away attendance at Reading (2.9k) is set to be the 12th highest since the 2009 visit to Arsenal, the eighth highest excluding cup games. Aside from winning the title at Vale in front of 3.9k fans, Argyle have lost the remaining six games by an average of 3.3 goals #pafc

I'm not conspiratorial, but the financial fans' forum when I was on holiday last September, the financial accounts while my laptop is broken, now these job cuts when I'm on holiday again? Are Argyle scheduling these financial announcements for when I'm not available comment?😂

For the first time in over two years, since winning away at Swansea, Argyle have ended a game with positive goal difference #pafc

If clubs can vote in favour of having a greater chance of leaving the EFL via promotion then they should also vote in favour leaving it via relegation in League 2 I’d argue 3 up from the National League needs to happen far more than the expansion of the Championship play-offs

@NinjaMatt77 Don't get me wrong, I'm now confident that we'll make a chunky profit on Pepple and will be seen to have been one of our best pieces of recent business. The comment here is entirely to reflect that I think the club valuing Pepple £5-7m is ludicrously inaccurate reporting

@argyle_analyst 3 months ago, most fans thought the fee we paid was extortionate. Therefore 2-3x profit ain't bad. We're in League 1, who's sticking £million release clauses into contracts! The fact that he's improved so quickly, is down to coaching & confidence. Both of which he's got here.

I don't believe for a second that Argyle value Pepple at £5-7m. Tbh, I'd be more likely to believe that the value was £500-700k

@BennnWebster @HodgeLuke "I'd be more likely to believe" is a sarcastic comment on the club's past transfer dealings, not a factual statement of what I think the club would actually accept

@argyle_analyst @HodgeLuke But then why would we only value him between 500-700 if that’s what we’ve paid for him overall, surely we’d want to make sure of a profit