A Dagger to the Heart - The Match Thread

ROOOOAAAAARRRRRRR

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Shezza takes his unbeaten run into a vital game for Argyle.

Both teams are in poor form occupying 22nd and 23rd in the current form league table with a massive combined total of 13 points from 16 games although D&R have won 2 of their last 5 away games.

D&R look safe in mid table 6 points from the play offs and 9 points ahead of Argyle who are now in the bottom two. This is the return fixture from a match in August that ranks as the worst I have ever seen. A 0-0 draw where both teams should have been docked points. Mid table must be a delight for D&R supporters who are used to struggling, although with average gates of less than 1,800 the massive budget this gives them should guarantee promotion. How Argyle with gates three times that size can possibly hope to compete is a mystery...

This is a crucial game where a loss would put huge pressure on next weeks game against the Ghurka Shots.

Other important games today:

Wimbledon vs. The Brewers
Lindsey Purse vs. Accrington
The Mighty Greeks vs. Aldershot

ROOOOOAAAARRRRR

I have a hat like that.

Sensiblegreeny misses his first game today as he's gone to Spain with my Mum. Given that, we'll win 5-0.

There will be loanees everywhere for us today. Hopefully, we'll have a better game than last weekend.

Glorious sunny day in the 'Muff. Off the the pub shortly to get properly tanked, to the extent that I'll be able to sit through 90 minutes of pain this avo.

Two awful performances have still yielded 4 points for Jonnie Shez. I'd happily take another horror show and 3 points.

roar

I agree I don't care how they do it but they must do it.

Small ROAR today. Worrying times indeed

PCH to shank tha muthas, RRRRRRRROOOOOOOAAAAAARRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!

I twatted Brano last night ter gee him up fer the game.

@wrongunatlongon
Dagnum don't stand a chance with @Brano1979 on display tomorrow. that neck's like a badger on fookin crack - makes me wanna BARK #pafc #roar
Retweeted by Mark Bruce Price & Guy Branston


Dagnum and shite Bridge don't stand a chance now.

ROAAAARRRRRR

Argyle 0-1 D&R

Team: Cole/ Berry, Branston, Charles, Bhas/ PCH, Young, Hourihane, Banton/ Reid, Murray

Subs: Chenoweth, Blanchard, Lowry, Wotton, MLC, Gurreri, Harvey

No Nelson, even on the bench! Injured? Charles presumably moves to CB and Bhas drops back to LB with new boy Banton taking LW. Young in for Blanchard at CM.

From the final whistle of last weeks appalling game and result, Sheridan has said all week that we MUST win this game. If we don't I think we all start to look up at the gods.

I can only get teh Turks game on tut radio today it seems.

You have a PM Han.

You are my hero m8

Han Solos Other Ship wrote:

You are my hero m8

i can only get torquay as well, help!!!!!!!

Just back from the living room watching the rugger, out of the bottom two on goal difference, Accie continuing their plunge down the table, just one goal would have had us clear, dominated the game by the sound of it, I think we will be alright.

ROOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR!!!!


wait:

whimper....


That's us down

Iggy wrote:

Just back from the living room watching the rugger, out of the bottom two on goal difference, Accie continuing their plunge down the table, just one goal would have had us clear, dominated the game by the sound of it, I think we will be alright.

Dominated? 51% to 49% possession

The bbc stats say 24% argo and 76% daggers oh and Purse scored for Vale, and our Exeter chums lets us down again by failing to beat the mighty Shots.

I didn't notice Daggers hitting our crossbar or post, didn't hear about any goal line clearances by our defenders? Daggers had few chances, a shot on target can hit a defender on the edge of the box at two miles an hour and it still counts as a shot on target, stays don't tell it all.
We are a massive team, too big to be where we are RRRRRRROOOOOOAAAAARRRRR!!!!!!!

Iggy wrote:

Just back from the living room watching the rugger, out of the bottom two on goal difference, Accie continuing their plunge down the table, just one goal would have had us clear, dominated the game by the sound of it, I think we will be alright.

and the fact we are out of the bottom two will be the source of celebrations and "look how far we have come" speeches

"It's great to see how far we have come" we are now out of the bottom two.

the bbc website says daggers had 76% possession, is that for real?

Don't think so.

Back after a weekend at home to watch the game. Suffice to say it was dire (the game not the trip it's always good to be in Plymouth). I don't know if the reuslt would have been different if Fletcher was still in charge but if I didn't know we had a new manager I would have said the same man was still in charge.

Of course the new guy needs time to settle his tactics, his first choice team and new players in but it was woeful fare. If as people around be said the previous home game was worse than that is almost beyond comprehension.

Make no mistake the clubs football survival is on a life support machine. Sheridan will have to a miracle worker and hope (again) that there are two worse teams than Argyle.

The atmosphere is sullen amongst the paying punters. I don't know if Brent or his people get out amongst the crowd but I sit with a goodly number of long term season ticket holders who are seriously doubting their sanity and whether they will renew next year. And these are battled hardened long in the tooth die hards who been there done and seen and put up with most other things that have been thrown at them as Argyle fans.

They are also people who have no truck with murals, FV or bland platitutdes from a President or sainted owner. They are in it for the love of it but are heading towards a divorce. It's just footbll to them. Lose that type of fan and no amout of wooing new supporters with flags, family areas or lovely vomitories is going to replace them because they would lose interest too quickly.

Sorry this post isn't so much about the game but a club for all the onward and upwards resurgam rhetoric is on it's last legs. The new going for the playoffs at a minimum or promotion as a goal is survival in the football league by goal difference on the last day of the season if necessary. There is nothing to be very proud about the club at the moment and that is the crying crying shame.

I am one of those people Dougie, first season I have missed since my kids were born.