Plymouth Argyle v Torquay United - 26/12/12

[bixieupnorth]

shooting practice first thing tomorrow please, no day off, get onto the training pitch and get balls slammed into that net, the defence can have the week off, everyone else get up at crack of dawn!

[tktufc91]

Gutted is an understatement of how I feel. Why can't we feckin defend when it matters most.

Hope Mansells injury is not serious. We are seriously lacking in depth at the moment.

[Wisconsin_gull]

Hope Mansell injury is not serious we don't need more injuries.

[SuperNickyWroe]

shooting practice first thing tomorrow please, no day off, get onto the training pitch and get balls slammed into that net, the defence can have the week off, everyone else get up at crack of dawn!

you are a hard taskmaster mate........ =D

[Plymgull]

Yet again we concede in the 90th minute to drop two points.

So disappointed after that.

[Forest gull]

feels like a defeat.

[bixieupnorth]

people at the game say a draw was a fair result, just feels so bad when it happens so bloody late again, oh well we've not lost against them for two full seasons now!

[SuperNickyWroe]

greeks 1 down!

[ferrarilover]

Forget the first half, it was a lottery which Plymouth got the better of. Second half, when it was actually a football match saw us beat a terrible, terrible Plymouth side. Their shooting is the worst I have ever seen from a "professional" club. They had one excellent free kick which was well saved by Pokey and their goal and that was it for shots of note on target and they got a bloody point. Some of the moves we put together (especially the one Danny buggered up late on) cut them to pieces.
Another game we should have won and haven't.

Matt.

[Jeff]

Draw was a fair result - lucky we weren't 2 or 3 down first half. Much better second half but only created half-chances really - no point saying Howe and Bodin need shooting practice when they didn't actually have any goal-mouth action. Mansell guilty of worst miss when he blazed over from 6yds.

Goal came from a decent bit of pressure, Downes bundling in after his initial effort was blocked. Then on it was non-stop pressure - worldie save from Poke from a free kick but then undone minutes later by what looked like a daisy-cutter.

Far, far too many not at the races today. Disjointed performance so satisfied with the point

[Plymouth Gull]

We didn't hammer them Matt. Far from it. First half we were worse than useless, second half we actually decided to get out of our half a bit, and create some chances. Mansell missed a sitter from 6 yards out, Downes obviously scored, Yeoman could have set up Rene for a goal at 0-1 but didn't supply the right pass, before Stevens should have sealed it but his control went about 10000 yards infront of him and the keeper got there.

They still created chances, but were very wasteful. Poke made an excellent save from the free kick, but he did spill at least two which should have been simple catches. All in all a point is fair but had Argyle aimed for the goal and not the back row of the stand in the first half we could easily have been 2/3-0 down.

It's another point but once again we haven't played anywhere near potential.

[ferrarilover]

Not suggesting we hammered them, but all the football came from us. We shouldn't have been down at half time, if they can't shoot, that's their problem, not ours. Conditions were horrible today, no blame for Pokey spilling a couple. We should have had 3 today and won the game before they had their 2 decent shots.

Matt.

[SuperNickyWroe]

at least the greeks lost at home!!

[diamondgirl]

That, once again, is the rather annoying thing. We should/could have been 2/3 down by half time. However if they are incapable if getting shots on target, that's their own fault. Having ridden our luck it was great to get the goal and go ahead. Why oh why can we not keep hold of a lead. Very depressing, almost feels like a defeat.

[Modgull]

Agree with Smiffy - we didn't deserve to win but almost did so.

We just can't defend a lead successfully - that's four points dropped in the last minute of successive games.

First half I was in despair - a better finishing team than Argyle would have been out of sight by HT. Bur second half it was definitely nip and tuck.

My MOTM was Aaron Downes and my lemon award was Billy Bodin (although in fairness I think he was not fit).

Slightly disappointed with only 1,525 travelling Gulls but still a great day out.