Plymouth Argyle v Charlton Athletic
Saturday 6th April 2019 … 3pm Kick-Off
Referee: Charles Breakspear (Surrey)*
Introduction
Charlton return to the road for two games on the
trot this week in what’ll be the last double header away from the Valley this
regular season… Last time out saw the Addicks hosting Bradford City and you
could argue that it was a game of two sides going through the motions, a 1-0
victory for the side from South East London would cement our Play-Off hopes
even further, yet a trip to England’s most Southern league team awaiting
tomorrow means that a bad run of form could still end our season prematurely
The Opposition
Name: Plymouth Argyle | Manager: Derek Adams
Ground: Home Park
If there is a lesson to be learnt for the Pilgrims
over the last two seasons it is that they should stop handing the other twenty
three teams in League One a head start – Quite simply its showing off, its
stressful for the fans and as proven these last two season its likely to leave
Plymouth without any reward for their efforts.
A late start last season would see Plymouth picking
up just a single victory in the first three months of the season, a run of form
would take them from relegation trouble to the cusp of the Play-Offs… They
would ultimately fall short (paying a harsh price for the early season form)
yet having recovered you’d expect them to once again challenge for the top six
from the off this season.
Once again though that wasn’t the case and for the
Pilgrims it was a case of déjà vu; just the one win in the first three months
would leave them rooted to the bottom of the table meaning that Derek Adams
surely had to be at risk of losing his job – Plymouth though once again showed
loyalty to the man who got them promoted and despite being in a relegation
battle that involves half the league, should have enough quality to ensure that
their fans enjoy another season in League One next term.
Charlton Team News
It wouldn’t be right without mentioning that the
team to beat Plymouth to the Play-Offs last term were none other than ourselves,
and I make that mention not as a gloat yet instead to highlight the impressive
achievements from Lee Bowyer to continue on from the disappointment of last May
– Reason being is that out of the top four teams not to be promoted last
season, we’re the only side going for promotion once more, and arent involved
in a relegation battle of our own.
Of course our season could have been much better had
we not faced an endless amount of injuries yet now the Medical team can take a
well earned (yet no doubt brief) break as all first-teamers are back in
training; Jake Forster-Caskey and Lewis Page finally returned to full training
this week, and whilst it may be some time before we see Jake; Lewis Page
himself could be ready in a matter of weeks to challenge for the full back spot
Comments
This is now the time to string a few wins together in our quest for 4th.
A tough game as always but Charlton to Nick it 2.1
Igor to get of the mark with a goal.
Interestingly this season he has reffed 15 games in L1 and awarded 6 penalties. He has dished out 41 yellows and just one Yellow to Red. No other reds.
Overall this season he has reffed 39 games across competitions - 123 Yellows, 4 Y/R and 8 Straight Reds and awarded 15 penalties.
He reffed our EFL Trophy game vs Swansea U23's dishing out 5 yellows as we lost 1-0. He also reffed our 2-0 vs Gillingham with just one Yellow card.
Seems a fair ref based on his stats and as such this should be a good game for our Lyle, he will probably get a yellow, but could also win a penalty too.
In total he's given 18 yellow cards in those five games
Definitely a Palace fan!!
So an uneventful draw.
Another tight result, a narrow win or draw I expect
Will Bowyer rotate the pack, looking for more attacking thrust, as he'll be aware that we're not clicking in attack at the moment, and will need to be better in the playoffs
@LouisMend is on same train but is blanking us loyal fans
Plymouth Argyle 1 v CAFC 1
The Pilgrims are currently having good home form.