The Argyle Analyst
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The repository for an obsessed Argyle fan to spew lots of information, analysis, and opinions about #pafc
Hazard's departure is for the best I think, still young for a keeper and could definitely kick on still. As ever, like to remember the best in departing players and those saves v Liverpool will live long in the memory 💚
To summarise, the club's defence is "we asked the person who's resigned to tell them". Didn't check they'd been informed. Weren't present to take accountability and answer any practicalities. Blame the person who doesn't work here. It took them a day to come up with that. #pafc
In all this discussion about savings by cutting the budget of the women's team, why is nobody addressing that we're paying David Fox presumably quite a lot to do what appears to be absolutely nothing?
Just the latest in a long series of PR own goals that have been going on for years now. What an absolutely scandalous way of communicating with your player. For the love of god, who makes these comms decisions at the club?
Our reaction to the gutting actions of Plymouth Argyle FC to release nearly all of their women’s team This is just the latest in a string of examples of senior people at the club communicating significant decisions carelessly or without basic respect for the people who make Argyle so special #pafc
That rumoured WC squad would be so disappointing. If true, Tuchel's got to win - or make the final at least - or big questions will be about who was taken and who was left behind. Feels like a continuation of absolutely dire football; if so, it had better be winning football
100% the right call from the EFL. Southampton institutionally engaged in premeditated attempt to gain an illegal, unfair sporting advantage in a knockout game that ultimately was so close that two teams level on points after 46 games couldn't be separated over 180 minutes
Argyle took more away fans to almost every L1 opponent this season: - Cardiff & Argyle + Exeter & Argyle saw both away ends sell out (indicated by black tip), so is an unfair comparison. - Bradford brought one extra fan, but Argyle visited midweek (lighter shaded bar) #pafc
Last year, 95% of fans renewed their season tickets (which would be 10.5/11k). This year a percentage hasn't been announced, but it looks around 82% (10.3/12.5k). Roughly the same number, but a lower share retained compared to the previous three years (all 95%+) #pafc
After the last 15 months, I'm not getting remotely engaged in any speculation about any kind of investment or takeover. If it happens, wonderful. Otherwise, I'm just assuming there's absolutely nothing in any of the rumours
The forecast £10.6m loss will be the largest in Argyle's history. The previous highest reported loss was £5m in 2009. Of course, the losses were far higher in 2010 and 2011, but no accounts were released because of administration #pafc
Here's the two graphs that seriously worry me. Our wage spending as a share of turnover is basically static. And yet our losses are MILES up. Both are pre any profit/loss from player trading. There's a massive black hole somewhere, and it's not the playing squad #pafc
Very glad to be ahead, but both sides are making this is a very poor game of football thus far
Lorent Tolaj is the eleventh fastest player to reach 20 Argyle goals (32 games) in the club's history, third fastest post-WW2 (behind Carter and Binney), and fastest in the 21st century #pafc
Absolutely nuts that, by 2030, #Italy will have won a single World Cup game in the 24 years since they lifted the trophy in 2006. Of course, that win was against England.
I used to hold this take, but we've been saying this for over a decade, and the losses have just further increased. Cumulative Championship losses have trebled in the past decade. Are we likely to run out of bored, wealthy elites who want clubs for play things?
Not especially surprising that there's been a backlash to price rises and the tickets being released far earlier than usual. I get it from a marketing perspective, but it doesn't scream community club, does it. Let's see what the renewal rates are. 98% in 2024, 95% in 2025. #pafc
Four straight home wins leaves Argyle with an impressive 65% win rate at home in League One since 2021/22, averagine 2.07 PPG. 7/15 losses in that time came in the first half of this season #pafc
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
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
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
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 www.sportsboom.us/mls/toronto-...
MLS Duo Toronto FC & CF Montreal Chase Plymouth’s Aribim Pepple — Celtic Monitoring Closely
Canadian forward Aribim Pepple is generating interest from MLS clubs after a standout performance for Plymouth Argyle. With physical dominance, clinical finishing, and tactical versatility, Pepple is ...
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I think we all suspected that Luton would win this from the moment the EFL reinstated them, exactly the kind of kicking the football gods love to give
Argyle's goal difference (0) is not negative for the first time since the 13th minute of the season, and before that 35th minute of last season #pafc
Pepple's first 12 league apps: 1 goal, 0 assists (375 minutes per goal involvement) Pepple's next 12 league apps: 8 goals, 2 assists (83 minutes per goal involvement) Pepple also has more goals in all comps than any other Luton player this season #pafc
Excellent news given the rumoured release clause of just over £2m is waaaaay below market value (assuming this isn't some mad bluff on the part of the club/true-ish on a technicality of some sort)
🚨 Despite online rumour, Lorent Tolaj does NOT have a release clause in his Argyle contract according to the gaffer. Tom Cleverley has been speaking tonight at a ‘Meet the Manager’ event hosted in London by PASALB. #pafc