Really really good win. I thought after the first 20 minutes we could be on the end of the kind of scoreline we suffered the last time we played there in the league, we looked tactically out-maneveured and they had that extra 10% from an (initially) impressive, raucous crowd. To turn it round in the manner we did, and to score three goals without Matty Taylor on the pitch, was really impressive.
Also, I think we showed we have a credible, effective plan B, something we've rarely had over the last few years. We can mix it up, play it long, batter teams when our passing game isn't working. I think part of this is that we have, slowly but surely, and without me personally even realising, built one of those EFL teams which is full of proper athletes. The back line are all big, strong men, and the likes of McGuane, Agyei, Hanson and Clare mean there's rarely a situation where we're physically overpowered (Liam Kelly aside).
One of the worst refereeing performances I've seen in a while. Quite entertaining in its own way really - you never know what you're going to get! I thought, if anything, our penalty might have been a bit soft, while theirs was nailed on. I'm stunned nobody got sent off - decent discipline from us, especially with the first half bookings to players who were likely to get in the mix.
That Long goal is my goal of the season so far. I absolutely loved it. Not just the technique (WHAT a finish from that angle), but the imagination of the whole move. At that point in the half, Argyle were creaking, and we just needed that moment of inspiration, that something different to finally burst through. And it came from our right back flying forward, Alan Hutton-esque, out of nowhere, adding a new angle and dimension to the attack that floored them. Superb.
Argyle looked a League 2 team. Not as bad as Northampton, but the scoreline here doesn't tell the whole story. We aren't a particularly strong League One side at the moment (I think it's fair to say), and they basically couldn't get out of their own half against us. We dominated them. Maybe that was just us turning it on, maybe they just had a bad day (their start was, as I say, brilliant). But they looked a lot poorer than Wimbledon, who are below them in the table. Thought Camara was useful though, and Mayor.
Three wins in three now, with the team propping up the league to come against a fully fresh and rested Taylor, Gorrin and Obita. If we keep plugging away, get some luck and hang on to our loanees in January, are the playoffs an unrealistic goal?