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Three-in-a-row, poor results for Argyle that is!

The calls for the head of Argyle manager Carl Fletcher have been coming thick and fast this evening on the Twittersphere after another disappointing result at Home Park. Its’ definitely a case of “two points lost” rather than “one point gained”. The Pilgrims went in at half time on the ascendency, only to come out in the second half in decline, which ultimately led to the equalising goal that cost the club two points! Is Fletcher’s time as Plymouth Argyle manager numbered?

The game prior to that was even worse; going in at half time 0 – 1 up at Port Vale, only to concede three goals in 12 minutes of play in the second half. Seriously what are Fletcher and assistant coach Romain Larrieu saying at half time to come out a completely different team to the first half?

And the Tuesday before that was a 0 – 0 stalemate with local rivals Torquay United at Home Park, which just highlighted Argyle’s problem of the past couple of years, having no decent strikers that can find the back of the net on a semi-regular basis, let alone regular basis. According to club owner James Brent, the manager has a promotion winning budget, on this evidence, I would suggest otherwise. Unless of course the manager has invested that promotion winning budget badly!

I’m not normally one to advocate sacking managers after a few bad results, but in this case I believed that Fletcher wasn’t the man for the job when he was appointed. Argyle don’t need a rookie manager at this time; Argyle need an experienced manager, maybe Fletcher could be #2, to be able to learn from an experienced manager before embarking on a managerial career of his own.

The question is; how long will it be before changes are made in management personnel? or will James Brent stick with Fletcher until the end of the season? at which point it maybe too late, this sort of form will almost certainly mean another battle for league survival, it’s not good enough!

Liverpool weren’t any better, only managing a point at the Stadium of Light against Sunderland on Saturday evening. But that pales in comparison to the release of the Hillsborough report, 23 years after the event which finally gives justice to the 96 Liverpool fans that perished on April 15, 1989 and their families. The consensus is police corruption was rife in the 80s under Thatcher’s rule.

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