Griffiths settling at Home Park

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by Tom Veitch, Shoot's Plymouth blogger

Rhys Griffiths may not be a big name to many English Football League fans, but to those of the Welsh Football League he could be described as goalscoring God.

Griffiths, who joined Argyle in the summer, is the second highest goal scorer in the Welsh league and celebrated the golden boot on seven occasions.

The 32-year-old, however, was a huge gamble for manager Carl Fletcher with him contemplating whether the striker would make it in professional football.

And the forward hasn’t let him down yet, although the Fireman (his nickname from Wales) has been plagued with injury so far this season he has now started to find the feel of things in the South-West.

The Welshman has got himself on the score sheet three times in five games this season, scoring on his home debut and full debut to instantly become a hit with the Argyle faithful.

Griffiths is Argyle’s joint top goal scorer with three goals so far and the striker looks in good shape to add to his tally throughout the rest of the season.

Since the 6ft3" striker joined the Greens, he has added a physical presence to the side, with many opposition defences not knowing how to handle his attacking play.

And Griffiths will be hoping to carry on his form from the Welsh Premier League to help Plymouth start to climb up the table away from the dreaded drop zone.

Elsewhere, the club are now reflecting on a two game winning spree after a comprehensive 4-1 away victory at Barnet on Saturday.

That’s the first time in manager Carl Fletcher’s reign that the Green’s have had back-to-back wins and they’ll be hoping to carry on that form.

Argyle have struggled in the league so far, however, and are in need for a few wins to keep them safely away from the relegation zone.

And they have a tough task to keep the run going when they host Rochdale on Saturday. The Dale have played well away from home this season with four wins from six so far.

Although the Pilgrims have been enjoying some good football recently they have failed to come away with the results, something Carl Fletcher’s men will be keen to turn around soon.

Strikers Rhys Griffiths and Paris Cowan-Hall have both recovered from injury and now proving to their manager why he signed them over the summer with both men getting on the score sheet at Underhill.

Argyle will need all of the team to be on form as they prepare for a cluster of hard fixtures in the coming weeks. Plymouth face five out of the top six in their next six games and will need to put together some good results if they are to stay above the bottom two.

With the Green Army sitting just above the drop in 18th, only time will tell whether they have enough in their locker to keep them safely away from the foot of the Football League.

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It is depressing how the story starts off by celebrating a good Argyle player and ends discussing whether we'll be good enough to avoid finishing 91st and 92nd in the Football League.

"two game winning spree"

Andy_Symons wrote:

"two game winning spree"

It's nearly on a par with the Arsenal "Invincibles" side's run