ROAR - Elburton Villa Match Thread

Still a bit short compared to the attacking prowess of the Nigerian teams  

Dougie wrote:

Its THE mural most REAL Argyle fans want to see

LOl.
After Noddy of course...  There's Newell 'channeling' the silent majority again!

Surely this must mean the sack for the Elburton manager?

Bookies have slashed Argyle's odds following tonight's demolition of a quality Elburton.

I can't wait for the t-shirts to come out, sponsored by FES of course.

Iggy wrote:

125+1 wrote:

Iggy wrote:

That Cnut Warnock does! My mate runs the club in Tavvy and he says that Colin will insist on splitting the gate money down to the nearest penny! Last year he was so pissed off with the penny pinching he ordered a fuckin huge round on Colins tab.

LOAD OF RUBBISH

100% true, all of it.

So your trying to say Warnock is responsible for collecting gate money during preseason matches at his previous clubs

Yeh im sure

I was at the game, met some friends and had a good evening rather then sat at home frothing at the mouth with apoplectic rage about what kind of Avivas go to games like this. But I guess I'm just a weirdo like that for enjoying a game of football on a beautiful Summer evening and seeing some of our new/young players. I enjoyed it more than any game last season.

Fwiw, their keeper kept it from being way more than three and we missed some sitters too. Really could and should have been a lot more, players look way fitter than normal in pre-season. It was only against Elburton and finishing perhaps left a bit to be desired but so far so good.

How far is Elburton from Plymouth? I must admit as a youngster I used to go to the Argyle friendlys in Truro and Falmouth for a laugh. Was usually good weather and enjoyed a few pints in the sun.

GreenSam wrote:

I was at the game, met some friends and had a good evening rather then sat at home frothing at the mouth with apoplectic rage about what kind of Avivas go to games like this. But I guess I'm just a weirdo like that for enjoying a game of football on a beautiful Summer evening and seeing some of our new/young players. I enjoyed it more than any game last season.

Fwiw, their keeper kept it from being way more than three and we missed some sitters too. Really could and should have been a lot more, players look way fitter than normal in pre-season. It was only against Elburton and finishing perhaps left a bit to be desired but so far so good.

It was a good run out
The Elburton keeper was superb.

On a negative what does Sheridan see in Vassell. Lecoite is twice the player as os harvey.

Where is Elberton?

125+1 wrote:

GreenSam wrote:

I was at the game, met some friends and had a good evening rather then sat at home frothing at the mouth with apoplectic rage about what kind of Avivas go to games like this. But I guess I'm just a weirdo like that for enjoying a game of football on a beautiful Summer evening and seeing some of our new/young players. I enjoyed it more than any game last season.

Fwiw, their keeper kept it from being way more than three and we missed some sitters too. Really could and should have been a lot more, players look way fitter than normal in pre-season. It was only against Elburton and finishing perhaps left a bit to be desired but so far so good.

It was a good run out
The Elburton keeper was superb.

On a negative what does Sheridan see in Vassell. Lecoite is twice the player as os harvey.

Agreed, Vassell doesn't cut the mustard for me at all. Tried to do WAY too much today. If Elburton had a keeper of a poorer standard then it really could have been a cricket score out there.

Lecointe has had a tough year with injuries but did very well tonight. Harvey I really rate but was quiet tonight. Both of them better than Vassell on the whole though.

Greenjock wrote:

How far is Elburton from Plymouth? I must admit as a youngster I used to go to the Argyle friendlys in Truro and Falmouth for a laugh. Was usually good weather and enjoyed a few pints in the sun.

Elburton's a suburb inside the city boundary, about 4 or 5 miles from HP.

Czarcasm wrote:

Greenjock wrote:

How far is Elburton from Plymouth? I must admit as a youngster I used to go to the Argyle friendlys in Truro and Falmouth for a laugh. Was usually good weather and enjoyed a few pints in the sun.

Elburton's a suburb inside the city boundary, about 4 or 5 miles from HP.

Well there you go, hardly an Aviva if you can walk to their ground  

I did listen to the last five minutes of the first half and the commentator was raving about how good Vassell was! Just shows that people see different things in players.

Greenjock wrote:

Czarcasm wrote:

Greenjock wrote:

How far is Elburton from Plymouth? I must admit as a youngster I used to go to the Argyle friendlys in Truro and Falmouth for a laugh. Was usually good weather and enjoyed a few pints in the sun.

Elburton's a suburb inside the city boundary, about 4 or 5 miles from HP.

Well there you go, hardly an Aviva if you can walk to their ground  

I did listen to the last five minutes of the first half and the commentator was raving about how good Vassell was! Just shows that people see different things in players.[/quote

Laughable opposition really, in tonight's other fixtures teams like Rochdale are playing Blue Square teams like Northwich and trouncing them 5-0, we on the other hand are struggling to beat a bunch of spotty, janner Chavs from the chicken shit league division 16...just does not fill me full of confidence chaps.
Village fanbase, Village mentality, insular and parochial

Bring on Plymouth Parkway.

Wake me up when this nightmare is over

125+1 wrote:

Iggy wrote:

125+1 wrote:

Iggy wrote:

That Cnut Warnock does! My mate runs the club in Tavvy and he says that Colin will insist on splitting the gate money down to the nearest penny! Last year he was so pissed off with the penny pinching he ordered a fuckin huge round on Colins tab.

LOAD OF RUBBISH

100% true, all of it.

So your trying to say Warnock is responsible for collecting gate money during preseason matches at his previous clubs

Yeh im sure

I am saying that all the pre season games like Tavvy when he brought QPR down the terms were that he got half the gate money, he always does it, I don't know where the money goes, he might give it all to charity, but that is what happens.

punchdrunk wrote:

Greenjock wrote:

Czarcasm wrote:

Greenjock wrote:

How far is Elburton from Plymouth? I must admit as a youngster I used to go to the Argyle friendlys in Truro and Falmouth for a laugh. Was usually good weather and enjoyed a few pints in the sun.

Elburton's a suburb inside the city boundary, about 4 or 5 miles from HP.

Well there you go, hardly an Aviva if you can walk to their ground  

I did listen to the last five minutes of the first half and the commentator was raving about how good Vassell was! Just shows that people see different things in players.[/quote

Laughable opposition really, in tonight's other fixtures teams like Rochdale are playing Blue Square teams like Northwich and trouncing them 5-0, we on the other hand are struggling to beat a bunch of spotty, janner Chavs from the chicken shit league division 16...just does not fill me full of confidence chaps.
Village fanbase, Village mentality, insular and parochial

Thing is though punchy, we really didn't struggle at all. Neither of Argyle's keepers had a thing to do and I'm not exaggerating when I say that their keeper made as many as 6/7 decent saves. Not including 4 sitters we missed.

However, I grant you the point that we could and should have been better in our finishing. If there's room for gloom based on tonight, it's there and there only. We have in the past though played games like this and they've been slow, boring and tepid as f**k. This was fun. Getting better, but still not the finished article. It squares with my prediction of a low end of top half, mid-table finish.

We scored one goal from open play. That is pathetic by any standard.

We had one disallowed at the end which I'm not sure should have been too. Seriously though, are goals from penalties any less than non-penalty goals? If Elburton had scored two penalties then I'm sure it wouldn't be looked on in the same way.

Don't get me wrong- I get entirely where this worry comes from as last pre-season was an utter failure and was followed by an utter failure of a season. And I'm not saying this means we should all stop questioning and just be happy. I get all the worries about Sheridan not being backed enough etc and football not being the main focus and I agree with them. However, this wasn't like all the previous tepid shit games where we dawdle past teams without any inspiration at all.  I sometimes feel there's a natural tendency to see the worst in everything when it isn't there. This should have been a cricket score and I think we broke more sweat in the first five minutes than in all of last season's utterly depressing pre-season. However, that doesn't say a lot for our ability to put the chances away which I admit is a concern.

The thing is, I'm not even saying you're at all wrong about the bigger picture. I'm just saying tonight was pretty good apart from the stream of missed sitters that would have looked at home on a football gaffes compilation.  I know exactly why you're concerned as pretty recently we've struggled to put in anything like a good performance against pub teams but that wasn't tonight at all. Anyway, that's all I can say on it or else I'll just end up repeating myself even more. Lets hope we can fare a bit better against the might of Tiverton on Saturday.

PS. We had a youth team out there for the first half more or less too.

Hats off to you Green Sam in this thread. If you want to go to a game like this, fair play, it's up to you. Argyle played them to help them out - helping a local semi-pro club - the grass roots. That should be applauded. They didn't have to play them. Who cares what the score was? It doesn't count for anything.

We've got MK Dons and Yeovil at home - that's not bad compared to what we've had over recent seasons. This one, I wouldn't even count as a proper friendly - more an exhibition game to help the finances of a local club.

Some of you are real miserable gits.

GreenSam wrote:

We had one disallowed at the end which I'm not sure should have been too. Seriously though, are goals from penalties any less than non-penalty goals? If Elburton had scored two penalties then I'm sure it wouldn't be looked on in the same way.

Don't get me wrong- I get entirely where this worry comes from as last pre-season was an utter failure and was followed by an utter failure of a season. And I'm not saying this means we should all stop questioning and just be happy. I get all the worries about Sheridan not being backed enough etc and football not being the main focus and I agree with them. However, this wasn't like all the previous tepid shit games where we dawdle past teams without any inspiration at all.  I sometimes feel there's a natural tendency to see the worst in everything when it isn't there. This should have been a cricket score and I think we broke more sweat in the first five minutes than in all of last season's utterly depressing pre-season. However, that doesn't say a lot for our ability to put the chances away which I admit is a concern.

The thing is, I'm not even saying you're at all wrong about the bigger picture. I'm just saying tonight was pretty good apart from the stream of missed sitters that would have looked at home on a football gaffes compilation.  I know exactly why you're concerned as pretty recently we've struggled to put in anything like a good performance against pub teams but that wasn't tonight at all. Anyway, that's all I can say on it or else I'll just end up repeating myself even more. Lets hope we can fare a bit better against the might of Tiverton on Saturday.

PS. We had a youth team out there for the first half more or less too.

 You're wasting your keyboard Sam. No amount of reason is good enough for some.

greensleeves wrote:

Tringreen wrote:

Chemical Ali wrote:

Morgan earns another pen that Reid converts 3-0

You're just a small town in Plymstock !   

Didn't you used to live in Plymstock?

Oreston.

3-0 with only one from open play is pretty bad against Elburton Villa. I really hope there is a VAST improvement against Tivvy.

BRENT OUT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We played Real Madrid a few years ago in pre-season. They only just beat us 1 - 0. Does that mean Madrid were rubbish?

knecht wrote:

We played Real Madrid a few years ago in pre-season. They only just beat us 1 - 0. Does that mean Madrid were rubbish?

We were a second tier club in the English leagues then and Real Madrid didn't play their 'first' team. How many whole LEAGUES are Elburton below Argyle? Worried about this season? On this result I am damned worried! Let's hope we perform better against Tivvy.

And neither did we play our first team last night.

The score was meaningless. The result only slightly important.

Tivvy should be a more important game but even that is only a preparation.