The Plymouth Argyle Post
Player ratings14 Feb 2028
A brace, and Datro Fofana takes the afternoon — 9.44
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Datro Fofana provided it, and the 9.44 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market14 Feb 2028
Matthew Apter puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Plymouth Argyle, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Tempers go at Plymouth Argyle
Datro Fofana was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad14 Feb 2028
Jamie Donley falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match12 Feb 2028
Plymouth Argyle see off Bristol Rovers
Three points for Plymouth Argyle, 3‑1 the final word against Bristol Rovers in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Transfer targets14 Feb 2028
Middlesbrough tell Plymouth Argyle: Ashley Phillips is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Player ratings14 Feb 2028
One of those days for Daniele Montevago
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.42, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
The dugout14 Feb 2028
Callum Wright gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Loan watch14 Feb 2028
Marcos Gómez has seen enough of Emirates Club
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Plymouth Argyle, and 18 appearances in 26 say he has earned the hearing.
In brief
- The dugout The manager’s verdict
- The dugout Plymouth Argyle keep their word to Brendan Galloway
- The dugout Brendan Wiredu asks for a word with the manager