The Plymouth Argyle Post
Player ratings15 Mar 2027
No sign of nerves from Rio Ngumoha at 18 — 8.12
The hardest thing about being 18 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Rio Ngumoha did not need any: 8.12, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Tempers go at Plymouth Argyle
Joe Ralls 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.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Words at Plymouth Argyle training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Michael Baidoo is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Boardroom15 Mar 2027
Plymouth Argyle agree a free transfer for Sam Hutchinson
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Match13 Mar 2027
Plymouth Argyle see off Stevenage
Three points for Plymouth Argyle, 1‑0 the final word against Stevenage in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad15 Mar 2027
Renyer wants to go home
“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Plymouth Argyle know it.
Squad15 Mar 2027
No hiding place for Jack Holmes
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jack Holmes, and the manager let it.
Market15 Mar 2027
The Murphy Cooper question follows Plymouth Argyle around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Murphy Cooper’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Market15 Mar 2027
Plymouth Argyle and Jake Batty are talking past each other
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
In brief
- Player ratings Nothing got past Jack MacKenzie
- Market Plymouth Argyle put Dylan Albornoz up for sale
- Player ratings Michael Baidoo spends the afternoon fouling