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By Deltic 21 (Spirit of East Coast Boro)Today 07:35Today at 07:35:19In response to Re: Sky coverage

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A few ramblings from me…

Started really well and a good first half throughout. Played some decent stuff and controlled the opening passages of play well. No complaints. Second half not so good and I want to see that offside again as it was flippin’ tight.

I’m not joining in with the more extreme negativity. We were away somewhere that nobody expected to win and the difference was one fairly straightforward goal. I doubt the Plymouth players felt we’d made it easy for them and if we score any of our chances it's a different game. Had Reidy been an inch further onside we’d all be saying it was a creditable result.

As we’ve said many times - and all of us know - the problem is a reliable striker. Matt Phillips brings certain qualities to our game that I like, but goalscoring isn’t one of them. For an ex-Prem striker, his quality and threat isn’t what I’d hoped for. And Reidy has been a superb servant to the club and I’m not a hater by any means, but the clinicality deserts him often and I’m never hugely confident he’ll do the business even when a decent chance is on. Having a genuinely talented forward - a Morrison/Godden type - is the difference we’ve lacked this season. And while I bless Cornick for scoring for us while suffering a terrible injury, my instinct is that he wasn’t going to be it either.

A shame we couldn’t at least come away with a draw, but that’s football and we’ve just got to throw the kitchen sink at the last few games. I’m really not too disheartened.

Edit: Oh and the female commentator on ifollow video was excellent, I thought, real detail and care. Enjoyed listening to her.

Edited by Spirit of East Coast Boro at 07:38:25 on 18th March 2026