Friday, 1 February 2013

Plymouth ARGYLE vs Dagenham & Redbridge-Match Preview


Plymouth Argyle will return to the Home Park playing field on Saturday when they face 15th place Dagenham & Redbridge, who have lost their last two matches.

With the January Transfer Window closing at 11pm on Thursday evening there were a lot of ins and outs at Plymouth Argyle throughout January.  Both Robbie Williams and Rhys Griffiths had their contracts terminated by mutual consent to peruse first time football elsewhere.  Attacking midfielder Joe Lennox was also released by the Devon club after John Sheridan decided on not offering the Bristol Born a new contract after his previous one ran out on 31st January.  Joe will be best remembered for equalising goal at St James Park with a spectacular shot.  John Sheridan was able to make one more signing before the window closed.  Crystal Palace midfielder Jason Banton joined Argyle on a one month loan deal on Thursday and will be available up to and including the Barnet game on Saturday 2nd March.    During January there was much talk of League One and Two clubs interested in Zimbabwe International Onismor Bhasera.  Fortunately the former Kaiser Chiefs defender remains at Home Park much of the relief from the green army. 

The last time the two teams met was in 2012 on August 2nd.  In this game at the The L.B. Barking & Dagenham Stadium both teams thought out a very hard earned 0-0 draw, which was watched by Olympian Argyle fan Greg Searle.  From the team that former Argyle manager Carl Fletcher named, present manager John Sheridan will be naming a totally different team with only a couple of players that played in the draw that day, will be named in the side to face the Daggers at Home Park.  Dagenham & Redbridge’s last visit to Home Park also produced a goalless draw. With the team eager to pick up a massive three points, on Saturday afternoon, John Sheridan will be looking to create an attacking style in the team. 

John Still’s Dagenham & Redbridge will be looking to get back to winning ways against Argyle at Home Park after they have lost two games on a bounce.  There last defeat came last Saturday at home to Morecambe where they lost 2-1 to the Shrimps.  The Daggers last victory came on 12th January where they defeated Rochdale 2-1 at The L.B. Barking & Dagenham Stadium. 

Nick Chadwick, Warren Feeney and Gozie Ugwu will all be unavailable for Saturdays Npower League Two’s encounter against Dagenham & Redbridge.  Nick Chadwick will be serving his third match ban after the striker was handed a six match suspension from his actions that he took when Argyle visited Port Vale.  The other two absentees will be Warren Feeney and Gozie Ugwu.  These two players are currently unavailable due to ankle injuries that they picked up.  The Reading loanee picked up the injury in the last few moments of last Friday’s training session, whilst International striker Warren Feeney injured his ankle in the first few minutes of the victory over Morecambe.  John Sheridan’s transfer deadline signing Jason Banton will be looking to go straight into the starting line-up after he arrived on-loan from Crystal Palace on Thursday afternoon.   Sheridan will also be without goalkeeper Rene Gilmartin; he picked up a hamstring injury in the closing stages of the first half last Saturday. From this it will give Jake Cole the opportunity to impress John Sheridan as he has been a substitute goalkeeper since Rene Gilmartin took over in goal on Saturday 10th November 2012 in the 2-2 draw against Gillingham. 
 
Available: - Jake Cole, Ollie Chenoweth, Durrell Berry, Curtis Nelson, Jamie Richards, Maxime Blanchard, Guy Branston, Anthony Charles, Onismor Bhasera, Paris Cowan-Hall, Conor Hourihane, Andres Gurrieri, Luke Young, Paul Wotton, Jamie Lowry, Jared Sims, Matt LeCointe, Jason Banton,  Tyler Harvey, Reuben Reid, Ronan Murray, Isaac Vassell.

Unavailable: - Nick Chadwick (serving six match suspension), Warren Feeney (ankle injury), Gozie Ugwu (ankle injury), Rene Gilmartin (hamstring injury). 

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