No result in eight games for Plymouth Argyle has left manager John Sheridan under much pressure to deliever, as his squad travel to newly promoted Mansfield Town, hoping for the luck to change.
Following a run of poor results for the Westcountry club is it time for the Pilgrims to come back with all three points?
In a much newer formation to the Argyle fans, a rearranged 3-5-2 forming has abled the Pilgrims to make advantage of the extra man in midfield. John Sheridan's men however have found it diffult to hit the back to the net to move up the table as Plymouth sit in 19th position with the last victory coming on 7th September in a 1-0 over Bristol Rovers. However for Mansfield Town they sit in 7th place the last position of the automatic play-off place. they have been seen to play the traditional 4-4-2 formation having the extra man in defence preferred to Argyle's three central defenders at the back.
After Tuesday nights goalless draw at Home Park against one of the promoted sides Newport County, from the conference national last season, season 2012-13, manager John Sheridan was eager to discuss his dcision to attract another striker to Devon with only three currently fit these are Paul Hayes, Reuben Reid and Tyler Harvey. This was made following the lack of goals that have been scored by Plymouth Argyle in recent fixtures.
Newports lastest game in League Two came on Tuesday night against Bury, who have recently sacked Kevin Blackwell. The fixture also finished in a goalless draw with the visitors going down to 10men. John Dempster was given a straight red and will miss the next three fixtures the first one being against Argyle.
John Sheridan will still be without two of his senior players for the trip to Mansfield Town on Saturday. Marvin Morgan has undergone an shoulder operation that will see the former Shrewsbury player out of action until after the Christmas season. Matt LeCointe is out for the whole season as he suffered a Cruciate Knee Ligement injury as he collided with Ollie Chenoweth in pre-season. Mansfield Town manager Paul Cox will be without three defenders as they welcome Plymouth to The Field Mill Stadium. John Dempster and James Jennings will both be missing the fixture through suspension while Matt Riley will be ruled out through an achillies injury suffered in the previous fixture against Bury.
Available:- Jake Cole, Luke McCormick, Curtis Nelson, Maxime Blanchard, Jamie Richards, Neal Trotman, Guy Branston, Paul Wotton, Durrell Berry, Andre Blackman, Jamie Reckord, Ben Purrington, Andres Gurrieri, Conor Hourihane, Dominic Blizzard, Romuald Boco, Hamza Bencherif, Luke Young, Ryan Lane, Lewis Alessandra, Reuben Reid, Tyler Harvey, Isaac Vassell, Paul Hayes.
Unavailable: - Matt LeCointe (knee injury), Marvin Morgan (shoulder injury), Nick Chadwick (on loan to Tamworth until January 2014)
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