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Lowe interview.

Lowe interview.

CHPNE said:
I can see Plymouth coming up, obviously. However, they will struggle in the Championship. This will lead to Schumacher being released from Plymouth and joining up with RL again.
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Schuy won’t be sacked. Our chairman gave Lowe a 5 year contract after about 8 defeats on the spin. We are realistic. At best, we are a league 1 playoff team. We can’t compete with teams prepared to lose £1 million a month to be mid table in the Championship. What’s the point and what’s the long term outcome of that?

Schuy is the brains. Lowe was always the figure head. Schuy has shown he can lead. He won’t ever be anyone’s number 2 again.
 
Green Army 75 said:
Schuy won’t be sacked. Our chairman gave Lowe a 5 year contract after about 8 defeats on the spin. We are realistic. At best, we are a league 1 playoff team. We can’t compete with teams prepared to lose £1 million a month to be mid table in the Championship. What’s the point and what’s the long term outcome of that?

Schuy is the brains. Lowe was always the figure head. Schuy has shown he can lead. He won’t ever be anyone’s number 2 again.
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Anyone reckons RL could be Stevie Gerrards next number 2?
 
MrHodgeheg123 said:
If you're talking about Plymouth, what us their budget in League one in comparison to the other teams?
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We spend 53% of our turnover on wages and are profitable. Those who seem to know say are budget is not in the top 10 of league 1.

With so many “big teams” now slumming it with us this doesn’t surprise me.
 
Green Army 75 said:
Schuy won’t be sacked. Our chairman gave Lowe a 5 year contract after about 8 defeats on the spin. We are realistic. At best, we are a league 1 playoff team. We can’t compete with teams prepared to lose £1 million a month to be mid table in the Championship. What’s the point and what’s the long term outcome of that?

Schuy is the brains. Lowe was always the figure head. Schuy has shown he can lead. He won’t ever be anyone’s number 2 again.
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I remember about 15 years ago you built a really good team with Ebanks-Blake upfront, Peter Halmosi who was a very underrate wide player and Buzczaky and Norris centrally. Also that dutch CB who ended up at the lashers.

Holloway was managing at the time and got you top 10 in championship but left mid season to Leicester and that side broke up. Holloway got sacked after six months and then built a similar team at you know where who did go up to the premier league.

It will be good to see Plymouth back in the championship. Terrific support so you'll be getting 20k pretty much every week next season especially if two of Forest, Leeds, Everton, West Ham get relegated from the prem. Will be a great buzz on matchdays so in complete contrast to the feel around Deepdale next season.
 
Great knowledge and great memories.

The foundation of the club is stronger this time. We’ve just invested £21 million in a new academy which will take time to pay back.
 
Tugg Speedman said:
Hang on, thought you didn't have any money
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In football terms we don’t.

The money we do have is not being ploughed into players wages.

The 21 million comes from a proportion of future income and an investment from a US group who own 20% of the club.

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So you want to own a football club?

Lower league teams are a cash drain. Simon Hallett, owner of Plymouth Argyle, says his investment experience helped him transform the finances of his boyhood club
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Green Army 75 said:
In football terms we don’t.

The money we do have is not being ploughed into players wages.

The 21 million comes from a proportion of future income and an investment from a US group who own 20% of the club.

www.ft.com

So you want to own a football club?

Lower league teams are a cash drain. Simon Hallett, owner of Plymouth Argyle, says his investment experience helped him transform the finances of his boyhood club
www.ft.com www.ft.com
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"Decisions are informed by data. Players are selected on whether they suit Argyle’s style of play; the club can search databases of footballers who meet an objective set of characteristics for a specific role."

We prefer just sticking anyone we've got handy in those roles, then Lowe tells the media they're the best suited, regardless of the data or the evidence of our own eyes.

How have Argyle managed to overcome the blow of losing the expertise of MRKT Insights? Or do you still use them?
 
It’s interesting to see that Plymouth Albion, with a much lower budget than their competitors still apparently adopt a passing based style which clearly is being very successful. We, in contrast, when confronted with with ‘stronger’ opposition, seem to resign ourselves to getting at least nine men behind the ball and hoofing it up to Ched when we do get the occasional possession. I know the higher up the pyramid you go the more difficult it gets but I would love to see a manager of ours, and it would have to be backed by an owner as a long term project, mould a team based on a progressive passing style. This couldn’t be a one transfer window job; it would probably take at least 2 years and there’s no way it’s going to happen under the current stewardship, much as I’m thankful for their continued financial support. It only would there be a more attractive team to watch; we’d be producing technically adept players that would have a higher market value. Brentford and Brighton are the obvious examples and of course both have enlightened (and wealthy) owners who a long term vision.
 
Thracia said:
"Decisions are informed by data. Players are selected on whether they suit Argyle’s style of play; the club can search databases of footballers who meet an objective set of characteristics for a specific role."

We prefer just sticking anyone we've got handy in those roles, then Lowe tells the media they're the best suited, regardless of the data or the evidence of our own eyes.

How have Argyle managed to overcome the blow of losing the expertise of MRKT Insights? Or do you still use them?
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They were replaced with another company
 
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