Season 2019/20 Can We Finally Go Up?

[Plymouth red]

It's more performance than points at this time of the season. The season we finished third, we started slowly but played well so we were in a false position. The season under Pearce, we got good results but played poorly so our position was inflated.

So far we've played well against Swansea, Birmingham and Fulham but have struggled against other sides. Charlton, Stoke and Preston saw us dominated in the first half but we hung in and got better as the game went on. Against Barnsley we struggled creatively and against Leeds and West Brom we were probably second best.

If we can get the type of performance consistently as we had against Swansea and at home to Birmingham, I think we will be top two. If we play we have against Stoke and Barnsley we will probably end mid table.

I guess the bottom line is that results have been pretty consistent, our performances haven't. What makes me more confident than the Pearce season is that after 9 games it never looked like we were a good team. So far this season they have shown that they can be an excellent side and hopefully as time goes on both Lamouchi and this side will gel and improve. Consistency is very difficult in this league - that's why it's so difficult to predict and so difficult to get out of