Wednesday 13 May 2015

SHERIDAN HOPING EVERYTHING WILL BE ALRIGHT ON THE NIGHT FOR ARGYLE

Following their late comeback against Wycombe last Saturday night, Plymouth Argyle have given themselves a fighting chance of reaching the League Two Play-off final at Wembley.

After trailing the Chairboys by three goals going into the final five minutes of their semi-final first leg, substitutes Zak Ansah and Jason Banton as Argyle reduced their deficit to a single goal in the most dramatic of fashions.

One dilemma likely to be facing manager John Sheridan is whether to possibly include Ansah or fellow substitute Ryan Brunt, who replaced leading scorer Reuben Reid on 65 minutes, at the expense of his first choice strike partnership of Reid and Lewis Alessandra.

Over the course of the campaign, Reid and Alessandra have found the back of the net 33 times in all competitions and Reid has been playing with a foot injury of late.

Ansah and Brunt also started together at Shrewsbury Town in Argyle's final league fixture, which they won 2-0.

There is another the question of whether to include Banton in their starting eleven as well.

Scoring goals is likely to be crucial to any success for the Pilgrims at Adams Park, as Argyle's defensive unit of goalkeeper Luke McCormick and their central defensive trio of Curtis Nelson, Peter Hartley and Carl McHugh have proved to be very difficult to break down this season.

A repeat of the result they were able to pull off at Adams Park earlier in the season, when they won 2-0 courtesy of goals from Alessandra and Hartley would be the perfect outcome for Argyle.

It is also worth mentioning that when they last reached Wembley in 1996, they made it there after losing their first leg and winning their second against Colchester United.