The month of January might have finished January 2017 with a defeat away at Yeovil Town but there is plenty for the Pilgrims to be positive about.
Aside from their FA Cup third round ties against Liverpool, which saw them hold the Reds to a goalless draw at Anfield before losing to a Lucas Leiva header at Home Park, which were worth £1million to Argyle.
The Pilgrims have also received a couple of useful windfalls in the transfer window.
They earned themselves a sell-on clause percentage from the transfer of former skipper Conor Hourihane from Barnsley to Aston Villa, which was believed to be in the region of £2.5million, and they would receive another £300,000 from the sale of young left-back Ben Purrington to Rotherham United.
However, manager Derek Adams also moved to strengthen his squad with the acquisitions of Nathan Blissett from Torquay, Jakob Sokolik from Yeovil Town, Antoni Sarcevic from Shrewsbury Town on permanent deals in addition to the loan signings of Ryan Taylor and Matthew Kennedy from Oxford United and Cardiff City respectively.
Perhaps most importantly, Adams has managed to hold on to midfield talisman and leading scorer Graham Carey although the Irishman has yet to agree to extend his stay at Home Park beyond the end of this season.
Adams' Exeter City counterpart Paul Tisdale is probably equally to have been able to hold on to Grecians starlet Ollie Watkins, despite interest from several Championship teams, and it promises to be an exciting Devon Expressway Derby when the two sides meet on February 11th.
