Gregg Wylde - A man on form

Throughout the first part of the year I think it’s fair to say that Gregg Wylde has been Argyle's most influential player, having been among the nominees for League 2 player of the month as well as getting 3 consecutive Herald fans man of the match awards. I feel that his return to the form he showed at the start of the season is because he is changing his game slightly. On the right you see the trademark Wylde run, the Scottish winger getting behind Wycombe right back Jombati was a common theme throughout the game on Saturday as well as in the rest of the season. I feel that there has been games where he has made this run but Argyles attempts to pick out his run have not been good enough often missing the target. But now we have Carey back a man who is more than capable of applying a inch perfect through ball I believe we are going to get even more goals and assists from Wylde. In the picture above when Argyle had the ball deep and look for an outlet Wylde spun away from Jombati who had pushed high on Wylde leaving the space in behind for a ball to be played.

Another feature that has played its part towards Wyldes recent success is his ability to come off his line when the balls at the back post. This is something we have seen Jervis do a lot this season when Wylde has been the provider, but doing this comes a lot more naturally to Jervis as he is a striker so he has the strikers instinct to get into that spot. We have seen him come off his line when Mellor and Jervis have worked something down the line, take his 2 headed goals against Cambridge and Stevenage. We see here (Left) against Wycombe that Tanner is on one wing and Wylde has come into the area to get the ball on any cross there may be. Wylde comes across the six yard box to the front post which is a good if there is going to be a runner in behind at the back post. We are going to benefit from having Nardiello in the team; a known goal poacher at this level because he can make that run to the middle and Wylde should be on the back stick.

In my opinion in this​ screenshot if Tanner where to get a ball in then Reid has to make a little extra effort to get to the front post or the edge of the six yard box at least, Wylde should make his run to the back post (maintaining an onside position of course) and a players such as McHugh, Carey and Threlkeld etc. should be on the edge of the penalty box. This gives whoever is crossing the ball three outlets in which to look for instead of having one. This brings me to my next point about Wyldes crossing ability, it is clear to see that over the season so far we have benefitted hugely from having Wylde in the team but no often enough have we got into goal scoring positions when Wylde has put in a delivery. Again an example from Wycombe was Wylde putting a ball in and no one being in a decent goal scoring position in the middle, this again is where I feel Reid could be doing more. When Wylde has the ball out wide Reid has got to work tirelessly to get in on the six yard box, as does whoever’s on the opposite wing needs to get to the back post, and whoever’s in midfield should be supporting on the edge of the penalty box for any rebounds or loose balls. I feel we would score so may more goals by going by these 3 steps of having the striker on the six yard box. We have already see this season of instances where by doing the 3 steps has worked, goals such as McHugh vs Wimbledon(JPT) where the cross was cleared to the 18 yard box and McHugh was there to smash home. As well as Jervis vs Bristol Rovers (L2) when Wylde sent a ball through that “corridor of uncertainty” as they call it between the goalkeeper and defence, and Jervis was there at the back post to tap in. We have seen it work already this season so I feel if Argyle worked on that more the strengths of the positioning from Wyldes deliveries then we would see more goals.