Plymouth boss in subtle dig at former Birmingham City boss Wayne Rooney
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Miron Muslic Plymouth Argyle head coach
According to Plymouth manager Miron Muslic, if he had been in charge the entire season, they would already be safe from relegation.
Argyle still has two games left to win the Championship, which seemed to be a veiled jab at former Birmingham City manager Wayne Rooney.
Muslic has performed admirably since taking Rooney’s place after the player left Argyle on New Year’s Eve, after the team had a dismal first half of the season.
However, Muslic led Plymouth to victory over Coventry, who were vying for a spot in the playoffs, on Monday, putting them three points outside of safety with two games remaining.
Furthermore, he is adamant that if he had been there the entire season, they would not be in this situation.
“I think if I’m the head coach from day one we will be far, far away from the relegation zone, we will be safe five games ago,” he said.
“I truly believe if I will be here with my staff from day one, we will be nowhere near where we are right now.
“The performance today, the performance at Middlesbrough [where they lost 2-1]
“We’ve taken nine points at Home Park against Norwich, against Sheffield United, against Coventry.
“These are teams playing for the Premier League and they all lost here in Plymouth at Home Park, that gives me the confidence.”
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Plymouth Argyle boss plotting miracle finish to season ahead of huge games against Preston North End and Leeds United
The manager of Plymouth Argyle is planning a spectacular season finale in front of crucial matches against Leeds United and Preston North End.
Miron Muslic, who is preparing his Plymouth Argyle team for Saturday’s crucial match against Preston North End at Deepdale, is a strong believer in miracles.
The manager of the Pilgrims, whose club is now three points from safety at the bottom of the Championship table, is also planning to have something to play for whenever his squad arrives. moved Leeds United to Home Park on the season’s last day.
Preston North End, who themselves are still in danger of entering League One for the first time in a decade through the second-tier trapdoor, will be negatively impacted by that belief.
In fact, Paul Heckingbottom’s team is currently in 18th place in the standings going into their final two games of the season, against Plymouth (H) and promotion-chasing Bristol City (A). They are only three points above the bottom three.
A record of only one win in 13 league matches – including three defeats in a row – has put the Lilywhites in such a perilous position at this late, late stage of the campaign, with PNE’s last success coming more than a month ago against Portsmouth on March 15.
In addition, North End should pay attention to the signals coming from the Plymouth camp during the build-up as they prepare for such a crucial match.
Muslic, a native of Bosnia, has his supporters who think a Great Escape is feasible despite their position at the bottom of the table.
This Easter Monday’s victory over play-off-chasing Coventry was the Pilgrims’ third since Heckingbottom & Co. last scored three points. Additionally, he is eager to give the Green Army something to cling to heading into the season’s last day, as a sizable away crowd is anticipated to travel from the southwest to Deepdale.
Plymouth boss on importance of PNE game
Speaking after Plymouth’s 3-1 triumph over the Sky Blues on Monday, Muslic said: ‘I’m really proud to provide this kind of performance.
‘We had a good game plan, but the execution of the lads was just exceptional. That’s why we are very proud of the lads.
‘We went physical, direct, vertical, intense. (We wanted to) play with aggression, a lot of duels, get Coventry in a fight – because that’s something they don’t like, so we can take advantage of this.
‘(If the game’s) open, it’s clearly an advantage for them, but I think we showed from minute one we believe that we can achieve this. We played Norwich. Sheffield United and Coventry – three giants in our competition – and took nine out of nine.’
‘There are still six points to collect – why not keep going the hard way, and going for the miracle?
‘We are still in it. That’s what we want. That was the message inside the locker room. We did our job. We can’t control what happens in other stadiums, but we can perform and control our performance.
“Our next opportunity is Preston, and our goal is to have something to play for when we play Leeds here, which is our final home game and our final game at Home Park.”
The Pilgrims have only managed 23 points out of a possible 57 since Muslic took over as Plymouth’s manager on January 10th, replacing Wayne Rooney.
PNE has gained 21 of the 54 points that are available to them throughout that time.
