Chris Dunlavy

Chris Dunlavy: Defensive duo give Plymouth Argyle new hope

They couldn’t, could they? Plymouth Argyle have looked about as capable of staying up as a toddler on roller skates over the course of a truly desperate season.

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Chris Dunlavy
16 February 2025

By Chris Dunlavy
A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

They couldn’t, could they? Plymouth Argyle have looked about as capable of staying up as a toddler on roller skates over the course of a truly desperate season.
But the signings of Maksym Talovierov and Nikola Katic have injected pure aggression into the division’s most powderpuff backline.
Talovierov, in particular, looks fearsome.
The Ukrainian - a club record signing from Austrian side LASK - made mincemeat of Liverpool’s world-class frontline during last weekend’s astounding FA Cup upset at Home Park, treating gilded reputations with disdain an...

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