Watford (H) Dewsnip's Reaction

A breathless game played in atrocious conditions between Argyle and Watford at Home Park ended in a 3-3 draw – and drew superlatives from Director of Football Neil Dewsnip.

“It must be one of the most exciting games I've ever coached, that's for sure,” he said. “Emotions all over the place. I thought we were going to win, thought we were going to lose, thought we were going to draw – which I guess we did.”

Indeed, Argyle drew a game in which they trailed and then led, as Edo Kayembe’s opener for the visitors was turned around by goals from Finn Azaz and Morgan Whittaker. Ismael Kone’s spectacular strike drew Watford level, before Ryan Hardie put Argyle back in front.

This all came before the half-time interval, after which Watford started brightly and equalised through Ryan Andrews. The Pilgrims finished the stronger of the sides, forcing several brilliant saves out of Watford goalkeeper Ben Hamer, who earned his side a point with his performances.

“He made two absolutely top-class saves at the end,” said Dewsnip. “Morgan said to me: ‘I can't hit the ball any harder than that, and he's managed to tip it over the bar’.

“When it was 3-3, the momentum was then with Watford. The game changers who came on the pitch really helped us, and we regained the momentum. I thought we were going to win at the end.

The Watford result means that over the previous 15 days, Argyle have played five games, winning one, drawing three and losing one. In those games, 12 goals have been scored, 12 goals conceded. There are no dull moments following Argyle at the moment.

“We've kind of gone about creating our DNA as being an attacking, footballing team,” Dewsnip said. “We've got some fantastic attacking players, so the chances are you're going to see that most weeks, I would hope.

“Where we need to improve as a team, is we need to get a little bit cuter, a little bit more mature with our defending all over the pitch.

“We're a work in progress still, but it's a really exciting time. Our goal all season has been to stay in this league, and I think we're heading in a good direction."

In many of the aforementioned games, Argyle have found themselves in tough positions, trailing in games, but have shown a tremendous amount of heart when needed to fight back and look to win games.

Dewsnip credited not just the squad, but the supporters too, with helping such an attitude prevail.

He said: “It's down to the resilience, I think, of the players and the crowd. How good are the Green Army at home, by the way? They just don't let you stop, do they? You've got to keep going for them. They're a massive, massive part of any success that we have.”