Source: Team_Talk
Argyle gaffer hails 'handful' Fallon
Fallon's goal extended Plymouth's unbeaten run to three Championship matches and hauled them out of the bottom three.[LNB]Recalled striker Fallon side-footed home from 10 yards to give his team a 2-1 win, following a cross from the left by full-back Gary Sawyer - after Rovers had been reduced to 10 men in the 50th minute following a second caution for captain Martin Woods.[LNB]Fallon nodded the ball down in the 71st minute, and strike partner Jamie Mackie had a close-range shot saved at point-blank range by Rovers' experienced goalkeeper Neil Sullivan. However, the ball spun out for Fallon to finish after all.[LNB]Argyle boss Paul Sturrock said: "Rory works best in their box. That's where he is going to get goals, because of his height.[LNB]"That's three goals he's got in the last five starts for us, and he's proving to be a real handful.[LNB]"Doncaster are a difficult team to play against, difficult to break down. If you go out of shape against them you lose, which has happened to us before.[LNB]"I thought we were very disciplined. It was always going to be a tight game, and I did feel that the chances we created meant we slightly shaded it as far as the result was concerned."[LNB]Rovers boss Sean O'Driscoll explained his team were never going to give up on chasing all three points - even after Woods' dismissal.[LNB]"Going down to 10 men is not a reason to throw in the towel or anything," he said. "You just have got to take it on the chin. Our game plan didn't change. What we tried to do - win the match - doesn't change; it just makes it that little more difficult.[LNB]"We came in at half-time and we thought if we could step it up a little bit we could win the game.[LNB]"Even with 10 men we thought we could get something from it, and we had one or two good chances.[LNB]"I think they [Plymouth] have a physical presence, so any long throw-ins or corners into the box are going to give us a problem."[LNB]Argyle took the lead in the 26th minute when man of the match Alan Judge - on a season long-loan from Blackburn - converted Alan Gow's left-wing cross.[LNB]Rovers restored parity within three minutes as Woods' free kick from the left was met by midfielder Dean Shiels' strike.[LNB]Fallon blocked the first, but Shiels' second shot was drilled through the Kiwi's legs and in.[LNB]Judge looked to make it 2-1 in first-half stoppage time. But his goalbound effort was stopped by Rovers defender Sam Hird, who also made a telling tackle to deny Gow after Rovers had gone down to 10.[LNB]Rovers striker Billy Sharp also went close when he latched on to James Coppinger's inch-perfect through ball, before sending an angled drive from the right just past the far post.[LNB][LNB]
