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Next Game: Marine At Edgar Street On Saturday 9th November At 3.00pm

Monday, December 12, 2011

Pilgrims Have Two Suspended For Bulls Match

Plymouth are the Bulls next opponents on Saturday with a trip to Home Park.

It is the third straight game that the Pilgrims have faced one of their near rivals, having thumped rudderless Northampton 4-1 before this weekend's 1-1 draw with Bradford.

The Pilgrims will be missing two players for Saturday's game with both loanee defender Paul Bignot and utility man Onismor Bhasera suspended. Bignot was sent off in their FA Cup defeat to Stourbridge, while Zimbabwean international Bhasera was dismissed for two bookings in Saturday's game.

Carl Fletcher's men have now had eight different players sent off this season. The rookie boss, who was one of the eight to go, has already admitted he must do something to cure his side's disciplinary problems. After the Bradford game Fletcher praised his side for 'scrapping and battling' to a point that lifted them off the bottom of the table, before assuring fans that they wanted to play football at home:

"You look at us, we aren't a scrapping side. We've got footballers in our team. To come here and play on a bad pitch, and compete with all their physical players, I thought the lads did really well.

"When we play at home, we've got a big pitch and the surface is better. It's good to get the ball down and play well."