Eleven days on from beating top-flight Brentford, Plymouth lost at home to Burnley, a kick in the shins that could have been much worse as they were five goals down at half-time. Even so, it was a 13th game in a row without victory in the league, a calamitous run that left Plymouth bottom of the Championship, six points from safety.
They finally won again last Saturday but still prop up the division. OK, life in the Championship has been hard over the past year and a half but they are still there. And nobody can say Hallett has not tried.
The former Manchester United and England superstar, now 39, was appointed as their head coach last May. Seven months later, he was gone. His 25 games in charge brought only five wins, his 14 losses featured scores of three times , and No question.
Now, our risk-taking has to be rational, but everything is a risk. We take risks to create new revenue streams. We take risks with managers. By the time Lowe was poached by Championship side Preston North End two and a half years later, Plymouth were back in League One, and pushing for another promotion. Lowe was replaced with year-old Steven Schumacher , who had come with him from Bury as an assistant and had never managed a professional side before.
By the time he was poached by another Championship side, Stoke City, in December , Plymouth were in the second tier themselves and Schumacher was the reigning League One Manager of the Year.
