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Plymouth Argyle defender Jack Mackenzie will be out for a further four to six weeks after suffering from shin splints.

The 25-year-old has yet to play for the Pilgrims since his summer move from Aberdeen after suffering tendonitis in his knee during pre-season.

But having overcome that problem the Scottish Cup winner has been sidelined with a new issue which will likely keep him out until November.

It is another blow to the Pilgrims who have lost Julio Pleguezuelo, Caleb Watts and Xavier Amaechi until the New Year.

"Jack's just not got going since he's come to the club, to no fault of anyone's really, the medical team, no-one, because he's been doing some really low level rehab that he's reacted badly to," head coach Tom Cleverley said.

"He's a good lad. He's professional. He's desperate more than anyone to get back, he's just going through a real period of bad luck, as we are as a football club really.

"You could say we've got six or seven potential starters out at the minute.

"It's definitely something we're aware of as a football club and again adds to our little bit of inconsistency."

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Plymouth Argyle are closing in on appointing a new goalkeeper coach.

It comes after news that Darryl Flahavan is to leave the club.

The 46-year-old former Southend United and Bournemouth player had been at Home Park since January 2024 having previously spent time coaching at clubs including Birmingham City, Wigan Athletic and Sheffield Wednesday.

"Darryl's been a fantastic servant to the football club, he's very good at what he does," head coach Tom Cleverley told BBC Radio Devon.

"He will be leaving the football club for personal reasons and the process of replacing him has been wheels in motion for the last couple of weeks.

"We are narrowing that down to a couple of strong candidates and I'm sure there will be an announcement in the next few days."

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Plymouth Argyle's Northern Ireland goalkeeper Conor Hazard will have to earn his place in the team when he recovers from injury, says boss Tom Cleverley.

Hazard has been out since suffering a knee injury in Northern Ireland's 2-1 friendly loss to Denmark in Copenhagen in June.

Luca Ashby-Hammond has deputised for the 27-year-old all season, keeping two clean sheets in nine appearances.

Hazard could be fit for next week's game against Peterborough United or the EFL Trophy tie with Tottenham Hotspur's under-21 side on 23 September.

"Luca's done great recently," Cleverley said.

"I feel like we were really unlucky to concede two goals [last Saturday against Stockport].

"We've conceded one in the 95th minute and we've conceded a penalty that never should have been a penalty.

"I think Luca's is probably not getting the rewards he deserves recently, but he's looked a lot more assured coming for crosses, his distribution is good, and like every position now, I think I've got a little bit of healthy competition in the squad."

Meanwhile, Scottish defender Jack Mackenzie is "a couple of weeks away" from being able to make his debut - the former Aberdeen player has not featured since pre-season.

Jamie Paterson has suffered a setback in recovering from his calf injury and maybe out for a few more weeks while long-term casualties Xavier Amaechi and Julio Pleguezuelo continue their rehabilitation after surgery.

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All the news as Plymouth Argyle prepare to face Stockport County in League One this weekend.

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