Plymouth Argyle

"Whenever a manager comes into a football club, ultimately the first thing they need to do is get results and he's [Kim Hellberg] done that. It was a great start."

The 72+ team are joined by ex-Middlesbrough defender Tommy Smith to talk about high-flying Championship pair Boro and Millwall, along with struggles at Swansea, Plymouth Argyle, Port Vale and Bristol Rovers.

Middlesbrough boss Kim Hellberg led his side to victory in his first game in charge - can he get them purring all the way to the Premier League?

"Kim doesn't strike me as someone who is daft - he's come into the football club, he knows all the players, he knows what's been good about the team from the start of the season, he knows where there could be improvements," Smith said.

"I think that's his general remit now - to get the players at the top end of the pitch going, get them a little bit more expansive while keeping the back door shut.

"You know what it's like in the Championship, you've got to have balance. You've got to have both things to be successful in the league."

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Plymouth Argyle head coach Tom Cleverley says he was impressed by Julio Pleguezuelo’s return from injury on Tuesday night.

The 28-year-old defender played his first competitive game since the end of April in the 1-0 Vertu Trophy win at Leyton Orient, after recovering from knee surgery.

"I thought he was excellent tonight, he looked really assured, he played some really nice balls in the channel," Cleverley told BBC Radio Devon.

"He did all his defensive work professionally, dominated aerially and he looked really assured at this level."

The Spaniard was taken off at half-time as Argyle progressed to the last 16 thanks to Lorent Tolaj's stoppage-time goal.

"Forty-five minutes was his plan and it's a really good step in the right direction to getting Pleggy back to where we want him to be and he'll be a key member of the squad in the coming weeks," said Cleverley.

"He's really kicked on the last week in training where I've seen a level of intensity that catches the eye and something that we've been missing.

"He carried that through tonight. He was really calm, assured, took it in his stride and he's only going to get better from tonight."

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Plymouth Argyle have been boosted by the news that defender Julio Pleguezuelo is fit to return to the squad.

The 28-year-old has not played this season after suffering a knee injury in Argyle's final pre-season game that needed surgery.

He could return in some capacity when Northampton Town visit Home Park on Saturday (15:00 GMT).

"I'm not ruling out Pleggy to be on the bench on Saturday. He's certainly got 20, 30 minutes in him," head coach Tom Cleverley said.

"Now if someone went down after 10 minutes, it couldn't be Pleggy, but he's got a chance of being in and around it.

"He's a key figure on and off the pitch for us, so I'm happy to have him back."

The was further encouraging news for Argyle's injury list as Cleverley confirmed that winger Xavier Amaechi could be in contention next week after recovering from hamstring surgery.

But midfielder Bradley Ibrahim will have to have an operation on the long-term ankle injury he suffered in training earlier this month.

It is believed he will be ruled out until some time in late February or early March.