BARRY Hayles made a happy return to Bramall Lane, skippering Argyle to a famous 1-0 victory over Sheffield United thanks to Péter Halmosi's 24th-minute winner.

Hayles, who spent a short and fairly miserable time at United three seasons ago, said: "It could have been three or four.

"[Sheffield United] hit the bar and we cleared one off the goal-line but, apart from that, I thought we dominated the game.

"The game was tough. We had a lot of chances, and if we'd put them away, I'd not be saying that. But, at 1-0, it's always tough.

"When you don't take your chances, you are always vulnerable.

"Sheffield United are a good side but we did well defensively. We shut them out but, on another day, they could have got a point or maybe nicked all three.

"It was a great goal. Péter got his timing right and Sylvan found him brilliantly.

"Credit to us, I thought we deserved it and we were the better side.

" The win is right up there with the one at Charlton, but Charlton was a lot tougher, to be fair, no disrespect to Sheffield United."

Hayles was brought to Home Park by Ian Holloway but says he has no desire to follow the Pilgrims' former manager to Leicester, and paid tribute to coaches Tim Breacker and Des Bulpin for stepping into the breach.

"I'm a long way from home but I am thoroughly enjoying it," said the Londoner, "so it's not a case of I'm not happy because Ollie's gone. The boys are buzzing and I'm part of it, so I'm happy."

"Credit to the coaches - they made it a normal week - and the boys played really well.

"We thought that, if we didn't perform, we had a load of excuses, but we played well.

"As part of the build-up, Tim said to make sure we went and applauded the fans afterwards because we are all in it together - not just them and us."