ARGYLE manager Paul Sturrock was very pleased with the performance of his young side as they drew 1-1 with Greuther Furth on Tuesday night.

The Pilgrims found themselves behind just before half time thanks to a deflected shot from Ivo Ilicevic but drew level mid-way through the second half through substitute Damien McCrory.

The team, which featured three trialists, found cohesion hard to come by in the first half but Luggy hailed their ability to find their feet after half-time.

He said: "Obviously we had trialists and two or three young boys and the trouble was that nobody knew each other first half.

"The shape wasn't right and there was no understanding but in the second half we played very well and we got in the right areas of the pitch, and, to be fair, we could have maybe scored a couple more.

"It was a deflected goal. Other than that I think Ro [Larrieu] only had one other save in the first half but we're playing a system now where we're giving a wee bit extra thought to it

"Now we've seen it live in battle conditions we can plan ahead."

Luggy was also full of praise for Argyle's German opposition who he thinks will be very successful this season

"Furth were very organised.

"They are going to win a lot of games with the way they play their game.

"They are very fit team, they pressed for the ball when we had it and when they had it they were very sharp."

Meanwhile, Argyle will play Romanian side Petrolul Ploesti in Laufen at 4.00pm on Friday.

Luggy said: "The work we'll do now Wednesday, Thursday, Friday morning will be for the other team because I've got the other ten boys who want to play.

"It gives me an outlet for training now because I've seen the system live the way we want it to play and it gives me a wee chance to change things in the week."

Chris Parsons