Mathias Ross appears to be a ready-made replacement for Kornel Szucs after the Hungarian defender became one of the latest additions to a lengthy Plymouth Argyle injury list.

Sure, it is not ideal the former Denmark under-21 international has had only limited game time since joining as a free agent last month, but given the circumstances the Pilgrims find themselves in with such a depleted squad he is a good option for them to have.

There were enough encouraging signs when Ross made his first league start for Argyle in the 3-2 win at Luton Town on Saturday to suggest the 24-year-old can go on to be very effective for them in the weeks and months ahead.

Argyle were already without one centre-back in Julio Pleguezuelo due to injury when Szucs suffered knee ligament damage in training last

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