How former Sunderland player Bali Mumba has fared at Plymouth
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00:00 Another player that's been playing regularly is Barley Mumba, a player that Sunderland fans will know all about.
00:05 Came through the academy at Sunderland and then was sold to Norwich and has now ended up at Plymouth and has been playing regularly this season.
00:11 Now, that game back in November that we talked about, I think he was playing as a left winger in kind of a 4-3-3 formation.
00:18 Looks now like he's maybe gone back into a wing-back role.
00:21 So how has he kind of done this season at Plymouth?
00:24 Well, he was signed as a joint record signing along with Morgan Whittaker, £1 million, which is unheard of, you know, for us.
00:33 We were lucky to actually spend £15,000 a few years ago on a player.
00:38 So he started off the season, he scored a wonder goal against Huddersfield on the opening day.
00:44 And that raised expectations to just such, you know, massive, massive.
00:50 And he couldn't really... It was always going to be difficult to fulfil those expectations, you know.
00:57 And he's been solid, absolutely fine, Barley Mumba.
01:00 But maybe he's just, you know, because Morgan Whittaker has been so good, his performance have come under scrutiny,
01:08 more scrutiny by the fans, who maybe, especially after that wonder goal, they're expecting that to happen every week, which is just not sustainable.
01:18 He's been absolutely solid really in recent weeks, especially under Ian Foster.
01:23 I think he's aware of his positioning on the pitch some more.
01:27 He played really well against Leeds in midweek.