Cleverley to examine reasons for Argyle's poor start
Tom Cleverley has lost his first two games as Plymouth Argyle head coach
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Plymouth Argyle head coach Tom Cleverley says everyone at the club must look at why the side has lost their opening two League One matches.
The Pilgrims - who were relegated from the Championship last season - failed to have a shot on target as they went down 2-0 at Bolton Wanderers on Saturday.
It came seven days after a 3-1 opening day loss at home to Barnsley that was marred by defensive errors and a host of missed chances.
"It's down for everyone at the football club to do an internal reflection of themselves," Cleverley told BBC Radio Devon.
"Where can we make this better? I will work largely on the technical aspect of that and the balance of the team.
"I'm sure every other person at the football club, staff and players, will look within themselves, which is the most important thing.
"I think if I can say two things I've learned from hard times is work harder and look in the mirror first."
Argyle have not lost their opening two league games since the start of the 2016-17 campaign.
That season they then went on a 14-game unbeaten run in the league that saw them win 11 games and was the foundation for a season that saw them go on to finish second in League Two on goal difference.
But Argyle's lack of attacking options were made evident by the loss at Bolton.
Having lost players including Ryan Hardie and Mustapha Bundu over the summer, Argyle have signed young forwards Bim Pepple and Owen Oseni.
But the club has still not been able to secure the services of an experienced first-choice striker.
Cleverley says they are still searching for a new forward and is hopeful of some success soon.
"If we want to go after the ambitions that we have at this club we need strengthening," Cleverley added.
"A significant bid has been placed. First one rejected, second one placed and that's where we're at.
"We're into plan C, D and E now, but that's why you have a plan C, D and E because rarely does plan A get executed if you don't have the budget of some of the other clubs in the league."