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Plymouth Argyle manager Tom Cleverley says he is excited about young right-back Joe Mwaro's return to fitness.

The 17-year-old earned a man of the match award on his debut in the Carabao Cup second round loss to Premier League Coventry City in August.

But the highly-rated academy defender has not played since after suffering a knee injury.

He will return to action with Argyle's youth team this weekend and could be in contention for the Jersey Mike's Trophy game with Swindon Town on Tuesday.

"He's good at all those fundamentals, he's a great professional, he will maximise his potential because of his attitude," Cleverley said.

"I have to manage expectation because he had a man of the match against the Premier League side, you can all of a sudden expect him to play 30 games this season.

"I have to manage some expectation there, he's still a youth team player, he's incredibly young, but we're excited about Joe for now and for the future."

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Plymouth Argyle forward Oli Irow has won the League One goal of the month award for September.

The 20-year-old, who is on loan at Home Park from Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur, blasted a long-range effort into the top corner against Barnsley on 12 September to win the award.

The strike in the first minute of the game was his first in league football for the Pilgrims.

"It's probably the best goal I've scored in my professional career so far but most importantly it set us on the way to three important points," Irow said.

"We've been in a really good moment as a team, and I feel really happy with my contributions individually as well. This is just the start though and I hope I can contribute more goals and assists as we look to continue our good start to the season."

Irow beat his team-mate Harvey White, Luton Town's Callum Marshall and Milton Keynes Dons' Aaron Collins to win the award.