Having just won promotion to League One after several years in the bottom tier of English football, Derek Adams’ job to get the Plymouth Argyle ready for a new challenge started in earnest.

Automatic promotion was secured after an impressive year with the Pilgrims set to try their had in the third tier, and recruitment was needed to strengthen an already dominant side for their new voyage.

Ahead of the 2017/18 campaign, the club was on the lookout for new blood to improve their side, but it was an old head that one of the standout signings of their impressive pre-season.

On June 28, 2017, the club announced - via a series of cryptic tweets-  the newest arrival at Home Park.  

The build-up to the reveal was one of excitement with the end game resulting in the announcement of Gregg Wylde’s return.

The winger had left a year before trying his hand in League One with Millwall but having failed to truly nail a place down; he was released after the club won promotion to the Championship.

And their loss was Plymouth’s gain with the club’s supporters fully supportive of the decision to re-sign the winger.

The winger marked his return in sensational fashion scoring the Pilgrim’s only goal in their opening day defeat to Peterborough.

But his comeback would be short-lived, after 13 games back at Home Park and not featuring regularly for Adams.

On January 30, 2018, he moved to League Two Morecambe on loan for the rest of the 2017/18 campaign.

And his departure left many of the Plymouth supporters bemused with the decision and the choice to re-sign him in the summer.

During his time at the Globe Arena, he scored twice in 15 appearances for Jim Bentley’s men who finished 15th in the fourth tier that season.

Upon the expiration of his loan deal, he returned to the west country and has featured ten times in all competitions this term for Plymouth, but only five have come in the league.

It has been a strange journey that Wylde has been on since resigning for the Green Army, and one that hasn’t worked out so far. 

The reaction to the second-coming of Wylde was positive, but with a lack of consistent first-team opportunities and a half-season loan away, this is a signing that has, so far, not gone to plan.

Despite making some inroads this season with games played, he still has a long way to go to show the club they have the Wylde of old that was so consistent before his move to Millwall.