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Massive amount of effort and running from all the players today which was great to see. Defensively Downes & Pearce looked shaky. Lathrope looked very composed on the ball and generally all the lads seemed to be playing with a renewed vigor and confidence. O'Connor was a class act and Nico solid...

Interesting that not one of the players has come out on twitter to say anything about the sacking. Usually you get a few 'sorry we let him down but now need to all pull together and give 100%' type goodbyes. Nico is the only one and his is a very guarded (although with obvious undertones!) posting. ...

Fair play to everyone who did go down today but if any of them do start claiming those of us who decided not to are not real fans then they're deluded (or completely isolated from the current economic pressures).

When we went down before it was for the obvious reason that we had been taken over by a moron by the name of Roberts. There was nothing we could do to stop that but the Board got together to rescue the situation so we went into the Conference season with hope. This year we have no excuse whatsoever....

AK will be too busy refreshing his list of excuses as to why we were unlucky to be concerned about making subs. Given how happy he was with the 3-1 defeat I imagine he'll be glowing with pride if we manage to keep it at 1-0 today.

Did anybody who still backs AK listen to his post match interview on Radio Devon? If so then you must be a relative or something - once again he comes out with utter rubbish about us being unlucky, having injuries, playing well, taking lots of positives etc etc and a number of times saying "tha...

Better performance today, that cannot be denied BUT both Rovers and City were very poor teams and we let them both off the hook big time. Lots of mixed comments regarding certain players which will always be the case but for me yes Downes & O'Connor gave goals away today BUT also for me both put...

I remember Mike Bateson started a 'Player's Fund' at some stage on the premise that all donations would be used solely for purchases / wages. Seem to remember chucking my pocket money into a bucket at half time! Problem is even if every fan gave to their maximum means it would touch the sides these ...

Look Matt, I am reacting badly to it because I see the look of death about our team. I have seen it before, several times, but I have never seen a Torquay team so devoid of ambition, hope and will to win. Watching this side is awful, a penance, and I believe very strongly that this man will lead us...

I think it's dramatic to say the club would fold, we still (IMO) have the benefit of having genuine and honest owners and I have faith in them to always do what's needed to allow the club to survive. That may well end up being in the Conference though. I do agree that we would really struggle to get...

Excellent summary Andy. Until now I had still been in the Keep Knill camp, looking at examples like Accrington, Arsenal & Liverpool this season for examples of how things can quickly turn around for managers. However, all the games I have seen this season have been hugely frustrating and there s...

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Rice 6 - relatively untroubled, no chance with the goal but a few wayward kicks. Tonge 7 - got forward more than I have seen before and no obvious issues defensively (Nico was being targetted) Pearce 9 - immense O'Connor 8 - excellent Nicholson 6 - got exposed for the goal BUT that was largely becau...

"Hawley over the bar from 3 yards".

Can look at the makeshift defense as much as you want but if we can't even hit the target then we going down with the Stanley.

How many more games will Bodin get as a guaranteed starter? Must be something in his contract.