Braintree v Torquay Sat 17th Feb 2024

[JimNichol'sdog]

Let's be brutally honest - tomorrow's result is to all intense and purposes an irrelevance.

The club, unfortunately, is on a vertical downward spiral with an owner who is to football what Hamas is to liberal democracy and a manager who couldn't select a pick and mix let alone a winning football team.

It pains me to make these comments as I've always had a soft spot for Torquay despite living some 100 miles to the west.

I feel incredibly sorry for those who spend hard-earned money following the Gulls, only to be treated abysmally by the management structure.

I would respectfully suggest that lessons could be learnt from Exeter City, while conceding that they had a major stroke of luck with the income from their cup ties with Manchester United. However, from a distance, they do appear to be well run.

[Admiral]

2-1

[Forest gull]

We’re not going down. We’ve got virtually enough points to stay up already - and still have to play Taunton twice where we’ll surely get some points.

But more to the point, lose tomorrow and we’ll be between 5 and 8 points off the play offs (more likely 8), having played a game more.

So defers tomorrow and the season is virtually over - bar the protests.

Good post. Can’t see why some are predicting a clean sheet, but we can hope. Probably our only way of getting a point.

[kevgull]

Ryan Hanson has gone to Tonbridge Angels.

[Dave]

Pretty much everything has been said about current form, although Braintree's recent run of good results has largely against teams you'd expect them to do well against, however they did beat Hampton 3 v1 and have picked up an away draw Maidstone, not since their Christmas double header v Chelmsford have Braintree suffered any defeats.

This match could depend on who is upfront, D.O.A with Jarvis could work well, however if D.O.A is a makeweight for Jarvis can see that having a negative effect all round, we know our defence awful, and hardly a surprise Halstead has lost confidence, think any keeper would lose the will trying to organise this lot.

Braintree 3 v 1 TUFC

[The Great Muta!]

I just don't think it really ever worked out for Ryan Hanson, good luck to him with his new club, from time to time you could see he was half decent, but he suffered with form and being a utility player doesn't help, esp in a losing team/relegation....as for today, I'd be surprised if Jarvis starts, I doubt hes match fit and up to speed with things..

[RedGull1902]

Braintree 4-1

[Hereford Gull66]

Braintree 2 Torquay 3

coyy

[WainwrightGull]

Ryan Hanson has gone to Tonbridge Angels.

Good riddance another one of the ‘Marquees’
Gone..how many left now ?
The answer is still too many
Another who has shamefully let OUR club down badly.

[portugull]

2-2 more in hope than expectation.

[ShropGull]

Braintree Town 2 Torquay United 3

[TheYellowFromExeter]

Dawson on bench
Jarvis not in squad

[DGulls]

Braintree 2v0 Torquay. We never do well at Braintree at the best of times...

[leetufc]

Braintree 3-1 Torquay

[Colorado]

I would love to watch it but it’s not a selected game for streaming thru the National League….how far we have fallen. Amazing….Maybe I’ll watch Wealdstone….. Talk about a miraculous success. Wandering nomads for years and now a good team a tier above us. Lesson from them. It can be done if you have the will