Torquay United Fans Forum

Aussie wrote: Sorry Troj but I can`t go to the match or the pub, I`m lucky if can make to the bog! Typing in a horizontal position is more difficult than I thought it would be, pretty much bed-ridden!

brucie wrote:You reckon - no doubt you will be saying that Rice could have gone to other league two teams as well. Despite what other people are saying Mcphee didn't play well at Cheltenham. He consistently gave the ball away, in fact he couldn't make a five yard pass without giving the ball away to the opposition.
As for "getting stuck in" - errr basically he kept comitting himself and getting beaten easily.
In his favour i don't think he had a clue what his role was which didn't help.
He is probably a great bloke, runs around alot, is nice to his dog but one thing he is not is a League 2 standard player, nor will he ever be.
Anyone who says otherwise is delluded.

Trojan 67 wrote:Aussie : I hope your back isn't too bad that it keeps you from the pub after the match.

londongull63 wrote:I think Chris McPhee deserves far more backing. He scored a lot of goals from midfield in a very ordinary Conference side last year which is a good sign (although admittedly there's been little evidence of that so far for us), he has local connections so really wants to do well for us - other clubs in the league were interested but he chose Torquay.
But most of all a club with our budget cannot afford to have 2 pricey, quality players in every position, so to cut costs and keep the star men, you need to have a few McPhees in the squad, particularly ones who can play in various positions, to fill for injuries. No-one probably claims he's a Division 2 stand-out player in any one position, but his versatility for an affordable wage for someone who won't be playing every week in my view makes him a worthwhile signing. If you didn't have your McPhees, maybe we wouldn't have been able to afford to offer Olejnic a better deal, which isn't to say I think McPhee is rubbish. I'm willing to back Lingy's assessment of what he saw of McPhee last year, unless I see a string of bad performances to show otherwise, and don't forget McPhee was in the Ebbsfleet side that beat Buckle's Conference championship contenders at Wembley.

londongull63 wrote:I think Chris McPhee deserves far more backing. He scored a lot of goals from midfield in a very ordinary Conference side last year which is a good sign (although admittedly there's been little evidence of that so far for us), he has local connections so really wants to do well for us - other clubs in the league were interested but he chose Torquay.
But most of all a club with our budget cannot afford to have 2 pricey, quality players in every position, so to cut costs and keep the star men, you need to have a few McPhees in the squad, particularly ones who can play in various positions, to fill for injuries. No-one probably claims he's a Division 2 stand-out player in any one position, but his versatility for an affordable wage for someone who won't be playing every week in my view makes him a worthwhile signing. If you didn't have your McPhees, maybe we wouldn't have been able to afford to offer Olejnic a better deal, which isn't to say I think McPhee is rubbish. I'm willing to back Lingy's assessment of what he saw of McPhee last year, unless I see a string of bad performances to show otherwise, and don't forget McPhee was in the Ebbsfleet side that beat Buckle's Conference championship contenders at Wembley.

yellow wrote: A very nice, well judged post from a man who should be MOM.... one day in the future.

ferrarilover wrote:Been wondering about this myself. Despite my continued (though slowly dwindling) concerns with McPhee (although those concerns are based on him as a striker), I would start him as a direct replacement for DL. Give him express instructions that his job is just to run and run and run. Tackle anything that moves, don't give the man with the ball any time at all, just work really, really hard, do nothing else. This way, he can't balls it up by over compilation and this 'straight swap' method causes minimal disruption to the remainder of the playing staff on the day, so they all get to keep doing what they've been doing with such success over the last few games.

Matt.