by cambgull » 12 Jan 2011, 23:20
Having moved away from the area a year or so ago, I've been slightly out of the news loop with Torquay and had only heard vague mentions of this argument. To me, this does sum up us Torquay fans really, we spend so much time and effort complaining about becoming "sky-ified" as someone put it on the first page yet we then complain when Sky don't show us.
Do we want to be a commercial success or stay in the lower leagues forever? We do not have the fanbase to sustain a large squad, high wages and therefore make a push for League One and then keep ourselves there. Because of the lack of crowds, we'd need to get our money from elsewhere, be it through commercialisation of the club and earning monies from media sources or we can not really go anywhere because we cannot afford the better players.
Now, I can't see this being a very popular opinion but it's the lack of ambition and when there is ambition, a lack of know-how to actually see it through that is the reason why Torbay is one of the more run-down areas in the country.
Having moved away from the area a year or so ago, I've been slightly out of the news loop with Torquay and had only heard vague mentions of this argument. To me, this does sum up us Torquay fans really, we spend so much time and effort complaining about becoming "sky-ified" as someone put it on the first page yet we then complain when Sky don't show us.
Do we want to be a commercial success or stay in the lower leagues forever? We do not have the fanbase to sustain a large squad, high wages and therefore make a push for League One and then keep ourselves there. Because of the lack of crowds, we'd need to get our money from elsewhere, be it through commercialisation of the club and earning monies from media sources or we can not really go anywhere because we cannot afford the better players.
Now, I can't see this being a very popular opinion but it's the lack of ambition and when there is ambition, a lack of know-how to actually see it through that is the reason why Torbay is one of the more run-down areas in the country.
