Torquay United Fans Forum

To be fair, it's not what their fans want. Their chairman is "good friends" with some Russian bloke who is pumping money into the club - hence the signings of O'Kane, Barnard, Tubbs - that's over £1m right there, without even mentioning fees for several others (Miles Addison is another example).

I really hope Eunan hasn't screwed up here.

Will these clubs never learn? How long ago was it that they were splashing cash about like flash Harrys? How long will it be before they start a season on -10 and their silly supporters and bleating on about Save Our Club and FC United of Bournemouth?

Matt.

I think he suffered from burnout last year - first full season, 50+ games, it would have been tough physically and mentally. I really hope the lad hasn't made a mistake by going to Bournemouth - I hope whoever the new manager is sees him as a player with big potential and tries to build around him - much like Ling did here.

On another note, apparently Bournemouth are paying Lee Barnard £14k p/w during his loan. Crazy.

Maybe from late Febuary to the end of the season Eunan did suffer a little drop in form, however before that time not all but there was a few touting him for the Championship, can't be bothered to search for them all, here is just one thread that goes alittle way to back that up though.

http://www.torquayfans.com/forum/viewto ... 3&start=30

From what people was saying last season, to me he didn't sound very consistent.

Never blame any young player for wanting to climb the footballing ladder and certainly don't blame Eunan for taking the move, however when many were talking about him being a Championship player, I never believed that he was anywhere near that level last season and posted it more than a few times.

Eunan O'Kane is still a player with stacks of potential, however that potential will not be forefilled if he is not playing, one of the reasons why I posted my belief that he should have stayed for one more season atleast with us, he would have played 46 out of 46 if fit and another great season with us would have opened up a whole world of opportunities for him.I wish him all the luck and very much hope it all works out for him in the end.

Come home Eunan.

Yet again, an ex-Torquay player moves up the leagues and finds out that the grass is definitely browner. The only ones who seem to succeed are either centre backs and/or players with potential but barely play any games. Put simply, if you play more than 20 games for us, you might as well stick around for a while!

Un-used sub for Ballmouth today according to live score centre, oh Eunan what have you done.

Good. He might be played in the right position for them now then. He was played mainly on the left wing for them.

EDIT - on further investigation I see he has started 8 games for them this season and missed a couple through Under 21 duty but might be worth keeping an eye on to see what direction the new Manager takes the team and whether he thinks Eunan is part of that.

I see Bournemouth have sacked their managerial team today. With Eunan only playing 3 games thus far for them (according to wiki anyway!) and a new Manager soon to be arriving I wonder if Mr Ling is keeping tabs on the situation with the possibility of a cheeky loan request?

Long shot but worth asking?

Ooops. On duty with Rep of Ireland U-21s.

Not in team or on bench for Bournemouth tonight. What a waste!

Good post Den. (Wonderland). All makes sense to me.

See you tonight at Sid James. Look forward to it.

Chris