Torquay United Fans Forum

Richinns wrote: Yeah - looking for a back up CB. Got a young lad who has come through the youth set up who is highly rated and did very well in the last game but need a little more cover in this position. Worth a years contact in your opinion?

Hubert Parry wrote:Straight swap? Nope! Mansell is precisely the type of player that our current team is missing. Our midfield 'three' as it were is composed of a deep-lying tempo-dictating playmaker (Pack), a Jamie Ward-type 'in the hole' creative attacking midfielder (Deering), and a hard-working bruiser type (Penn). I think we need a box-to-box player, probably to replace Penn and I regard Mansell as being the best in the division (he is also a leader - not to be understated). Whether he has the technical ability to manage in League One is another matter, but there are some players that improve the higher the level, and others who hit the ceiling. However, I think Penn does a great job and McGlashan can be a match winner on his day.

Re: Bodin, he is an interesting case as I have read the most varied of reviews about him and have seen him play a couple of times (including the Stoke PSF where he looked a real menace). Like all League Two wingers, including McGlashan, he can go missing. There is a Swindon fan who posts on our forum quite frequently who cannot understand why I pinpoint Bodin as a threat as he is 'Nowhere near good enough to play in Lge 2'. I wholly disagree with that and think he has a lot of potential. I do wonder whether we shall line Jombati up against him, as simply no-one gets past Jombati - who is by some distance the most talented right back we have had, certainly since Michael Duff, and will play in the Championship one day and maybe before the season is out.

nicktufc wrote:Zebroski has definitely not been keeping out of trouble. Since his move to Rovers, he has been arrested 3 times in the city centre!

Also when Buckle took him there, he never told the Rovers board about his 'previous' which Higgs and co believed to be limited to just the Paul Wotton incident. When they found out about his criminal past, they had already signed him and we were merely passing on his file.

They were not amused!!!

Richinns wrote: I think you guys never saw the Zebroski we did but an extra 10k is always welcome! If they pay what we paid for Bodin then I think we have better value for money as Bodin has a bigger future than Zeb can achieve.

Sounds like you guys are making room for a big signing up front?

Richinns wrote:I see there will be a fee involved. Have we got a sell on clause in this one?

miagsygas wrote:If you guys have 2/3 reliable centre halves, this is a cracking signing for you. If your relying on Downes, then this signing is a mistake, unfortunately. In my opinion, fully fit, one of the better centre halves i have seen at this level. Really attacks the ball, both in the air and on the ground, and good positionally aswell as a bit of a leader. There is a reason, however, that despite us needing 2 centre halves, that McGhee didn't approach him. I'd put money on him not lasting the season (which is unfortunate, as he is a top, top pro) and we already have Adam Virgo who can't train full time in a Ledley King-esque manner. Also you have to wonder how the previous serious injuries have affected him, as aforementioned he came back after his most recent one and looked a shade of his former self.

Wish him and you guys all the success, and if he can keep healthy you've got a top signing. Unfortunately though, that's a big if. That being said i did hear you had a top physio so if anyone can succeed in keeping him on the pitch it would be you.