Torquay United Fans Forum

jocktheknife wrote:I'm not sure we need to tinker with the formation much....with the right personnel the 4-5-1 has been proved to be fine, for the squad we have, if we had a fox in the box type striker rather than Jarvis....then 4-4-2 would give us a better plan B.
I agree that Bodin on the left and Thompson on the right looks potentially our best pairing on the wings......and Nathan Craig looks the only midfielder in the squad creative enough to fill the huge void left by O'Kane playing just behind Howe.
With that front four.....we have a chance of troubling the top half of this league.

jonnyfive wrote:
Not he's not, he's a donkey. Just ask YellowMonkey!!

forevertufc wrote:Don't be to down hearted about this, the gulf in class between us and Leicester was huge they underlined why they are amongst the favourites to go up from the Championship, out of the teams from the Championship I have seen us play in cup compitions don't think I have seen a team attack with such pace and power that Leicester did, they were simply to quick and to strong , even at the back they were physical we are not going to come up against sides in league 2 anywhere near to the team we played tonight.

There were some positives, mainly in the first half we did get the ball down and at times played a bit football ourselves and did create a couple of chances, and the other positive to me is Saah and Downes allready seemed to have formed a solid partnership they did well at times to defend and hold out constant Leicester attacks and will not be tested like that during the course of the season.

Downes looks a quailty signing my man of the match, along with Saah and Howe.

the_shredder wrote: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

sell your life's worth and bet it all on us to lose then if there is zero chance.
but what's the chance, you're just being a miserable <insert slander of choice> as per usual

Gullscorer wrote:It's reported that Rene Howe believes he can keep on defying a painful injury and lead the Gulls' attack right to the end of the season. Rene did not score against Southend, and apart from the Southend game he has not been playing a full ninety minutes in recent matches. With his injury he may not score in the last three games. Is it worth that risk?

It's understandable for a manager to want to keep a settled team, and it's understandable for a player nursing an injury to want to fight through it to play his part in the team's success. But whether it's tired legs or a pulled ham-string, if it causes the team to fall short of the performance it should be achieving, then there are other players waiting who can and should come in to do the job. Otherwise what are they there for?

I've no doubt Martin Ling knows his job and will make the right decisions. And results may not turn out differently whatever the team selection. But an injured player on the pitch thinking he can play his normal game is not good for my nerves.. 8-o