Torquay United Fans Forum

gulls_aloud wrote:Is there going to be a Press Conference soon? I think it's the least we deserve.

I heard there was a meeting at 11am but that's just a rumour. Even if true, we may not hear anything for a bit. It doesn't stop me constantly refreshing this page though!

I wouldn't blame Buckle for wanting to walk. Being forced to sell our top scorer on deadline day, dipping attendances and a low budget followed by this shambles would drive anyone close to the edge. Who exactly is to blame for this mess?

When it rain it pours. This has to be one of the worst weeks in our history.

Reading the tweets of our Club Secretary (get me), it appears she may have left her job, which may or may not be relataed to this farce.

http://blueandamber.proboards.com/index ... read=71164

Slightly worrying that Graham Turner didn't think Robinson was eligible to play. Surely we couldn't have ballsed this up?

yellowforever wrote:According to his wikipedia we've got £45,000 for him? It's not coming from the most reliable source granted, but i'd take that anyday of the week for someone who's looked no better than a spare part this season.

According to the HE we only got £10,000. Although I guess the Robinson loan could have been a part of the deal.

Southampton Gull wrote:They might already have signed, they might not, you know how deadline day goes mate.

I'll pop the kettle on then.

Dave,

Could these two targets be signed in the next 10 minutes, or are we waiting for the loan window next week? I want to go bed soon.

highweekgull wrote:Anyone seen Elliot's wikipedia profile?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot_Benyon

"...in the 2006–07 season caught the eye of Sheena Easton who was in the process of rebuilding a Torquay United side recently relegated to the Football Conference."

I thought she was re-building her singing career at the time...lol

That wiki page is very amusing.

Benyon is quoted as saying "The chance to play with ex Juventus star Vincent Pericard was a too good an opportunity to turn down" "I wont stand next to him in the showers though, it's like a baby's arm clutching an apple" he added.

We're playing Shrewsbury in March so he could be referring to that instead.

I heard Rendell was just down for the weekend visiting friends. Will be shocked if there's anything in this.

The deal is still subject to the final completion of all paperwork. I'll pay someone a tenner to creep into the club and break the fax machine.

yellow wrote: Can t agree with your assessment of Nicho tommyg. He was exposed and vulnerable defensively. He did deliver some good crosses but one of his second half free kicks was woeful.

I thought our best outfield player was Branston. When the MOM vote goes up I only have 2 votes to cast (for him and Bevs).

You knew it wasn t our day when our best chance fall to Danny muff it Stevens

I do agree about the ref. All the whinging on here about Crawley and the ref is just hot air masking the real reason for our defeat.

And now they get the Mancs away. Bugger. Oh what might have been with some decent tactics and a motivated team.

This seems quite a low point in my TUFC following career.

Oh well. As they say “If you can t take a joke, you shouldn t have joined.”

Fair enough, Yellow. I watched the game online so I'm not surprised my views differ to fans who attended the game. I didn't think Stevens offered much protection to Nico though. As for Branston, he looked solid, but I thought he was at fault along with Ellis for the goal.

Was too angry and frustrated to post anything last night.

We knew what to expect from Crawley and played right into their hands. They were deserved winners though, despite their embarrassing behaviour both on and off the pitch. They are a solid team, especially in a defence marshalled by the impressive Pablo Mills. But if we had bothered to turn up then it would most likely have been a different result.

The only players who can really come out with any credit are obviously Bevan for his penalty saves, and also Nicholson who I thought was our best outfield player - his set-pieces were excellent. Buckle got it wrong, but he was badly let down by the players. The Tubbs goal was poor from our centre-backs. Ellis and O'Kane probably delivered their weakest performances this season. Zebs was abysmal and capped it off by collecting two foolish yellow cards. Wroe was invisible. Benyon isolated. Stevens was probably our biggest attacking threat which says a lot. Pleased to see Halpin make his debut. Only had a few touches, but fizzed in a shot which whistled just wide.

I seem to be alone on this, but I don't think the referee was that bad when you consider what a difficult game it was to oversee. Both penalties were the right call, so were the sending offs (although it was probably the wrong Crawley player). He did award Crawley a lot of free-kicks, but we were conceding a lot of petty fouls. He booked Kuipers for time-wasting and showed Tubbs a yellow card when he feigned injury as he was being subbed. I wouldn't say he caved because he was under pressure from the visiting players and two clowns in the dugout. We only have ourselvles to blame for the performance and result.

I was pleased with ITV's analysis of the match. They could have easily built it up as a 'giantkilling', but rather focus on their celebrations, they spent more time concentrating on Crawley's underhand tactics. Chris Coleman has gone up in my estimations.

The next couple of days will be interesting. I wouldn't be surprised to see the squad stay exactly how it is. The FA Cup run wasn't budgeted for, and my estimated calculations show that we've made between £150-175k. That pot will be used to cover our losses from the dwindling attendances at Plainmoor, but I don't think we'll be forced to sell unless we receive an offer which is right for the club.

EmetEdadsBeard wrote: Thats what I said but Zeb was an even worse culprit. If these two could cross/pass after getting past defenders and Benyon/Kee/O'Kane/anyone put in half the chances they would create they'd be unbeaten this season with a goal dif of about 40.
Crossing practice on Monday is needed I think.

Problem is if they could do all that then they wouldn't be playing League Two football!

Another huge disappointment but we're used to it now. It's a dreadful draw all round though. No team in League Two have been paired with a Premier League side.

I just have my fingers crossed for a Derby win. Reckon we could break the 5,000 barrier at Stade de Plainmoor if that happens. Derby should certainly sell out their allocation and are a bigger club than quite a few top-flight sides. Plus, it's winnable. Even a draw would see us sweep up a small windfall in the replay. As for Crawley, I can't stand the thought of being knocked out by that mob front of 2,500. That would be a cruel way to end our heroic run.

Either way, we're highly unlikely to be on TV. Southampton v Man Utd is a shoe-in, Notts County v Man City/Leicester will be shown live, then you've got a couple of all-Prem ties which will no doubt be shoved down our throats at the expense of a potential upset involving a Championship v L2 clash.