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Very important match.
Lose and we'll start to drop away from the top group, potentially 7 points off the top and it will be another big blow for confidence.
Win and we could be close to the top with two winnable away games to follow, then two home matches against promotion rivals.

Very poor first half and Halstead kept us in it.
Much better second and two good goals.
We’re not playing well but if we keep up two points a game we’ll be top of very near the top at the end of the season.

A deserved win.
Probably should have scored a second in the first half. Not so good in the second but despite the weakened team and losing more players during the match we defended well.
Good away support. 300 maybe.

Why buy De Silva if he's not going to get more than 15 minutes?
He didn't get much of the ball but in the last few minutes beat his man and got a cross in two or three times. We needed that all game (amongst many other things!).

Halstead - no one else deserves even a mention.

Chrisjb66 wrote: ↑12 Aug 2023, 19:46 Least of our worries!

But an easy one to put right.

Surely the club could find some boys or girls who would like to do this.
Relying on the players to get the ball slows the game down and helps the opposition to waste time.
Teams will raise their game at Plainmoor and many will look at waste time. We should do all we can to maximise our home advantage.
To me this seems symptomatic of what's wrong with the club, top to bottom.

Rubbish.
That was the worst performance I've seen for a long time. Barely managed a shot and very lucky to have only lost by three.
Worthing deservedly clapped off. Our players (bar Halstead who was applauded) and Downes deservedly booed off.
Johnson of course had scuttled down the tunnel.

Rubbish.
That was the worst performance I've seen for a long time. Barely managed a shot and very lucky to have only lost by three.
Worthing deservedly clapped off. Our players (bar Halstead who was applauded) and Downes deservedly booed off.
Johnson of course had scuttled down the tunnel.

Cheddargull wrote: ↑10 Jul 2023, 16:27
What would be an existential crisis is losing Plainmoor as there is no other suitable ground in the area from which to launch a drive for EFL status.

I completely agree.
As long as the club has Plainmoor with the lease owned by the Council there will be a Torquay United.
If the ground is lost the future of the club will be far less secure.

Oxford City 4.0 up in the NLS play off final with a few minutes to play so we'll be playing St Albans next season.
I remember going there on a freezing cold day for a tie in that National League league cup thingy (can't remember it's name).
I think we lost.
Another easy trip for us south east based Gulls.

Oxford City beat Worthing in the play off yesterday so Worthing will be another away trip.

Dartford lost to St Albans this afternoon so we’ll definitely be playing Dartford next season.
I remember going to see us play Maidstone at their ground once. 1990s? One of our players suffered a broken leg. I can’t remember who it was.

The worst outcome for us would be if Southend were relegated to the NLS as they'd be major rivals for promotion.

kerswellgull wrote: ↑03 May 2023, 23:59 Surprised at the negative comments about Omar
Whenever he has been called in has done a job
Obviously still not the finished article
At least shows enthusiasm, more than can be said for some in the squad

It's a shame but it's heart in mouth time every time he's brought on. Boreham Wood away was another.
He seems to have the ability but needs to learn positional sense etc. Maybe another coach can help him to improve.