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Richinns wrote: ↑04 Jan 2019, 10:21 Good news although this leaves it open for them to carry on using Plainmoor if they feel like it. There is no definitive 'end' announced in the article. Surely the league will not allow them to pick and choose as they see fit (and with likely pressure from us to rest the pitch)?

Highly doubt the National League would allow them to do that .... :rules: Think its fair to say that, having applied to return (and lets face it, it was Peter Masters declared intention to want to do that) and having passed their ground grading inspection presumably ... they must surely be back for good ..... well until next season, anyway! Like we all suggested, think it was simply a case of PM “cashing in” on the bumper NYD gate receipts - cant blame him really, given the dreadful crowds they have been getting up here. It also means that those two postponed games (of which the rearranged game v St. Albans on Tuesday was one) in December should now attract better support back home - so it all makes sense (commercially at least!) really.

Seems like they are back at Treyew Road after all!!!! Starting Tuesday ...

http://www.trurocityfc.net/news/breakin ... 82149.html

Good news all round!

DWB wrote: ↑02 Jan 2019, 13:35 It can do! I think he did come back (probably too soon) but had a reoccurrence of the strain.

He did indeed come back, against Basingstoke in the FA Tropy - only to suffer a reoccurrence of the injury. Last I heard, he should be back fit and available soon - although given we have a two week break after this Saturday, it may well make sense for him to target the Bath City away game as a possible date for return?

Hammdog2601 wrote: ↑20 Dec 2018, 20:39 Is opi 1000% not fit?

A "week or two away" according to Dave Thomas on today's HE podcast - and not under consideration for this weekend's game. Which has presumably come direct from GJs Thursday morning press conference!

Not surprised given his lack of game time, but a little concerned due to our lack of numbers over the busy Xmas period? Makes me wonder whether GJ will be bringing someone in to fill the gap? Given that Keating is out (suspended) for 3 games, Edwards (thigh) is still out injured for a week or two, and Dickson (achilles) will be missing for the foreseeable future - we are really stretched as far as forward players are concerned.


The team pretty much picks itself for Saturday .... MacDonald; Wynter, Niate, Sendles-White, Davis; Kalala, Hall, Lemonheigh-Evans, Andrews; Reid, Janneh Subs: Burton, Essuman, Nabi, Koszela, Baxter(?)


But, given that Koszela and Baxter are only 16 year olds, we are as far as I can figure out left with only 13 fit full time professionals + Burton (non contract), and two Academy youngsters (Koszela and Baxter). We will have Cameron back after Saturday to "boost" numbers but we are still dangerously short.


With Bass (recalled from loan), Cameron (suspended - 1 game), Sokolik (long term injured), Banton (on loan to Dulwich Hamlet), Keating (suspended - 3 games), Edwards (Injured), Dickson (injured), Pittman (season loan - Truro), Williams (on loan to Sutton) ….. we are now operating on a threadbare squad!

I wonder whether, with Bass returning to Portsmouth freeing up a loan "spot" ~ we are allowed a maximum of five in a match day squad ~ GJ might look to loan in a striker? I believe Freddie Hinds (at Bristol City) is "free" - would be nice!!! Probably too good for our level in all honesty …. but we could really do with someone!!! Only needs us to pick up further injuries and/or suspensions and we could even struggle to put a team out!


And here he is …. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-dDLoOtaxs

Teigngull wrote: ↑18 Dec 2018, 17:22 I notice with interest that truck's game on Saturday v Wealdstone, according to their official site (which is worse than ours ha ha !!!) Is still subject to confirmation of venue !
How is this so ?
What about Wealdstones travel arrangements ? Is it ' Get yourselves to Exeter on Fri night & await further instructions- ?
This Is a joke. So bloody unprofessional.
Bristow, Edwards, Phillips, Hargreaves, Nichokson, Owers, Harrop, Uncle Clarke & many more, hang your heads in shame for allowing this once great club of ours to suffer the ignominy of regionalised non league football.

Not sure where you are getting this impression from to be honest. The Truro v Wealdstone game will be played at Plainmoor along with our “away” game against them on NYD. Only after then might a return to Treyew Road be instigated. The Trophy game v WSM was only able to be switched back there because understandably that competition (given the lower levels of club that are involved) is subject to lower standards of ground grading.

Given that their Official website currently - as their latest news - has details of how you can book your place on the Supporters coach for Saturday’s game at Plainmoor, I cant see where the confusion lies? I do agree though that if there was still any uncertainty that would indeed be totally unacceptable for the travelling fans.

That said, how our pitch is coping with all the rain it has had, particularly bad on Saturday and again today down here is another matter and you wouldn’t totally rule out the game not going ahead at this stage.

Owers last game - a 1-0 home defeat to Chippenham has to be right up there surely. Amazing to see the turnaround since then under Gary Johnson.

But after that particular game, it felt like we might even struggle to stay in this League rather than actually try and get promoted out of it. It also came after a few very uninspiring games where we not only struggled to win games but we failed to even look like scoring in some of them.

How things have changed in just a few short months!

brucie wrote: ↑05 Dec 2018, 13:32 From Boxing Day we have FOUR home games in 10 days (including the Truro away game)

With no travelling whatsoever in this period this should give us a massive advantage.

Agreed.

If we can win the next two games - Welling (h) and Hampton & Richmond (a) - we will definitely still be top at Christmas. Those FOUR home games ..... Truro (h); Gloucester(h); Truro (a) and Slough (h) then give us a fantastic opportunity to rack up some serious points and potentially stretch our lead at the top to something quite substantial. As the only full time team in the League and with zero travelling over the busy Xmas/New Year period, that run represents a massive opportunity for us and one in which we really should try and pick up as many points as possible .... hopefully 10 or even 12 pts certainly looks achieveable.

Of course as we go into January there are potential pitfalls, like the loss of one or two of the BCFC loanees (Evans in particular I would imagine) and even the possibility of League clubs coming in for the likes of Jamie Reid - whose goalscoring record over the last few months will have attracted some interest no doubt.

Exciting times though!

Although it would seem that Treyew Road has passed its test and in theory could be used as early as the first week in December which had originally been mooted - Truro City have taken the “surprising” (not really!) decision to remain ground sharing at Plainmoor at least until the New Year. In other words to take in our “away” game against them which now seems set to take place at Plainmoor after all! Mr Masters gives his rationale behind the decision on their official website, citing their recent upturn in form (unbeaten in their last 5 games} as the main reason and not wishing to upset that!

I can remember speculating a few weeks back, whether Truro would hold off on a return to Cornwall until after THAT game on New Years Day ..... simply because as the “home” team they will get all the gate receipts (although I understand we keep the bar receipts - likely to be pretty substantial I would think!) and if we continue to do as well as we are at the moment, who knows what sort of crowd we might get at Plainmoor for that one, perhaps 3000, perhaps even 4000? Whereas if it were played at Treyew Road they would be lucky to get a third of that surely? Simply for the sake of a few lower gates (at Plainmoor) during the month of December, I reckon they may have taken the “commercial” decision that the potential rewards of a bumper gate on NYD at Plainmoor is worth holding off on an immediate return back to Truro! At least it should boost their average home attendance quite significantly!!!!

So, good news for us I think, albeit it will mean the pitch having to host a few more games !

http://www.trurocityfc.net/news/grounds ... 70670.html

Yep those highlights just confirm what we all thought at the time! Niate makes a brilliant tackle in the box and you can clearly see their forward starting his dive even before the tackle comes in!

The one we should have had is probably just poor refereeing to be honest. I think he tries to play an advantage but then doesn’t actually give himself sufficient time to see what comes of it and blows his whistle just as a clear foul is made in their box!

As for Gerring, I had some sympathy with him when I saw his tweet but his reaction at the end - jumping over the fence and into the crowd - shows a complete lack of class and respect to a club that offered him the chance to play at National League level and who he purports to “support”. Sorry Ben, celebrate with your fans by all means, just not like that!

As for the “neutral” fan who couldn’t understand why the home fans were accusing Woking of being cheats. Perhaps it was more a case of the fact that we felt “cheated” which we were by the officials. Although you could also argue that the time wasting tactics, blatantly kicking the ball away etc - which to be fair the referee did punish with yellow cards, together with some pretty reckless fouls (mainly on our best player I noticed - Lemonheigh-Evans) were also part of the reason for that reaction from the home fans.

Fair play to Woking, they came and did a job on us, they celebrated at the end like it was a major upset - which seems a little strange given their standing (four points above us) in the same League!

As for us, we have not had a lot of luck over the last three games, despite playing very well - albeit only in patches. We now need to focus all our efforts on getting promotion and to do that we clearly need to bring two or three better players in and not only that but hopefully we might have a fully fit squad over the course of the next couple of weeks.

We will certainly be stronger when Bass, Sendles-White, Sokolik, Hall and Edwards are all back in contention, and hopefully they are all not too far away now. Well let’s hope so anyway.

With a fully fit squad and a couple of quality additions, together with our full time status (which should reap rewards as the season progresses surely) - there is no reason why we still can’t win this League and if we do, this disappointing result will be long forgotten come the end of the season. Mind you if we get more match officials like those on Saturday... we might even struggle to stay up!

TUST_Member_Rob wrote: ↑10 Nov 2018, 19:26 Today showed Naite isn't good enough

And we lacking a striker who can stick the ball in the net

Agreed, sadly.

Although built like the proverbial “brick shit house” he actually gets “bullied” by the opposition on occasions and his heading just isn’t as strong as you would expect. Shame, as he seems like a really nice guy .... but perhaps that is part of the problem.

The last couple of weeks since the hugely encouraging win at Wealdstone ... have indeed been a wake up call,

I know it’s where we are at now, but after all the effort put in by both the players on the pitch and the fantastic support off it .... it is a real kick in the guts to come out of the last three games with two draws against Weston-super-Mare and Billericay and a home defeat in the first round of the FA Cup to Woking.

Let’s face it, in our long and proud history, any ONE of those three results in years gone by could have resulted in the Manager losing his job! It just shows how far we have fallen!

The pressure is now on GJ to (long overdue) strengthen the squad. It’s just a shame that it’s now too late to save us in the FA Cup - in a game we really should have won.

It’s good that we have seen a mini “clear out” but for me at least, there are still as many as 4 or 5 that still need to be moved on.

I still fancy us to make the playoffs... but the current squad, as it stands, is not good enough. It just isn’t strong enough (mentally or physically it seems) to compete with the best teams in this League for the title. We need some additions to strengthen the squad in key areas .... but how long have we been saying that?

I would hope that two or three additions are on there way ... sharpish! Over to you GJ!

nickbrod wrote: ↑10 Nov 2018, 10:33 It's official - Game On!

Credit where credit’s due, I’m pretty sure this game would have been called off last season with all the rain we have had over the last 24 hours.

The much needed investment in the pitch over the summer has probably saved this game from having to be replayed in the midweek when we could easily have lost 500 or more on the gate!

lucy6lucy wrote: ↑17 Oct 2018, 20:42 Without disrespecting Winchester

Well you could make a start by getting their name right .... It’s Winchester City!

Modgull wrote: ↑15 Oct 2018, 08:18 At least they should get a big crowd on NYD!

Yep, kind of hoping they will still be at Plainmoor by the time that one comes around! I wonder how long it will take before the Popside comes up with a “You’re supposed to be at home” chant !!!