Torquay United Fans Forum

I get your point Merse but it would take me a long time to accept Torquay at that level, it may be easier if you have moved away for a while and watched lower league football alongside following Torquay but it is hard not to see us as a fallen league club as thats what we are. In time I am sure it
would be an enjoyable experience as you say but the thought of Nat South or lower horrifies and depresses me, but....I think it is going to happen
I dont think this Torquay team has the guts, fight and character to get out of this, I hope they read this and are thinking "we'll show you you **shole"
Go on Torquay prove me wrong !
On another issue I see Iffy Allen has signed for Wrexham on a short term deal after leaving Aldershot at Christmas, he did well for us and could have replaced Fitzpatrick or couldnt GI afford his wages for a few months

Lets hope we do get a centre forward but its all a bit late, we still need an experienced centre back, we got one
in Raccine but when he got injured we replaced him with.............Anderson, ( about as much experience as me)
who was at least partly responsible for both goals, though McGinty was also painfully slow to react for the
second. If we dont beat Southport , 1pt from their last 21 we really are doomed. At least Kevin has not said
'the players owe us a performance ' yet and I dont want to hear after saturday ' the players are glad there is a
game on tuesday so we can bounce back against Tranmere'

Oh.... thanks for that , I am even more depressed now

Quite right Jerry, as a matter of interest who was the guy in the cap to the right of the dugout, standing up, clapping
a lot and encouraging , was that Hedges ?

In reply to Merses comment on the goalkeeper, agree he was partly to blame though Anderson should have dealt with the long ball, but Moore is the least of our problems.Not sure how many games you have seen this season but Moore comes out and takes crosses better than any keeper I have seen at Plainmoor for years. OK he makes a few howlers but nothing compared to calamity Rice, who couldnt catch a cold. The one thing he is not doing so much is throwing the ball out , I presume he is being told to do this pointless ballooning the ball down the field to our one striker
by Nicholson

Yes, there seems to be unbelievable complacency, Nicholson said in the paper before saturday, 'this is nowhere near the dire situation of last season' if he still thinks that the bloke is deluded, all the other teams bar maybe Southport are
picking up points, if we dont beat them next saturday its all over bearing in mind we have to go to Wrexham, Lincoln, Aldershot, Dover, and Tranmere at home

Still numb after that, but just to say I agree with Portugulls and Forevers posts, this wasnt another Sutton,
we could easily have won this game 3-0
You cant blame Nicholson for the two goals, but overall he has to carry the can, and it has been very poor all season

I have missed on average one home game every two seasons and its been like that since 1963
If we were in the play off picture in the Nat South I would go but if we were struggling below halfway I think
that would be it even for a diehard like me
Apologies to younger members but it makes me weep to watch this current lot, when I have watched such class players as Robin, Alan Welsh, Mickey Cave, Bill Kitchener, Jimmy Dunne, Doug Clarke, John Smith, Tommy
Mitchinson....I could go on

Nicholson says things change very quickly in football, well they bloody better do or we are going down
Time for the talking to stop, we need wins NOW, and a decent striker by saturday, Harrop, GI whoever is in charge pay
what it takes or dont you care, probably not
As for our players, you better wake up NOW and show some real fight and passion, the fans wont stomach another
gutless pathetic embarrassing display like last saturday

You are probably right Yellowsmiffy, we wont be getting the experienced pros though !
Think the player we miss most from this time last season is Racchi and Rees was a huge improvement on the
midfielders we have at present, Young excepted. Also of course the back four last year was so much better
And though I am not a huge fan of Blissett , maybe Plymouth could loan him back to us as he is not getting anywhere near their bench let alone team

Nearly 24 hrs later I am still incensed and seething after that 'performance'
Agree with Tomogulls post, I thought Nicho would change it , if not when the keeper went off at least 15 minutes
later, when as quite often the opponents realise our bark is worse than our bite, Lathrope may look 'fantastic' in training but in matches he is pedestrian and just knocks 10 yard square passes , and Verma is not the player to be supporting the lone striker ! For Gods sake play two strikers, Keating and Reid wide, or Reid in the middle where he is more effective and Critchlow wide. I am sure Keating would have worked few shooting opportunities for himself

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Unforgiveable - the keeper not even tested, he wasnt even mobile and was almost as fat as pasty man
like someone else said where do we go from here ? Nicholson says the players owe us one on tuesday, how many bloody times have we heard that. We are just so poor all over the pitch, really cant see us staying up after that
We were all saying when pie man 2 went in goal, 'if we dont win this one ! '
May as well send Keating and the QPR winger back home, waiting for the subs and we get Chaney and Harrad

Yes, I thought they passed it and kept it better than us but then most teams do
Will go for a 1-1 draw, but one we should be looking to win
Go on Damon, shock us all and stick one in the top corner from 25 yards

Robin Stubbs - last 4 posters actually, dont forget me
Ok physical presence if you prefer that to big lump, I dont particularly want to see it hoisted up to them all match either,
but thats what we do a lot so may as well have a big man up there. I just think Williams would benefit
from it, pick up a few pieces as he is a poacher. Also Dan Sparkes is a very good crosser of the ball and a lot of his
stuff is wasted

Still no news on a new striker, obviously the money is there for one if Keiffer Moore was all set to come, but that
was 2 months ago ! there must be some big lump out there willing to come here, would rather have Callum Ball
than no-one meanwhile we continue our slide towards the Nat South, sorry to sound like Brucie or Merse but
really someone has to come in NOW ! If Nicho thinks we are going to stay up with Williams on his own up
front backed up by the returning Harrad he is dreaming