Torquay United Fans Forum

HRG wrote:We know this could be a tricky one for us Macc_Matt, we know what Torquay are like so no need to be so defensive. Seems you're trying to say that you going to win without actually saying it.
Come the end of the season it's the form over the last 46 that matters not your last eight or nine. Also whilst games in hand sound great if you don't convert them into points they mean nothing.
This game will be tough, I hope we come away with the points but can see a draw.

Not being defensive. Just arguing that it's not going to be a walk in the park (didn't someone predict 5-0?). Especially when one of the links above hasn't even got the number of points right!

And I'd say that form over the last eight or nine is more important coming into individual matches. If we'd played you 10 games ago, we'd almost certainly have lost. Now I think we've got an excellent chance of winning.

Just a bit of fun.

Bookie's know a lot less than they think about this level! We're in better form than you in the last eight.

The chap in the Gruniad needs a calculator. Last time I looked WWD was seven points, not five!

And as for our pitch.. Don't compare it to that cabbage patch at Accy! It's regularly one of the best in the division!

Jeff wrote:Exactly the sort of game where we have dropped points all season long. Didn't someone post a table saying we are on of the best clubs against the top half, and one of the worst against the bottom?

Looking at the names in the Macc squad, there are very few I know anything about. But year on year they survive, and this will be no different.

We do have a young side at the moment but in Paul Morgan, Nat Brown, Matt Hamshaw and Paul Bolland we have some very experienced players at this level. And I'm sure you know all about Hamza Bencherif now!

We're going to do more than just survive this season and I think that had we not had the 12 months we've had with Keith and Butch then we could have been good enough to reach the play-offs.

The League table is a bit misleading because of the games in hand (against Morecambe and Bradford, so both winnable). You look at Macc, languishing in 18th and think it should be an easy ride. Win one of our games in hand and we're in 15th, win two and with 13th.

I never like to come across as overconfident because it usually bites me on the arse. But we've won four and drawn three of the last nine, and have only conceded five goals in that time! And in the form table....

http://stats.football365.com/dom/ENG/D3/oform.html

We're as likely as anyone to shoot ourselves in the foot, but it should be a tougher test than some people would think.