Torquay United Fans Forum

some torquay fans seem to think we are a bit better about the play-offs which is why were so angry? , that's very misinformed tbh. I don't have anything against torquay your a pleasent side , yes we lost to you but someone had to lose , doesn't bother me that it was you that beat us , just that someone did. We dont dislike you. We just feel that ling let us down significantly with the resources that he had. And if he then lies about having poor resources he's covering up a poor job on his behalf , you've all heard the story so i wont bore you with that. But we are not being bitter about that (playoffs), we just feel that Ling was very poor at our club which he should heav done much better with and didint prove himself to be a good manager. Yet he is on his high horse about his cv. The past is all very well and good , but don't look down your nose at the club because at the end of the day it wasn't the clubs fault or the boards it was your lack of control over the squad and poor tactical decisions that lead to us failing , it was his fault he should take responsiblity for it. If you were us good as manager as your cv suggested you would have done a better job at the club.He wasn't too good for the club , if he was he would have been offered bigger jobs than us. Fact. Jez george will proabably do a better job on smaller resources imo. Rant over , and yes you have probably heard this before , but i'm entitled to my opinion

You asked if i had seen the budget , i said no , and took a educated guess... what more do you want...

to be fair i haven't seen our budget but i have to say we used many youth players last season and didn't spend very big at all. Our attenndances dropped which meant less money coming in and as we are trying to sell the club , we aren't in healthy financial condition. I would have said that our budget was small for our level and for the calibre of the club. We certainly didn't have money to splash around. We wren't the poorest in the divisiob but couldn't compete with Luton , Wrexham , Crawley , Fleetwood , Mansfiel , Darlo , Grimsby , Gateshead , Newport , York , Wimbledon etc and probably others. if i had too guess i would say it was 12th 13th in the league , could be wrong tho

As was mentioned above , he probably should have waited for another FL job to be fair , it wasn't his cup of tea. It showed. But i still dont think it will go horribly wrong. Perhaps 9th or 10th imo. I would also not be too surprised if you signed Brian Saah our CB. Worked with Ling before good enough for FL and transfer Listed as we can't afford him

Hi , i'm a cambridge fan and just thought i would comment on your appointment. Firstly Ling did do a good job at Orient , and is probably a manager more accustomed to managing in the league. Secondly , his budget at cambridge was tiny , so he didn't have any real funds too work with. Having said that the signings he did make were very poor. They were washed up has beens. He built a team that looked unfit and unorganised. Defensively poor and tactically redundant. He insisted on playing long ball football but chose to use clare ( 5ft 9/10) for the flick ons rather than wright ( 6.ft/1). We played ugly football and conceded many in some very embarassing defeats. There was no passion and obviously fans got on his back. He did a very poor job. And i know your aware of that. But i wouldn't say that the same would neccesarily happen with you. You are a better club , with a bigger budget. ( you may feel you aren't well off , but you sshould see Cambridge's budget!) . You have a better team and Ling might find managing you easier. All the best , honestly hope it doesn't go wrong.