Exeter v Torquay Premier Cup thing

[supergulls]

2-0 Tom Nichols with his 2nd of the night

[AustrianAndyGull]

We're 28/1 with B365 to be winning at half time. So we have to score 3 in 7 minutes and they quote 28/1?!!

More like a million to one.

[ferrarilover]

2-0 HT which is about right. They love a long pass and they're good at it and it's killing us. They clearly want it much more than we do, which might be a good thing and might be a bad thing.
No one playing especially well for us, could do with a bit more pace to our play.

Matt.

[bixieupnorth]

We're 28/1 with B365 to be winning at half time. So we have to score 3 in 7 minutes and they quote 28/1?!!

More like a million to one.

shhh the feds'll get you mate, its a nono on here all that naughty gambling!!

[ferrarilover]

Am I here on my own ? Not a lot of gulls here

Sorry Super, I blew a tyre on the way (fortunately, I'm a driving God) so was 15 mins late. Got in free though.

Matt.

[supergulls]

3-0 sorry I was in the bar and missed it

[supergulls]

4-0 a mistake by Connor Thompson, not the best of nights from our lads but it was expected Exeter are fielding a strong side

[ferrarilover]

4-0 and dinner plans means I have to leave. They're miles better than us, we've failed to clear our lines time and again and it's cost us. Miskick from CT for their fourth.
We're playing with that youthful naivety which has allowed the much more savvy Exeter side to dominate and control the game.
Positives are somewhat thin on the ground, but at least we're playing football the right way, lots of work through midfield, getting it wide, being patient. The future bodes well, I suppose, but for tonight, the Filth are earning a deserved victory.

4-1. Woohoo! Bennerz is a yellow goal machine!

Matt.

[supergulls]

Matt I was going to meet you in the bar after and say hello I can't believe you have deserted me

[dazgull]

Best to lose this as we have not many who can play in it and youth plyers get beat every week just bout. Plus we would have to fork out a trip to Crystal Palace in the next round............!!

[ferrarilover]

Matt I was going to meet you in the bar after and say hello I can't believe you have deserted me

Sorry mate, I never leave matches early, but I made the executive decision. Were you sat with programme Mike?

Matt.

[supergulls]

4-1 final result a quick summary I thought our established players let us down to be honest I was dissapointed with the likes of yeoman and Sullivan they didn't put in a shift at all Craig wasn't the best either, plus points were the lad called mace at right back showed great energy, Connor Thompson pulled of some fantastic saves to keep the score down, Hutchings had a good solid first half and our number 2 I think it was Purcell showed a great work attitude.

[Behind-the-Gulls]

Is Connor Thompson ready to step-up to the first team(if needed) do you reckon Super?
Seems to have done well in all the matches he's played this season.

[brucie]

Dunno but he must have backache the number of times he has picked the ball out of the net. These "reserve" games don't inspire me with any confidence as we continually get hammered. 7-1 against Yeovil, 4-1 and 5-0 against Exeter, 2-0 against Plymouth - christ thats 18 goals conceded in four games. Lets face it, its embarassing - perhaps Knill has got it right by playing the same players every week - the ones in reserve seem worse!

[supergulls]

Dunno but he must have backache the number of times he has picked the ball out of the net. These "reserve" games don't inspire me with any confidence as we continually get hammered. 7-1 against Yeovil, 4-1 and 5-0 against Exeter, 2-0 against Plymouth - christ thats 18 goals conceded in four games. Lets face it, its embarassing - perhaps Knill has got it right by playing the same players every week - the ones in reserve seem worse!

To be fair I've been to every reserved game this year except the yeovil match as it was behind closed doors and the results can be a bit misleading, the game against yeovil was a miss match as our reserves were no match for no less than 7 yeovil players that started for them in the championship fixture the following Saturday. The game against Exeter was an equal affair upto half time and there was no difference in the two teams until mr knill had a rush of blood and made our team play the weiredest formation I've ever seen, Exeter then get on top and punish us. That takes us to last night where we had 5 youth team players in a starting line up against a strong Exeter team and from the start you could see it was a bit of a miss match and Exeter's quality especially in front of goal showed through. When the teams were announced I think realistically we knew we didn't have much of a chance. But if you go back to the first reserve game which was against Cheltenham away we beat a very strong Cheltenham side 3-2. On that day it was the only time we have fielded a proper reserve side with no youth team players involved so on our day with everybody available we are ok but we don't have the strength in depth once you start to get injuries. So what I'm trying to say is with the reserve fixtures sometimes the scorelines are a bit misleading as the teams are not always playing on a level playing field.