Torquay United Fans Forum

Southampton Gull wrote: I write what I want to write when I want to write it, suiting your wishes is not exactly high on my list of priorities surprisingly enough. I warned people months and months ago what was likely to happen, the fact you and others chose to blindly carry on in your pursuit of what was beyond our means isn't lost on me.

Still, you know best eh? <<rollingonthefloorlaughingsmiley>>

Southampton Gull wrote:Not at all. You and I usually agree on most things whereas Hector is almost always wrong. Still, Baker is a nice chap.......

Southampton Gull wrote: You can wish for a naked dwarf in your bed for all I care, I write what I want to write when I want to write it, suiting your wishes is not exactly high on my list of priorities surprisingly enough. I warned people months and months ago what was likely to happen, the fact you and others chose to blindly carry on in your pursuit of what was beyond our means isn't lost on me.

Still, you know best eh? <<rollingonthefloorlaughingsmiley>>

hector wrote: I do wish you would stop this hinting at insider knowledge - just say it! What news?

hector wrote: I do wish you would stop this hinting at insider knowledge - just say it! What news?

Southampton Gull wrote:DTG has it pretty much spot on.

For anyone who still thinks those leading the consortium have done a 'pretty decent job' I suggest you await the news that's coming and see if you still feel that way once you've heard it.

DTG wrote:

Hector (Steve) we agree on a lot of things TUFC but this is tongue in cheek, right? On what scale are you measuring "have done a decent job" or "group of people who have done their best" ?? On what level of feckup would you like me to start? The incompetent man management, the completely inept communication, the inability to spend money where it's needed to minimise potential problems, recognising potential problems, non existant PR, absolutely zero CRM, the Marketing skills of Gerald Ratner on a particularly gaff prone day, adminstration procedures that alienate fans, lack of balls to stand up to the local hi-viz H&S stazi costing the club tens of thousands of pounds in revenue (is the Easter Monday game all ticket?), throwing money at white elephants (seale hayne), promoting beyong their skill set (Baker), putting an egotistical feckwit in charge (Phillips), not using recognised HR procedures and Employment criteria, building a new Grandstand that can never be used to capacity when it will be needed most and creating havoc with the playing surface in the process..............can I stop now?

Thea (god bless her) should never be anywhere near the front line but the bunch of gutless fools giving advice find her the perfect "sofa" to hide behind. This club is a shambles and the sooner it is recognised the sooner something can be done about it.

Gullscorer wrote:If the Gulls win their remaining three games (Exeter away, Mansfield away, Wycombe home) they will finish on 48 points.
Wycombe, Bristol Rovers, and Northampton all have 47 points.
Wycombe must play Fleetwood (A), Bristol Rovers (H), and Torquay (A).
Bristol Rovers play Portsmouth (A), Rochdale (H), Wycombe (A), and Mansfield (H).
Northampton play Portsmouth (H), Dagenham (A), and Oxford (H).
If any two of those teams lose all their remaining games, and Torquay win all theirs, then the Gulls will be safe.
Just saying..

DTG wrote: Hector (Steve) we agree on a lot of things TUFC but this is tongue in cheek, right? On what scale are you measuring "have done a decent job" or "group of people who have done their best" ?? On what level of feckup would you like me to start? The incompetent man management, the completely inept communication, the inability to spend money where it's needed to minimise potential problems, recognising potential problems, non existant PR, absolutely zero CRM, the Marketing skills of Gerald Ratner on a particularly gaff prone day, adminstration procedures that alienate fans, lack of balls to stand up to the local hi-viz H&S stazi costing the club tens of thousands of pounds in revenue (is the Easter Monday game all ticket?), throwing money at white elephants (seale hayne), promoting beyong their skill set (Baker), putting an egotistical feckwit in charge (Phillips), not using recognised HR procedures and Employment criteria, building a new Grandstand that can never be used to capacity when it will be needed most and creating havoc with the playing surface in the process..............can I stop now?

Thea (god bless her) should never be anywhere near the front line but the bunch of gutless fools giving advice find her the perfect "sofa" to hide behind. This club is a shambles and the sooner it is recognised the sooner something can be done about it.

AustrianAntheaGull wrote:What happens when you go to watch Bristol City every week then Burnham and they churn out relentless shite for two years? Go and see if Swindon Town have any ST offers going and go there? =D

I can't complement you enough for not wanting to part with any more cash to watch a club littered with weakness and ambivalence, I feel the same from top to bottom - we are a bunch of amateurs, however, you can't be a supporter should you go and watch another club on a regular basis instead of the club you 'support'.

I guess you feel like you have been taken for granted and given zero information or been not been able to familiarise yourself and relate to any of the people running the club due to the simple fact that no f*** ever communicates with the fans. I feel that way too Burnham and now I can sort of understand why the lure of Ashton Gate appeals more than the barren, gulag-esque dead space of Plainmoor with it's silent corridors and secretive members.