Torquay United Fans Forum

culmstockgull wrote: 03 Jun 2023, 11:00 I am not sure what some people expect from us, people to this day still cling to the belief that we have a divine right to be in the football league, we arrive yet again in the south for numerous reasons, primarily, last season we signed a load of dross that no one else patently wanted, we were in a nutshell had over big time by a recuitment team that was patently not up to scratch. most of whom would trouble the courts under the trades description act if they tried to assert they were pro footballers and it wasnt until the fat lady had nearly finished singing that we chose to do something about it, those players we got in at the death very nearly kept us in the national and we have signed most of them.
We hope and assume that no one will trouble us this coming season, logically the quality will be lower, it will certainly be more agricultural and physical, the standard of referring will be poorer if that is at all possible and the plastic pitches mean that certain of our players will not feature in those matches, but more teams are going full time and will invest as much or more than us. I believe we will win the league but do not expect it to be the cake walk it was last time around.

MellowYellow wrote: 03 Jun 2023, 19:52 I nearly forgot about the standard of referring. This is when the worst nightmare becomes reality as NLS referees play a part in a starring role. Admittedly, it is a stepping stone for most of them, nonetheless, at this level most of them still don't know the game. I fear next season they will be the most scrutinised and criticised members in our games. Although they have no fans, expect them to receive the most verbal abuse. For the nominal match fee they receive we cannot expect them to be prefect, so the best we can hope for is none of them turn up wanting to be a rockstar and take centre stage.

MellowYellow wrote: 03 Jun 2023, 19:52 I nearly forgot about the standard of referring. This is when the worst nightmare becomes reality as NLS referees play a part in a starring role. Admittedly, it is a stepping stone for most of them, nonetheless, at this level most of them still don't know the game. I fear next season they will be the most scrutinised and criticised members in our games. Although they have no fans, expect them to receive the most verbal abuse. For the nominal match fee they receive we cannot expect them to be prefect, so the best we can hope for is none of them turn up wanting to be a rockstar and take centre stage.

desperado wrote: 04 Jun 2023, 06:34 Anyone know how many or which teams have plastic pitches ?

culmstockgull wrote: 03 Jun 2023, 11:00 the quality will be lower, it will certainly be more agricultural and physical, the standard of referring will be poorer if that is at all possible