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by OllieGull
27 Apr 2019, 17:27
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: TUFC 2019/20 Squad
Replies: 116
Views: 33549

TUFC 2019/20 Squad

I thought Sendles-White is yet to sign on for next season? Think GJ said he's had a few injuries this season and will review whether to offer him a contract towards the end of the season

Edit: Just seen his tweet wishing the club all the best in the future so assume he wasn't offered a new/wanted to play somewhere else.
by OllieGull
20 Apr 2019, 11:28
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: MOTM - Chippenham + Away
Replies: 10
Views: 3253

MOTM - Chippenham + Away

Vincent
by OllieGull
13 Apr 2019, 21:48
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: Impressive opposing players.
Replies: 19
Views: 4355

Impressive opposing players.

Was quite impressed with Kretzschmar at Woking.
by OllieGull
30 Mar 2019, 10:40
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: When will we be crowned Champions??
Replies: 66
Views: 11693

When will we be crowned Champions??

I can't help but feel in typical Torquay fashion, Woking will get something against Bath today and make things interesting...
by OllieGull
23 Mar 2019, 15:02
Forum: Matchday Topics
Topic: Concord Rangers V Torquay United 23/3/19
Replies: 61
Views: 15553

Concord Rangers V Torquay United 23/3/19

Sendles-White coming in for the suspended Niate, otherwise unchanged as far as I'm aware:

#tufc XI Vs Concord Rangers: MacDonald (GK), Wynter, Davis, Sendles-White, Keating, Hall (c), Janneh, Lemonheigh-Evans, Cameron, Reid, Lumbombo-Kalala.

SUBS: Burton (GK), Vincent, Koszela, Dickson, Andrews
by OllieGull
30 Jan 2019, 20:21
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: What low hanging fruit is there at TUFC?
Replies: 15
Views: 2613

What low hanging fruit is there at TUFC?

greb46 wrote: 30 Jan 2019, 19:52 The club could offer a reduced rate to someone who has never watched a match and let them bring a friend for free.If they like it then they would return paying the normal entrance fee and if not they may mention it to others who may want to give it a try.Obviously it may be difficult determining that the people coming along aren't regular supporters getting a cheap match day!But it must be possible to work something out.
I think the best way to attract new supporters would just be by having a 'fan day'. I.e. one of our home matches is selected as the fan day of the season, all ticket prices are heavily reduced (say £5 to get in?) and a big emphasis on spreading the word through social media/other forms. Also in running with the TUST Fan zone to engage the supporters as much as possible. Club would almost definitely make a loss depending on how many people come, but the potential that you've gained fans in the long-term would be worth it.

The Oxford City game at the weekend would have been perfect for this, a drab match against a mid-table team in January - had we done this and had a significant amount of supporters, I think many would have come again after seeing a 7-2!
by OllieGull
11 Jan 2019, 16:57
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: Hall and Kalala Contract Extensions
Replies: 32
Views: 7043

Hall and Kalala Contract Extensions

Keating can be added to this list now!
by OllieGull
09 Jan 2019, 19:49
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: Woking v Welling
Replies: 45
Views: 7238

Woking v Welling

Teigngull wrote: 09 Jan 2019, 19:25 THIS IS IN CAPS BECAUSE I NEED TO GET MY POINT ACROSS LOUD & CLEAR.
WHY ARE WE SHOWING WOKING THAT WE'RE AT ALL BOTHERED ABOUT WHAT THEY DO, BY CREATING A THREAD YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT SHOW A WEAKNESS, LET THEM WORRY ABOUT US FFS,
WE'VE GOT SOME UP THEIR ASS PRICK POSTING BY THE NAME OF TQ1 ON THEIR FORUM WISHING THEM ALL THE BEST AND NOT TO WORRY COS WE'LL SLIP UP SOMETIME !!!!!!
WHAT AN ABSOLUTE KNOB.
COULD I SUGGEST THE ADMINISTRATION TEAM ON THIS FORUM WIPES THIS THREAD CLEAN PLEASE, OR ARE YOU ALL PARTY TO THIS NAMBY PAMBY ATTITUDE TOWARDS OUR MAIN RIVALS FOR THE TITLE ?
Had a pint again have we?
by OllieGull
05 Jan 2019, 14:32
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: Hall and Kalala Contract Extensions
Replies: 32
Views: 7043

Hall and Kalala Contract Extensions

Both have signed contract extensions, not too sure on the details though as the OS doesn't say specifically - great news regardless though!

https://www.torquayunited.com/news-hall ... xtensions/
by OllieGull
01 Jan 2019, 22:06
Forum: Matchday Topics
Topic: Truro City v TUFC New Years Day Venue Plainmoor.
Replies: 120
Views: 19462

Truro City v TUFC New Years Day Venue Plainmoor.

Louis wrote: 01 Jan 2019, 21:10 Got a picture for those not there. The extra games are taking its toll on the field now...
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In addition to this, TorquayTalk took this picture from the bench and you can really view the state of the pitch from it (hope they don't mind me sharing!):

https://x.com/TORQUAYTALK/status/1080122070296657925
by OllieGull
29 Dec 2018, 17:33
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: MOTM - Gloucester
Replies: 10
Views: 1205

MOTM - Gloucester

Wynter - Fantastic game from him, my MOTM
Kalala
Hall
Davis
Janneh - Worked hard, should've scored at least 1 though
by OllieGull
26 Dec 2018, 18:20
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: New South Devon Link?
Replies: 5
Views: 777

New South Devon Link?

Midlandgull wrote: 26 Dec 2018, 17:51 All it says on the website at this stage is:

"South Devon College and Torquay United Football Club are excited to announce a brand new partnership which will develop opportunities to inspire the local community"

Then links to this video:

Not sure what to make of it - more details to follow it also says.

could be a new place for the club to train, or an academy/ladies link? Perhaps young students will have the chance to get involved in the club in a variety of ways - hopefully it will be something positive! :scarf:
I've always thought this regarding a link with a local school/college, there is a large variety of ways they could help as you have stated - even simple things such as students at SDC who are studying video editing/media production could be involved with the editing of our highlights, also I'm sure there are security courses at the college where they could be involved in stewarding or something. Imo, would be great experience for them and would take the workload off us - probably be better in some aspects too!
by OllieGull
15 Dec 2018, 14:27
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: Racism in Football
Replies: 77
Views: 6901

Racism in Football

forevertufc wrote: 15 Dec 2018, 14:10 Using a car breakdown isn't the best analogy here. If your car breaks down and you don't know anything about mechanics, you would indeed take it to a garage, but then your relying on the garage being reputable, charging you a fair price for only the work that needed doing, take to a dodgy dealer, and they could convince you into parting with a lot of money for that doesn't need doing, if you didn't know any better how would you know. See.


Bit like economics most of us are lay men who don't really understand. Some one on the BBC news says the pound has fallen because of a bleak Brexit warning, and we're like' oh no the pounds fallen in value what are we going to do' without really understanding what it means.

I'm no expert but what I do know is the bank of England make forecasts based on assumptions of what they think (not know) is going to happen, the Bank England are not deliberately lying to anyone, but you can have best or worst case scenarios based on whatever narrative that suits after all, the bank of England don't appear to have a single forecast right since Hovis invented bread.


[highlight=yellow] Mark Carney warned in 2016 a leave vote would cause a technical recession in the UK. Didn't happen.[/highlight]

Then earlier this year, the same Mark carney admitted his pre referendum predictions were all wrong. No shit, thankfully must didn't believe you then and don't now, as project fear, no surprise now the date looms large has turned into project hysteria.
I might misunderstand you slightly, if you mean leave winning the vote then yes you're right, although the pound took a massive hit, but if you mean Brexit on the whole then obviously we have haven't left yet.

All negative economic repercussions so far have purely been based on speculation, people worrying about Brexit which is fair enough. Also from my own experience working in the commercial vehicle industry, I saw last week a large order worth a few million cancelled because of the clients fears about Brexit. We will not see any real change until we actually severe ties with the EU in March, my own personal opinion is that there will be huge issues with importing and exporting products and this is where we will see the main problem, I would love to be wrong about this though.

Also the term "project fear", I think it's better the country was given warnings and as you say worst case scenarios in the event there is a recession at least the bank can say that we were warned.
by OllieGull
15 Dec 2018, 11:25
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: The lowest of the low
Replies: 38
Views: 5154

The lowest of the low

budegull1954 wrote: 14 Dec 2018, 20:58 A low point for me (amongst many) was the resignation of Martin Kuhl before the season had even started. You just knew then that something wasn't right about the management team. I see that Kuhl has now rocked up as manager of Basingstoke Town. However the real low point of the past 5 years (apart from 2 miserable relegations of course) has to be home defeat against the mighty Chippenham - I didn't go, but my mate on the Popside said it was the most abject performance he'd seen from any TUFC team over the past 30 years.
Slightly similar, but I think when Cox resigned it was also a particular low point - it really showed the state of the club when we couldn't pay a manager a wage and just had them here on expenses.
by OllieGull
15 Dec 2018, 11:24
Forum: All things Plainmoor
Topic: Racism in Football
Replies: 77
Views: 6901

Racism in Football

There's nothing more frustrating than reading "why should we listen to so-called experts". If your car broke down, you wouldn't refuse to take it to a mechanic because they know significantly more about the issues than you do. Thinking the Bank of England are on a seperate agenda to the rest of the country is just part of the tin foil hat brigade narrative.