Torquay United Fans Forum

Further increase in games next season? Not just us and Truro, but another team as well? Got chatting to a Teacher from Torquay Academy last night, apparently she is under the impression that the Academy football team is also due to play their Wednesday school games at Plainmoor / LWS. She said this was agreed as part of the deal to allow us to use their facilities. Sounds plausible. Dont know how true this is, but this could seriously affect the pitch with possibly 3 games a week on it. This could lead to further postponements and rearranged fixtures for 3 teams. At the moment we cant even play 1 game without a pitch inspection. Is this common knowledge, or has anyone else heard if this true?

ferrarilover wrote: We have a reasonable goalkeeper for the first time since Bobby. In Butts - Smith - Mac - Berry, we have the best defence we've had since Nico - Ellis - Robbo - LRT.

Matt.

On paper, I'd agree with you, but our defensive record this season is terrible. That said, if we can be more offensive, it may take the pressure off the defence - could still do with a leader in there though ('Downes-esque'). Lathrope is a quality player and did well for us, but would he come back here? Courtney Richards playing in defensive midfield against Forrest Green and Cheltenham was excellent, so hopefully we'll look for an attacking midfielder. Someone who can create and score from midfield. And a striker who can hold the ball up and to push us up the pitch.

It is very unfortunate and he would certainly be a useful addition to the team. Fairhurst had recovered from a cruciate ligament knee injury earlier on in the season (returned at end of November I think), only to be struck down with another injury - a thigh injury? Think its a little unfair to lambaste the medical staff though tomogull. We've had many injuries and can't think of too many who've been out for too long (bar Young, Fairhurst and Exodus with serious long term injuries). I've recently been keeping track of the injuries on Garath Laws twitter account, and it appears we've had a lot of injuries - that return fairly swiftly may I add. Hopefully, Fairhurst wont be too much longer either (we need his experience and we need goals)!!!

Me and the boys will be there on Saturday. Come on, lets get behind the board, management and team. We need to change the atmosphere at LWS to inspire the players, its too quiet and negative at the moment. Moaning isn't going to help now, we need to be singing, encouraging and giving confidence to these players. They may not be as good as we'd like, but they're all we've got at the moment. We need them to get us points in order to stay up - if they fail, we all fail.

Perhaps we could come up with some initiatives to make the atmosphere electric and encourage crowd participation. I've seen other clubs use cheer leaders, local bands on the pitch before the game, flag wavers etc. These could all be volunteers in return for some much needed publicity. Anything to help our beloved yellows gain a slight advantage!

Disappointed to be honest, not sure what we are trying to achieve in signing another lower league player. Maybe we have been scouting him for a while and decided to take the plunge, but I doubt this. If we have sold Dan, surely speculating the money gained to accumulate a better, more experienced keeper would have been more beneficial to replace Spiess. Unless the Club are pooling their resources to maximise recruitment in January for a goal scorer

Does anybody know when this statement may be released?

That's true, and not a lot have been that impressive and would have lost credibility. However, if we are losing our highest goalscorer for the second time this season, (Hurst the first time), who do we replace him with and with what funds?

Wish I was, just spoke to one of the lads down town. Said he wanted out, but didn't go into reasons why

One Fisher swims in as the other Fisher swims out... just heard this from one of the lads

The fans on the link are right - we need to continue supporting our Club by turning up to games. Without the fans, we don't have a Club. We know that finances are tight at the Club. Expressing our discontent by not turning up to Plainmoor will have far greater consequences than a change of management or style of play. We need to get behind the team. Its not great right now, but remember the good days, the highs, the jubilation at watching attractive football and goals galore. I know if seems miles off at the moment, but I want to see that back at Plainmoor and the only way I can affect it is by contributing my ticket fee. We all need to do this though, our Club needs us all

You're right this is a football site, but without a Club we will not have any football to talk about. Decreasing attendance figures and recent information surfacing is all very worrying. We do not know exactly what state the Club is in. 3 wins more than Welling could be meaningless if the Club folds

I like your optimism SeniorDingDong. As if the current board would make mistakes the same as the last regime. Rookie club legend managers

They have grass pitches and an astroturf facility on site, so sounds good for wet or dry weather use. What happens though if the Academy decide they no longer want us to use the facility? Does anybody know if there is a 'signed' agreement (aka a specified contract involving terms and conditions) or are we on another 'gentlemens' agreement?

Have to agree. Carmichael in midfield and Butler on the left would have had more balance. Also, where was Sean Finch yesterday? Surely Ben Gerring was not selected as our only attacking option.

I agree. Despite a lot of fans predicting the doom and gloom and becoming despondent with the current goings on at the Club, I believe we would all like to continue supporting the Club and this would be easier if we knew what was expected from the players / squad. If they (the board) are expecting to go down this season to rebuild and financially more stable, then state this.

We need to bring the 'good times' back to Torquay - FAST!!!