Torquay United Fans Forum

My garden in St Marychurch is under about a millimetre of water so it is no surprise the game has been called off. There is so much misty rain in the air that people walking passed my front window are contemplating putting their hoods up.
It is conceivable that with a couple more timely postponements we could be relegated without having to play again.

Plainmoor78 wrote: ↑10 Mar 2018, 17:14 Maybe your garden gnome should send his CV into plainmoor.

The worrying aspect to that is he may get the job. Or the current General Manager may sit on him. Either way, Gerald is staying where he is.

Like Mr Osborne. my garden gnome knows nothing about football.....but he is a bit more tactically aware than our current management and probably more mobile than one or two of the players.

....You told us so..

No reason why we can't win all eleven games and be safe....... apart from the lack of talent, desire and sheer bloodymindedness not to be beaten on the pitch. Factor in the apparent lack of ability to motivate from the dugout.....And don't forget the couldn't care less attitude of the absentee owner and his pantomime stooge. How can we fail?

Surely not three wins in a row? Hoping for a 3-0 win, with Brett Williams filling the onion bag. Will settle for a hugely deflected winner if it nets three points.

Well that was an improvement. Defence looked solid. Midfield passed the ball well. Forward line looked like they could score. Three well taken goals. Brett Williams effort, well saved by Barrow keeper, would have been a contender for Goal of the Season.. It's the hope that kills !
Oh for the Greatest Escape since the last Great Escape.
And pity the neighbourhood cat who was totally confused!!

westyorkshiregull wrote: ↑03 Feb 2018, 14:17 Think you need help ...nah you never know , think we got 2 goals today depends on other end

When you've been a Torquay fan for the thick end of half a century that goes without saying

Romain and Williams up front together?....We may score. About time there was another rousing, give us a glimmer of hope performance before reality kicks in again. Torquay to win 3-0. How's that for mindless optimism!!

Poor. Very Poor. No leadership on or off the pitch.

Earlier in the season when hope was still springing eternal, former Gull Brett Williams scored a hat trick as our chaps lost 3-1. Fast forward to January and the door to the last chance saloon is starting to shut. Straws are there to be clutched at.....last season we beat Bromley at home. William Hill have Torquay as slight favourites on the coupon. The new chaps have had another week to get to know each other (apart from the new striker!).
A highly unlikely 2-0 win in front of a diminishing crowd.

First 15 minutes....Gosling put free header over. Eastleigh scored with first attack, keeper looked slow to get down. Weathered a storm of corners. Rest of half the new players began to gel, Luke Young equalised with a fine placed shot into the corner. Thought we may have had a penalty for handball...signs of improvement.
Second half started well. Gosling and O'Sullivan looking to thread balls through. Pointless to hurl high balls forward, only for them to bounce off Ayo's head. Eastleigh score with first (only?) chance of the half.
Ten minutes to go and glory be we are awarded a penalty on linesman's advice when George Dowling was interfered with on the edge of the box. After a long wait due to Eastleigh protests. Resident penalty taker Jamie Reid put it low...and too close to the keeper.
Torquay played ok, remember at this late stage of the season we have an ever evolving team of strangers. We are too far behind for 'playing ok' to save us. I was too far down the Pop Side to hear McGinty's exchange with the crowd after the final whistle....though it seemed there was a lot of effing and jeffing going on.

rickl wrote: ↑13 Jan 2018, 11:24 Hope to see this team today: Dorel, Barnes, Balatoni, Efete, McGinty, Davis, Young, Gosling, Sullivan, Reid, Fletcher

Would love to see this team play today.........Olejnik, Holmes, Saunders, Woods, McGlinchey, Murphy, Hockley, Russell, Fowler, Cooper, Loram.

Think we might win!

New signings to kickstart Torquay's season.....or another lunge towards Conference South? Going for a wildly optimistic 1-0 home win, weather permitting.

Although Wrexham were unimpressive at Plainmoor earlier in the season I was amazed that they are on offer at Evens to win tomorrow's match. Even my ever 'Glass half full ' outlook cannot see anything other than a resounding Wrexham win.