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A pre-contract agreement has been signed prior to a two year deal.
A very encouraging move, imo.

https://www.torquayunited.com/midfielde ... in-united/

Good signing.

Armani must have been impressed by our following at Woking and thought "I want in". Who can blame him?

quality signing for this level surprised he didn’t go to l2

JakeB wrote: ↑30 May 2019, 18:27 quality signing for this level surprised he didn’t go to l2

He will be , with us in 12 months time,
Great signing. Well done GJ & team.
And welcome Armani, I know you've made the right decision.

Was always coming here really with full time football and our wages better than them. However I'm still very happy he has joined

I agree with the above comments.

I've got to say really excited about A Little signing & to think some wanted Luke Young back !!
We've got to stop this nonsense of hoping previous players re joining is a good thing, they've had their time & as far as I'm concerned the likes of Young were part of the reason we ended up in the NLS & bailed out at the first opportunity instead of the class shown by Davis, Reid, Connor etc & putting right the wrong they were a major part of.
So let's be proactive with future signings instead of wishing for the mediocrity we were used to the last time we were in this division.

Free kick specialist and quality midfielder originally from the famous Southampton academy. Good prospect.

Teigngull is right.

A quality addition.

Teigngull wrote: ↑31 May 2019, 10:33 I've got to say really excited about A Little signing & to think some wanted Luke Young back !!
We've got to stop this nonsense of hoping previous players re joining is a good thing, they've had their time & as far as I'm concerned the likes of Young were part of the reason we ended up in the NLS & bailed out at the first opportunity instead of the class shown by Davis, Reid, Connor etc & putting right the wrong they were a major part of.
So let's be proactive with future signings instead of wishing for the mediocrity we were used to the last time we were in this division.

Good post pal and I agree. Pushing now for the level above we are heading into not to replicate the shovel we served into the level we were in

In GJ we trust.
We've a PROPER management team now not an apprentice bus driver or an apprentice Tarzan lookalike, no more.

Teigngull wrote: ↑31 May 2019, 20:57 In GJ we trust.
We've a PROPER management team now not an apprentice bus driver or an apprentice Tarzan lookalike, no more.

Jesus. This is why players shouldn’t return as managers. Two legends of the club compared in this way to a Football League manager who has been here 5 minutes and won the Conference South. Recency bias at its finest.

Let’s see who’s the first to moan if we lose 3 in a row next year.

Exactly the reason former players shouldn't return as managers
I'd rather they'd be rememembered for their magnificent efforts on the field instead of the out of their depth efforts on the sideline.
If your going to go into footy managership then do the hard graft, & serve your apprenticeship properly like PB did at Exeter or JT is doing right now at Villa.
It's painful to watch & appreciate their efforts when clearly they're well of their depth .
So GJ had only been here 5 minutes eh ?
Well this PROPER seasoned experienced manager achieved the title in 30 games despite being 10 points adrift upon arrival & broke club records, made us fans happy again is approachable, & bloody good at his job.
Let's not return to the days of being a guinea pig club for ex 'ledgends' to cut their teeth football.mamagement, it rarely works ( as we've found out, regularly) .
And if we do happen to lose 3 on the trot, then it'll all depend on the circumstances surely? If we're shite with no way of being competitive then fine, moan, if we're just bloody unlucky then, ok, not a lot we can do about that apart from changing that luck around.
TUFC fans are no different from other clubs supporters in wanting & hoping to be winning each game but as you go further up the food chain then your morsels get smaller that's when a PROPER manager comes into his own.
I know what my eyes tell me from 40+ years of watching the occasional decent season, & having a manager who knows his level inside out is the key to success & with GJ in the pilots seat we have as good a chance as any one else in this league.

My fondness of KN and CH as players is not affected by their time here as managers. The simple fact is, if part of Gary's job description was team bus driver he wouldn't be here.

Hargreaves left a position at Bournemouth to come here and was respected in the game. He had cut his teeth as you say and on paper his appointment could have worked. I don't recall too many dissenters at the time when he was appointed. In fact there was a clamour for him.


I don't think Nico was necessarily out if his depth. Given a half decent budget he may have been ok. He was manager during the lowest point in the history of the club, both on and off the pitch. Maybe he should have said " I'm not driving the **** mini bus" let the club fail to fulfill its fixtures, and probably ultimately fold.

We have a proper manager because the budget is there for one.

Were you against either of them being appointed at the time???