Torquay United Fans Forum

Never listened to this podcast before - very impressed, great to hear the views of real fans rather than journos! Hope it isn't the last podcast. Agree about Sam Chaney - I would have kept him on and he would certainly know his way round the NLS next season. Contrary to what you guys were saying he...

I think you have got this all out of context. Higgins and Lathorpe are in the position of having their careers finished, whilst having to support their families and I doubt very much those two earned an absolute fortune during the careers. They are both victims of fate which can befall anyone, they ...

That's actually a very good post Gulliball. I suspect that if there is a £1 million budget it probably covers the entire running of the club for a whole season, not just the playing budget.

The way that Owers , in fact any manager, is going to get onside with the supporters is to produce a winning team. Everything else, such as waving to the fans etc, is just bullshit. Presumably Owers next season will be given target of getting promoted by osborne. That is what Owers is paid to do, if...

Just because Owers has been shite in no way proves that Nicholson could have got us out of the shit either. Next season it is all going to be down to Owers. Does this mean that every time he cocks up people are going to come the forum whinging Nico would have done better? It works both ways, people ...

Actually no point in getting rid of the Directors Box as according to the Ground Grading for NLS there must be minimum of 16 seats provided for Directors/ with a minimum of 8 seats provided for the visiting club. Might as well give them all to the “Away Directors”, we will never have any directors....

Prehaps you might be looking at it from the wrong angle. Did Clarke Osbourn buy the (TUFC) buisness becuase he wanted it, or did he aquire it through default, down to a loan he had in the club, which was on the way to liquidation, thus all of the loan amount lost. Good supposition. However what has...

A bit like Thea - he is not a footballing man and more than likely was feed misinformation. When Dave Caldwell offered his services last November as the 'writing was on the wall' for relegation, Owers convinced Clarke that he was the man for the job and Clarke brought it. Owers is still trying to c...

There were 1366 home supporters at today's match. When we played Tranmere in the first home game of the season there were 2670 home supporters. That is a drop 49% over the course of the season.

Agree with desperado about crowds next season - just look at Stockport County in the NLN. Their crowds have held up extremely well in spite of being a 2nd tier (Championship/2nd Division) side until comparitively recently and with worse financial problems than ourselves. They have consistently kept...

One things for sure, whoever wants who, Billericay Town will probably have first dibs. It will be interesting to see if Glenn Tamplin uses a more restrained approach than splashing the cash on old premier league has beens after the grief it caused this season.

Gowling, Pittman & Clarke, supposed!y senior pro's, you'd hope they would pool their experience & help the younger inexperienced members of the squad to get the very best out of their ability. Instead we have 3 of the most least productive , expensive, underachieving players* ever to have p...

I think Keating could do well next season with the right player beside him Keating did well along side williams during Nicholsons last full season in charge. If both stayed then the task needs to be to reignite that spark. Trouble is I'm not convinced by williams attitude. Is he really going to be ...

Good points raised by Gulliball, the six or seven players retained/wanted all signed by Hargreaves, Nicholson and Herrera ? (Dorel) All 22 signed by Owers have gone. Lets hope people who say it is easier to sign the players you want in the summer are right Ok, but weren't the so called Owers signin...

I thought this forum was about football, not moral **** ethics.