Torquay United Fans Forum

DerekDawkinsJnr wrote: ↑26 Feb 2024, 23:32 I don't think it matters a great deal at this stage. All we know is she's a married Thai woman, 46yrs old.

Complete spitballing here:
Maybe she's CO's missus?

That'll be at least two c*cks in that house then.....

wbw wrote: ↑25 Feb 2024, 21:51 OK, I bow to your superior knowledge.
I wish you bloody good luck if Smurthwaite buys the club....boy will you need it.

Rather him than Osborne seven days a week.

Woefully overspending is not a problem as long as someone foots the bill. Stoke do it, as do Man City, Chelsea and many others. Unfortunately so did Darlington, Bury, Chester, Maidstone and Aldershot amongst others. Then the funds stopped. Just for the record, I'm not particularly a fan of Osbourne...

wbw wrote: ↑25 Feb 2024, 21:40 Just ask the Kettering fans about Smurthwaite. Ask the Vale fans about him as well. He has one of the worst reputations in football.

But, not as bad as Osborne....
Ask Brizzie Rovers, Reading, Swindon et al....

Southampton Gull wrote: ↑25 Feb 2024, 21:38 FIFA 1951 doesn't count mate

B*llocks....

wbw wrote: ↑25 Feb 2024, 21:26 Any player is able to terminate his contract with the club due to the material breach committed by the club in not paying him.
It is generally accepted that players give 14 days to resolve the issue, before leaving.

OK, so the question is, have they breached within the 14 days....???

I know that you shouldn't rely on it as a medium, but anyone who things that Norman Smurthwaite is a knight in shining armour should read his profile on Wikipedia. I stand by my contention that he is an Osborne clone and would be bad news for Torquay United. To coin a cliche - 'better the devil you...

Apologies for "going quiet" lol...other jobs to do. Also apologies for calling the poster clueless, that was wrong. Including NI, pension costs and other expenses, the monthly salaries cost is in excess of £100k. The club has been losing over £20k a week for years, that's nearly £85k a mo...

desperado wrote: ↑25 Feb 2024, 20:12 As Bobby T said we could without the negativity of WBW and Torquay United ! Inappropriate user name !
If an extra 2000 turned up for the remaining home games plus ghost tickets etc that would make a difference.

Don't bother with those two...
Think they know things, but obviously don't....

Get real. You really think Osbourne, a business man, is going to accept a £5 million loss and just walk away? How deluded are you? Whoever (if anyone does) takes us on, they will have to pay a substantial amount of that £5 million loan back to Osbourne. No they won't. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/fo...

I cannot believe some of the responses of "fans". Osborne saved the club from oblivion when nobody else was remotely interested in investing. He's thrown away well over 5 million quid and got nothing but abuse for his money. The council wouldn't even engage with him on where the future is...

As an aside, why do fans think the freehold of Plainmoor is worth a lot? If its not used as a football stadium, the only possible use for the site is development. That would be affordable housing or industrial units. Can't think of much else and neither would be particularly lucrative. Perhaps the ...

This may not be a popular post, but I want to stick up for the council, even going back to Dave Webb, Chris Roberts, Osborne have all wanted the freehold on the land, and thankfully the council have said no, I just hope there's a Mike Bateson figure who's local, he wasn't everyones cup of tea, but ...

Just got off the phone to her... she was more than happy* for me to travel half way across the country to support a team that only on Tuesday after arriving back from Farnboro I'd called a bunch of useless f**Y(ing c*&ts (or words to that effect). *When I say 'happy' I mean she didn't call me w...

I saw that too... that hasn't happened for a while! I wasn't planning on coming down for this one but have changed all plans for tomorrow since the news broke on Thursday. It may well cost me north of £150 (ticket, petrol, food) but if it helps the club, it'll be worth every penny. Now just have to...