With Maidstone ultimately grabbing an 87th winner after pouncing on a lapse from Gulls substitute Ethon Archer, the United boss was also disappointed with a number of decisions that appeared to got against his side in Kent. “It’s our mistake that lost the point. He did alright when he came on, but you can’t be dribbling in the defensive third when we’ve just come back to two-all. He’ll learn I hope, but it’s cost us. He’s a good player, but he needs to learn the game a bit, and he needs to respect the game. “I thought the referee and the two linesmen didn’t give us as much as they gave them, and that’s not an excuse because I’m still proud of the lads. Fouls that were being given against us weren’t being given against them, and it sort of breaks up the momentum a little bit, but they [Maidstone] are very good at what they do, and that’s what they did tonight.” With a number of the Torquay players nursing strains, the Gaffer paid tribute to them, as well as giving a brief update on defender Ross Marshall, who scored his side’s second equaliser prior to leaving the field early following a recurrence of his hamstring injury. “The lads went beyond the call of duty, because some of them had strains, and unfortunately you only get three subs in this league. “He [Ross] had a hamstring injury, we’d have like to have taken him off after an hour just to save him, because we know he was brave enough to say ‘I want to stay in there’, and otherwise it was difficult – although I thought Arkell did well when he went in there. “I don’t think he’s pulled it badly, but unfortunately he’s got something there that’s niggling, and it’s been there a little while. “Of course, we’ve lost Ollie, we’ve lost...Read more
