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The 'No 22' in the dug out has just come on as No 31 Daniel Sullivan. Mystery over!

Steve

Hello Yellow

One of our players in the dug out is wearing No22. He was warming up with Manse, Harding and Thompson in the first half.

Steve

HT Torquay 2 Royal Marines 0

Team Line Up (in order they appear on the team sheet)

Martin Rice
Dale Tonge
Kevin Nicholson
Aaron Downes
Damon Lathrope
Billy Bodin
Courtney Cameron
Jordan Chappell
Nathan Craig
Elliot Benyon
Kirtys MacKenzie

Subs:

Lee Mansell
Ben Harding
Ashley Yeoman
Niall Thompson
Thomas Cruise
Daniel Sullivan
Jake Hutchings
Conor Thompson

Who is our No 22. I don't recognise him? (My eyesight isn't all that).

Steve

Torquay 2 Royal Marines 0 (Bodin, Downes)

Yes - if I was a ST holder. However, living in bandit country :whip: I'm an exile.

Can this be extended to include the Exile Membership Card Andrew Candy mentioned in page 1 of the thread below?

http://www.torquayfans.com/forum/viewto ... f=3&t=5686

Steve

Buckle?

Scott Brehaut wrote: There are at least two people on this site that have excellent sources within the club who have confirmed that Ling did ask for players in the January transfer window and was rebuffed.

The question is then, why was Martin rebuffed?

1. Was the board already aware of Martin's illness and didn't want to release any funds to him in case he wasn't fully fit to undertake his duties, and therefore, wanted to make them available to any temporary successor (AK)?

2. Was there genuinely no money (given our poor cup run)?

3. Or was there another reason?

Steve

If I'm honest, I was one of the people that hated the stripy design when we had the vote a few months ago. It just looked too retro for me and also felt that the Sparkworld logo didn't look right with the stripes.

http://www.torquayunited.com/news/artic ... l#anchored

But when I saw the shirt with the new sponsors logo, I had a change of heart and thought it looked a lot better to the extent that I was going to buy it. -------------------->>>>>>>>>

However, to see the latest concoction, which is somewhat different from the style that won the vote, there is no way I would buy it. The TUFC logo is now in one colour, there are no lines within the white stripes and what has happened to the collar?

http://mobile.torquayunited.com/news/ar ... 9160000000

Steve

with a fag

Day and night

Money

Troj has made a good point here - even though he may have made it with tongue in cheek.

Irrespective of who the manager is after Saturday, the club needs to take a long hard look at itself to ascertain why this season was so poor and to put measures in place to prevent a similar situation from happening again next season.

This has been debated over and over I know, but what was the catalyst for the start of our poor form? Was it Lingy's illness? Was it caused by the board not giving Martin funds to strengthen the team? Or is there something else that's been going on behind closed doors?

Steve

Personally, I couldn't care less what Martin Ling's illness is. It's simply none of my business.

Also, hats off to the club for doing the right thing and not letting the world know what Martin has been off with. This is an issue between Martin (employee) and the club (employer). I wouldn't expect my employer telling 3rd parties what illness I may suffering from.

As for next season, whoever manages us after Saturday will split opinion as the club cannot possibly keep everyone happy, unless its either Mourinho or SAF. But there's more chance of Louie Spence coming round to my house and using me a his plaything than that happening. :whip:

Personally, I don't really care who manages us next season as long as they give a minimum of 100%, play decent attractive football and live and breathe Torquay United, as surely that's all we can ask for.

Steve

Wisbech (or March for that matter) is nothing to shout about. They are your typical Fenland town that has the square root of f**k all entertainment and things to do - unless you like tractors and fields and vegetables etc.

Interestingly though, Wisbech seems famous for its Georgian architecture.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisbech

You know the area too well. Who can I ask to get a one eyed smiley.

I can happily say though that I'm not from these parts so I am reasonably normal - oh arrrrr!

I like St Neots, its got everything that we don't have around here, (if you know what I mean).

Steve