Torquay United Fans Forum

Southampton Gull wrote: ↑12 Jun 2024, 19:32 What a waste of talent that is. He still has something to offer at a much higher level than that.

There aren't that many teams local enough to him and his family realistically.

I don't think they want to move house etc for another 1 or 2 years somewhere when they might be settled in South West. Otherwise, he could definitely do NLS again I think.

Welcome Oscar!

Sad to see some of those who have left the club, especially Asa Hall. It is probably the right decision but he was a brilliant captain and player for this club

Isn't McGavin still under contract?

Wonderful news. So much achieved in such a short space of time. This gives us a real opportunity to build a team that can be competitive now!

Sad news indeed. RIP Paul and condolences to his friends and family

JimNichol'sdog wrote: ↑08 May 2024, 12:09 I realise that Torquay is in a 'Mickey Mouse' league, but I would like to see someone with more gravitas than Paul Wotton appointed. That is not meant to be disrespectful to him but he's hardly set the world alight managing Truro, who narrowly escaped relegation.

Didn't he get them promoted the year before?

I'd say on the face of it he's done really well. Truro hasn't had a home, and must have limited resources and a major challenge to attract players (we think it's hard for us, imagine what it is like for them!).

As a player he's had a very good career and would be someone for players to look up to.

leetufc wrote: ↑08 May 2024, 10:03 Was going to post this on the ex gull thread with the talk on Liam Rosenior, but thought more relevant here.

One thing I hope we can do more of going forward is cultivate links with ex gulls managing/coaching clubs higher up the pyramid. We have seemingly utilised the link with Paul Hall at QPR well, but we also have the likes of Rosenior, Williamson, Moore managing clubs in the EFL that we need to tap into

Good shout. It's this kind of thinking and improvement to all areas of the club we need to bring in. There will be many spinning plates but the new owners I believe will want to explore every avenue from on the field to off the field.

The Great Muta! wrote: ↑02 May 2024, 20:04 Really mean this in the nicest possible way, but what's this fixation of Neil Warnock?, he was a caretaker manager for a handful of games over 30years ago now, we need a clean slate, no going back to the future, Neil deserves to put his feet up, get on a sun lounger and enjoy his retirement, not at Plainmoor in any working role

Neil Warnock has managed far bigger clubs and had a huge amount of success. I like his no-nonsense attitude and having someone overviewing what we are doing would surely be a good thing.

I think some kind of consultancy role closeby to where he lives would suit him and suit TUFC to rebuild for the future.

Remember, "YOU'VE GOTTA DIE TO GET 3 POINTS!!!!!"

I wonder if Neil Warnock will be involved in any way?

Also wondering if fans will be able to buy shares?

All sounds exciting and looking forward to seeing how things progress! COYY

I agree with Trucker49 - "without knowing where the money is spent it's difficult to know where cuts should happen". It's certainly unsustainable on the face of it, but what will we discover when we can actually dig into the numbers?

I'm sure we could be smarter with our player acquisitions, contract terms offered and maximising loans in. There has to be scope for reducing costs whilst remaining full-time.

Put really simply, we have to reduce costs yet maximise revenue - a tricky one to navigate! I do feel people will be more engaged with ownership we can trust though and therefore, we may well expect better average crowds as a result.

Bizarre it will be in Gloucester but good news for any Midlands based supporters! No doubt there will be more TUFC fans there than Truro fans.

Yeovil 2-0 Torquay

Gulls 1-0 Dartford

Torquay 2-1 aveley

gullno4 wrote: ↑22 Feb 2024, 22:39 As we still haven’t technically entered administration yet, are Saturdays ticket sales still lining osbournes pockets?

I'd like to know the answer to this too