Torquay United Fans Forum

TommyGunn wrote: ↑02 Apr 2024, 13:08
WSM have average attendances of 1200 are part time. Yesterday they had quality former EFL players  Rueben Reid and Robbie Willmott playing.
We get twice their attendance so I see no reason why we couldn't attract the best part time players combined with a number of full time pros.I[/b]

davethegull2 wrote: ↑02 Apr 2024, 05:27 Part time football will be the end of Torquay United. Only an accountant would think this is a good idea. And it's accontants that have put us in this position. Years of neglecting the product and customers have jed to this, driven by myopic bean counters.

BigDave wrote: ↑27 Mar 2024, 17:10 Part-time local players are fine if the club is going to yo-yo between NL and NLS but if there are ambitions to push for a return to the EFL the players will need to be full-time and there is not enough local talent available for that. Plymouth and Exeter take the pick of the best local players who have full-time aspirations and whilst they may loan players to Torquay, that can only be a stop-gap measure. There are players like Moore and Watkins who might have been signed if we were in a Seventies time-warp but in recent years any local players who have been offered the opportunity have generally failed to make the grade. Whilst GJ is now derided he did have contacts such as his son who were able to loan him players from EFL clubs away from Devon - and several of the better Torquay players in recent seasons have been such loanees - but without such a manager and/or a wealthy owner it is difficult to be sanguine about Torquay's prospects. However, one potential advantage of the geographical location is that experienced players released by SW clubs like Argyle, Exeter, Bristol City and Rovers and even Yeovil may be prepared to play for Torquay if it means that they do not have to relocate their homes and families. It used to be the case that ex Plymouth stalwarts played their last couple of seasons at Plainmoor but that no longer seems to be the case - perhaps Truro or Taunton are a more attractive proposition but that should not be so. On the bright side if Torquay can avert relegation the prospects of potentially winning local derbies against the SW teams like Taunton, Truro, Weston, Weymouth and maybe Forest Green, in a couple of years time, are surely more enticing than trips to Hartlepool or Gateshead.

The Great Muta! wrote: ↑24 Mar 2024, 19:13 H&R yesterday had 1 fit striker so it hard to judge them on yesterday alone,

SuperNickyWroe wrote: ↑18 Mar 2024, 16:31His.

The Great Muta! wrote: ↑18 Mar 2024, 08:34 I thought when you're in administration 9/10 all loanees go back to their clubs?., i.e. why have we got a full back/midfielder on loan when we already have players in those positions on the books?esp if they are costing us monies?