Torquay United Fans Forum

2-0 with a Holman brace . Let’s start the season as we mean to go on!

MellowYellow wrote: ↑20 Aug 2021, 12:26 I remember a time - a fair way back - when TU fans did not really have any real expectations other than hope and dreams of glory,. We just went, we witnessed whatever happened and then returned home again, happy, annoyed or bored.

If we have little or no expectations for the season ahead, we will never be disappointed, but we do stand a chance of being pleasantly surprised which is a happier way to live our football lives instead of forever feeling the club isn’t meeting our expectations.

That’s not a bad attitude to have as a fan, & to some extent I agree- As long as the players/Manager & club do their all I can be content how the cards fall in a season.

But as a club the expectations have to be to improve every season & to be the best we can be so I hope their aiming for promotion & eventually League 1 & one day (call me crazy if you like!) but the Championship too. Plenty of smaller teams have reached that level so why not us, & being in the southwest on the English Riviera I feel like we could carve a niche in a higher league

I’d say play offs is reasonable expectations every year in this league, & I think it’s a half decent squad we have so who knows! The boys were so close last year where only ab awful injury situation meant we came 2nd rather than 1st in my eyes so I’m quietly confident