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Southampton Gull wrote: ↑04 Jan 2019, 19:33 Practically the same team, just with a manager now who knows how to get the best out of them. How shit was that Owers bloke?

Whilst I'm sure we are all in agreement that our time under Owers was utterly abysmal, I feel his recruitment deserves some credit.

MacDonald, Niate, Wynter and Cameron (my player of the year so far) were all signed by him and form 80% of the best defence in the league. Hall has also turned out to be a great signing, and he brought in Andrews and Edwards from Brizzle.

Just a shame he was totally incapable of getting them to play well.

Think he might make a good scout for someone.

culmstockgull wrote: ↑04 Jan 2019, 16:36 Whilst I back us for the win, Slough are not the same team I saw play in August,

Neither are we.

Midlandgull wrote: ↑04 Jan 2019, 13:00 I'm pleased that our pitch can get a rest and hopefully we can improve it. I'm also happy for their fans to get to watch Truro at their real home and also Woking have a mammoth away trip down there at some point, so hopefully Truro can do us a big favour!

Or will Masters smell another payday at Plainmoor with Gulls fans turning up in numbers to cheer the Cornish squatters on against our promotion rivals?

standupsitdown wrote: ↑01 Jan 2019, 14:32 Common sense prevails - they’ve moved the segregation line one block along today. Truro don’t need much space for their home fixture.

And only about ten Torquay fans sat in the extra block

arcadia wrote: ↑30 Dec 2018, 22:15 I was told on Saturday that the club bars will not be open as it's their home game and I imagine that means the food hatch as well as they are not open when Truro play. It will be strange paying at home for an away game.

The club have already confirmed that the bars and food kiosks will be open.

https://www.torquayunited.com/truro-cit ... ch-update/

Teigngull wrote: ↑30 Dec 2018, 08:32
You wouldn't see Liverpool, Man Utd, Exeter, Plymouth, Woking etc give up nearly 1500 of their total capacity for the amount of away fans that turn up.

Yes you would.

Every club in the country has an "away" section and they are often half empty, when we've been crap our fans have rattled around in away ends much larger than our contingent needed.

As we haven't sold out the home sections of the ground at any point I can't see what the issue is?

If we are going for the title in the last few games this might need looking at but until then we have more than enough room in the home areas of the ground to cope with the numbers who will turn up.

Dutchgull wrote: ↑29 Dec 2018, 21:33 I think it applies if we want to sign players from EFL clubs.

No it doesn't. The EFL window only stops EFL clubs signing players, nothing preventing any players from leaving these clubs to sign for sides in leagues without a window.

Teigngull wrote: ↑25 Dec 2018, 13:07 Gotta be ' Love actually ' for me because of the late great Alan Rickman.
A good chunk of me left this mortal coil when he was taken from us.Why are the good uns always taken with the a--holes left behind to split their stuff ?

If you want Alan Rickman in your Christmas film then you surely Die Hard is the one you want?

lucy6lucy wrote: ↑23 Dec 2018, 17:31
As a matter of fact, the journey to Hampton and indeed most London teams we visit will endure over 4 hours of travel one way, Wrexham for example is about an extra 20 minutes. And yes I also live up north and miss the northern matches involving Torquay, even though I have been 5 matches already this season.

Lucy is quite right about the journey times to the South East clubs. In fact an East/West regionalisation may be better for us than a North/South one.

Not that I'm advocating it, give me a trip to Darlo or Halifax over some poncey cockney no-marks any day of the week.

arcadia wrote: ↑23 Dec 2018, 09:52 This will be a tough game being alocal derby and Truro are a good side a big crowd will motivate them.

The thing that makes derbies tough and unpredictable games is the passionate backing from both home and away supporters. This won't be the case against Truro as they will only have a mini bus full of fans.

Not suggesting it will be a walk in the park for us, just pointing out that this isn't really a derby.

Plus how can you know a big crowd will motivate them? They are used to Plainmoor being empty when they play so who knows how they will react to a totally different environment?

dennisk wrote: ↑18 Dec 2018, 13:28 Trains to and from Hampton Station are OK, on Saturday. According to the train company website. It takes about 40 minutes from London Waterloo to Hampton. The train goes via Clapham Junction, Wimbledon and Kingston. Hampton is on the London Waterloo to Shepperton line. Additionally, parking in the area won't be easy, even if you get there early. The car park usually is reserved for officials only. The ground is just up the road from me, so travelling will be minutes rather than the usual many hours!!!!

Merse says on BTPIR that there will be no trains to Hampton Station on Saturday due to the RMT strike.

TUFCPete wrote: ↑12 Dec 2018, 14:58 I know it’s off topic but will the match on Boxing Day definitely be held at 3pm and why is it at 3pm?

Yes it will be. Boxing Day games are played at 3pm pretty standardly. It's a Bank Holiday after all so the fact that it's a Wednesday doesn't mean a 7:45pm kick off.

Kernowgull wrote: ↑08 Dec 2018, 18:59 I don't think we went this long unbeaten in 98 but fairly sure we won 8 on the bounce, which equaled the club record if I remember rightly.

That was a great season

Yeah definitely won 8 in a row that season when Roberts and Jack were tearing defences apart.

Most games without defeat? 17 in 2008

Most league games without defeat? 15 in 1960 and 1990

Torquayfanstats is excellent for anything like this

https://www.torquayfanstats.com/records

There seems to be a lot of unfounded worry about Lee Johnson getting the sack.

Not sure why this would result in our loanees going back myself, pretty sure Brian Tinnion is in charge of the Bristol City youth players not Lee Johnson. If he is happy with how their loans are progressing here, then they will stay. Lemonheigh-Evans is pretty likely to go in January as he is too good for this league but that is irrespective of the Lee Johnson situation.

Don't forget that Edwards and Andrews were both brought in by Owers and not Gary Johnson, so nothing to do with any family link.

Plus of course Gary Johnson was highly successful as a manager long before Lee became a manager himself so to suggest he is reliant on his sons help is nonsense.

Attendance of 39 at their game yesterday!