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Post by Gashead73 on Feb 24, 2024 12:19:07 GMT
Shame regards Torquay Utd. Always have had a little soft spot for this club. I pray a miracle happens for them
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Post by CheshireGas on Feb 24, 2024 12:41:38 GMT
Just been reading up on Clarke Osborne. I didn't realise he had involvement with us and his history is one of disasters at every club he's been involved with. He shouldn't be allowed near any football club. All the best to Torquay, hopefully admin is the turning point. He was part of the company that owned Eastville and forced us out by raising the rent. Even when he did so much to harm us, the club nearly got back in bed with him in the late 1990s/early 2000s with the South Gloucestershire Arenas Ltd [Company number 03363643] project to build a stadium in or around Avonmouth. That involved Geoff Dunford & Toni Watola [BRFC], Steve Lansdowne [City82], and Clarke, amongst others..... |
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Post by toggsy2 on Mar 13, 2024 23:47:16 GMT
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Post by warehamgas on Mar 14, 2024 8:59:56 GMT
And they lost to Taunton Town, who have their own problems, at home 0-3 last night. Well done Taunton. 😀 UTG! |
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Post by pauldon on Mar 14, 2024 11:33:19 GMT
Being a Torquay fan I knew the deduction was coming. Don't know how they're going to get out of it. Looking to go down there now Reading is off.
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Post by warehamgas on Mar 14, 2024 16:35:43 GMT
Being a Torquay fan I knew the deduction was coming. Don't know how they're going to get out of it. Looking to go down there now Reading is off. They still aren’t in the bottom 4 so it’s still in their own hands to avoid relegation. Hard to say but it was always going to get worse before it gets better and perhaps what’s happened will be a new start for them. Avoid relegation, which they will, and hopefully new owners come in and give then some stability and a basis to start building again. I’m sure the crowds will be maintained and may even grow in their hour of need. I’d say a fans owned club might be for them but they’ve tried that before and I don’t think (others will know the story better) it worked that well before their lottery winner took them over (?) and it wasn't able to be sustained when he died. (?) Good luck to them. UTG! |
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Post by bluetooth0077 on Mar 14, 2024 18:01:07 GMT
I've had many enjoyable experiences in Torquay so very sad news and obviously sincerely hope the club will get through this 🙏🙏🙏
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Post by Topper Gas on Mar 14, 2024 18:53:08 GMT
You do know we didn’t own Eastville, don’t you? I thought we did and then sold it to the grey hound company. Maybe I am wrong, around 1940?] I suppose the question is, would you rather we were in the situation that Torquay is in, or would you rather the situation that we were in? No idea what you are asking, I'm not sure anybody wants to be in Torquay's position as there's a real danger they could become the next Bury or Hereford. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Mar 14, 2024 18:55:17 GMT
The huge wages paid in the Premiership has filtered down even in non-league football and for many club the cost to simply compete in a particular league is unsustainable without a very wealthy and generous owner. We dream of championship football but where would the money comes from to pay the £500,000 a year wages many players would demand. How can we afford the £250,000 a year a goodish league 1 player can demand. Even in the national average players can demand £50,000 plus a year and the good ones a lot more. I just don't get how is sustainable without a billionaire backer. The difficulties at Taunton and Torquay are party down to poor management but also the simple fact they cannot afford players that would keep them at that level or progress. Perhaps we need to ask Luton how they managed it as I don't believe they've gone a wealthy benefactor throwing money at them. Plymouth also seem to have an owner no wealthy than our own. |
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Post by dudelebowski on Mar 14, 2024 19:20:46 GMT
The huge wages paid in the Premiership has filtered down even in non-league football and for many club the cost to simply compete in a particular league is unsustainable without a very wealthy and generous owner. We dream of championship football but where would the money comes from to pay the £500,000 a year wages many players would demand. How can we afford the £250,000 a year a goodish league 1 player can demand. Even in the national average players can demand £50,000 plus a year and the good ones a lot more. I just don't get how is sustainable without a billionaire backer. The difficulties at Taunton and Torquay are party down to poor management but also the simple fact they cannot afford players that would keep them at that level or progress. Perhaps we need to ask Luton how they managed it as I don't believe they've gone a wealthy benefactor throwing money at them. Plymouth also seem to have an owner no wealthy than our own. High quality loanees. Which plenty of Gasheads seem to think we shouldn’t be using. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Mar 14, 2024 19:45:21 GMT
Perhaps we need to ask Luton how they managed it as I don't believe they've gone a wealthy benefactor throwing money at them. Plymouth also seem to have an owner no wealthy than our own. High quality loanees. Which plenty of Gasheads seem to think we shouldn’t be using. Given like every club they are restricted to the number of loanees who can appear in the match day squad there must be more to it than just using quality loan players. |
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Post by supergas on Mar 16, 2024 8:14:15 GMT
Perhaps we need to ask Luton how they managed it as I don't believe they've gone a wealthy benefactor throwing money at them. Plymouth also seem to have an owner no wealthy than our own. High quality loanees. Which plenty of Gasheads seem to think we shouldn’t be using. Last season (sixth in the Championship, promoted via the playoffs) their loan players were Horvath in goal (44 games), Drameh at full-back with 16 starts and Nakamba in midfield with 17 starts. No other loanees and apart from the keeper those other two weren't really an integral part of the team across the whole season... The season before that (where they also finished sixth in the Championship) they again only had three loanees, Steer started three games in goal, Parmer and Ingram both started two games in goal. No outfield loanees. |
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Post by percy on Mar 16, 2024 8:44:17 GMT
High quality loanees. Which plenty of Gasheads seem to think we shouldn’t be using. Last season (sixth in the Championship, promoted via the playoffs) their loan players were Horvath in goal (44 games), Drameh at full-back with 16 starts and Nakamba in midfield with 17 starts. No other loanees and apart from the keeper those other two weren't really an integral part of the team across the whole season... The season before that (where they also finished sixth in the Championship) they again only had three loanees, Steer started three games in goal, Parmer and Ingram both started two games in goal. No outfield loanees. Yeah didn’t think that was the case. Great transfer business rather than loans. |
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Post by oliverhelmet on Apr 16, 2024 15:50:12 GMT
I see Torquay have been deducted 1 point for fielding an illegible player.Huge game for them tonight away to Taunton town,win and they are safe but a loss will see Taunton leapfrog them and Torquay will drop into the last relegation place with just 1 game left to play.
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Post by warehamgas on Apr 16, 2024 17:04:40 GMT
I see Torquay have been deducted 1 point for fielding an illegible player.Huge game for them tonight away to Taunton town,win and they are safe but a loss will see Taunton leapfrog them and Torquay will drop into the last relegation place with just 1 game left to play. Yes. A busy week for Taunton, 3 games in 5 days, tonight, Thursday and Saturday. UTG! |
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Post by blueblood1883 on Apr 16, 2024 19:24:54 GMT
Torquay currently 2-0 up ...
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Post by warehamgas on Apr 16, 2024 21:13:05 GMT
…..and won 1-2.
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Apr 18, 2024 20:20:24 GMT
Taunton are 0-0 with Weston atm. Really need to win this for the extra two points to give them a chance on Saturday against Hemel Hempstead. Win that and they survive.
I know many aren’t interested but it is Torquay related. 😉
UTG!
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Post by warehamgas on Apr 18, 2024 21:04:03 GMT
Oh dear a late winner for Weston. Taunton are down.
A shame but after a good year last season and a great start this, they were top in September, their best players were attracted away to other teams which together with their ground condition problems and their financial stuff were just too much to overcome. Perhaps they can do something next season.
UTG!
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Post by Feeling The Blues on May 10, 2024 12:04:59 GMT
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