Torquay United Fans Forum

Northumbergull wrote:I've been saying for years that, apart from it being a marathon not a sprint, a lot depends on two things, as far as the fixture list goes:

1. At any point in the season, you might play a team in form and on a run. Even the crappest teams put a run together sometime. If you happen to play them then, you're screwed!

2. The run-in IS important, especially at this level with, as others have mentioned, the size of squads re injuries/suspensions et al. Unlike in the higher leagues, if you have a hard run-in, you're gonna struggle, relatively speaking.

But, we get second chances these days, what with the play-offs 'n' all. I used to hate them, as an old fogey. But, after all these years, I think they're a good thing for many reasons.

At least we're not talking rugby, a game I gave up on years ago, where, even if you have dominated a game, you can lose out to the wibble-wobble of the so-called 'ball'! Imagine how bad you'd feel if you were one kick away from going up, only for the ball to bounce wildly off to one side!

Cheers

Bruce

forevertufc wrote: See where your coming from, however the transfer market is not as bouyant now as it was even 2 season's ago, and again Manset was a goalscorer, teams will take a punt on a player who is banging in goals .

Was not really trying to compare fee's, the point was £350,000 can secure a player like Gorkss, who had 172 championship games under his belt, 51 for Blackpool, 121 for Q.P.R, therefore is proven at that level, he also has 43 full international caps for Latvia.

Eunan O'Kane has 107 league 2 games under belt, so is only proven at league 2 level, and a string of youth international caps, has youth on his side though, so a higher divsion club would only be buying potential.

So why would a championship club want to pay £400,000 for a young player with potential, when as said above they could buy the finsihed article for £350,000.

austrianandygull wrote:Hoping to get to the away leg but the midday kick off has really screwed things up. First of all i have to get my little un to my mums in Donny so she can babysit and then drive to Cheltenham from Donny to get into Chelts for about 11am. That will mean dropping my little un off at about 7.30 in the bloody morning meaning we have to get up at about 6am! With it being on sky and having already gone to Hereford PLUS all the hassle, i may have to rethink and give this a swerve. I'll sleep on it.