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I think if we are patient with Billy he will develop. He is still a young lad with a lot to learn but with an abundance of ability. Who knows, we could turn a profit on the fee we paid in a couple of years.

Kevin Nicholson is one of my favourite Torquay Players over the last 10 years but I fear that his legs may have gone or at least be on the way out.

The issue is however that Knill clearly isn't sure about Cruise. I think he deserves his chance so we shall see...

Bloody hell, from BBC...

Torquay have lost five in a row in the League Cup and are without a win in 10 (D2, L8).
Bournemouth are the only club they have knocked out in 17 years, doing so in the first round in 1997 and again in 2001.

We are due a win in this competition!

supergulls wrote:That was last year, when I was at the training ground at the end of the season Renne and Brian were having shall we say a disagreement. In the argument Renne was taunting Brian and telling him how much he earned and that was the figure he said.

I would be incredibly shocked if any player at the club was on more than £1500 including Rene. Sounds like he was talking crap!

I reckon we could pull off a win. We are an unknown entity going there with nothing to lose. Our young, quick wingers could be an issue. Knill likes to attack and what better game to go all out.
A cup run would do us the world of good financially and would provide some serious entertainment. Paul Buckle was a good cup manager (in the FA cup and trophy admittedly) and managed to get his players up for the games. Perhaps Knill will do the same.

Gullscorer wrote: I couldn't find any audio on that link.

If you scroll down there should be six separate podcasts. If not, go to thisissouthdevon and it is quite high on the TUFC section.

I don't know if this has been mentioned before but there is a decent podcast preview of the new signings by David Thomas and Guy Henderson of the Herald.

http://www.thisissouthdevon.co.uk/AUDIO ... z2b1uXxx2D

The money would help a lot. Our league cup record of recent years has been terrible. The 2001 trip to Spurs would be great to repeat!

Richinns wrote:Yesterday there were signs of encouragement. We need to remember we have to be able to walk before we can run. We have had major surgery on the squad since last year and these things take time. .

I think that Richinns is right here. We do need time to be in and I think people should be patient for the first 10 games or so. New management, new players, new system. It will all take a bit of time.

Jarvis got the winner for York and Zebs managed 2 for Newport!

Kernowgull wrote:I make Portsmouth bottom?!

Good to see them taken down a peg or two in game 1.

Decent enough start, first game together. We did not want to lose at home in the first game.

Has Yeoman been left out or is he injured?

This game has 4-1 written all over it.
Benyon
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Bodin
Hall

Midson in reply.

wodger of awabia wrote:I am never very impressed with historical stats. I.M.O. they mean nothing.
For example if you take the number of goals scored by these six players & divide it by the number of games that they have played you will see that all we can expect from them is 0.0932 goals per game, or 4.28904 league goals per season. Absolute nonsense isn't it? but mathematically correct.

Surely as there are six of them and you have worked out an average, you would expect 0.0932 x 6 goals per game from this lot. Which would be 0.5592 goals per game. That would be 26 goals per season from this lot.
Not great but perhaps not as bad as the 4 goals you were talking about!
As you say...the stats are all rubbish anyway.