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Jakub Sokolik: Torquay United agree new deal with Czech central defender

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44116015

Torquay United have released five of the squad which got relegated from the National League and put three more on the transfer list.

Reece Mitchell, Conrad Balatoni, Sam Chaney, Yan Klukowski and Jake Gosling have all been released.

Josh Gowling, Ryan Clarke and Jon-Paul Pittman, who all have another year to run on their deals at Plainmoor, have been transfer listed.

The club has made offers to six players and are in talks with two more.

Luke Young, Brett Williams, Sean McGinty, Ruairi Keating, Liam Davis and Vincent Dorel are all considering new offers, while Jakub Sokolik and Neal Osborn are to start talks on new deals.

Torquay United manager Gary Owers says he will not resign after the club was relegated from the National League.

Some fans had called for Owers to quit after the Gulls were relegated to National League South - their lowest level for 89 years.

"I'm not quitting and I'm planning for next season," Owers told BBC Sport.

"I've been planning for next season for weeks and weeks, whatever the outcome. I've been planning for two scenarios so I'm going to get on with that."

The Gulls are eight points from the side immediately above the relegation zone - the same distance they were when Owers took over in mid-September following Kevin Nicholson's sacking after the first four games in August.

They were beaten 4-3 at home by bottom-of-the-table Guiseley on Tuesday night, despite their opponents having a man sent off after three minutes - a result Owers said marked the 'lowest point in my career'.

"I might not have much support, but I do have some support, I know that," Owers added.

"I've got support on the inside, definitely, and the only way I can improve things is by doing what I'm going to do, which is bring my own players in with my own ideas and work the way I want to work.

"Some of the things have been out of my control, but I know that when the final whistle goes on Saturday everything after that point will be under my control and then I'll get on with it and we'll put it right."

'You'd be hard-pushed to find someone with more all-round experience'
Gary Owers playing for Sunderland in 1992
As a player Owers (right) spent eight years at Sunderland and played in the 1992 FA Cup final against Liverpool. He also spent almost four seasons at Bristol City and four at Notts County
Owers had been manager of National League South side Bath City before leaving for Plainmoor and feels he is best-qualified to take the club out of the sixth tier of English football at the first attempt:

"I played 600 games, I played at the highest level against some of the top players, working under some of the top managers.

"I coached in the Championship, coached in the league. I think you'd be hard-pushed to find someone with more all-round experience at this level.

"I've been a manager, I've been an assistant manager, I've been head of recruitment, I've had numerous jobs in football."

Owers' first task will be to build a squad capable of bouncing back at the first attempt and he says he will aim to revamp as much of the playing staff as he can.

"I'm looking for players in all positions," he said.

"I'm looking for players that can win the league, as simple as that. I know what it'll take.

"I need goals in the team. I need more leadership in the team and I need some men to come and represent the club."

Fallon is never going to force his way into the New Zealand squad ahead of Chris Wood, Monty Patterson and Shane Smeltz (at 35 he has an impressive 24 goals in 51 games at international level) so the moment Fallon realises this (if he hasn't already) do you think he'll be giving his all for Torquay? Doubt it. He is over the hill and far far away.

tomogull wrote: ↑12 Jul 2017, 17:27 He played very well when asked to play at right back towards the end of the season. I'm sorry he's not with us next season because I think he would have continued improving during a second season. As Merse says - good luck to him ar Dover. It's strange how several of our former players end up at Dover ..... but don't seem to stay there long !!

Its Like Torbay but dull, miserable and not an Englishman in sight.

Rotherham was the team