Torquay United Fans Forum

TUST_Member_Rob wrote: ↑14 Apr 2017, 17:12 some idiot on the Facebook calling for Nicho to go

Christ, you're an idiot if you think Nicho should have been appointed in the first place. He should have been sacked months ago. He was shit before GI took over and he's still shit now. So what if GI haven't given him the money to piss away like the old board did on players like Harrod, who can blame them! GI may screw us over but the rot set in well before they bought us. Still it's nice of have someone else to blame though isn't it.

It's just a shame we have to wait until the end of the season before he is put out of his misery.

Fair enough, but this is wholly to do with TUCST with TUFC branding which Geoff Harrop (not unreasonably) asked for in return for providing the kit. The parents are paying for the training so it costs the club nothing and the training will be as little as 1 hour per week. It is a long, long way off from an Academy, although from little acorns etc.

One major hurdle is that most of the better players in age groups U10-U14 have already been snapped up by Exeter Academy (obviously), Plymouth Academy, Saints South West, Chelsea Soccer Foundation (Colin Lee) etc and I can't see any of them being tempted back by what I have read.

However the U6s & U7s seem well supported and could form the foundation of something worthwhile in the long run but the club needs to be very proactive in stopping the better kids being poached.