Torquay United Fans Forum

Hi All,

I am current selling a signed Torquay United shirt from the 2010/2011season. Here is the link;

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201030842361? ... 177wt_1142

Any questions let me know.

Cheers

Alex

friendlygas wrote:sorry but you are totally wrong.Northampton Fans dont have a clue. Paul Buckle wass completely right in his post match interview. We TOTALLY outplayed Northampton in the first half and they could not have moaned if they had been 3-0 down.Second half they came back at us but did not create chances like you did against us and after they got the luckiest equaliser possible we hit the post twice as well as scored the winner. Their supporters are a sad bunch and made no noise whatsoever,mind you there wasnt very many of them!! Cant really understand why they have made these comments as Buckle was complimentary of their team and Manager in the pre match interview as was Gary Johnson about us. Sour grapes I think.

Sorry but I wasn't really fussed about the comments in relation to the game itself as I didn't see it so have no point of reference.

It was just interesting reading some of the comments as they really ring true from B*ckles time with us when all he would do is talk nonsense about how amazing we were when we'd played like Argyle! Its been really refreshing hearing Lingys comments after the Shots game about how the performance wasn't up to scratch. Had that been the cretin still in charge he would be waxing lyrical about how well we played and he is clearly the natural successor to Pep Guardiola!

Say what you like about Northampton but their opinions of Buckle are pretty spot on!!

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Long-time lurker, first poster so feel free to say I m talking rubbish!!
I personally think this overachievement philosophy is quite an interesting point and in a way probably underlines in part Buckles move to BR (had we finished mid-table would they have really seen him as the man to get them straight back to League 1?).
For what it s worth I don t think we did overachieve. We had a very good season and at times played some quality football. Buckle built a good but small squad with some very shrewd loan signings but we were very lucky with injuries throughout the season and on the whole everyone s form was pretty consistent.
At the start of the season I think the general consensus was we had what it took to be mid table at worst and pushing playoffs at best 9think there was a poll on here at one point but can t remember the outcome).
As it happens we were lucky to scrape a play-off place with 68 points (only other time this would have happened with this points total in the last 12 seasons would have been 05/06). Our end of season form was ordinary at best (2w-5d-1l) and in the end we only got there due to other teams not taking their chances. Overall we had a very good season that almost became a great season but I m not sure that constitutes an overachievement.
In my opinion overachievement was just another example of bucks-speak used to massage his own ego and get his name in-front of other clubs Chairmen, as let s face it he was always far too ambitious for us!!!!