Torquay United vs Oxford Utd 17/08/13

hector · Post by **hector** » 17 Aug 2013, 16:50

Shocking by all accounts. 2pts from 9. Long season ahead.

usagullmichigan · Post by **usagullmichigan** » 17 Aug 2013, 16:51

Bring back Ling

Plymgull · Post by **Plymgull** » 17 Aug 2013, 16:52

Didn't expect to get anything out of this game anyway, still disappointing though. Long season ahead indeed.

Forest gull · Post by **Forest gull** » 17 Aug 2013, 16:55

hector wrote:Shocking by all accounts. 2pts from 9. Long season ahead.

How do you work that out???? We had plenty of chances, two off line, one disallowed. They have three chances and score three.

Yes it will be a long season, 46 games long ffs.

Glostergull · Post by **Glostergull** » 17 Aug 2013, 16:56

I second that. Spot on

Wisconsin_gull · Post by **Wisconsin_gull** » 17 Aug 2013, 16:59

Plenty of time chaps...

at 1-3 I think I would have probably put Super Sullivan on for 15minutes of blood and thunder...

tktufc91 · Post by **tktufc91** » 17 Aug 2013, 16:59

Not panicking just yet. The ref was a total w****r. Listening on the Oxford commo (which was brilliant I must say. Non biased and felt sorry for us with some shocking refereeing) we had plenty of chances, but failed to put them away and oxford took theirs very well indeed.

We have a tough month ahead and really need to bounce back at Northampton.

Glostergull · Post by **Glostergull** » 17 Aug 2013, 17:03

Oh well. Another one to mark down to experience. I will be down to Plainmoor for the HArtlepools game and hopefully Pompey in JPT too if pos if I can lengthen my stay there.

gullintwoplaces · Post by **gullintwoplaces** » 17 Aug 2013, 17:10

hector wrote:Shocking by all accounts. 2pts from 9. Long season ahead.

Jeez man, is there something wrong with you? Were you there? Same old, same old eh?

brucie · Post by **brucie** » 17 Aug 2013, 17:23

Fonda- it is going to be a bloody long season that's for sure - because at the moment we are garbage.
So far we have:

Somehow scraped a point against a Wimbledon side (who apparently are much better than last season) - oh yes remind me how they got on today - beaten by the mighty Exeter.

Scraped a point against Morecambe - who are also bloody awful. Saved by the post in injury time.

Fluked a 1-0 loss against Swindon.

Got hammered today by the first half decent side we played.

There appears to be have been a massive draw down on the home support today. Thats from a promising crowd of 3500 in the first match against WImbledon. The reason for that crowd was that there was some (misplaced) optimism.

It didn't take long to drain away though. No doubt we will get FL on soon telling us how we should have won 7-1.

We have no cover in central defence and are all over the shop at the moment. As someone else said is it too early to send for Martin LIng. What a let down the start to the season has been.

yellowmonkey · Post by **yellowmonkey** » 17 Aug 2013, 17:24

just got back, first time in Bristows bench and what a waste of 21 quid. Ref must have been an oxford supporter!!!

ggggg · Post by **ggggg** » 17 Aug 2013, 17:34

well the only thing missing was the referee's mum, so we could stick the referee back up her and get a refund! same goes for the lino! how much does it cost to bribe an official?

divingbboy · Post by **divingbboy** » 17 Aug 2013, 17:40

Referee was an utter, utter twunt. I wish plague and pestilence upon him and all his family.

chunkygull · Post by **chunkygull** » 17 Aug 2013, 17:43

DONT PANIC!

looking at the positives, many have said this week that they expected to lose this one, oxford have come flying out of the traps whilst we had an injury and suspension in 2 key areas, some were even predicting a heavy defeat.

well its out of the way now and whats done is done. it sounds like we didnt play too badly and gave oxford a good game with the scoreline not reflecting the match.

all the stats were in our favour, we had more shots, corners and overall possession. pretty much everything oxford hit went in the net. it sounds like we had a tw@t of a referee that didnt help matters either.

maybe today was just one of those unlucky days where it all went against us.

the negative apart from losing 1-3 is that we dont appear to have much back up if a few players are missing. it sounds like cruise needs a run at left back but obviously today he couldnt because he was at right back covering tonge. why couldnt a player like mansell with experience of that position played there today.

to say we would miss him too much in midfield is a slap in the face to lathrope and craig surely. all 4 of our cental midfielders should be good enough but knill clearly doesnt rate those 2 much, but if they are not deemed as good enough to get a game even as just a stop gap then why are they here.

even without a lay off from injury would benyon be a first choice ahead of ball or hawley? so we have no excuse about injuries being a problem really. would it have hurt to give sullivan a go, even with 15 mins left. he scored a few in pre season and by all accounts, sounds like the one in the midweek friendly was a cracker.

its very early days yet, it does sound like we were really unlucky and 1-3 was harsh but it could be time to change it up, stop just playing favourites and make some brave and bold decisions mr knill.

coley in stripes · Post by **coley in stripes** » 17 Aug 2013, 17:43

Chill out please

. Patience means 10 -15 games not 3. We don't have the luxury of buying success so it's going to take time to jell with what we have, which will cost us the loss of 'silly points' on the way

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