Hemel Hempstead Town v Torquay United, 23rd September 2023

[eddie6817]

Its obvious this team cannot defend high balls into the area and nothing has changed to address this problem since last season.

[desperado]

You have to ask why Gary Johnson is not addressing this ?
14 goals conceded in ten games , several teams have let in 14 but only 7 teams have conceded more.
This is costing us , I suppose he is thinking they will improve the more they play together , well it's it's not happening yet and how much longer is he going to let it go on ?

[Gullsandbeyond121]

You have to ask why Gary Johnson is not addressing this ?
14 goals conceded in ten games , several teams have let in 14 but only 7 teams have conceded more.
This is costing us , I suppose he is thinking they will improve the more they play together , well it's it's not happening yet and how much longer is he going to let it go on ?

14 goals conceeded if it was not for the Mark Halstead heroics it couls so easily have been 30+ goals conceeded is the reality.

[Cheddargull]

14 goals conceeded if it was not for the Mark Halstead heroics it couls so easily have been 30+ goals conceeded is the reality.

You know a team is crap when their best player is the goalkeeper.

[culmstockgull]

The united inteviewer after each game is never going to ask a difficult question, we know that, they are owned by the club, but dave thomas and devon live have people who can ask a question that will actually put johnson on the spot and make him answer a question that has not been fed to him before the interview. I cannot believe as someone has suggested Johnson thinks the players we have such as marshall, donnellan, tomlinson,mcgavin are going to improve by playing together, they will not, they have been here over a year. if they have not learnt the art of defendong or actually running in mdifeld as opposed to trotting everywhere they never will. Our problem is that there is no competition for positions, ash and jarvis will not lose any sleep, we have a youth forward player to cover injuries but never pressing for a start, back four other than hanson who can play at right back,we have a first year pro defender who often or not doesnt make the starting fifteen, midfield, are we actually placing all our eggs on hall and dawson to turn things around, dawson will need his own close season and numerous sub appearnace to come up to speed, Hall, place your bets and take your chances, I give him 6 games before he is injured again.
We are painfully thin on the ground.

[GULL 67]

Strangely, considering we are full time and they are part time, they looked fitter than us in the latter stages. I thought that we would be out pacing these part timers as the game wore on but it seems like us puffing as the game wears on.

[desperado]

It may not matter in the scheme of things but pretty dismal effort in the Devon Cup last night losing to Ivybridge, with 6 first team squad members playing.
Rhys Lovett, Dan Martin, Ryan Hanson, Luke Pearce, Finlay Craske and Callum Thomas.

[DB57]

It may not matter in the scheme of things but pretty dismal effort in the Devon Cup last night losing to Ivybridge, with 6 first team squad members playing.
Rhys Lovett, Dan Martin, Ryan Hanson, Luke Pearce, Finlay Craske and Callum Thomas.

But it does matter doesn’t it.
It’s indicative of where we are as a club. We have an owner who has no interest in football whatsoever, a management team who are unprofessional, sloppy and have
taken us to the depths of the NLS, and a squad of players who, overall, are a disgrace.
Failing to beat Ivybridge says it all and sums up exactly where we are and where we are heading

[Brixham63]

Devon Cup…poor effort from the club but a perfect place to run out Hall Dawson but nothing..are they that far away from playing they can’t be risked??…some information from the club would make me feel a little more confident. If it’s after Christmas before we can expect them back we could be in real trouble…assuming we can get at least 20 games out of them…and yes I know that’s a dangerous assumption.

[Cheddargull]

Devon Cup…poor effort from the club but a perfect place to run out Hall Dawson but nothing..are they that far away from playing they can’t be risked??…some information from the club would make me feel a little more confident. If it’s after Christmas before we can expect them back we could be in real trouble…assuming we can get at least 20 games out of them…and yes I know that’s a dangerous assumption.

Think I read somewhere that Dawson would be back around December time after recovering from his operation. Hall, haven't heard anything but even I didn't expect him to be out this long. Was it worth re-signing this pair?

[Gullsandbeyond121]

But it does matter doesn’t it.
It’s indicative of where we are as a club. We have an owner who has no interest in football whatsoever, a management team who are unprofessional, sloppy and have
taken us to the depths of the NLS, and a squad of players who, overall, are a disgrace.
Failing to beat Ivybridge says it all and sums up exactly where we are and where we are heading

Shameful result.
Down the road Exeter beat Luton for further monies, Plymouth on a roll after hitting 6 v Norwich it’s tough to swallow. We get turned over by Hemel and 6 first teamers can’t beat Ivybridge in the Insignificant Cup.
Next up the mighty Hungerford, surely it cannot get any worse..can it ?

[jono_Gull209]

Shameful result We played our u18s and don’t usually enter the Bowl. I’d worry more about the league.

[Taelee73]

It's a nothing competition, however without reserve team fixtures it would have been useful to give fringe players/those coming back from injury, some much needed minutes of football.

Yes it was an embarrassing result, we had first team players on the pitch!

Both Dawson and Hall were walking around unimpeded at the last home match. Dawson was meant to be back in October I heard, so don't know why December is being mentioned. I'd hope Hall will play a part on Saturday and hopefully Dawson in the next few weeks.

Who would offer a contract to a player who was known would be missing for the first 3 or 4 months of the season? Not with a limited budget and also the prospect of further potential injuries occurring.

[Wolborough]

Hungerford will be a tough game. If they hold us to a draw we would most likely get beaten away. Just hope we win on Saturday but not convinced our current performances give rise to optimism!

[Southampton Gull]

Shameful result.
Down the road Exeter beat Luton for further monies,.............

When they played a meaningless cup game,,,,,,