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I agree that we will miss Branston. He was a leader and that is something that we'll need to replace. But as Fonda said, on the field, he is replaceable. More than replaceable in my opinion.

There are plenty of players out there that could do the same job on the field that Branston did. Don't get me wrong, he was brilliant for us, and improved us immensly, so I'm not putting him down, I just believe that he is replaceable.

We already have one his name is Mark Ellis

Mark Ellis is NOT a replacement for Branston.

He might well have ability but that doesn't equate to a Branston

I was a big Ellis fan,however a couple of things got me thinking,i remember his perform ance home to Oxford with out Branno next to him,were sadly to me Ellis played like a wandering jellyfish,i then stood behind the goal at Buckland at the devon bowl match and heard Bevan constantly shouting at Ellis to stop wandering or get back in position,which was embarrasing considering there was a youth teamer playing who Bevan bearly had to shout out once.

I hope i am wrong ,however i am now not so sure Ellis is as good as i once thought.

Great message from Guy:

THANKS for all your epic games for us!

Guy Branston 15 June at 07:33
Thanks so much its a great thing to think I've done this well at Torquay . The club its self is a very good club and well run . Its on the up . keep the faith

Facebook post:

Thanks Torquay Fans for Everything . The messages, Ive got have been so nice . Torquay football club a lovely club ran by lovely people , who went out of there way to keep me . But Massive clubs don't ring every day !!! So had to do it . Up the Gulls . And here i come Jackos barmy army .

JamieE wrote:Facebook post:

Thanks Torquay Fans for Everything . The messages, Ive got have been so nice . Torquay football club a lovely club ran by lovely people , who went out of there way to keep me . But Massive clubs don't ring every day !!! So had to do it . Up the Gulls . And here i come Jackos barmy army .

I don't about 'massive'...perhaps somebody should have reminded him that he was in the Torquay side that won 3-0 up there just 3 months ago...

but Guy has conducted himself brilliantly throughout his time with us, so no hard feelings and hope he has 44 great games next season

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He's now captain there.

That should see a few red cards then
I can remember him saying he didn't want to be captain here as he didn't want to get involved with the ref
Good luck to him anyway

Branno in pink. Looking at the picture i will find it funny at plainmoor.

i miss Branstonbauer

I'm going to Leeds - Bradford in a couple of weeks, will be good to see the Pickler and then do a runner before it kicks off

According to me cousin (who supports Hull City) Branno was his man of the match in the friendly between the two sides. Will miss him...

Just seen Branno being interviewed on our local news LOOK NORTH about the pink kit in a piece on bradford and rotherham. Pink or claret and yellow it doesn't matter, Branno was a yellow and always will be!

Nice interview with The Pickler on the BBC Sport front page. Once again, he comes out of it very well and offers some nice thoughts about our Fan Base. Also a seemingly veiled dig at Buckle too.
A shame that his return to Plainmoor is so far away. He'll be getting a great reception - proof of how you leave a club with dignity.

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