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terrygull wrote: ↑18 Feb 2018, 10:51with everybody 100% behind the plan . Anybody not behind the plan will need to be removed.

terrygull wrote: ↑18 Feb 2018, 10:51 “Success is not permanent , failure is not fatal :
it is the courage to continue that counts.”

Winston Churchill

We have a battle ahead of us . One that we can’t avoid or
Postpone . There are 2 outcomes possible . We stay up or we get relegated


We have no other option at this time , other than to stick together . No amount of criticism or challenge will help now. What we need to do is this:

1/ We need to INTERRUPT this feeling that we can’t escape , we can , this is a fact . Let’s act on facts and not act on fears . Fear can bring out behaviours that just are not going to help us in this situation. I do understand why some comments that are unhelpful come from a genuine love for the club, but a negative reaction can be just a lack of emotional intelligence that comes from a loss or a fear of losing our status . However , we need to be emotionally intelligent at this critical time and be ruthless with our decisions, planning and execution of our plan with everybody 100% behind the plan . Anybody not behind the plan will need to be removed.
2/ We need to IGNITE every player, coach, administrator, employee of TUFC and every supporter to give confidence and belief to the team and show them how much we want them to win . A team will not win without
a game plan for every game and a confidence and belief .
3/ We need to IMAGINE that we are going to escape until a time when it is mathematically impossible . Currently , it is mathematically possible . We need intellectual, physical and emotional support to go into games and execute whatever game plan will get 3 points . It doesn’t matre how we play, all that matters is 3 points . In diving terms, we don’t need a “twist” or a “pike” if a
“Bombing” will win the game .
4/ We need to make the right IMPACT and have the positive IMPACT both on and off the pitch .
We all have a choice whether to contribute a positive or a negative IMPACT .
I choose to have a positive one , because only positivity will get the result I know WE ALL REALLY WANT.
Together we are strong .

hector wrote: ↑18 Feb 2018, 12:41 Don’t tell us what we need to do to be considered a fan of TUFC.


Don’t tell us to support the malevolent forces that are this club's undoing.

As for a game plan, Owers is out of his depth. A manager doesn’t have such a spectacularly unsuccessful managerial career for no reason.

terrygull wrote: ↑18 Feb 2018, 13:37The facts are, I said I believe our best chance of survival is to support the team . That is my opinion . If your opinion is that you , at this time , think that focusing on the owner and his motives will be helping the team avoid relegation to the National League South , then you are perfectly entitled to have that opinion and to share that .
I don’t agree with you and that is why I posted my opinion on the forum . So , I am not “telling “ you how to support the team , I am offering my opinion .

merse btpir wrote: ↑18 Feb 2018, 14:50 Focusing on the owner and his motives have no effect on what happens on the pitch whatsoever!

Whatever is discussed on forums have no effect either on what is or isn't produced on the pitch. What is or isn't produced on the pitch is the remit of those who have no interest at all in the general welfare or future of the club. Players and management are not fans, nor supporters; they are not a constant factor of a club as supporters are and yet they are the ones constantly failing in their roles......

This rubbish has been being produced for five years at least now and is the direct result of incompetence in appointing the wrong people to manage; the managers to recruit the necessary quality to produce a result and at the end of the day they leave the club in ruins and **** off to their next gig whether it's in Halifax or the TV pitch side environment.

When the history of the ownership is as clear as a pikestaff and yet a significant proportion of the support choose to close their eyes to it or bury their heads ostrich like in the sand; then is it any wonder that the club is falling downwards and downwards?

There are clubs that are reasonably successful who are being fattened up by malevolent ownership for their own agenda; this club is being set up like a sitting duck by an ownership with as terrible record in sports mismanagement as it is possible to imagine AND it is failing alarmingly on the pitch with a regularity it is hard to imagine.

I repeat; supporting a football team in a match and being aware of just what is going on in the background are two very different entities.

goody2449 wrote: ↑18 Feb 2018, 16:14 I notice you haven't chipped into the post about the match yesterday, is that because you weren't there, haven't a clue about it until you watch the highlights on tv?? some fan u are!!!

stefano wrote: ↑18 Feb 2018, 16:27 What an ignorant comment. He has been watching Torquay United home and away since 1960. He lives in London a 400 miles return trip from Plainmoor. Until his health deteriorated he was watching Torquay home and away so making that 400 miles journey every couple of weeks. Now he is more restricted he gets to as many away games as he can comfortably reach given his health and his family responsibilities. Pretty good fan in my view!

goody2449 wrote: ↑18 Feb 2018, 16:32 A good fan I'm sure he is. but to continue to harp on about the politics of the club and previous managers at every opportunity is mindless nonsense!!!!

Again, im entitled to my opinion as you are yours!

terrygull wrote: ↑18 Feb 2018, 10:51 “Success is not permanent , failure is not fatal :
it is the courage to continue that counts.”

Winston Churchill

We have a battle ahead of us . One that we can’t avoid or
Postpone . There are 2 outcomes possible . We stay up or we get relegated


We have no other option at this time , other than to stick together . No amount of criticism or challenge will help now. What we need to do is this:

1/ We need to INTERRUPT this feeling that we can’t escape , we can , this is a fact . Let’s act on facts and not act on fears . Fear can bring out behaviours that just are not going to help us in this situation. I do understand why some comments that are unhelpful come from a genuine love for the club, but a negative reaction can be just a lack of emotional intelligence that comes from a loss or a fear of losing our status . However , we need to be emotionally intelligent at this critical time and be ruthless with our decisions, planning and execution of our plan with everybody 100% behind the plan . Anybody not behind the plan will need to be removed.
2/ We need to IGNITE every player, coach, administrator, employee of TUFC and every supporter to give confidence and belief to the team and show them how much we want them to win . A team will not win without
a game plan for every game and a confidence and belief .
3/ We need to IMAGINE that we are going to escape until a time when it is mathematically impossible . Currently , it is mathematically possible . We need intellectual, physical and emotional support to go into games and execute whatever game plan will get 3 points . It doesn’t matre how we play, all that matters is 3 points . In diving terms, we don’t need a “twist” or a “pike” if a
“Bombing” will win the game .
4/ We need to make the right IMPACT and have the positive IMPACT both on and off the pitch .
We all have a choice whether to contribute a positive or a negative IMPACT .
I choose to have a positive one , because only positivity will get the result I know WE ALL REALLY WANT.
Together we are strong .