FAC replay : Hampton & Richmond v Torquay Utd 18 Oct 22

See out of just one eye…that made I larf! 👁 

So the magic of the FA Cup happens again…the underdogs won! 

Ironically, with the help of the referee this time. Some lunatic on this site has been ranting on about changing the formation for ages, and as soon as we do we win…albeit a forced change! 

So could this now be the meteoric rise of TUFC/will the gaffer realise that change can be good/will Jon mention Moxey in his next post…I’ll give you one God damn guess! 🤔

I feel there's a common pattern regarding our continuing injury issues and also linked to our current dreadful disciplinary record.


1. A small limited squad means we cannot rotate players who may be carrying knocks. Basically they have to play and are sometimes brought back too soon.

2. Its a physical league and one or two of our first choice are prone to recurrent injuries due to age or historical injuries that undoubtedly effect their form and fitness.

3. The style and tempo of the managers game demands a high tempo committed effort from every player.

I feel this is the main culprit to injuries and suspensions.
Nous and old fashioned know how in games has been poor, positional sense, defending and basic technique etc but you cant say the players are not commited or putting in the effort.

When you look back over GJ's time here the injury situation has always been pretty dreadful.

With the demands on such a small and less talented squad, some who are not the greatest natural athletes and who overcommit physically, we ultimately pay the price in suspensions and long injury lay offs.

Wouldn't be surprised if our playing style also played a part in some of our, higher profile departures.

As regard Halstead noone has given a reason why he couldn't see out of one eye. That sounds potentially serious to me unless it was because he took a knock that made it swell.

Nobody has actually said Halstead couldn't see out of one eye except for Johnson in his post-match interview which implied that there was some sort of subterfuge going on. What, if we only had one keeper on the bench H&R would have tried to kick Lovett off the pitch? I am bemused by most of our manager's interviews, he seems to talk absolute guff or contradict himself at every opportunity.

If we talk all week that our (hypothetical) best player is injured, put him on the bench and then bring him on with 20 minutes gone, that is subterfuge (and a waste of a substitution). But I really cannot see how H&R were in any way bothered about us having a sub keeper on the bench.

1st round game Torquay United v Derby County will be live on ITV on Sunday 6 November 2022 with a 1500 kick off ⚽️