FL2: Torquay United v Shrewsbury 12 March

well woke up this morning with a fuzzy head,to much falling down juice last night,ha ha,well wot a week we have had,the ups and downs of being a gulls fan,i now honestly believe we will make the play offs.even with the hard fixtures coming up against the so called better teams in our league,which we seem to do better against,the end of season is going to be a rollercoaster for us all,so am really looking forward to the ride,ha ha,alas only be able to make it to the last LEAGUE game at rotheram,and of course the play off at old trafford,yeah you sre saying dont be so stupid simon,but am positive we can do this,and make it a season to remember for all of us.....simon

I don’t think any TUFC fan saw what ended up as a five nil thrashing against the team in third place in the league coming. But anyone who saw our second half display against Stevenage would have known that when we play the good passing game and do all we can to keep the ball in the opposition half, we stand a very good chance of scoring goals and winning games.

Shrewsbury certainly are a good side and did look dangerous in the very early part of the game, so I don’t think it was the case we just beat a very poor side. As I said in my match report we just outworked them, out fought them and also outplayed them all over the pitch.

After Benyon left us for pastures new, I wrote a post where I said I felt we had more goals us in the second half of the season than the first half of it. This was based on playing Billy kee, Jake Robinson and Zebs in advanced positions as they all have goals in them.

My post was made before the arrival this week of two new loan strikers and what was so clear in yesterdays match was he had five players in advanced positions that are all capable of scoring goals. Add Stanley who will shoot if he gets the opportunity and it’s clear to see we now have a side that does have lots of goals in it.

Paul Buckle can go on all he wants about playing one up front as was the case when Benyon was here, is not negative, but as far as I’m concerned it is and believe me its not what home fans want to watch or pay hard earned money to watch either.

I also wrote another post where I used the word INTENT. A word as far as being a fan of any football club is important. It was very clear to see real INTENT to win yesterday’s game and fans warm to that and will come back for more of the same believe me.

I’m not suggesting we have never ever not tried to win every game we have played in, but I do feel in many games that wonderful INTENT we saw against Shrewsbury has not been so evident and in some games where we just looked like we were far to happy and content to accept a single point from the game.

We have talked so many times about how to get lost fans back, well the answer really is to get the product right on the pitch first and foremost. Good entertaining football played the way it was meant to be played (have I ever said that before) is what football fans will be happy to pay for and come and watch week after week.

Yes we will always have to work harder to compete with the much bigger clubs who get much bigger gates and have far more money coming into their club. Add in our location and we then also know the problems we do have getting players to come down here.

I was never a real lover of the lone system, much preferring to see the side that starts the season finish it. But I now know it’s the way it has to be at a club our size and it does allow us to add that extra quality that we really can’t afford.

At the end of the day it really is all about winning, it’s all about providing good entertaining football even at the risk of losing a game or two or even three. When fans make the effort to go to games and part with their money, they want to see their team especially at home matches, putting on a show such as the one we witnessed yesterday.

We are not going to see many five nil wins at home no matter how well we play or how much we keep the ball in the oppositions half and not in ours, but play with that sort of INTENT and desire and the word will get around we are not the same old same old Torquay United and one by one those lost fans will return.

Anyone remember Rochdale last season, the catalyst for the unbeaten/ no-one can score against us run? Is it happening again?

hi mate,yeah havent forgotten the points deduction mate,still confident we will make play offs,and the mrs says HIIIIIIIIIIIIII

We win 5-0, they only have one shot on target and Chelston makes one of our defenders man of the match . Well i wasnt there so take it they were all over us and we just got 5 on the break.