FL2: Torquay Utd v Plymouth 19 Nov 2011

Typical shite management from the club as normal. Ok we are not selling tickets on Saturday morning so lets close the office early on Friday night. Whats the revenue for selling 200 tickets? £3500 +.
Can't even be bothered to respond to the other comments. Toss pot gull is off again. Sooo predictable. Sooooo boring.

Plymouth have brought in another player on a short term contract - Maxime Blanchard - a Frenchman formerly at Tranmere in league 1 before being released by them at the end of last season. A bit of a utility player and can play in defence or as a holding midfielder which I suspect is where he may play tomorrow.

Slowly, Plymouth have strengthened their side over the week but again it is a tough ask for them to be able to slot in and gel together in a feisty Derby game. I am looking forward to this one now.

Well, ticket office is now closed but it will still be a crowd of over 4000 and last season for normal league games that only happened during the last two matches when we were gunning for the play offs! Still an occasion to look forward to, despite not being a sell out showing how tough economic conditions are at the moment.

the harsh reality is some people just havent got the cash at present,everyone is feeling the pinch in one degree or another.But onwards we march too 3pm tomorrow,and hopefully stuff em,no mercy even in their present plight

I promise I will behave and am travelling up with an Argyle fan (who has an Away End ticket) so will instruct him to behave too!

It's been a long, long wait to get one over Argyle and we certainly did it in style today! Our three second half goals were of the highest quality as the Gulls were rampant. As a nearby friend said O'Kane's second goal will live long in the memoery, in fact it was one of THE great moments that Plainmoor has witnessed over the years. Very few players would have the skill and vision to chip the ball over their keeper out-of-the-blue from outside the penalty area. Crowd disappointingly 3,983, over 1,000 PLymouth fans packed the away end, sponsors MOTM O'Kane which was never in doubt.

As I approached the ground today around 2.30pm there was a great expectant buzz around the place with lots of Argyle fans mingling. There was a fair police presence around as well both outside and in the ground. The Argyle fans were in good voice but the Yellow army found their voice just before kick-off. The old grandstand is now totally flattened and no-where to be seen.

Plymouth soon imposed themselves and showed plenty of commitment and edge the battle. There was only one clear chance in the first half when Plymouth were clear on goal on their right. Olejnik parried the shot strongly away. Torquay created little but did not get the chance to settle and you have to commend Plymouth for that. It was difficult to get any rhythm in such a frantic pace. There were hints of us getting our passing game together but players like Stevens were typically dwelling too long on the ball and losing possession. At the back Ellis was again in commanding form. So 0-0 half-time and it was a pretty horrible stop-start game to watch. Saah limped off after getting booked in a challenge and was replaced by Robertson.

With Torquay kicking towards their preferred Family stand, we took the lead 2 minutes into the second half. Following a strong run by Howe on the right he pulled the ball back. The ball broke loose outside the penalty area to O'Kane who hit an unstoppable shot low into the corner of the net - a wonderful strike. O'Kane's second two minutes later was even better! There seemed no danger until O'Kane on the ball about 35 yards out spotted Larrieu off his line. O'Kane's chip was inch perfect and just dipped under the crossbar. Poor old Larrieu just stood and watched in horror. 2-0 and Torquay were well in command with the Arygle fans silent at the other end. Torquay were attacking with purpose and Arygle were no match and looked there for the taking. Stevens set up O'Kane through on goal and just put the ball wide when he seemed certain to get his hat-trick. Stevens made no mistake from a jinking run and placed it passed Larrieu.

It was one-way traffic and Torquay were now looking a quality side. Plymouth did get a consolation from a move down their left that was finished off at close range. That did wake their fans up a bit and Plymouth gave it a bit of a go in the last 10 minutes. But Torquay's second half performance deserved their win and showed there is a fair gulf between the two sides.

This was a great afternoon to savour and exorcised some ghosts of having to settle to be second best for the last 39 years against Argyle. It was capped by one of THE great goals I have witnessed. All in all a rather satisfying afternoon! I just wished more home fans could have made the effort. These sort of experiences don't happen too often. Surely we won't have to wait another 39 years?

I can only agree in full with the reports above - although I thought Eunan was more like 30/35 yards out when he fired is beauty over the concrete-booted Larrieu!

In addition to the other posts, I thought Morris looked good when he came-on - couple this with his involvement in two of the goals at Chesterfield last week he might just be starting to come good.

Eunan, Rene and Ellis will get a lot of the plaudits today, but two players that deserve excellent credit in dispatches today were Lathrope and Stevens. Lathrope doesn't have the silky long range passes, tight dribbling skills and an eye for goal but I thought he was very good today and excellent at carrying-out what are obviously his instructions - he marks the opposition well both on a man-to-man basis and zonally, he shows excellent awareness of positioning, he works hard to make himself available and often is the key to cutting-out the opposition attacks by standing-up and getting tight to his man. He doesn't make the spectacular slinding tackle so often because he doesn't need to - he has been a great competitor and I think that we are really starting to see that there is a decent defensive midfielder there.

Stevens ha vastly improved this season in terms of his effectiveness - I don't think that he will ever win-over some of the usual idiots on the Pop who seemed to be on his back from the second he ran the ball out of play early-on, but when he runs through the middle and stretches the opposition defence, he really can cause them problems. I'm glad he got the goal today that his performance merited. He is well worthy of his place in the starting line-up at the moment - and whilst the touchline managers on the Pop Side seem to berate him for 'not having a left foot', I think that if he had the same ability with his left foot he could be playing at a higher level.