Torquay Thread.

I mentioned it at the start of the season that i couldnt see us drawing many games,and still feel the same way.
Cookys style is very offensive,and encourages defenders to join in.
This can create you chances,but also leave you exposed if you lose possession.
We had enough of the ball on saturday (59%),more than any of our previous games,but they had done there homework,and countered us at pace.
A big fella up front,and willing runners,will cause problems to any team.
What concerned me most was our lack of pace to deal with this,and numerous times they went past us too easily.
Thought we would have pinned them back in the second half,but they were well organised and there centre back was excellent,never missing an header.
There wasnt much in the teams to be honest,they performed,we didnt,simple really.
 
I'm a bit late, I know, but I've been mulling over Saturday's performance (sic). I can only hope it was an aberration. I've never seen so many players on the same team have such a stinker in the same game. With one or two exceptions it was the worst I've seen Stanley play since.....Farnborough, and I recall they got a point there. The omens seemed bad before the start. In the warm up Dunbavin looked like he was in a real grump, few if any of the other lads were smiling, and then Torquay presented Howe with their Player of the Month award; this the guy who last season undid Stanley's efforts withone touch of class.
6-1 would not have flattered Torquay.
On the brighter side, I thought Dixon was a revelation, and must be worthy of more match time. And Sampson was a class above, admittedly probably not being played to full effect.
I also have concerns about loan players but only where they don't seem to add anything to the team. Sampson seems like he will be a good addition, but that can't be said for all the loanees. There seem to be too many getting games that are simply no better than those on the books. But it's a long season.
 
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... there seem to be too many getting games that are simply no better than those on the books. But it's a long season.
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that's always been my worry about loanees. One or two here and there (or as and when required) are fine and add to the team, but our 'strength in depth' is due to the 8 loan players (two gone) abd how up for it are they? They aren't particularly playing for their careers and would still have chance to impress their own bosses when they get back to their clubs ... meanwhile our own players start to get demoralised when they aren't getting a chance. Charlie Barnett is someone that we all know, Cooky knows and Coley knew, has summat about him. He wasn't quite right so didn't get any game time until Chesterfield ..."go out there son and win your shirt back" he played his best game in a long long time but hasn't featured at all since, not even a sub appearance. Apologies if he's injured. Are Whichelow or Mingoia better than Hatfield or Barnett? Is Schofield that much better than Miller? Are we going to play a striker with pedigree on the left wing (Sampson) or is free scoring Podge going to rotate with two loanees?

Doing a great job so far is Cooky and he knows his squad better than we do ... but I hope the loanee numbers don't come back to bite us ove rthe stretch of the season.
 
Agree 100% macca,but there will be a reason Cooky has chosen this route.
Looking at most of the loan players we have or had will probably get released at the end of the season,and the clubs who have had them on loan tend to get first bite at signing them.
Regarding the playing side,i have alway been a 4-3-3 man,with one holding player.
Coley changing to this,and got us on a great run to the playoffs,but then again,your playing staff dictates your shape,and nobody will know better than Cooky and Liam.
Maybe its the start of Cooky building his own team and is looking to the future,now we have had a reasonable start and points on the board,i just dont know,whatever happens hes the manager and he stands/falls by his decisions.( i am still a big fan of his attacking style tho,its defo not boring !!)
 
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