FAT SF 2nd leg Torquay United v Wrexham 3pm 28th Feb 15

Very worrying - whilst I was not able to get to the game today it would appear to have been as stunning as the Braintree (away) match which was one of the most inept displays I have seen for decades. The paradox is how did this bunch of players manage to eek out some of their better results this season and yet be so drab when it matters? Answers on a postcard! The only consolation today being we still would have lost even if we had won 3-1 last week! Troubled times ahead I think.

From what I witnessed on the Popside hot head Angus MacDonald should be sacked. Totally unprofessional.
Though if the team were instructed to play that way the manager who by this time will have lost the dressing room, has to take some responsibility for his actions.
Go get a job in Tescos Angus that's the real world pal.

Should we really be surprised what happened today? For months our league form has been poor, up until the semi-final we've had the easiest draws we could wish for in the FA Trophy and we could not even reach the first round proper of the FA Cup. Our FA Trophy run has masked our dreadful performance overall this season. From our management down, we are simply not good enough. Today we hardly had a shot on target and once we conceded our whole game fell apart. Crowd a really good 3,255 with 372 from Wrexham, sponsors MOTM Downes - well at least he tries. I thought the only other player to come out today with credit was a solid performance by Rice in goal.

It was a decent atmosphere today and the home crowd was doing their bit with some good chanting and lots of yellow on show. With Wrexham supporters also vocal the game was all set up nicely for a decent cup-tie. I was very impressed with Wrexham's solid defence and in the first half they coped comfortably with our attacks. Likewise Torquay were rarely troubled in the first half but Torqauy had to show the initiative. Loanee Campbell did lose his marker well to get clear in the penalty area but badly scuffed his shot. Likewise Bowman had a couple of half chances but did not test their keeper. Torquay's main problem all afternoon was in central midfield where Luke Young was totally out-of-sorts and Richards might have won some tackles but his distribution was poor. Ajala on the left wing had little time on the ball and McQuilkin on the right wing did some tidy link up play with right back Guegen and crosses but not much else. There was no-one on the end of the crosses and strikers Bowman and Campbell had little impact all match. The bottom line is that Torquay did not have one shot on target in the first half.

Torquay had to up their game in the second half but it was not forthcoming. Chappel came on for McQuilkin but Wrexham got the vital breakthrough in controversial circumstances. Downes was adjuged to have handled the ball outside the penalty area on our left when it was more a case of ball to hand. In swung the free-kick and a Wrexham player got his head first to put the ball past Rice. We have let in so many goals from these sort of free-kicks and corners this season and in truth we always look vulnerable from them. On came Briscoe and O'Archie for for Campbell and Ajala but instead of rallying around Torquay capitulated big style. Wrexham sliced through Torquay on our left and in went goals 2 and 3 in similiar circumstances. Loads of home fans poured out of the ground after the 2nd. and 3rd. goals and Torquay resembled a disjointed mess. Some Popsiders were having a go at the players and McDonald foolishly responded to them and Downes had to drag MacDonald away - all this as the game was going on. There was no leadership from the dug-out or from the players. Young is no captain and showed a lack of discipline instead to add to his woeful performance today as a player. Boos rang out at the end with just a few home fans sympathetically clapping our players off the pitch.

Well done to Wrexham, they were very solid, had a bit of know-how and knew how to finish. We had one shot on target, an Ives cross come shot that their keeper had to back pedal and tip over the bar. It could have been a flukey goal. Our whole club is really at rock bottom and at least today after this heavy defeat people attached to the club can face the truth. Our performances over the last few months simply have not merited a place in a cup final. Where do we go from here? Now that is a difficult one. Personally I think the experiment of raw yougnsters is not working and we need to look more to hardened pros. The same could be said of our management team but we are stuck with them for the foreseeable future. More tough times ahead I'm afraid.

Didnt even bother going dog and duck stuff again it seems and we need 3 wins to guarantee tinpot again next year it isnt beyond the realms of possibilty that this lot are incapable of doing that we are fast becoming a joke

If Hargreaves was to consider resigning - which I doubt he is - I'm sure it would be unlikely that he would tear up his contract and go without any recompense. A deal would have to be struck.

The last two appointments have been made by people without any footballing nous, playing to the crowd. Perhaps with Kelvin Thomas involved, there would be a more measured approach to any new appointment, in the unlikely event that CH & TUFC parted company.

Mcdonald should be shown the door now,along with at least 10 others including clueless Hargreaves.So much is wrong at the club now,i doubt it can be sorted out very easily.So many good professional people have been got rid of and not replaced.The place has no soul no good feel about it,a far cry from our first season back in the league not so long ago.
No 100 mile round trips for me for a home game anymore,the club have now got to prove to me and others i suspect that they can get us running as a professional outfit on and off the pitch.But i sadly suspect it wont happen,as nobody is listening,the fans will vote with their feet,which will add to the ludicrous debt already mounting.Never in our history have we incurred such large alleged debts,as now,which is now looking as poor as the dave webb era rubbish we had to endure.Does anybody have a clue about anything they do at plainmoor?tragedy for the fans who have had to endure some crap for far too many years