NLS: Torquay United v Hampton & Richmond 3pm 25 August 2018

I promised Jon a nice positive post so after racking my brain I’ve managed to look on the bright side of today. The weather was great, and the pitch looks good. We did not pick up any new injuries and no red cards so no further depletion to our squad. Oh, Keating came on and hit the post and almost scrambled in another effort which just went wide.

But basically that was one of the worst games of football that I have ever seen Torquay play with very little goal threat and three goals in six games is relegation form not a team looking to get promoted! Sod the 10 games, the team is going backwards and in normal circumstances the manager would find himself in an unsustainable position.

Too depressed to give a match report but just a few points to make. Our defending was poor today. For the first goal, we had a chance to clear the ball but it was scuffed for a corner and then from that corner it should’ve been headed away but this was missed and hit the next defender to bounce back into the corner of the goal leaving Bass no chance. The second goal was also from a corner and the free header was so so easy to direct the ball into the net. Our passing was poor generally. Williams is a shadow of his former self and for the second home game contributed very little. One of the few good moves in the first half saw Banton pull out of a challenge from their number 5 in a promising position on the side-of the area and summed up the lack of energy and intensity in the first 45 minutes. Marginally better in the second half but very little for the crowd to get behind apart from the “We want Owers out!” chant......

I thought we had a stupendous defence? That soon went boobs up didnt it the opposition have worked out we shite already

Painful, humiliating, disjointed - a horrible performance from start to finish. There were serious chants of "we want Owers out" in the second half after we conceded the second goal. I sat in the Bristow Bench behind Owers in the second half. He says very little and at the final whistle with head down he made a sharpish exit to the changing rooms. It was a dreadful performance, Harrop was nowhere to be seen, and I just wish Owers would do the honorable thing and resign. This season is going nowhere under him and don't pretend things will get better. Owers could not turn things around last season and he won't this season either. His record as a manager over the years is average at best and he is clearly not the man to take our club forward. If anything, I felt pity for him today as whatever he tries seem to fail. Today we went four at the back and we were worse. Crowd today 1,571 with 52 away fans, sponsors MOTM Davis who has been one of our best players this season.

Our play was totally disjointed with players quick to argue and blame other team mates. It was quite an eye opener sat in the Bristow Bench in the front row observing the total shambles as pass after pass went astray. Keating provided the only bright spark of the game running on to a through ball on our right and hitting the far post with a decent effort. That was it excitement wise, there was no cohesion, little movement off the ball. Apart from the Keating's effort we never looked like scoring.

What is just as worrying is that with two decent defenders injured for some time, we were error prone in defence. Wynter and Essuman look weak links and we conceded 2 soft goals from corners. Their first goal was simply comical defending with the near post defender missing the ball and I believe the ball went straight in from the corner. Their second goal was a free header from a corner. The longer the game went on the more ragged we got with players frequently not taking responsibility with their poor decision making and instead were blaming others. I have time for Cameron at the back and Hall in midfield as they are both vocal and show leadership qualities. Williams, who was substituted in the second half, is no captain and should be relieved of his duties. None of our attackers anticipate and get into scoring positions. So many of our crosses floated over with no-one there.

There is no team spirit there, we are so slow and lumbering in our build ups. Owers has to take responsibility and in my opinion do the honourable thing and resign before this season is another disaster. We have had nearly a season of Owers in charge now and I see no sign of him improving our club. I have nothing personally against him and he played the game at a high level and is a football man. But he is clearly no leader or motivator and need to move on for everyones benefit, including his!

Steve what you say may be true but it doesn't change the fact that Alan is the consummate, complete prick! he's beyond arrogant and so self righteous that most people naturally hate the bloke! He makes it easy for you too want to hate him, he's his own worse enemy!

Can't really add much to what Pete and Swanny have written.

For me it was game which must rank as one of the worst in our history and I'm sure with Gary 'I haven't got a clue' Owers in charge there's worse to come.

Hampton like Bath and to a certain extent East Thurrock played the ball well and had an idea of how to pass the ball, good tactics etc.and if they could shoot better we would be winless.

Hampton had a barndoor of a CF which surely proves that's the sort of player required.

We still haven't got a clue what to do, full stop.

Coming soon local derbies with buckland athletic and i am not joking either