National League 20/21 and 21/22 squad

Just posted On the torquayfans.com.
Kalvin Kalala has been training with the club and is about to resign.

Whether there's any truth in this is another matter.

I can understand KK is not everyone's cup of tea but personally I would love to see him return and would make sense if he's still living in the area. GJ I'm pretty sure was disappointed when he didn't re-sign.
The natural ability he possesses is extremely hard to come by at our level and he created and scored some cracking goals for us in his time here and on his day a fantastic entertainer.

For Garry to pick up decent players to bolster the squad at this time of year is a difficult task and I think this would make total sense as both parties know each other and whats required and would be another very decent body to have around.

When he was good he was very, very good; but he was bad he was just awful.
Maybe he's learnt something in the interim and can turn himself around. That said I will take this with a little pinch of salt at the moment given that the post on the kiddies was by someone who had just joined the forum to make that one post.I

plainmoorpete  

There are occasional games when a player struggles to get into it, and I always felt Billy Bodin had a tendency to either be Man of the Match or fairly anonymous, and rarely anything in between. But as Pete indicates, Kalala could give a whole new meaning to off days. If he had a day when he wasn't interested, then it really was like playing with 10 men. Yet there's no denying his immense natural skills with the ball, and when he was on song witnessing his performance was worth the admission money alone.

Prime example in my mind was always that April 2019 clash at Woking, when we were 3-1 down, and it had already reached the 76th minute before we withdrew the disinterested Kalala and put on a sub ..... suddenly it transformed the match into a proper 11 v 11 battle. We could put the pressure on, scored in the 80th minute, Gerring cracked under the onslaught and got sent off in the 86th minute, and we hit the equaliser to give us a 3-3 draw in the 90th minute. Another 10 minutes and we would have won it. We'd handicapped ourselves for the first 76 minutes, and what a transformation from the moment that was rectified and we had all 11 players committed to getting back into the game.

A exhibition match, a testimonial, even if he was in the opponents team I'd go along hoping to see the old talented Kalala, but unless it's guaranteed he's had a drastic change in mental approach as to the effort he's willing to commit to the cause, then I wouldn't take the gamble of re-signing him.

Just think how strong we would be if we also had his talents to draw upon.

Yes I saw this Rob. Nothing confirmed but looks highly likely.
Article here from Football Insider. www.footballinsider247.com/exclusive-club-agree-to-sign-crystal-palace-striker/

Well regarded at Palace and signed a pro contract in the summer so must have something about him.
At just 19 he will undoubtedly be compared to our own starlet Olaf who I personally believe is not yet ready for the high tempo rigors of a competitive and very physical National league.

GJ will move if he feels the need - no way will he willingly let our league advantage slip if he has the resources.

I think that's the question a lot of supporters of afraid of asking.

I am wondering if the Covid outbreak at Palace has delayed the Robert Street loan. Hopefully we will see him in a Torquay shirt soon. Looks like a good addition.