NL: Torquay United v Wealdstone 3pm 11 March 2023

The problem is we have to play like that simply to remain in the game let alone win them.

We have ten games left - we need to win around 3 to catch the teams above us without them winning plus win when they do. Probably at least 6 wins are needed so a win percentage of 60% when so far our win percentage is just over 19%. Those ten games include 4 against teams who are in the play-off places with one the runaway leaders. It’s pretty much futile because our team includes so many players who are (un)fit for purpose. Our squad is probably weaker than it’s been at any point during this season which is saying something, although to be fair to Nico Lawrence, he is potentially the best player who has played for us this season.

The winner was inevitable if you watch Torquay. For a neutral watching that game, then it could easily have gone either way but if you watch Torquay, you knew a winner was coming at some point. It always does,

How did it all go so wrong?

Its the only question that really needs to be asked stig and many of us could whine on for page after page trying explain. But with no explanation coming from the football club we can only guess. As knowledgeable football fans and supporters we could all see from the very start of this season and even the friendlies how far the standard of players had dropped. A combination of our better players not wanting to continue being at a club with no prospect of investment in the team and no ambition to improve and aim higher. They for sure would have had inside knowledge of the obvious budget cuts and wanted away. We plugged the gaps with a lucky dip pick and mix of substandard und unproven footballers who came on the cheap. Garry Johnson had no option other than to agree to the sittuation. He didn't want another move at his stage of life and no doubt believed he could pull off some magic in the transfer market and make another silk purse out of a sows ear, after all he did it when be first arrived. He inherited many good players the first time and only had to tweek the tactics and get them playing while adding one or two from his then sons club in Bristol. Remember the players he inherited for that division? Now look at the players he's taking us back down with. In a few weeks he will likely be gone though im not certain of that will be the case as the owner likes his front man who protects him from the public and gives nothing away in interview. So basically we can only guess and assume the owners pulled the plug on finances which most of us guessed was the case and Garry lost his magic wand when his son got the sack We wont be back at this level for a very long time if ever and sadly i thought the same when we last squandered our FL status. There you have it, my opinion for what its worth. We're now left with a club with no genuine football ambition that will soon be held to ransom and who are in massive debt to its anonymous owners who very likely want out. Happy days 😂

Agree with those thoughts. Not a fan of Donnelan really. He wouldn’t have been near the team two years ago or even last season and reminds of Steve Pugh from the 80s: a player who was poor really but because everyone around him was even worse, he didn’t look too bad.