Sorry guys won't be updating story for a day or two because I have an A Level Psychology exam on wednesday I need to revise for otherwise i've got a feeling i'll fail lol.
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Johnstone's Paint Trophy - Second Round
Yeovil - V - Torquay
Formations: Yeovil (4-4-2) / Torquay (4-2-4)
Match Commentary:
Today's game should be interesting with both sides looking for Cup glory including a heated rivalry between the teams which should bring extra passion to the performance. The rain should also provide slip ups that both teams need to aware of so should be interesting. Anyway lets start the match.
1min: Torquay get the game underway.
4min: Dobie intercepts a Wroe pass in midfield, who then plys the ball right to Shroot, he tries a long 40 yd pass over the top of Uniteds defence... shame to much on it for Bond to get to.
5min: GOAL!!! Disaster strikes as Torquay keeper Poke fumbles the ball which drops for an easy finish for Bond.
6min: Torquay Kick-Off
9min: Hutchins plays a lovely one-two pass with Way, who then plays the ball down the line for Shroot who drives a first time cross into the box, cleared well by Ellis. Ball drops to Bond who lays of a good pass to Dobie who’s got space...
10min: GOAL!!! Dobie rifles in a well struck half volley, yeovil are all over torquay so far scoring 2 in quick succession.
11min: Torquay Kick-Off again
18min: Stevens gets the ball on the wing and strides forward in the rain, a few quick stepovers and surges past Jones he then puts in a low cross to the far post, cleared for a Corner.
Nicholson tries an out-swinging corner, which is cleared by Welsh who accidently heads it along his box, Ellis intercepts and lays of Wroe who unleashes a fierce drive at goal but his effort goes wide.
25min: Bond gets through on goal from a lovely long pass but blasts it straight at Poke who parries brilliantly. A wasted chance by Yeovil.
32min: Torquay bring on T.Thompson to replace Wroe and switch to a 4-4-2 formation and play Thompson in a AMC role rather than MC.
34min: Stevens dribbles past Jones yet again, he causes Yeovil all kinds of problems, he crosses to the far post and Topp connects with an adventurous diving header which is well held by Nelson. Great play by Stevens.
39min: Andy Welsh contiinues to use his pace on the wing and centres the ball, Shroot beats Nicholson to the header and is saved by Poke. Excellent Yeovil move there.
43min: A corner after a cleared interception from a long ball ahead of Sills. Nicholson aims his corner for near post, Carayol gets his head on it but the balls parried by Nelson...
44min: GOAL!!! Ellis applies an easy finish from a parried ball by Nelson. Torquay are back in with a chance now.
Half Time: Yeovil 2 - 1 Torquay Substitution: Bevan [ON] Poke [OFF]
46min: Yeovil Kick-Off
60min: Weksh skips past Rajkovic and passes along the ground for bond to run onto, Ellis intercepts but is re-tackled by Bond who shoots quickly, an excellent diving save from Bevan.
64min: The ball goes out for a throw, Hutchins takes and Way brings the ball forward and passes back to Jones who plays a deadly ball into the Torquay area for Welsh...
65min: GOAL!!! Welsh smacks in a delightful half volley. It looks like it could be all over for Torquay now.
66min: Torquay Kick-Off
68min: Nicholson tries a long throw into the box, Stevens gets on the end of it and finds space to tr ythe half volley, Nelson parries it back into play...
69min: GOAL!!! It bounces of the leg of Welsh and goes in for an own goal, Torquay have now got a lucky lifeline.
70min: Yeovil Kick-Off
78min: Rajkobic runs down the wing with the ball but he finds he can't go no further so passes down the line for an overlapping Nicholson who tries another low cross into the area. Topp is free of his marker...
79min: GOAL!!! Topp finishes perfectly after a Nicholson cross. A superb comeback for Torquay and a goal he'll never forget.
80min: Yeovil Kick-Off again
82min: Sills was fouled by Baggridge and is awarded a free-kick on the edge of the area, Nicho steps up to take it... ohhh just wide of the mark some goal that would've been.
Full Time - Penalties
Yeovil 3 - 3 Torquay
Torquay went on to win 6-5 after some nerve-wracking penalties as Nicholson missed Torquays second Penalty so Yeovil were leading 3-1 but on the finishing penalty Stam blazed his over the bar and Prutton drew us level at 4-4. Bevan then went on to save from Baggridge as he tried a shot down the center... Carayol then finished it up by applying the fantastic winning penalty.
WHAT A GAME!!!
Note: From now on all important matches I will do a full report on like this one. By important I mean Cup, Play-Offs, Rival matches etc...
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Third Month Review
Transfer Market:
N/A
Torquay Player Blog:
Squad harmony in the Gulls Camp lately has been at an all time low recently with some devastasting losses and just overall rotten luck on some results, it really has knocked there confidence.
Current Injuries: M.Poke (2 days)
Torquay 1 - 1 Wycombe
For the opening 20 minutes of this match Torquay dominated possession and chances but still didn't manage to find the net. They were soon given a "wake up call" by Wycombe as they took the lead near the end of the First-Half from a sleek finish. Torquay reacted immediately and Torquay drew level after another goal from our leading scorer W.Topp.
This was a match that could've gone either way. Rajkovic also has got a 'Key Man Watch' performance again but not quite a Man Of The Match display.
Rotherham 3 - 0 Torquay
Rotherham got promoted alongside Torquay last season and they managed to get the double over the Gulls, so I wasn't ot shocked at this result as we struggled against them last season as well. I don't know what it is about Rotherham whatever I try they always win by a good margin as well.
Torquay 1 - 1 Swindon
Swindon who were lying 5th in the table struggled today against relegation battlers Torquay. After mountains of pressure and offensive probing play by Torquay nothing seemed to get through the heart of Swindons defence. Eventually Swindon played a quick counter attack and broke the deadlock going 1-0 up. A Nicholson corner led to a mad scramble in the 6 yd box were C.Todd managed to toe-poke one home...1-1. Todd got a Man Of The Match award and I felt this was a game were we should've got all 3 points from.
Gillingham 4 - 2 Torquay
My assisstant manager advised me to play a 4-3-1-2 formation, so I did. I feel this decision cost me dearly in this match as the team just couldn't cope with this new tactic. It was 2-2 at HT and what I thought was gonna be another draw but Gillingham came out strong and 'ran rings' around us winning 4-2 in the end.
Brighton 2 - 0 Torquay
Even though brighton are high up the league table I was felt confident of my game plan going into this match. Only problem was that my strikers didn't seem like they wanted to score today, having roughly the same amount of chances, but Brightons finishing showed the quality difference between the sides today.
League Table:
My Player Of The Month:
Again this was an incredibly tough decision to make and no one this month was really outstanding but this title has to go to... Chris Todd, Torquays Captain. He came back from injury and put in some solid performances at the back also managing to bag himself a goal as well which is a bonus. Second place would be ***** Topp for his important goals he has scored this month abd third place goes to S.Rajkovic as he often gets a 'Key Man Watch' performance.
