v Torquay

[Reading Rebel]

Thought I'd start this one early.

Weather looks to be decent and Torquay have everything to play for.

Scott mentioned Torquay have sold 4/500 already so I'll be disappointed if we don't get another bumper crowd of 1,500+.

 

 

 

[GlenSTFC]

28 minutes ago, Reading Rebel said:

Thought I'd start this one early.

Weather looks to be decent and Torquay have everything to play for.

Scott mentioned Torquay have sold 4/500 already so I'll be disappointed if we don't get another bumper crowd of 1,500+.

 

 

 

Not sure we’d attract 1,000 home support for this? No doubt Torquay will sell out their 600 allocation but on this occasion I’d offer them more to make the club more money. 

[Reading Rebel]

5 minutes ago, GlenSTFC said:

Not sure we’d attract 1,000 home support for this? No doubt Torquay will sell out their 600 allocation but on this occasion I’d offer them more to make the club more money. 

I think you've got to take into account that Torquay are still a big draw and will interest the non regular/casual supporters.

Again some good marketing will hopefully bring the punters in and i think 1,500 should be well achievable.

 

[Connor McNeish]

They took 2000 to Hemel Hempstead on the final day of last season as they still had a chance to win the league. Four points off the top this year with three to go, not quite last day, but they will be looking to turn up in numbers.

[GlenSTFC]

Exactly so give them 1,200 the usual side plus one whole end. 

[G Brown]

 

14 minutes ago, GlenSTFC said:

Exactly so give them 1,200 the usual side plus one whole end. 

Absolutely Glen, we’d be mad not to as no guarantee we’ll have more than 800 Rebels 

Edited April 7 by G Brown

[GlenSTFC]

10 minutes ago, G Brown said:

 

Absolutely Glen, we’d be mad not to as no guarantee we’ll have more than 800 Rebels 

That’s my thinking, yes it’s not great to have more away fans than home but this match doesn’t mean too much to us and if we can make another £5,000 odd then we should.

[Reading Rebel]

2 hours ago, GlenSTFC said:

Exactly so give them 1,200 the usual side plus one whole end. 

Agree, if they were to bring those sort of numbers you'd have to give them at least half an end for viewing purposes.

[Reading Rebel]

So whats the chances of upsetting the odds tomorrow?

The bookies think it's a one horse race with Torquay at best 4/7 on.

It's unfortunate that we're playing Torquay at a time when we're decimated through injuries and suspensions.  

Depleted in defense, midfield and in attack.

Under normal circumstances and being at home I think we could get a result but even with the rose tinted specs on it's difficult to see this happening.

 

[HEAVY TRUCKER]

we'll walk it 🤣 unfortunately we should be running🙃

[Irishadrian]

A glimmer of hope! Torquays record last 12 games  W5D2L5 All 5 losses have been away games and 4of the 5 wins home games  Our team tomorrow should all read the badge on the shirt and go out and deliver their very best!

[Reading Rebel]

1 hour ago, Irishadrian said:

A glimmer of hope! Torquays record last 12 games  W5D2L5 All 5 losses have been away games and 4of the 5 wins home games  Our team tomorrow should all read the badge on the shirt and go out and deliver their very best!

Just looking at our home record.

Our last home win was 15 games ago on the 10th February.

[sdelane1357]

We must stop the recent trend of giving goals away putting the team on the backfoot very early in the game.

COYREBELS 

Edited Friday at 19:42 by sdelane1357

[HEAVY TRUCKER]

4 hours ago, sdelane1357 said:

We must stop the recent trend of giving goals away putting the team on the backfoot very early in the game.

COYREBELS 

sorry goals already in the post🤣

[Reading Rebel]

5 hours ago, sdelane1357 said:

We must stop the recent trend of giving goals away putting the team on the backfoot very early in the game.

COYREBELS 

Unfortunately that goes hand in hand with an unsettled back line. 

Torquay reporting 600+ tickets sold.

[Curtis]

11 hours ago, Reading Rebel said:

Torquay reporting 600+ tickets sold.

A crowd of 1,400+ should take us up one place to 19th in the attendance table.

I was surprised to see we are marginally ahead of Chesham at present (790 v 779) despite them challenging for the play-offs & us in the bottom third most of the season.

[Irishadrian]

4 hours ago, Curtis said:

A crowd of 1,400+ should take us up one place to 19th in the attendance table.

I was surprised to see we are marginally ahead of Chesham at present (790 v 779) despite them challenging for the play-offs & us in the bottom third most of the season.

At the last census  Chesham population 23000+ Slough 167000+ !!

[Reading Rebel]

2 hours ago, Irishadrian said:

At the last census  Chesham population 23000+ Slough 167000+ !!

Demographics.

[HEAVY TRUCKER]

what a lack lustre side torquay are yet they still managed to tonk us good and proper  😖

[Reading Rebel]

Difficult to describe that first half other than a defensive shambles.

It could so easily have been a lot worse with Torquay hitting the bar a few times and missing a one on one chance, 4-0 at half time was a real let off.

More respectable second half keeping the scoreline down and getting a decent consolation goal from Celestine-Charles.