in spite of losing their manager and many of their squad to the gasheads, the gulls approach the new season as top dogs of the south west. they beat argyle and on wednesday thumped L1 exeter 3-0. gulls new manager has a useful squad to start the season. martin ling has signed striker taiwo atieno following a useful 2 week trial. ex walsall and luton player scored twice in pre season friendlies but was with held from the exeter game. gulls goals against exeter were scored by rene howe, billy kee and ian morris. i would laugh like a drain if martin ling's oufit were to finish above the gas. argyle ex leeds striker anthony elding is wanted by argyle to add to their solitary striker tom hitchcock 18 on loan from blackburn. terms have been agreed for 29yr old elding to move from rochdale, who travelled down to argyle yesterday for a medical. 17yr old youth striker jaredsims impressed the other night . crewe paid leeds 175k for elding in 2008 after which he joined rochdale and he was loaned to stockport. recently he has not excelled anywhere. peter reid must have high hopes, especially if the fl approve the secretive consortium and plymouths permissiln to play their first league game on 6.8.11!! exeter er smarting from a 3-0 thumping by the gulls
latest news is that elding has changed his mind and will not move to argyle and will stay at rochdale
the balance of gulls results has been restored, they crashed 3-1 at home to burnley yesterday. and i cannot understand argyle buying players until directors in place and the fl has confirmed argyle's league place. 13 days to go and have shrews got a game on saturday week?
I don't see how players would want to sign for a club that hasn't paid players full wages on ages and the club is not out of the administrators sticky mitts yet.
