Gulls To Go For It! Owers Is Ready To Release Handbreak

The Gulls begin their National League South campaign at Chelmsford City in just over three weeks time - and they want to bounce back at the first attempt.

Manager Owers won’t read too much into Tuesday’s 4-1 defeat at Forest Green Rovers.

But he did tell Devon Live that he knows he has a duty to play the right way next season - and that means two strikers, not one.

"We are going to have a go,” he said. “We have to win as many home games as possible, and put teams under real pressure.

"We won't be playing any 4-5-1s this season. If we are going to be a force, I want to play at least two strikers.”

Owers told the website that it’s going to take time for his nearly-new team to come together.

“It's a fresh squad - we played seven new players and two or three trialists. We haven't had any football, and that's the first time they have played for a couple of months.

"Forest Green are a good team, they had more possession and passed it simply. They had also had another game under their belt before this one, and I thought that showed. It's about building fitness levels.”

Read the full interview here.