1. The Gulls' injury list is mounting.
Heading into yesterday's encounter with Sutton United, Torquay United manager Gary Johnson was unable to call on Asa Hall, Connor Lemonheigh-Evans, Opi Edwards, Jake Andrews, Armani Little and Liam Davis due to injury - leaving him without a complete midfield and one of the division's leading left backs. Earlier in the season, Matt Buse, who was recently named as the National League player of the month for October, wasn't even making the squad and Frank Vincent was filling in as a makeshift left-back while Davis recovered from abdominal surgery, but in recent weeks they have formed United's central midfield pairing.
However, the injury list is now starting to take its toll as Johnson was dealt with the blow of losing Frank Vincent and Ben Whitfield, who were both carried off injured, which further depleted his squad. Johnson will be keeping his finger crossed that the duo are able to recover in time for next Saturday's trip to Chorley.
2. A magnificent seventh.
Left-back Ramarni Medford-Smith, who joined on loan from Reading as cover for Liam Davis, became the seventh loan signing to feature for the Gulls in the 2019-20 campaign. He joins a list that already includes Opi Edwards, Connor Lemonheigh-Evans, Robbie Cundy and Saikou Janneh (all Bristol City); Frank Vincent (AFC Bournemouth) and Joe Lewis (Swansea City) who was absent due to international duty with Wales Under-21s.
3. Ben Wynter's display.
As well as scoring his first goal of the campaign, Gulls' right-back topped his display with receiving the sponsors' man of the match award. Wynter, who is one of only three ever presents in the United squad this season - along with Kyle Cameron and leading scorer Jamie Reid, has been amongst the Gulls' most consistent performers this season and successfully avoided a fifth yellow card, which would have earned him a one-match ban.
4. The league is wide open.
It is often said the Championship is the toughest league in English football to win promotion from, but the Vanarama National League has a strong case to rival it. The leadership of the division changed hands again following the latest round of matches as Barrow replaced Bromley as the league leaders. However, the Gulls are still only three points off the summit (they have 34 points whereas the Bluebirds have 37).
5. Sutton make it four wins out of five against the Gulls.
By defeating Torquay United on Saturday, Sutton United have now won four of their last five fixtures against the Gulls - a run that includes three wins at Plainmoor. Not since their 4-0 win over Chesterfield had the U's tasted victory in the National League - and prior to Saturday, they had gone seven league games without a win . It was also only the fourth time in total that Sutton had won in their league campaign.
