1. Aaron Jarvis on target.
After missing the start of the season with a double 'dead leg' - Aaron Jarvis has certainly made up for lost time, as he scored his sixth goal of the campaign against Gateshead.
Jarvis was playing against the Heed as a lone striker with Dillon De Silva and Stephen Wearne playing either side of him as attacking wide players. De Silva also found the back of the net himself - but it was ruled out for offside.
2. The return of Kieron Evans.
Saturday's match also marked the return to action of Cardiff City loanee Kieron Evans after he sustained three broken ribs against Maidenhead United in September.
Evans showed a few promising glimpses of his talent; his sixth minute cross picked out Mark Ellis, whose header was palmed over the bar by Gateshead keeper James Montgomery. In the second half, it was his cross who found Aaron Jarvis to head home the Gulls' opener.
With the Gulls crying out for more pace and creativity from midfield, Evans' return could prove to be a timely one.
3. Brett McGavin shines in the centre of midfield.
Despite a promising pre-season, Brett McGavin's 2022-23 campaign has been something of a stop-start one, but he produced arguably his best display of the season against Gateshead.
Former Ipswich Town starlet McGavin always looked to get on the ball and make something happen and one of the most pleasing things was that once he played a pass, he would be looking to make himself available to receive the ball.
He also came close to scoring on a couple of occasions, he had a free-kick turned around the post by James Montgomery on 41 minutes and fired over in the 81st minute.
4. Would a second striker have helped the Gulls cause?
With Stoke City loanee Will Goodwin and Corie Andrews being missing from United's squad, Aaron Jarvis was United's only recognised striker available to Gary Johnson on Saturday.
Had Johnson been in a position to send on either of those two as a substitute and switch from 4-3-3 to 4-4-2, could the result have been different?
From the point of view of Gateshead, one of their defenders would have been man-marking Aaron Jarvis and other would have been acting as a sweeper. However, by switching to two up top the central defender who would have been sweeper would then have had someone to mark, which he may not have been comfortable with.
5. The wait for a clean sheet goes on.
United's wait for a clean sheet since their 1-0 win over FC Halifax Town in their second match of the season continues.
The Gulls came close to doing so against Gateshead. However, it did appear that goalkeeper Mark Halstead may have been fouled in the build up to Owen Bailey's scrambled effort on 75 minutes, which secured a point for the Heed.
Nevertheless, if United are to avoid a return to National League South then clean sheets will need to become a big priority.
6. Six points from safety - how worried should we be?
Saturday's result leaves United rooted to the foot of the National League table and six points adrift from safety. Had they had beaten Gateshead they would have been third from bottom and four points away from exiting the drop zone.
The last time that the National League was completed with a full compliment of 24 teams in the 2018-19 season Boreham Wood finished fifth from bottom with 52 points.
For the Gulls to reach a similar figure they now require 37 points from their remaining 25 league fixtures - starting with their visit to Dagenham and Redbridge next week.
United have been in this positions in the past, but with seven loan players currently at Plainmoor these need to be extended and deals with certain players need to be made into permanent moves in order for all players to be within the match-day limit of five in a squad.
