1. The pressure on Gary Johnson increases.
Watching on from the director's box due to a touchline ban, the Gulls' defeat to St Albans City would not have made pleasant viewing for United manager Gary Johnson. Nor would the protest outside the ground calling for him to be dismissed.
This isn't the first time that the fans have protested at Plainmoor this season. When the Gulls faced Tonbridge Angels last December, over a 100 fans staged a sit in protest at full time against the lack of communication between the club and the support base.
Saturday's result, of course, sees United drop out of the play-off zone and the club finds itself seemingly at another crossroads. As a full-time club in a mostly part-time league, promotion should be the club's ultimate aim, but a lot of works need to be done to ensure that happens.
2. Only four subs on the bench.
With Dean Moxey and Will Jenkins-Davies serving one-match bans and Jack Stobbs and Duane Ofori Acheampong pulled out through injury on Friday, the Gulls only had four players on the bench.
Club captain Asa Hall was the most senior quartet alongside sub keeper Rhys Lovett and teenage youth products Callum Thomas (more on him below) and Jacob Wellington.
Moxey and Jenkins-Davies will be available again on Tuesday when United head to Maidstone and fingers crossed Stobbs and Ofori Achempong will be fit too and the long term injury victims Aaron Jarvis and Kevin Dawson should also be available in the not to distant future.
3. Local boys did alright.
In amongst the flotsam and jetsam of the Gulls' defeat to St Albans City, local boys Austen Booth and Callum Thomas could come out with the heads held high.
Booth, the son of former United defender Jon Gittens who was making his debut following his move from Taunton Town, acquitted himself well on his debut, making an off-the-line clearance to deny St Albans' Shaun Jeffers a hat-trick in the 77th minute.
First year pro Thomas entered the fray on 15 minutes after Finley Craske and coped admirably in the circumstances. He showed good character, which will surely stand him in good stead in the future, as he tried in vain to block Giorgio Rasulo's fourth goal for St Albans from going in.
4. Only one win in 2024.
Such has been United's form in 2024 that their 1-0 win in their last home fixture against Dover Athletic is their only victory since the turn of the year. An upturn in the Gulls' fortunes has now become necessity and something that they will need to rectify quickly.
