Monday, 2 March 2026

TALKING POINTS FROM TORQUAY UNITED VERSUS CHELMSFORD CITY

 1. Winless run goes on. 

United's defeat to Chelmsford City extends the Gulls' winless run to five games, which includes four defeats and a draw, and a team that 18 days previously sat top of National League South now sit fourth in the table, which ultimately has cost Paul Wotton his job as manager, 

This season and last has proved that the National League South to be the most unpredictable of divisions in English football, and United's recent run of form has left them needing a run which is the opposite of the run that have previously been on. 

2. Saturday-Tuesday can work to United's advantage. 

With United now facing a Saturday-Tuesday-Saturday-Tuesday routine which sees Farnborough and Salisbury FC visit Plainmoor for successive Tuesday night fixtures on March 3 and 10, with Saturday afternoon clashes with Ebbsfleet United away (March 6) and Chesham United at home (March 14). 

Therefore the Gulls have the opportunity to put things right very quickly, starting in what will be the first of Neil Warnock's interim reign as manager - however long that may be. 

3. Sonny Blu Lo-Everton. 

In recent weeks, central midfielder Sonny Blu Lo-Everton has emerged as one of United's key performers, and Saturday was no exception. Lo-Everton always looked to get on the ball and tried to make things happen and never hid. His efforts were recognised with being named as the sponsor's man of the match. 

4. Will Tizzard's cameo. 

Not included in the starting line-up due to his late arrival at the club, therefore he hadn't had a chance to get to know his new teammates properly, Sutton United loanee Will Tizzard made a promising cameo from the bench. He was part of a triple change by Wotton, which saw Matt Jay and Exeter City loanee Kieran Wilson enter the fray along with Tizzard in place of Jordan Thomas, Cody Cooke and Dylan Morgan. Wotton also switched the formation from 4-2-3-1 to 3-4-3. 

With first choice centre back duo Jordan Dyer and Sam Dreyer still injured, I would say it's dead cert that Tizzard will be named in the United starting XI against Farnborough on Tuesday night.