Every Wednesday in the Herald Express, our Torquay United correspondent Richard Hughes takes a sideways look at what's going on in the World of the Gulls - and this week, he gives his New Year's wish

There’s no getting away from it, everyone – losing against Truro City was a pretty horrible way to end what was a pretty abominable year for Torquay United. Just when it looked like we would at least finish an awful 2023 on a good run, that loss at Chelmsford City, and then the bleakest of Boxing Day defeats against a team we really should be beating – well, that took the biscuit.

At the end of the Truro defeat, a section of the Popside sang ‘we want Johnson out’ again – and the song prompted more than a few head nods around the rest of the ground. It turns on a sixpence, this game. Five wins – four in the National League South and one in the FA Trophy – changed the atmosphere at Plainmoor. There was less of the ‘Johnson out’ and more of the ‘Yellows, Yellows, Yellows’ – but when you lose to a team like Truro – no disrespect to them, they did a great job on the day!........

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