Darlington manager Gary Bennett is hoping he's found the right strikeforce after Quakers scored twice for the first time in a home League game this season.
Lee Nogan and Glenn Naylor scored the goals, albeit courtesy of deflections, to put Quakers into seventh place and beat their visitors for only the second time in seven games at Feethams.
Bennett believes that after trying several players up front with the hard-working Nogan, he might have found the right partner for him in the shape of Naylor.
Bennett has tried several partners for Nogan, and Naylor, who has now scored on successive Saturdays, could be the answer. He can win the ball in the air, has good close control and runs all game, and he will be given more chances in the coming weeks to form a stronger partnership. And now that Nogan is playing regularly, Darlington fans are seeing exactly what he is capable of.
But there should have been more goals from midfield in the first half, when some excellent build up play was spoiled by wasteful and complacent finishing. And while Quakers remained just a goal in front, there was always a nagging doubt that Torquay might sneak one.
There were several good performances from Quakers. Newcomer Thomas Butler made a good impact in midfield with his constant running, while Stuart Elliott, switched from midfield, had a solid game at right back in place of Adam Reed.
"We've been trying different formations and different partnerships," said Bennett. "We've kept changing the front two, and now Lee and Glenn have a chance to stake a claim.
"We must have an understanding up front, and these two showed signs of one. They will be given more games to develop that.
This was Quakers' best home performance since the win over Plymouth in August, and Bennett said: "I thought we played very well from the start, and controlled the game.
"Our overall play was tremendous, but the second half was a little bit disappointing because it is hard to keep that sort of pace up for 90 minutes.
"Our passing was on a different level for the first 20 minutes, and Torquay didn't know what to do. If we can maintain that sort of movement and tempo, then teams will struggle against us.
"It got to the stage in the first half when the players were thinking that it was too easy, and they were trying to walk the ball into the net instead of being ruthless."
Quakers made Torquay look like a team which is struggling at the wrong end of the table, and they took the lead after just four minutes.
Richard Hodgson swung a corner over from the right for Stuart Elliott, on the edge of the box, to mishit a volley towards goal, only for Naylor to cleverly flick the ball past Ryan Northmore from six yards out for his third of the season.
Within a minute, Naylor was nearly involved in a second when he raced to the goalline and tried to set up Hodgson, but Alex Watson just managed to clear.
Forceful running by Hodgson and a one-two with Naylor opened up the Torquay defence again to put him in the clear with Northmore to beat, but with Nogan screaming for the ball, he shot weakly at the keeper.
Quakers moved up a gear again before half time, and could have settled the game. Naylor saw a header pushed over the bar by Northmore, and Campbell sidefooted weakly at the keeper after more good work by Hodgson.
There were sighs of relief therefore when Quakers finally scored their second eight minutes after half time.
Torquay didn't learn much from the first goal about marking Elliott at setpieces, so they gave him enough space again to powerfully volley another Hodgson corner towards the right side of the goal, but a neat deflection by Nogan wrong-footed Northmore.
Quakers eased off a little afterwards but never looked in any real danger
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