GRIMSBY Town's players are determined to stop Torquay United taking maximum points off them this season.
Aswad Thomas watched the Gulls' victory at Blundell Park last month from the Main Stand after fracturing his fibula early in the season.
It is a match that manager Paul Hurst has highlighted as a low point of Town's campaign so far, after Chris Hargreaves' men outplayed their hosts for much of the first half.
Having recently returned from that injury after two months out, Thomas is looking forward to being involved in the reverse fixture at Plainmoor.
And the 25-year-old admits it would be nice to take rapid revenge on one of the Mariners' promotion rivals.
"We owe Torquay one," he said.
"They came here and did alright but we weren't anywhere near our best on the day.
"We don't want any teams taking six points off us, so we're determined to go out there, put on a good performance and get that result.
"We're playing okay now. We were unlucky against Altrincham – I thought we peppered them – and then at Wrexham last weekend we played well.
"They had a bit of pressure in the second half, but considering the circumstances – with all the parade stuff going on and the party atmosphere – I thought we acquitted ourselves really well.
"They came at us after the break and once they had a man sent off we could have maybe kept the ball better and made it easier. But apart from a few crosses, they never really hurt us at all.
"There are a few players coming back now, with JP (Pittman) and Nathan Arnold, so hopefully we will be strong and people will see us doing that on a more consistent basis."
