A DIVISION Three home win eluded Kidderminster Harriers for the fourth match in a row on Saturday.

Boss Jan Molby admitted their struggles on Aggborough turf would just drag them deeper into a relegation battle, despite fine form on the road.

Molby said: "It's going to be a long, hard season if you don't pick up wins at home. Home games are your bread and butter.

"Even the teams that get relegated win eight, nine or 10 home games. We are finding it very difficult.

"We've got 27 games to go and we know what our targets are regardless of what people think. That's to try and finish third from bottom or higher.

"It was by no means something that even looked like a good performance. We were beaten by a better team. We never got on top of our game. Some of our bigger players just didn't perform.

"Bo Henriksen didn't give us an awful lot, Dean Bennett didn't get into the game and we didn't see a lot of John Williams. They are the sort of players you need to play well to win games.

"For the first 30 minutes every time Torquay attacked it looked like they could score. I took Adie Smith off as he was having a poor game but I could have brought any one of three or four players off.

"We were reacting rather than anticipating. Once you react, it means you are too late already."

Molby has a midfield leader in mind and compared the potential signing to Mark Blake who was forced into retirement through an Achilles injury.

He added: "There's only so much I can do from the bench. Out there on the pitch somebody has to do those jobs for you.

"Possibly one player who wasn't recognised here as a great player was Blake. He wasn't the most spectacular player but all you need to do is to ask his team-mates about his influence.

"That's the type of player we are looking for, someone to lift the rest of the team and lead from the front.

"Not someone who shouts and bawls but somebody who actually does it and the players can take their lead from him.

"We've found the person that we want but it's not possible to bring him in at the moment."