Match Thread Gillingham

Subs  Cartwright, Efete, Waterfall, Pyke, Andrews, Hunt, Khouri

Looks like 4  1  4  1 again

Clifton 2 1  66/1
Eisa 2 1  28/1

Eisa 10/1 to score from outside area.

4 midfield and 2 defenders on the bench at home . God that’s depressing

Quoted from It Bites

4 midfield and 2 defenders on the bench at home . God that’s depressing

We have not got anyone else , so we need to get used to it until the forward players come back

Looks more a case of ‘if you’re fit, you’re on the bench’ rather than a choice.

Quoted from Mappers

We have not got anyone else , so we need to get used to it until the forward players come back

I know I know , still grim though

Holohan doesn't make the bench, is he injured or resting?

It is what it is!

Quoted from DB

Holohan doesn't make the bench, is he injured or resting?

He is in the starting 11.

Quoted from DB

Holohan doesn't make the bench, is he injured or resting?

How many you had ?

Quoted from DB

Holohan doesn't make the bench, is he injured or resting?

First 11 mate

Quoted from DB

Holohan doesn't make the bench, is he injured or resting?

Hopefully neither as he's starting!

A  youtube popped up all Town's goals from 89-91.  Wanna see us attack like we did in those days.  We always had loads of bodies in the box. Brought back some good memories.  Boy was Tony Rees a class player.

Quoted from Mappers

How many you had ?

Better keep an eye on me when I do the prediction results, 1 Guinness I'm ok, 2 Guinness I'm everybody's, 3 Guinness I'm nodody's and 4 Guinness the sky looks good today!

Haha. DB you've made my day  

Why do we bring everybody back for corners, it gives the opposition the opportunity to bring more players forward, also if we clear it, it goes straight to one of their players.

Going a bit more direct today it seems

Great header!!!

Great goal!

Beautiful goal that.  

Awesome stuff. It'll be that headband giving him power. 😄

1-0 up great goal from Maher

Scunny get a man sent off at Alfreton.

Quoted from DB

1-0 up great goal from Maher

Please don’t say “as it stands we’re up to xxx”
You know what happens!!

Good start. Not just the goal the fact we are pushing more players forward sooner and quicker.

Updates on how Cleethorpes and Grimsby Borough are doing in their FA Cup Qualification games would be welcome.

Is the camera tripod a bit stiff or something cameraman seems to be struggling

Quoted from WHYWONTYOULETMESIGNUP

Is the camera tripod a bit stiff or something cameraman seems to be struggling

Does seem like it's on the urine

Another beautiful goal!  

2-0 good goal and brilliant football

Hurst out.

That's better.  Put them under pressure.

Quoted from WHYWONTYOULETMESIGNUP

Is the camera tripod a bit stiff or something cameraman seems to be struggling

Plenty of fiddling going on on the gantry.

GET IN!

Town have had their Weetabix

This is the town we know these players can produce. Closing and hassling as we have all asked for. Clifton unsung hero in that goal. UTM

Quoted from Manchester Mariner

Plenty of fiddling going on on the gantry.

GET IN!

It's giving me a headache!

Come on town, put this out of sight and shut the moaners up

Quoted from WHYWONTYOULETMESIGNUP

Is the camera tripod a bit stiff or something cameraman seems to be struggling

Must be sharing that slab of Guinness with DB

Cleethorpes winning 1-0
Gainsborough drawing

Quoted from supertown

Come on town, put this out of sight and shut the moaners up

Doubt it. They'll probably be moaning furiously that our 2 goals were from a defender and midfielder but not a forward.

Quoted from supertown

Come on town, put this out of sight and shut the moaners up

Thats not nice..  has hurst been sacked  ?

Seriously what is going on with the camera  

I reckon the cameraman has vertigo.

Quoted from WHYWONTYOULETMESIGNUP

Seriously what is going on with the camera  

It's Fentys new job, you know he always liked his own tilt on the club !

Quoted from MidnightMariner

It's Fentys new job, you know he always liked his own tilt on the club !

Maybe tommy forecasts reinvented himself as tommy broadcast and keeps fumbling the camera

Whatever happens for the rest of this game, we've just shown that we are capable of getting at teams and scoring goals.

Played very well from back to front and deservedly 2 up.

Really enjoyed that half, we looked solid all round, only nitpick would be maybe gave away possession unnecessarily a bit too many times

Town looks well worth being 2-0 up. Great first half!

Great half from Town, some really good pressure high up the pitch when necessary

Hurst Out....

Standing.

Gutted we wasn't able to add on deadline day but shows the calibre of players we must of been going for. We've been really good today and more of a performance you'd love to see more often this season. We seem to have a lot more support for Rose quicker? Gav seems to have had a good pre-season this year and looks alot fitter getting forward or maybe he's just had the shackles released?

11pm here for me in Perth and I think I've just sh!t up the whole apartment block celebrating towns goals.

Go put a few more past them in the second half boys!

Quoted from Manchester Mariner

I reckon the cameraman has vertigo.

It’s the Piśśed Kamara, Jeff

Town are carving Gillingham apart!

So far so good, a deserved 2-0 up and playing good football.

Holohan has a couple times so much space to run into but he plays a ball wide and allows Gillingham to regroup.

Harvey rodgers really is top class isnt he

Town are playing well.  So much so, Eastwood could have a kip.

Fans are nice and loud for a change.
Anyone let me know the words to the song that'd be appreciated

Gnahoua has been outstanding today

Where is Hurst? Normally we see him in his box but the last few games he seems to be missing with Doig strolling around.

Much more cohesive today. Both wingers moving more centrally when they can to support Rose. Clifton and Gav supporting further upfield too.

Perhaps we are gelling better and have more confidence in Conteh to sit deep and tidy up releasing runners.

Played well to a man so far today.

Being a bit wasteful at the minute

Quoted from Geordie Mariner 66

Much more cohesive today. Both wingers moving more centrally when they can to support Rose. Clifton and Gav supporting further upfield too.

Perhaps we are gelling better and have more confidence in Conteh to sit deep and tidy up releasing runners.

Played well to a man so far today.

Probably a sign that players are beginning to gel after just 6 League games.

Very good 70 minutes. Last 10 we have dropped right off but aslong as they don't step up a gear we should be fine.

How on earth have we got Harvey Rodgers btw, he's up there with one of the best defenders i've seen in a black and white shirt.. everything you want in a centre half

A very enjoyable game to watch. We look strong on both flanks.

Quoted from LocalLadGTFC

Gnahoua has been outstanding today

Best game he's had for us.  Showed some nice touches.

A comprehensive 2-0 victory as your likely to see. Just what we needed today. Gnahoua best game so far. Only real disapointment today is that we didnt score more which our performance warranted. Today looked like we gelled as a team.

I think all the players have done well today and have just shown us what they can do against what was a League 1 club

Great result , well done town

Scored twice and controlled the game fully which is what you want to see at home. Gillingham are no slobs and have started the season well so it shows what the team is capable of when they keep focussed and have a plan.

Where is Morris Minor and the rest of them today?

Quoted from Mayaman

Best game he's had for us.  Showed some nice touches.

I questioned why we signed him in a fit of pique as the window closed; I also posted that Eisa should be on the bench instead of Vernam a couple of weeks back - track record building nicely…as we rise up the table…

Well, nothing to complain about that! Best performance of the season and, being Town, probably to be expected after all the angst regarding the lack of signings as the window closed! 😂
Gillingham were surprisingly awful and offered nothing but all credit to Town who totally controlled the game from the first to last whistle.
Danny Rose MOM.

Really solid win from us, best team throughout. Rodgers and gnahoua probably the two that stood out for me. Although special mention to amos' brilliant tackle which almost certainly prevented a goal. Gillingham had won 4 out of their 5 games before this aswell (not sure how based on that). Again to pick one thing to improve on, kept overhitting crosses into the box, when I feel like the best thing to suit danny rose would be drilling in low bobbling crosses that can cause chaos

Lovely jubbly. Seems we can score goals without Eisa after all

Hurst and Town proving the doubters wrong again

Great result 👏👏

Definitely eases my concerns about the size of the squad, can't think of a centre half pairing we've had that compliment each other so well. Maher and Rodgers just improve with each game. Gav had another good game, Conteh is just Conteh, Rose is a shithouse and Gnahoua showed us today what he's capable of. That'll teach me for doubting Paul Hurst  

Well done town. Utm

Just what we needed that, it’s made my day seeing this result, well done Town.

Well played we looked really good today . Turns into a good start . Get 4 + more points from the next 4 and it's a good start still,anymore and it's excellent imo with the games to come .

Quoted from LocalLadGTFC

Definitely eases my concerns about the size of the squad, can't think of a centre half pairing we've had that compliment each other so well. Maher and Rodgers just improve with each game. Gav had another good game, Conteh is just Conteh, Rose is a shithouse and Gnahoua showed us today what he's capable of. That'll teach me for doubting Paul Hurst  

Maher & Rodgers are too good for league 2 - good battlers and as good on the ball.

Great result, 3 clean sheets from 4 at home now and sets us up well for a big trip next weekend.

That’s cheered me up and put some deserved egg on my face . Great performance and win today . Always nice when you could give the MOTM to 3/4 players .

Nothing to add apart from a good Refereeing display. Think most of you didn’t even notice he was there.

The same three or four people who post lots when things have gone badly….why don’t they post at all when things have gone well? I don’t really get it - it’s as though they’re only really engaged when they’re moaning. As if they get something out of the disappointment and frustration and critical overstatement. If they can’t throw pelters at the manager, they’re not interested. What does it say about them? I don’t know.

Anyway - great result. Rodgers class. Everyone else - really good. UTM.

4 of the 6 teams played are currently in the top 7.
So good start on the face of it.
Bradford, Wrexham and Swindon away in the next 4 games will be a test but 🤞

Next 8 home games all look to be vs teams who will bring less than 300 fans so we need that home support. Good effort from all home areas today and loudest I've heard the Pontoon from the Upper in a long time.Well done all on and off the pitch I enjoyed that.UTM

Piece. Of. urine.

Anyone who thinks Town fans are negative should read the Gillingham forum 😆

Quoted from 1mickylyons

Anyone who thinks Town fans are negative should read the Gillingham forum 😆

I just have and I am a beacon of positivity after all.

"Grimsby were bang average" and the Gills have better players than anyone else but haven't got the right formation/manager.

We played extremely well today with much more energy and a willingness to get forward but Gillingham had an absolute mare.

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

I just have and I am a beacon of positivity after all.

"Grimsby were bang average" and the Gills have better players than anyone else but haven't got the right formation/manager.

We played extremely well today with much more energy and a willingness to get forward but Gillingham had an absolute mare.

Imagine having only one shot in the last minute, multiple changes and system changes to be dominated like that…town bang average though…

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

I just have, and I am a beacon of positivity after all.

"Grimsby were bang average" and the Gills have better players than anyone else but haven't got the right formation/manager.

We played extremely well today with much more energy and a willingness to get forward but Gillingham had an absolute mare.

Lew I couldn't believe what I was reading?
On the one hand they have 12 points somehow but fans that take no notice of the opposition. Town are a side that look a much stiffer test for away sides and have improved in several areas since last season so why they're harping on about last season I don't know? One last thing Gillingham have a pretty poor record at Blundell Park over the years and even when they have  had good teams they have lost.

Quoted from 1mickylyons

Lew I couldn't believe what I was reading?
On the one hand they have 12 points somehow but fans that take no notice of the opposition. Town are a side that look a much stiffer test for away sides and have improved in several areas since last season so why they're harping on about last season I don't know? One last thing Gillingham have a pretty poor record at Blundell Park over the years and even when they have  had good teams they have lost.

Like the time they came here riding high when we had Barry Conlon in the team and we did a pack the park offer. We battered them and their manager said the players froze because of the noise and hostility in BP.

Always makes me laugh when fans name an opposition team "bang average" after they have just played them off the park. Most overused put down in football.

Quoted from aldi_01

Imagine having only one shot in the last minute, multiple changes and system changes to be dominated like that…town bang average though…

If they think Town were bang average, their team must be way down on the scale.

I don’t think I’d have been the only fan expecting a game today and a tough test. We got a game but only from us. Gillingham were poor. I’m sure they’re not that bad every week but sometimes, as a fan you have to just sit back and realise the other side were better.

Thought we were very good today but I don't think it's anything massively improved from two of the other home games. That's not downplaying today, it's suggesting that we haven't actually been poor in our other games either.

The exception of the 4 at home so far is the Mansfield game, but even that I don't think was a case of us being poor, more Mansfield being a good side and making us adapt and play to match them than the other way around.

Our general play in the Wimbledon, Salford and Gillingham games have been very similar and all of them have been impressive. I don't recall today being a barrage of shots at their goal or golden chances missed, the same as the other games. If there is a slight difference I think it was Gillingham looked the least likely to score of the trio, a positive nudge to our defensive work and organisation.

For me, the reaction is evidence of the positive bias we apply when we win. Had we lost then it would have been about not enough chances, Hurst too pragmatic and defensive, poor window etc etc. I don't believe anything we saw today is different to what we've seen already other than maybe slightly more cohesive.

None of the above designed to be critical of the team or todays result or performance, it was a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon and only adds to the belief we can compete with most teams in this league, even if we're not going to head and shoulders above many of them.

Quoted from gobby

Nothing to add apart from a good Refereeing display. Think most of you didn’t even notice he was there.

I meant to mention that myself. Yes, he was excellent. 👏

Absolute rarity at this level. A good ref. Well done to him.
The general standard is still utterly dreadful, but he was great.