Gills v STFC Matchday Thread

[Robinz]

Size matters....
Physical size matters and STFC needs bigger players especially to get out of this league
Town played some lovely football this evening.
We need an Adam Flint type of player and an Anthony Grant enforcer for next year.

What a shame Angus Mcdonald moved on when he did...

[river monster]

Deserved 3 points. The negative is that we keep playing well and not winning. We were better than gillingham and by all accounts better than Newport and Salford, but not 9 points

[adje]

Not read back. What happened to Khan

[No Longer Posh Red]

Not read back. What happened to Khan

He’s been sold to Wrexham for a bag of crisps & a Kit Kat. (*)






(*) This may not actually be true

[Freeloader]

Not read back. What happened to Khan

Gav post-match said he doesn't have DeVoy available on Saturday against the Dongs, mentioned that Khan is on nine yellows and has niggles, so he was rested.

[Whingy the poo]

Not read back. What happened to Khan

Has a small knock according to Gunning, but said Khan is also on 9 yellow cards and had to miss a game.

With Devoy not playing against his parent club on Saturday, he didn't want two midfielders unavailable!  

[adje]

Ah, cheers

[RedRag]

Should the Hawkins headed goal have been a Town goal kick?  It looks as if the ball actually bounced back in off the small advertising hoarding. 

https://twitter.com/i/status/1757514852547928436

Was too gutted to register Jonny Williams comedic desperation to get hold of the ball from Bycroft right after the goal

[ron dodgers]

did he use his arm to hit the post?

[Nomoreheroes]

Should the Hawkins headed goal have been a Town goal kick?  It looks as if the ball actually bounced back in off the small advertising hoarding. 

https://twitter.com/i/status/1757514852547928436

Was too gutted to register Jonny Williams comedic desperation to get hold of the ball from Bycroft right after the goal

Optical illusion. Noone near said anything and there were several looking directly at it

[Nomoreheroes]

Missed much of the match due to a puncture and then internet issues. Caught up this morning:

[Nomoreheroes]

Gunning:

[Bob's Orange]

A very bittersweet feeling last night. Yes an away point at a play-off chasing side at a ground we haven't traditionally done particularly well at would usually be celebrated, but whilst the manner in which it came about to 'steal' the point in the end was pleasing, when you look back over the 90 as a whole it's a little bit deflating.

First half was terrific, playing the ball through the lines confidently and the cherry on the cake was a terrific goal by McGurk. The key moment was on the stroke of half time as Glatzel was put through, skipped past the keeper but was denied by a superb piece of defending by Ogie. Many will say he should have went down, but I admire the honesty and desire that he wanted to score.

More of the same in the second, again Glatzel had a shot cleared off the line but Gunning's subs (some have said these were pre-meditated) didn't appear to help with cohesion and Gillingham who hadn't shown very much suddenly got a foothold in the game. Gunning clearly doesn't do 'close up the shop' and having so many forward players on the pitch, whilst brave, was ultimately nearly our undoing. Their equaliser had an element of fortune, the first header hit the post and appeared to roll behind for a goal kick, but whilst we stood and watched, the Gills were alert and the giant Hawkins gleefully headed in.

Their gangly Colombian sub Hurtado was beginning to cause problems and his slaloming run (reminiscent of Claudio Caniggia in Italia 1990 v Cameroon) left sliding tackles in his wake, but not FBT who wasn't going to miss and brought him down for the pen, which was adeptly put into the net. However McKirdy wasn't going to be upstaged and after having one cleared off the line and another clear the bizarrely named 'Brian Moore stand' (surely the great man deserves better than that) he finally found gold with a beautiful finish through/past a load of legs. That wasn't quite the end of the drama, Gillingham missed a header that looked easier to score and Bycroft pulled off a match-saving tip over the bar to salvage the point.

A night packed with entertainment. The decision to rest Khan seemed odd but makes sense given he is on a disciplinary tight-rope and Devoy can't play on Saturday. With that said, whilst Flynn didn't like to use his bench (to be fair he had bugger all on it half the time) Gunning has gone for the opposite approach and wants to use as many of the squad as possible. I don't particularly like Drinan and Austin playing together, I think they are a little too similar and I'm not sure McGurk going off was really necessary either. Loads of positives though from the last 2 games, I think we're playing really good football at times. Reign this in a little bit and we might end the season strongly.

[4D]

I think it will come, our shots at goal have probably doubled over the last few games. I'm more positive now, just want us to get enough points on the board. I see gump won at wheelbarrow last night   

[Audrey]

Drinnan for Cain was the weird one for me.

I notice that amongst the carnage at Mansfield, much mooted Hiram Boateng scored a hat trick