This is the match day thread for Today's game, I always post this thread before each game so that you can express your views on the corresponding fixture and can talk between each other during the game, Please post below comments during the game on how the game is going and the latest score and team news. Have fun and enjoy the game. I will update during the game on the latest news in the fixture. This is open to both Gillingham fans and also the opposition which is Crewe. After the match I will allow you all to create a summary on this thread and I will also provide extra details on the game if they are required or if I want to point anything out. You can talk about what was good about the game and what could have been better. Line up as it stands Crewe 1-2 Gillingham FT Miller - Whelpdale, Spiller Crewe 01 Phillips 03 Davis 05 Artell 06 Dugdale 15 Martin 04 Westwood 07 Bell 08 Murphy (Leitch-Smith 67) 09 Miller (Clayton) 11 Moore 25 Powell (Shelley 64) Substitutes 13 Martin, 12 Shelley, 24 Hughes, 10 Leitch-Smith, 19 Clayton Gillingham 01 Flitney 02 Fuller 03 Frampton 12 Martin 15 Lawrence 04 Lee YC 07 Whelpdale (Weston) Injury 08 Payne (S.Payne YC) 17 Spiller (Fish) 19 Montrose YC 09 Kedwell Substitutes 28 Gazzaniga, 06 Richards, 16 Fish, 23 Payne 10 Weston, 3 yellow cards this game. Full time. 1 Rotherham 2 4 6 2 Gillingham 2 2 6 3 Southend 2 2 6 4 Port Vale 2 2 4 5 Crawley Town 2 2 4 6 Torquay 2 1 4 7 Northampton 2 1 4 8 Morecambe 2 2 3 9 Swindon 2 2 3 10 AFC Wimbledon 2 1 3 11 Bristol R 2 0 3 12 Aldershot 2 0 3 13 Cheltenham 2 0 3 14 Barnet 2 -1 3 15 Dag & Red 2 -1 3 16 Burton Albion 2 0 2 17 Shrewsbury 2 0 2 18 Bradford 2 -1 1 19 Accrington St 2 -1 1 20 Oxford Utd 2 -1 1 21 Plymouth 2 -3 1 22 Macclesfield 2 -3 0 23 Crewe 2 -4 0 24 Hereford 2 -4 0
I have heard it should be a unchanged side but just with a few different ones on the bench. Managers comments. Crewe manager Dario Gradi told BBC Radio Stoke: "I think we've played well for one and a half of the games, but we didn't play very well in the second half at Swindon. "The away support has been good and I think they've appreciated some of the football that we've played. "You have to earn your support and I'm sure the crowd will get behind us on Saturday if we play well." Gillingham manager Andy Hessenthaler told BBC Radio Kent: "We've got to be careful what we say to players because we don't want them to go the other way. "Perhaps we lost our way a little bit but I want them to be competitive. It's hard for me to preach too much with my career though. "Crewe are a good young side, very energetic, whether we change the shape, we might do that. They're a good footballing side. "There might be a food for thought for changing the shape, we might do that."
Yeah, That is so much bad news, hope it is not bad, we cannot do with him out for long, But at least we have someone like Weston in the team on the bench as he is a good replacement if he is playing well, Just hope he can get one or assist.
Is kedwell actually playing? Sky Sports line ups showed him on bench at start but now he is shown as being on from start!!!
Yeah Kedwell is upfront on his own and was being sort of partnered by Whelpdale before he went off and also Spiller up front in a supporting role.
Kicking off a bit after a bad challenge on Weston, also Crewe did not give the ball back and Fuller got stuck in. No bookings though.
I have just updated the thread with a squad list, the one of BBC was useless as it said this LOL Crewe 01 Phillips 03 Davis 05 Artell 06 Dugdale 15 Martin 04 Westwood 07 Bell 08 Murphy 09 Miller 11 Moore 25 Powell Substitutes 13 Martin, 12 Shelley, 24 Hughes, 10 Leitch-Smith, 19 Clayton Gillingham 01 Flitney 02 Fuller 03 Frampton 12 Martin 15 Lawrence 04 Lee 07 Whelpdale 08 Payne 10 Weston 17 Spiller 19 Montrose 09 Kedwell Substitutes 28 Gazzaniga, 06 Richards, 16 Fish, 09 Kedwell, 23 Payne 10 Weston, Get you head around that 12 players starting and also Weston and Kedwell were on the bench as well as playing, 6 subs on the bench, made a few mistakes I think but I worked out and changed all the mistakes/
Nice chorus of boos by the Crewe fans, not going good for them, sounds like the ref has made a few mistakes on some challenges. Maybe he don't like Yellow cards.
