Gillingham vs Swindon Match day Hub

Bernadettec · Apr 23, 2012

Great win for you on Saturday (as it was for us against Torquay). Does anyone know just out of interest how many Swindon fans there were. Watching the Football League Show there did seem to be a lot of them and I have a feeling they may have had more than what us Dons had. Also great to see Keds on the scoresheet and what a good header it was. Hope that his subsitution was a tactical one and not due to another injury.

HOADIE_BOI · Apr 23, 2012

Bernadettec said: ↑

Great win for you on Saturday (as it was for us against Torquay). Does anyone know just out of interest how many Swindon fans there were. Watching the Football League Show there did seem to be a lot of them and I have a feeling they may have had more than what us Dons had. Also great to see Keds on the scoresheet and what a good header it was. Hope that his subsitution was a tactical one and not due to another injury.
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I think they brought 1,200, but I think they had more than that.

BelfastBlue · Apr 24, 2012

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One thing yesterday made me realise was that, financial considerations aside, it's perfectly feasible to get to Gills home games from here without having to get up at some godforsaken hour. However financial considerations are crucial at the moment, so unfortunately I won't be able to do it regularly. As mentioned on the prediction thread I enjoyed the meal and match package, and found my self on the same table as Belfastblue and his father - just coincidence or is the Gillingham Big Brother watching this site? Anyhow, great to meet you and hope you has a safe journey back.

And the match? Of course delighted with the win, and in particular with the commitment shown by all the team. In the football vernacular they seemed to 'want it more'. Fish had an excellent game, in particuler in the second half when he was showing great awareness of Swindon left winger when long passes were being pinged out there from the right midfield. I was also impressed by the way that Lee covered back for Fish when Fish did go forward. Essam had another very assured game, and really does look an excellent prospect, but Swindon really didn't seem to offer much - I'm sure they've played much better games this season, and will have to play better than that in L1 next season.

However, what frustrated me immensely was the number of times that the ball was not brought under control before making a pass. Criticism of the the back 4 is to a certain extent diluted in this as their responsibility is more to get the ball out of an immediate danger area, but too many times a player under no immediate pressure just headed or hit the ball upfield to no-one in particular, where it was usually collected by a Swindon player, and then the job starts again. I'd be fascinated to know the amount of time the ball spent in the air, if such a statistic exists. I can't believe that players at this level don't have the ability to bring the ball under control and look up for a pass. That also allows the other members of the team more time to assess their own position on the pitch in relation to play in general, and therefore, hopefully for the team to keep its shape better and find the areas to run into. As I have commented before, the game is called FOOTball.

So, all in all, a good win, a great day (even the rain held off) and some good chat with fellow supporters in the bar, but unfortunately this team isn't the finished product yet.
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good to meet you and your daughter Tim- my round next time!

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