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Post by mrbluesky on Oct 15, 2016 20:28:30 GMT
very good win v a very experienced and strong gillingham team.
some have said gillingham were poor but i though they looked a strong outfit who we gradually wore down.
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Post by mangogas15 on Oct 15, 2016 21:33:13 GMT
Gillingham were one of the better teams I've seen. A proper league one no nonsense outfit. Dack worked so hard and gave our defence no time today. Lovely to stick it to wagstaff after he told us to f off. There are no easy games in this league and continue to compete in Every game and grow. Our bench is such a major factor for us. Especially with the players who can't get on it as well. Very well done gas. Loved it for Linesy and Ellis they've both been stars this season.
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Post by Angas on Oct 15, 2016 21:39:32 GMT
the one who has called before and sounds like a youngish lad? If so, completely agree no not the young lad Adam sounded early 30s very knowledgeable indeed. Said about the players fitness and DC's ploy of putting on fresh legs late on I have a feeling he might be the chap who had the foresight early in the conference season to place a bet on us winning back to back promotions. Paid off big time for him.  I think he posts on here very occasionally. |
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Post by csssmooth on Oct 15, 2016 23:21:57 GMT
Standard day at the office, we were the better team, we played more football, we were the fitter team, and last but not least DC stamped his quality all over that game with his substitutions. Would love to be a fly on the wall in the changing rooms at half time because DC has obviously got a great ability to motivate the players, never have i seen a group of players behind there manager so much, and for such a long time aswell. Most teams go through a good spell for a few weeks or maybe a few months, with us it's been 2 years when we found our feet in the conference in October 2014. With the manager we have, the backroom staff we have, the owners we have, and the super sized squad we have that's packed full of quality, i don't see anything other than more and more great times on the horizon. Who would've thought in the dire time of about 26 months ago, I am thinking of the defeat at Altrincham, where we looked a poor conference side, that in our wildest dreams there would be a post like this. Great times, great horizon indeed. |
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Post by traveling_wilbury on Oct 16, 2016 7:28:22 GMT
I'll have to keep bringing my nephew to games as this was his second game both ended up 2-1 to the Gas with last minute winners (the other game was Dagenham).
It was a very enjoyable game (apart from the torrential downpour) and felt we were comfortable without really dominating and didn't think the Gills would score unless we made a mistake!
We just kept trying and trying and eventually that little bit of extra skill that Lines has paid off and we'll done to Ellis for his persistence to get the winner.
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Post by Wembley_Gas on Oct 16, 2016 7:48:24 GMT
Probably have to agree more with singup rather than mango re the quality of Gillingham. Nouble, JET, Konchesky, McDonald, Dack, Wagstaffe etc ...that's a squad that represents some serious investment so if I was a Gills fan I'd be disappointed with the fare those on duty yesterday served up. Yes they put the effort in but it was crafty fouls rather than craft and slow ponderous battering ram stuff rather than lightning quick thrust and counterthrust. Really the game plan looked to be nine to frustrate and chuck it to Dack to try and create something. Set pieces seemed to be their best chance of a goal and so it proved with the long throw routine. Two bookings for kicking the ball away (effectively time wasting) plus the keeper booked for blatant time wasting shows they had not done their homework....just giving a comeback team more added minutes to come back! Four more bookings for persistent or nasty fouls and yet the worst offender, Ehmer, got away with it. What really showed was when Linesy scored they visibly wilted. Suddenly they were not marking as tightly, they were giving up trying to stay with the runner, they were slicing and missing hoofed clearances and they were collectively panicking and with Dack off they had no-one to relieve the pressure. It was a surrender...we know about those days (pre DC) and we know that surrendering is something a DC team will never do even when things are just not going right for them.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2016 8:21:37 GMT
It's all personal opinion obviously, but I thought Gillingham were dreadful. Spoiling,narky and lacking any attempt to play open football. A bit like Bolton, but minus the firepower.
We totally deserved the win and the complete failure to believe we're ever beaten will take us up again this season.
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Post by laughinggas on Oct 16, 2016 9:52:38 GMT
How does Elis keep a straight face in this, well played young man.....
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Oct 16, 2016 9:56:18 GMT
I thought a draw would've been a fair result, just we took our chances and showed more endeavour.
We are scoring late goals to change games, which implies we are fitter and make more attacking subs in last third of matches.
Our goal conceded looked like their 45 infringed our naive defence to leave the ball for the scorer.
I do worry against better teams in this division we won't be able to concede first goal and recoup so clinically. A win is a win and I'm in no way complaining, I just wish we could make things a bit easier for ourselves by getting the first (and more!) goals in game.
More than happy though. A game in hand win sees us in play offs and we're still in fa cup! Go us..
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2016 10:17:19 GMT
I do worry against better teams in this division we won't be able to concede first goal and recoup so clinically. Except we've played most of the top half (all bar Bury from the top 10), with most of the bottom half still to come. Fair enough that experience bears out your analysis, but it's 'a few of the very much better teams'. Plus, those games were in what's becoming our traditional slow-start-bedding-in phase. I agree it's a risky approach, and it would be preferable to avoid the initial deficit, but hopefully that's next on the to do list, and in the meantime the will to keep playing and turn the result is priceless. It certainly was last season, and not just on the last day. It was probably the difference between 3rd and mid table. I've seen enough 'oh well, never mind, maybe next time' performances in the past to be delighted to see the back of them. |
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Post by o2o2bo2ba on Oct 16, 2016 10:35:57 GMT
I do worry against better teams in this division we won't be able to concede first goal and recoup so clinically. Except we've played most of the top half (all bar Bury from the top 10), with most of the bottom half still to come. Fair enough that experience bears out your analysis, but it's 'a few of the very much better teams'. Plus, those games were in what's becoming our traditional slow-start-bedding-in phase. I agree it's a risky approach, and it would be preferable to avoid the initial deficit, but hopefully that's next on the to do list, and in the meantime the will to keep playing and turn the result is priceless. It certainly was last season, and not just on the last day. It was probably the difference between 3rd and mid table. I've seen enough 'oh well, never mind, maybe next time' performances in the past to be delighted to see the back of them. That's a fair post, SS. I guess I am a little disappointed that our defence which has been immaculate in recent seasons have made mistakes which leave us with work to do. I still say we set up with an awkward formation that leaves defence exposed and out of place. Teams play simple football to usually go one up against us, if we don't help them by error of own simple mistakes. It's an observation, I'm more than happy atm and as I said to someone yesterday: I really can't complain, I wished this division football upon myself two years ago, so I have to smile and remember where we were.. |
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Post by a more piratey game on Oct 16, 2016 12:13:30 GMT
I think the table and our experience so far tells us this is a very tight division with very little between most of the teams
so one in which the team that battles longest and with most unity should shade things
its a good ride at the moment
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Post by warehamgas on Oct 16, 2016 14:09:59 GMT
I do worry against better teams in this division we won't be able to concede first goal and recoup so clinically. Except we've played most of the top half (all bar Bury from the top 10), with most of the bottom half still to come. Fair enough that experience bears out your analysis, but it's 'a few of the very much better teams'. Plus, those games were in what's becoming our traditional slow-start-bedding-in phase. I agree it's a risky approach, and it would be preferable to avoid the initial deficit, but hopefully that's next on the to do list, and in the meantime the will to keep playing and turn the result is priceless. It certainly was last season, and not just on the last day. It was probably the difference between 3rd and mid table. I've seen enough 'oh well, never mind, maybe next time' performances in the past to be delighted to see the back of them. I don't think conceding the first goal is a planned approach! It just happens lots of times and I'm sure it's not planned. But as said we have played most of the top half and apart from first half against Bolton no one has outplayed us. It would be good to have some clean sheets though, it will get harder and harder as the season goes on to keep pulling these rabbits out of the bag. But the mentality of this team is fantastic, they don't seem to be phased by going one down and just keep going. I remember last season similar things being said that we couldn't keep leaving it late, but we did and look what happened! I could say things that DC should do but TBH what do I know and in DC I definitely trust! UTG! |
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Post by The Concept on Oct 16, 2016 16:51:27 GMT
To add to previous comments about Adam, the caller to Radio Bristol after the game - I thought he was spot on with all he said.
Rather than thinking we get it wrong at the start the focus should be we have the fitness, strength and character to keep going all game.
Opposing teams must be thinking they are doomed if they don't get a couple of goals head start on us; that we are bound to come back into the game. I think the fitness advantage then follows that we also hold physiological advantage over some teams.
The fitness of the team was shown to great extent in the victory against Cardiff. Despite the fact that they were a league above us; despite the fact that they had lots of possession, and we had work harder by chasing and harrying to close them down - it was the Cardiff players at 90 minutes, and half-time in extra time, that were down and being treated for cramp.
We is well fit, we is; innet!
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Post by mangogas15 on Oct 16, 2016 21:30:05 GMT
Name the 'better teams'. We're becoming a team no one wants to play again. Except this season its a couple of months earlier.
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I think he posts on here very occasionally. 
