Now was the time to take off Max Ehmer for Leon Legge and strengthen Gillingham's Defence, obviously you wouldn't change your centre back pairing unless it was necessary through injury, but I felt that with Max Ehmer on a yellow card the last thing we want to see is Gillingham going down to ten men, but with John Marquis requiring some treatment then Luke Norris might come on for the final few minutes, Stuart Nelson did well to gather a dangerous cross from Jordan Willis and prevent Ryan Haynes from scoring, but it was the effort across the face of goal from John Fleck that had Me and Wainscotty worried and thankfully John Fleck's shot went wide of Stuart Nelson's right hand post.
But Jermaine McGlashan sealed the win in added time when John Marquis played Jermaine McGlashan through on the over-lap and Jermaine McGlashan went for the top left corner and although Ryan Allsop got a hand on the ball, he couldn't prevent Jermaine McGlashan from sealing the win and sealing all three points for The Gills.
FULL TIME: GILLINGHAM 3 - 1 COVENTRY CITY
Massive Three Points for The Gills and three points we badly needed as Gillingham pull themselves out of the relegation zone, but having played one more game then the teams around us, then it is crucial that Gillingham can win 3-4 matches on the spin so that we pull ourselves away from the relegation zone (that sort of run is unlikely I know) but a few wins in a row and Gillingham can pick up a lot of points in a short period of time.
It is also critical that Cody McDonald remains fit and remains in the starting line up between now and the end of the season, six goals in his last seven appearances is fantastic form and I don't know what it is, but Cody McDonald always seems to go on a goal-scoring run between now and the end of the season, Cody did it last season and he did it in the 2010 / 2011 season and I think Cody will do it again this season, but will he score enough goals to keep Gillingham in League One, or will we strengthen our attacking options before The January Transfer Window Closes ???
So many players put in impressive performances yesterday, Cody McDonald and John Marquis put in superb performances up-front, yes they both got on the score-sheet but it was there work-rate, persistence and commitment which stuck out for me as well as sticking the ball into the back of the net, Jermaine McGlashan scored and won the penalty as he made an huge impact from the substitutes bench, Bradley Dack put in a excellent performance in midfield, Josh Pritchard put in his best performance in a Gillingham Shirt and I expected big things from Josh Pritchard when we signed him in the summer, but Jake Hessenthaler was My Choice for Man Of The Match because Jake Hessenthaler put in the complete midfielder performance yesterday and I wanted to praise someone who hadn't scored who had put in a excellent performance.
To think that if we had our shooting boots on then Gillingham could of scored 7-8 goals yesterday, but we needed John Marquis's equaliser in The Eighty Second Minute to kick-start a grand-stand finish, all we need to hear this week is the managerial situation resolved, we cannot keep going with the Four Man Caretaker Set Up any longer, let's get A Manager Appointed and give the new man time to implement the changes he wants to make to the squad.