[ 19 Nov 16 ] Walsall v GILLS Match Thread

[Garawa]

The Gills last win against Walsall was back in September 2007. It was the 45th win against Walsall who had won 43 of the 111 ties themselves.

The Gills win-less run against Walsall extends to 10 games. 7 of the last 9 meetings between the sides had seen the match end in a draw.

Walsall are unbeaten in the league over the last 6 games, breaking a sequence of just 1 win in 9 that took them 5 pts behind the Gills in 20th.

3.02 Kick-Off (4 - 3 - 3)

3.04
GOAL! Walsall 0-1 Gillingham: McDonald
Walsall are unbeaten in 9 league games (5 wins) after scoring first but are winless in 6 (4 defeats) when conceding first.

3.11
GOAL! Wasall 1-1 Gillingham: McCarthy

3.48
Baily Cargill clears off the line.

3.49 Half time: 1-1 (47:02)
The Gills have previously only been behind at half time in an away league game once (ending with defeat)! The two that were level saw a win and a defeat.

4.05
The second half kicks off. The Gills have scored 15 second half goals (62.5% of their league goals) but Walsall have only scored 7 (33.3%).

4.45
GOAL! Walsall 1-2 Gillingham: Ehmer

4.54
Baily Cargill joins his Bournemouth team mate Joe Quigley on 3 Gills wins from 3 games, the best totals of any player this season.

4.54 FULL-TIME 1-2 (95:02)

Position: 15th
Attendance: 5,420 (318)
Referee: John Busby

[lidbid46]

Perhaps we should just surrender now and not bother turning up!

[gillsfan1066]

Well Walsall are thankfully not Scunny, so thats a start, although their home record is pretty good and our away record is............................
Maybe if we can come away with a point we could consider it a moral victory ??

[CadburyMan]

The way things are going aa corner would be considered victory

[Kent_UckyFriedGills]

I will be making my first trip to Walsall tomorrow.I`m not feeling too confident after Wednesday,but i`m hoping to see a response.We only have the league to concentrate on now,so need to start picking points up more regularly.I hope we have worked on lots of defending since Brackley!

Team? Cargill will surely come in for Oshilaja,and Konchesky in for the injured Garmston.

[lidbid46]

Well isn't that just the beauty of being a Gills fan! Hardly anyone thought we would win today, especially following the midweek debacle so what happens; we win of course! Sounds like Walsall were all over us but we snatched yet another late winner. Have we finally turned a corner? How would anyone know with this Gills team? We could go on and win the league or we could end up being relegated!

[gillsfan1066]

OH NO, here we go again, now Scally will think Glasgow is the best thing since sliced bread. Thank you the Gods of football, thank you very F' ING much.

[Kent_UckyFriedGills]

I wasn't expecting much after the Brackley defeat on Wednesday.We started really brightly,Dack's early ball in had a few blocks then Cody heads the ball over their keeps head.1-0 in just over a minute,great start.We looked comfortable on the ball,then out of nothing they equalised which should not have been given.Their player handles clearly then hits it passed Nelson.With the bad luck and poor goals we have been conceding,it was frustrating to concede through a blatant hand ball.Walsall were then in the game and should have gone in ahead.They had a shot that was just going over the line,but Cargill got back brilliantly to stop it going in.The second half it was all Walsall the dangerous Oztumer who dictated play had a couple of shots go wide,they had quite a few corners that were cleared away at the last moment,or just past the post.The ball kept coming back to us so it felt like only a matter of time before they scored.A rare chance lead to the winner in the 84th minute when Dack was fouled just outside the box.JET stepped up and his shot deflected off Ehmer to go in.The away end went mental and we had an undeserved lead.

I had only just spoke to FOM,and said we will smash and grab this! JET is claiming the goal,but I think the deflection fooled their keeper a bit.We had the lead but we had to hang on for 10+ minutes which felt like 30 minutes.We dug in and held on for a massive much needed win.The away end went mental,we had been singing non stop throughout the game.The players very jubilant,Wright looked like he was going to explode,Cody had a big smile and kept tapping the badge,and Nelson shouted and punched his fist.

2 league wins in a row,if only we could forget Brackley it would have been a good week.I do hope we will turn a corner now,and Edinburgh can get out of the position he is in.I like him and want him to succeed.It has been hard lately for most fans to see it happening,I hope it does.You don't want to see managers sacked.

[gillsfan1066]

What do you mean you don't want to see managers fired, who gives two hoots if a screw up like Edinburgh gets fired, your not a family member of his are you lol ?
He blew last season when we were in line for at least a crack at promotion, and he is doing a great job of screwing up this season. A " lucky goal " at the end of the game gave us the points yesterday, up until then he has done NOTHING in his time at GFC but ruin what was a promotion contending team and turned them into a team that are sitting in a dangerous position a few points off the relegation zone.
Thank God for Chesterfield and Shrewsbury, ( both who could be relegated by the end of January the way they are going, ) with out them we could be in real trouble, two loses and we could be back on the edge of the red zone.
Why Scally did not pull the trigger after the FA Cup debacle last week I do not know ? I guess he is hoping we end up a middle of the table team and he he won't have to pay two managers if he fires J E .
Ho hum another wasted season for GFC, I can not imagine why I would should expect anything else ??

[Kent_UckyFriedGills]

What do you mean you don't want to see managers fired, who gives two hoots if a screw up like Edinburgh gets fired, your not a family member of his are you lol ?
He blew last season when we were in line for at least a crack at promotion, and he is doing a great job of screwing up this season. A " lucky goal " at the end of the game gave us the points yesterday, up until then he has done NOTHING in his time at GFC but ruin what was a promotion contending team and turned them into a team that are sitting in a dangerous position a few points off the relegation zone.
Thank God for Chesterfield and Shrewsbury, ( both who could be relegated by the end of January the way they are going, ) with out them we could be in real trouble, two loses and we could be back on the edge of the red zone.
Why Scally did not pull the trigger after the FA Cup debacle last week I do not know ? I guess he is hoping we end up a middle of the table team and he he won't have to pay two managers if he fires J E .
Ho hum another wasted season for GFC, I can not imagine why I would should expect anything else ??

I am actually,so of course i`m going to say that! It`s not nice to see anyone lose their job,he`s a nice bloke so I want him to turn it around.I`m not saying we have turned it around yet as we need more results,but I hope he can.

[gillsfan1066]

If he was giving me my pocket money each week I sure as hell would want him to stay employed, lol.
To me this is another wasted season, were not even at Christmas and as far as I am concerned the season is over, we sure as hell are not going to be in the promotion race, and I beg the Gods of footie to keep us way above the relegation zone, so here we go again another 12th place finish and everyone will consider that wonderful, we didn't go down, back in November we looked as if we were in trouble, but no Jed got us out and saved us, what a guy, WHAT A GUY. Yeah what a guy, lol.
If he is still here at the start of the new year then I am sure he is going to bring in a player or two, and that means next season we will start with a mirror image of this season.
What happened to the line of GM's that was going round the block waiting to sign Bradley Dack, what ever happened to that deal ?

[Rimshot]

It's not the manager that calls the shots at GFC. I no longer care who's is in the post I just look at the win. It's pointless having any hopes that the club will move forward until there's a change of ownership.

[gillsfan1066]

Glasgow got everyone he wanted this year, this team is his team and he is doing one rotten job of running it. He appears to lack in the art of motivation and some of the players he bought in ,well me thinks he got sold a bag of rusty nails. Our beloved Chairman might sign the checks but he sure as hell does not tell Glasgow who to bring in, like he would know who to bring into GFC ??

[lidbid46]

Don't see why we can't still think of getting into the playoffs. There must be examples of teams who have been in a worse position than we are now who have reached the play offs and maybe even been promoted. I can't call this a wasted season; it just seems like most of the other 25 seasons I have enjoyed supporting Gillingham; some wins when we should have lost, some defeats when we expected to win and a lot of either frustrating or heroic draws. Apart from the two or three promotion seasons, this is just what supporting Gillingham has always been like. If supporters want loads of trophies, massive crowds, star players and 90% home wins then I would respectfully suggest they are supporting the wrong team! Could be worse; imagine supporting Coventry right now compared to ten or twenty years ago!

[gillsfan1066]

That my dear Mr. L just about sums up some Gillingham supporters, EXCEPT MEDIOCRITY, AND EXPECT NOTHING MORE , finishing 12 in the THIRD DIVISION year in year out IS OK isn't ?
You can't just go and support another team, I have nothing in common with Manchester United or Liverpool, worked in both places a couple of times for a week or so , I bleed Gillingham blue blood when I cut myself shaving , it's not Chelsea blue or Everton Blue, it's GILLINGHAM BLUE, you can't just change the team you have grown up supporting .
YES supporting Coventry is no fun in 2016, but at least the supporters have experienced the top of the Mountain, we never made it past base camp. 20 years ago Coventry were playing Manchester United , I bet we were playing Port Vale, GOD I hate Port Vale, lol.