Gillingham v Blackpool Official Matchday Thread 26.09.20
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Costero Poderoso
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As much as i thought they were sh1t fleetwood were a top 6 side last season, against tranmere we were awful. But that was last season, Plymouth i thought we were very unlucky and today was . . . enuff said.
Someone mentioned that we were outmuscled today and we need some more physicality. We have a few players who can mix it up and they are quite a physical side, when you play the press game you have to be. Today we couldnt press because every time a Backpool player went near to a Gills player they would fall down and the ref would blow for a free kick, and then the blind tw*t started booking pool players. We might say that Evans is a cynical sh'tehouse manager with a sh1tehouse team but its the refs that let them get away with it, from the constant falling down to the timewasting. in the last twenty minutes or so of the game i started running the stopwatch on my phone and i got to 6 minutes wasted over that period.
i think critchley will have to deal with that because my guess is there are a few teams in this league that play like that. I think he probably knows how to deal with it because its not as though Liverpool dont have teams like that to deal with in the PL, Manure for one, i think its going to be a training ground thing.
Evans knows league 1 fantastically....
He’s a top manager at this level...
He did a top job on Blackpool and put CJ out of the game...
Critchley is clueless in this division as yet..
He’s won one in 8.....taking last season into account as well....
He has to learn fast and start coming up with some answers....
He’s a top manager at this level...
He did a top job on Blackpool and put CJ out of the game...
Critchley is clueless in this division as yet..
He’s won one in 8.....taking last season into account as well....
He has to learn fast and start coming up with some answers....
Tangerinenick
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We go again.
tangerine_neil
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And he knows how to score. Unlike some
rememberlesshannon
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MOTD, Chelsea lots of new players, not great but need time to gel before being judged.
AVFTT, Blackpool 7 new players start, 3 games in; manager clueless and every Sunday League armchair critic, knows where we are going wrong.
Another day at the Private Frazer, we are doomed, BFC " supporters " madhouse.
We have a plan, keep the faith.
AVFTT, Blackpool 7 new players start, 3 games in; manager clueless and every Sunday League armchair critic, knows where we are going wrong.
Another day at the Private Frazer, we are doomed, BFC " supporters " madhouse.
We have a plan, keep the faith.
TangerineAde
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The doom mongers are out in force. Rome wasn’t built in a day. Keep the faith. NC and the boys will work on their ’failings’ and in a few weeks time, we’ll all be waking up on match days - feeling fine. You heard it here first. UTMP 
My Thoughts.
Critchley plays this slow, across the back build up. Gills immediately pull everyone behind the ball.
We can't play this way, we are copying teams like Man City, but we don't have a defence like theirs. Also we don't have the
finishers like Sterling, Aguerro, Silva etc.
How many shots did their keeper have to save? Not many because the defence was all together.
The Referee.
Useless, I would mark him 2/10. 1 for turning up and one for daring to come out for the second half.
It wasn't until way into the 2nd half that he realised they were diving, feigning injury and wasting time.
What about the guy who went of injures? He hobbled in a diagonal line until the Ref eventually pointed to the nearest line.
Once off (which took over 2 mins) and the play restarted he was on like a whippet.
Why didn't he send Evans to the stand?
I pity the Gills fans if they are to watch this type of tactic every week. Time wasting, feigning injury. Ruined the game for me.
Critchley plays this slow, across the back build up. Gills immediately pull everyone behind the ball.
We can't play this way, we are copying teams like Man City, but we don't have a defence like theirs. Also we don't have the
finishers like Sterling, Aguerro, Silva etc.
How many shots did their keeper have to save? Not many because the defence was all together.
The Referee.
Useless, I would mark him 2/10. 1 for turning up and one for daring to come out for the second half.
It wasn't until way into the 2nd half that he realised they were diving, feigning injury and wasting time.
What about the guy who went of injures? He hobbled in a diagonal line until the Ref eventually pointed to the nearest line.
Once off (which took over 2 mins) and the play restarted he was on like a whippet.
Why didn't he send Evans to the stand?
I pity the Gills fans if they are to watch this type of tactic every week. Time wasting, feigning injury. Ruined the game for me.
TangerineAde
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Oh yeah, I forgot to endorse Matt Scrafton’s observation, re: the whistle-happy, crap ref and the tissue-paper light Gills players. You could almost be forgiven for thinking there was a sniper up in the stands, given the amount of times a Gill’s player hit the ground. Call me cynical, but I think the team in blue were behaving very naughtily. 
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Rich T
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Ah, haven't we all missed this?
The Sunday morning empty feeling; the morning after the disappointment before; the clutching at straws of patience; the "give it 10 games" excuse. Not too far removed from Koko's "Judge us in May" bollocks.
Two teams who probably aren't amongst the strongest in the division ( I'll hold up my hands if I'm proven wrong) have let us have the ball, only to take it from us when we've made little progress and remind us what matters most in League 1.
Yes, there are doom-merchants on here and we are a fickle bunch. Last week nailed-on for automatic, today consolidating for next season, but that's OK. We're all entitled to an opinion.
Off to work now, thoroughly pissed off with my lot, not particularly interested in how poorly the Nobbers are performing, whether Man U scabbed it again, or if the Cods even exist.
There are more important things going on in the world, but even they appear relatively insignificant when we hear about a "bad day at the office". If I had too many of those, I'd be gone.
You're professionals. Get it sorted, please.
The Sunday morning empty feeling; the morning after the disappointment before; the clutching at straws of patience; the "give it 10 games" excuse. Not too far removed from Koko's "Judge us in May" bollocks.
Two teams who probably aren't amongst the strongest in the division ( I'll hold up my hands if I'm proven wrong) have let us have the ball, only to take it from us when we've made little progress and remind us what matters most in League 1.
Yes, there are doom-merchants on here and we are a fickle bunch. Last week nailed-on for automatic, today consolidating for next season, but that's OK. We're all entitled to an opinion.
Off to work now, thoroughly pissed off with my lot, not particularly interested in how poorly the Nobbers are performing, whether Man U scabbed it again, or if the Cods even exist.
There are more important things going on in the world, but even they appear relatively insignificant when we hear about a "bad day at the office". If I had too many of those, I'd be gone.
You're professionals. Get it sorted, please.
True but hard to find - not many like Garry Briggs
fannybattersbookclub
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TBH, after the way Blackpool played against us in the league cup a few weeks ago and the way Gillingham played against us in the same comp last week I had you down for an away win all day long. One of them things, I still think Blackpool will be there or thereabouts come may.
Jordan Thompson used the same tactics...Oh yeah, I forgot to endorse Matt Scrafton’s observation, re: the whistle-happy, crap ref and the tissue-paper light Gills players. You could almost be forgiven for thinking there was a sniper up in the stands, given the amount of times a Gill’s player hit the ground. Call me cynical, but I think the team in blue were behaving very naughtily.
Did we moan ?
Did we Bollux...
It’s ok when we do it
glasshalffull
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To be honest I seem to remember quite a lot of moaning about Jordan Thompson falling over, and that was just one player.
If the whole team starts doing it, and then time wasting as soon as they go one nil up as well. Then that is just anti football, and not for me.
AndrewDuncanSmith
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It just isn t cricket!
This style of play was evident in the early friendly against Barrow; laboured with no pace in the attack (it would be interesting to see what % of passes go backwards?). Games aren't won with possession alone and I feel that the way the team has been set up, there might be slim pickings this season, down the middle, for the strikers.