Brentford 4 Gillingham 0
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Charlie MacDonald rifles
home his second penalty. Picture: Barry Goodwin
by Andrew Gidley
It was another miserable afternoon on the road for the Gills,
and the near 1200 fans who followed them to Griffin Park, as they
were thrashed 4-0 by Brentford in League 1 on Saturday.
Two first-half penalties - one a certainty the other
controversial - began their demise, and two more by Myles Weston
added to their problems.
Gills made the better start and Simeon Jackson saw his effort
tipped onto a post in the second minute, and Andy Barcham have two
more efforts on target.
However, it all started to go wrong after nine minutes. Darren
Dennehy's poor back-pass left Charlie MacDonald free and he was
brought down by Alan Julian, who had an unhappy return to one of
his old clubs.
MacDonald stepped up to blast home the spot-kick, and it was the
same story after 32 minutes. Kevin Maher was adjudged to have
brought down Toumani Diagouraga in the box and MacDonald rifled
home.
Myles Weston netted the third two minutes later, firing home
left footed.
Debutant James Walker - who came in for the injured Rene Howe -
missed two great chances, the second from just six yards in the
second half after the ball came back off the post.
Weston wrapped up the scoring with his second 11 minutes from
time when the ball came back off the post, hit Julian and bounced
over the line.
Mark Stimson admitted he was "devastated" after the defeat. The
under-pressure Gills boss faced up to the jeering Gills fans who
were calling for his head at the end and said: "I am hurting badly
because I hate losing football matches.
"We came here thinking we had a fantastic chance after three
decent results and performances where we showed commitment and
spirit, and I thought we had enough to get something.
"We spoke before the game about clearing our own lines and not
passing back on a very poor pitch, but didn't take it on board, and
concede a penalty to go one down.
"I don't think anyone in the stadium thought the second penalty
was one. They got it, and when the luck isn't going with you that
happens..
"Brentford are a team who are always in your face, they get it
forward and ask questions of defenders, and unfortunately we didn't
have the right answers. Josh Gowling and Darren Dennehy have looked
solid since they started playing together, but today looked
like they have never played the game before.
"You walk away beaten 4-0 and devastated - it wasn't a good
day."
Stimson will have his squad in on Sunday morning, but added: "We
would have done that had we won 4-0, because we have got a game
against Tranmere on Tuesday."
Gills: Julian, Fuller, Gowling, Dennehy, Wynter, Bentley (Rooney
58), Maher, Payne, Barcham (MCammon 75), Jackson, Walker (Weston
58).
Subs not used: Royce, Miller, Jackman, Oli.
Attendance: 6,036.
Saturday, February 06 2010
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