Nutter's Natter with Gillingham defender John Nutter
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Firstly, on behalf of all the boys, I
want to say a massive thank you to all the brave souls who
travelled so far on Tuesday and stood in the freezing cold to cheer
the boys on to a hard-earned point.
The journey is long to say the least
as I got home at 3.30am on Wednesday morning. I know you guys must
have been getting in around the same time. At least, though, you
didn’t have Adam Mills ‘spooning’ you on the back of coach while
trying to get some sleep like I did!
Hartlepool is a difficult place to go
to get points and that’s how it proved for us. We had to give it
everything to come away with our point.
We started well and had some half
chances before Hartlepool came into it and had some pressure of
their own, during which AJ pulled off a tremendous save to keep the
scores level at half-time.
After the break it was an even affair
and we managed to edge in front.
Rene worked hard to create some space
down the right to cross for Jacko and he nipped across his
centre-half before planting a great header into the far corner.
Hartlepool went for it after our goal
and had some pressure.
But we withstood it and I couldn’t see
them breaking us down. Unfortunately, we were undone by a
long-range strike which I think the lad scuffed to be honest. It
sent the ball into a swerve and dip which was unintentional and saw
it find its way into the corner of our net.
All things being said, I think it was
a decent return after another good result against Colchester last
Saturday.
They were always going to make it hard
for us being fourth in the league and with our home record and the
fact they had conceded a lot of goals recently.
I think we can be pleased with the
draw, particularly after a disappointing result against Accrington
beforehand.
Chances were few and far between
again, although AJ was called upon to make a great save from Kevin
Lisbie in the second half.
We face Walsall tomorrow (Saturday) in
a big game for us. If we can get the three points, it will make our
last two results seem even better and could also move us up the
table towards a healthier position.
It won’t be easy, though, as they are
an organised side who have some decent forwards. If we can keep a
clean sheet I’m sure we can claim all the points.
We have had three new faces since my
last column and they have had a positive effect on things. It
always livens the place up when new faces come in and we’ve also
had Danny Jackman training again which has also been like a new
signing.
So again get behind us on Saturday and
hopefully we’ll get the three points.
Thursday, January 28 2010
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