Gills fans react to their side's roller-coaster 5-4 defeat at the hands of Bury in League 2 on Saturday
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Danny Spiller is mobbed by his teammates
after bringing the Gills back to 3-3, only for Bury to snatch a 5-4
win
Before Saturday's game at Gigg Lane our panel of Gillingham
fans were split about whether their team would beat Bury
and break their away-day jinx, but nobody could have foreseen what
was to come in the nine-goal epic. Below is a selection of
views.
BEN CURTIS
(Brompton)
"I still can’t quite take in what I saw on Saturday. Firstly,
awful team selection. The centre-back pairing of Matt Lawrence and
Tony Sinclair, supported by Chris Palmer and Barry Fuller, worked
very well at Morecambe last week and we didn’t concede.
"So why on earth Hessenthaler decided to bring back Josh Gowling
and John Nutter and move Barry Fuller to centre midfield, all in an
attempt to replace Andy Barcham, I’ll never know. Once again,
playing Akinfenwa on his own up front again didn’t work and when he
did have support we ended up scoring four.
"But the starting eleven, regardless of selection issues, just
didn’t perform and an atrocious first-half display along with 90
minutes of kamikaze defending was incredibly concerning.
"We still haven’t led a game and we’ve had only one decent
first-half performance in five matches. For all of the
encouragement, we’re now under pressure to get results."
MALCOLM SMITH
(Grimsby)
"For entertainment value this was worth the money, but to lose a
nine-goal ‘thriller’ really isn’t that thrilling.
"To let in five goals in any match is unacceptable and the
manner in which we lost them makes it even worse. 
"The first half defending was comical, the first goal would not
have looked out of place in a pantomime.
"Credit to Hess (pictured) for changing it up at half-time
but how Gowling was favoured ahead of Lawrence is a mystery to
me?
"Gills went on to win the second half showing how good we can be
but poor defending cost us yet again as Sinclair, Gowling and
McCammon all had chances to intervene but failed to do so.
"On the plus side we showed great team spirit and scored some
good goals but sadly it all counts for nothing if we let in
five!"
BURY FAN
Hannah Ingram
"I don’t think anyone could have predicted that result!
"The last time the Gills visited Gigg Lane, it was a 4-0 win for
the Shakers, but I never thought I’d see nine goals the next time
the two sides met up north. 
"The first half was a nightmare for Josh Gowling, as his back
pass towards Cronin was too short and allowed Andy Bishop to
capitalise for our first goal, and then his clumsy push on Bishop
gave us the penalty for the second.
"The second half was nothing short of unbelievable, with seven
goals in 26 minutes. The double substitution for Gillingham
was influential, with Mark McCammon (pictured) making an
immediate difference.
"Adebayo Akinfenwa always causes Bury problems – he’s a class
act upfront. A nightmare to play against, but a hero to have in
your team.
"We next meet again in February – will we go one better with 10
goals?"
What is your reaction to the nine-goal thriller? Have
your say below.
Monday, September 06 2010
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