Gillingham manager Andy Hessenthaler disappointed with second half display in Gills' 3-0 defeat at Rotherham
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by Luke Cawdell
Gillingham’s second half performance wasn’t up to scratch,
conceded boss Andy Hessenthaler after losing 3-0
at Rotherham on Saturday.
The Gills went from being competitive in the first half to
capitulating in the second.
“I can’t believe the result but we deserved to lose on the
second half performance,” said Hessenthaler (pictured).
“First half we looked comfortable without creating a lot of
chances. The keeper made a save from Kedwell when he got in, but
our final ball probably let us down a bit.”
Rotherham’s opener originated from a disputed throw and when
that went in the game rapidly went downhill for the Gills. An
unwell Jack Payne was substituted and that gave the hosts the room
to engineer two more goals.
“Goals change games and so do decisions,” the Gills boss said.
“It was clearly our throw and I could see from the other side that
Frampton slid in and it came off their fella for our throw. How the
linesman can give it to them I don’t know and I can’t work it
out.
“But saying that, we can’t rely on the officials, we should
defend it better. We didn’t perform from there on.
“We looked a poor side after conceding and we ran out of ideas.
It gave them the confidence and the impetus and we ended up losing
the game.
"We are disappointed but we can’t be too critical. We are going
to lose games, but the way we lost it in the second half was the
biggest thing,”
After conceding the first goal Hessenthaler felt it best to take
off Payne and bring on Dennis Oli to give them more going forward.
It was a move he accepts didn’t work.
Hessenthaler said: “He (Payne) was doing well but he did come in
at half-time and he was quite poorly, he felt sick and we had to
keep an eye on him.
“Once we went a goal down you are chasing the game and we went
for another striker. That affected us the other way because Jack
sits in there and breaks things up and we ended up conceding again.
You live and learn.
“We gave Kedwell a partner with Dennis and we actually got
worse.”
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Saturday, August 27 2011
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