Andy Hessenthaler has mixed emotions after seeing Gillingham win comfortably at Torquay
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by Luke
Cawdell
Andy Hessenthaler was delighted with the team’s 5-2 victory
over Torquay on Saturday, but knows they still need to tighten up
defensively.
The Gills held a 2-0 lead at the break, but were pegged back to
2-2 early in the second half before adding three more goals to
finish Torquay off.
It was a roller-coaster performance that Hessenthaler admitted
was tough to watch from the sidelines.
He said: “The game was too stretched, and I am sure the Torquay
manager Martin Ling will say the same.
“It was good for the spectators, but a nightmare for us sat on
the bench.
“We were 2-0 ahead at half-time and we said that was a
dangerous scoreline. (We knew) if we conceded early we
would have a problem and that’s exactly what we did.
“At 2-2 I thought there was only going to be one winner and it
wasn’t us.
“We got the penalty, though, and Rooney did what he does best.
He was very composed and that’s when we came alive again.
“We got the next goal and we were comfortable in the end.
“I felt at times we were defending too deep and we are our own
worst enemies, but all-in-all, I can t be too disappointed to have
scored five goals away from home and taken the three points.”
Hessenthaler will be working hard this week to try and get his
squad to cut out the errors, having seen them concede two goals
early in the second half.
“It was heart in mouth time and I felt maybe we had lost our
way,” he said.
“We have to cut out the errors. It was an individual thing on
Saturday.
“I had words with Garry Richards after the first half where they
had a number of corners and they were getting on the end of
them.
“We worked before the game on set plays, for and against, and we
have these teams watched.
“We didn’t deal with the threat and I wasn’t happy. What do we
then do second half straight away? We conceded from a corner.
“The fella had a free header and we are making games hard for
ourselves.”
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at Torquay? How do you think Gills should avoid the
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Saturday, October 15 2011
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