Gillingham boss Andy Hessenthaler says individual errors cost his side dearly in their defeat at Morecambe
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By Luke Cawdell
Andy Hessenthaler blasted his team for the
individual errors which cost them in the 2-0 defeat at
Morecambe in nPower League 2 on Saturday.
The Gills conceded the first goal after just
eight minutes, with a shot over keeper Ross Flitney’s head, and
Morecambe wrapped up the win with a second 20 minutes before the
end – after Matt Fish was beaten on the flank.
“It wasn’t good enough and it’s been a
disappointing week for us,” said the Gills boss, who has seen his
side lose twice on the road this week.
“We had a lot of possession but we didn’t do
enough with it. We gave two sloppy goals away, from individual
errors, and those two mistakes have cost us. We go back home
pointless.
“We can’t make the mistakes, individual
mistakes. If you aren’t going to score then you need to make sure
you don’t concede. We conceded after a few minutes and
the keeper (Flitney) has to save it. He’s made a mistake.
“He has held his hands up to it but I am not
going to be too critical of Roscoe because I think he has been
fantastic since he’s been at the club.
“Fish has shown his inexperience with the
second goal. He has to come and not let the lad past him. He made
it too easy for him and they punished us again.
“We need to stop making mistakes and we also
have to start taking our opportunities if we are going to get a
consistent run. We are a couple of steps forward and then one back
and we need to start getting better.”
Hessenthaler felt his side had enough of the
ball on Saturday but failed to make use of their possession.
He said: “We just huffed and puffed and made
poor decisions with the football.
“The players need to show more desire and
belief to go in there and get into the 18 yard box and score
goals.
“We get in the final third but we’re not punishing teams because
we’ve had enough of the football and enough opportunities but we
switched off and made two poor mistakes defensively and got
punished.”
Caption: Andy Hessenthaler gives some
instructions to his players at Morecambe. Picture: Barry
Goodwin
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