Gillingham manager Andy Hessenthaler says sorry to the fans after losing at AFC Wimbledon

Pete wrote:

Chas - Chris Whelpdale!! What the hell was he doing as Posh! Yet Hess choses to play him tucked inside. And if you cant have width with 5 in the middle, I dont know what the world is coming to!!

04 Oct 2011 11:41 AM

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LETS FACE IT wrote:

Come on folks, lets face facts, A sunday league team straight from the park could do as well if not better than the Gills and save Scally a fotune in salaries. Argue on here all you want, but face facts - Gills are Rubbish and things will never change. And Janet you are right Hess does look like a dog -one of those mongrels from the pits of lower Gillingham

04 Oct 2011 10:51 AM

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chas wrote:

pete - i take your point about the width. but have you considered that we had a limited set budget at the start of this season and the only strikers we had on our books were stefan payne and dennis oli. signing two strikers was the priority. nobody was saying pre-season that we wouldnt have enough width, everyone was over the moon and saying that we would definitely get promoted and blah blah blah. we did well to make the signings that we did. you cant have everything, not with our budget. i dare say that hessy tried to sign at least one wide player, but as we know it isnt easy. also, it wasnt clear whether barch would stay or not for a while

04 Oct 2011 9:22 AM

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Pete wrote:

OK, lets get to the point rather than infighting. This is Hess' team. It is his tactics. In what is becoming even more apparent each week is a poor league.
We have no width. None. We have one tactic. We have lack of shape. Lack of fitness. We have Chris Whelpdale, magnificent player at Peterboro, totally misused. We had a 6' 3" centre back up against a quick little winger at Wimbledon. Who did the scouting. The facts are these (basic) failures all point to Hess. Nice bloke though I'm sure he is, & he does love the club, he is totally out of his depth at this level. Will he go? Doubt it, unless results really start to snowball. Scally wont sack him, he has a contract to pay up, & it's well documented that they are mates. Scally is being very quiet given his pre-season posturing about the strength of the squad. Sad to say that where I sit in the RE, there are more & more dissenting voices each week. And it is because of the lack of tactics, shape and worst of all no width. How he cant see it is beyond me. Ideal outcome? I agree with an earlier post, Peter Taylor & Steve Butler. Chance - nil. Unfortunately. As it stands we will be lucky to get in the play-offs.

04 Oct 2011 9:08 AM

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TOWIE wrote:

oh what a surprise to see the doom and gloom miserable losers brigade out in force again. WHERE WERE YOU ALL AFTER THE HEREFORD AND BURTON RESULTS??????? PROBABLY UNDER YOUR ROCKS YOU BUNCH OF PARASITES. PUT A SOCK IN IT AND GET BEHIND THE TEAM YOU LAUGHABLY PURPORT TO BE A FAN OF. MAYBE IF YOU GAVE THE GREATEST PLAYER IN OUR HISTORY JUST A SMIDGEN OF A CHANCE, YOU MIGHT BE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN YOU POINTLESS EXISTENCE?! THEN AGAIN, PROBABLY NOT BECAUSE YOU DONT KNOW THE MEANING OF BEING POSITIVE AND GRATEFUL DO YOU?? YOU SICKENING BUNCH OF MAGGOTS. I WISH TO CHRIST YOU WOULD GO AND SPREAD YOUR POISON AT ANOTHER CLUB AND LEAVE US GENUINE FANS IN PEACE

04 Oct 2011 12:43 AM

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Warnz wrote:

@ *umptys abound ....I rest my case. For some reason you feel it neccessary to throw mild abuse towards me.

@ Borogill - I agree 100% with you.

I'm Gillingham till I die and that means I will sing, shout and encourage the boys on the pitch throughout. No one ever plays better when they get abuse shouted at them, or abuse written about them.

Come on you blue boys!

03 Oct 2011 9:54 PM

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RAY DOYLE wrote:

Got to agree with ian and jan. I was near the corner flag and my god was Richards rubbish.All he can do is trap a ball and lump it forward, normally nowhere near any of his teammates.

03 Oct 2011 9:19 PM

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boroGill wrote:

I don't mean all of you because everyone is entitled to their opinion but jeez there are some on here that are prats

03 Oct 2011 9:17 PM

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boroGill wrote:

Honestly all you mongs are getting right on my nerves. We all know you little keyboard warriors are on the wind up but it's starting to wear a bit thin now. I'm sure you think it's all a laugh but basically you're all a bunch of numpties.
I got an idea instead of going on and on and on and moaning about everything. Maybe you could take a new stance. Lets do it how we used to do it, lets encourage the team, sing all game and get on with it. negativity spreads negativity and you are all idiots. Anyhow who else do you want in ancelotti is free i spose but in reality it will be another untried manager and it will take us back 3 steps. So come the matchday lets back the team.

Up the Gills

03 Oct 2011 9:14 PM

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Ian & Jan wrote:

We were their right by the dug-out,and what we saw was players playing out of position,he says he would taken more off so why did,nt you hess,you put weston and montrose on the second half so you could of changed it in the first half. What you should off done was taken that donkey off yep thats right you richards, and made lawrence play through he,s bad patch put frampton back in the middle,jackman at left back,stuck rooney on the left, then put kuffour up front with nouble and kedwell just behind them.Ok whelpdale off yep..for weston. + if rooney was,nt so greedy we could of got somethink out of this game,2/3times he could off passed he choosed to not pass so teach him to pass hessy and not 2b selfish.

03 Oct 2011 6:58 PM

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Stephen wrote:

Nige - I'm clearly not your mate.

I'm pleased you rate Lawrence. I don't. Last season he started off ok and got progressively worse. He's pretty good at making others (Julian) look culpable for his own misgivings, mind.

Not enough pace at the back. Get King back now, tell Lawrence it's time to think about life after football.

03 Oct 2011 6:54 PM

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*umptys abound wrote:

warnz= idiot
How much were you paid to write that.

03 Oct 2011 6:42 PM

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Warnz wrote:

I'm glad Janet had something sensible to say.

As for me, I'd far rather support the Gills than read some of the rude stuff that's getting posted on here. It's such a shame to see supporters slagging each other off, swearing and name calling. It's all a bit too much like the school playground for my liking.

I think I'll stick to supporting my favourite club whatever the future holds. I'm Gillingham till I die, but no doubt some people commenting on this forum are only Gills fans until they find something else to do.

Best wishes to all, and especially to Jo Kuffour. I hope you do really well for us.

03 Oct 2011 6:19 PM

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Nige wrote:

@ Stephen - you are talking total b*ll*cks mate.
Lawrence was superb last season & bar two games this season has been as well.
Admittedly he had his worst ever game for us on Saturday but I still say he and Frampton are our best centre-back partnership.
Richards (although only blameless defender on Saturday) is generally liable to make howlers virtually every game and is not on a par with the other two on a regular basis.
Additionally to the couple of people who are saying Jackman at left-back you have very short memories don't you - he was abysmal when played there few weeks ago and although Frampton not the answer he certainly isn't.
Sooner Martin back the better but in meantime give the new lad Carter a go.

03 Oct 2011 5:57 PM

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Stephen wrote:

Paul - post of the day. Slate other people for "not going to games", then in the next breath hail Lawrence as a "great player at this level".

He was awful for the second half of last season, has been the same this season. Our best performance of the season coincided with his only non-appearance.

Reminds me of a latter-day Ian Cox - time to go.

03 Oct 2011 5:31 PM

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Gills4Ever wrote:

it really amazes Me about the so call supporters on these boards, how the hell can some of you call yourself supporters and slate Hessy after just 11 games. He is not the one on the pitch ok He picks the teams and tells them what position to play in but if they dont do the job they are supposed to then thats not His fault but the players, the back 4 were all out of position and there are no excuses for that Hessy apologised to the Fans for the Way His Team played and fair play to the Man He did not have to He could have come up with more excuses but He has told it like it was. Lawrence was Dreadful and Hessy took Him off and would have taken more off if He could read the whole picture not just a small part before making an opinion.

03 Oct 2011 5:24 PM

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A HessenFAILURE wrote:

HessenFAILURE as got to be under pressure.Look at the games this month. I can't see Gills winning any of them.GONE BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.

03 Oct 2011 4:53 PM

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Barry Crisp wrote:

Basically its a game of 2 halves.

03 Oct 2011 3:13 PM

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gary wrote:

Must admit after reading certain comments on this post and previous i have to say that instead of a centre forward we needed a coach. Everything has got worse since Hendon left! To be honest three mistakes cost us dear saturday, but the first half was dreadful, we didnt have a clue, second half we improved and may have even nicked a point but for some woeful finishing and decent defending.In all truth , apart from Hereford away and 70 minutes at Crewe it has hardly been a memorable start to the season .

03 Oct 2011 2:42 PM

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Janet wrote:

Hess looks like a dog, but he has strong legs. I like a man with strong legs. It doesnt matter how Gills play for me asnd my friends, we like their legs and will only worry about the Gills if we cant see their legs. Thanks

03 Oct 2011 2:18 PM

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Paul wrote:

I'm not sure if some people commenting actualy go to any games.
How Hess can be blamed for Matt Lawrence (who imo is a great player at this level) gave the first goal away .I thought the second goal was decent and the third was commical.
Then we had some decent chances and didn't take them.
On the possitives great goal from Lee and excellent performance from Rooney.
The standard of football in this league is dire and yes we are inconsistent but could easily be in the play offs at the end of the season(especialy with a little support).

03 Oct 2011 2:16 PM

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dave wrote:

hi

03 Oct 2011 2:16 PM

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getalife wrote:

fred...you childish rebate!

03 Oct 2011 2:06 PM

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Freddy wrote:

@ Harold Monk, what's it like in the middle East

03 Oct 2011 2:01 PM

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Harold Monk wrote:

@Freddy, so anyone who disagrees with your view and presents a constructive post is a "prize no*"? Pot, kettle and black spring to mind.

Amazing how when the Gills win the boards are sparse with comments, yet when we lose the world and his wife are on moaning and groaning. Is it a co-incidence that Dover won too?

Given all you lot are so experienced and know the game so very well perhaps you should manage or play for the club? But what's the point, you try and put forward your views constructively on here and the elements from the lower end of the gene pool resort to abuse and call you a "Hess apologist" (whatever that is).

But posting on here is like the Gills result on Saturday, pointless.

03 Oct 2011 1:34 PM

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idiots! wrote:

fred pi@@ off.
well said josef fritzel, exactly my thoughts on hess..he will come good...stick with p scally!

UTG!!!

03 Oct 2011 1:32 PM

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Freddy wrote:

joseph you are a prize no*.What a self deluding plum you are.

03 Oct 2011 1:20 PM

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josef fritzel wrote:

i cant belive hess is getting all this stick after 2 wins and 9 goals previously ! it wasnt even the worst id seen us play ! we didnt even start as bad as 3-0 down would suggest ! 3 shocking individual errors cost us ! hess cant kick the ball himself from the sidelines ! the players r making the errors when we dont mess up we win ! im not saying his perfect but indiviual errors r costing him and us points !

03 Oct 2011 12:57 PM

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KenPricesTeeth wrote:

Heard it all before time & time again.All i want to hear from your mouth Hessy is that you've resigned.You are a shambles whose clutching at straws.

03 Oct 2011 12:44 PM

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paul scally will this week mostly be eating boiled eggs wrote:

sorry hess, as a player you will always be a legend, but as a manager you are simply not good enough

we only got to the position we did during your first speel becasue of momentum and team spirit - as soon as one or tow of those players left and richard hill was made redundant, it beacme obvous them it was just too much for you. stan ternant came in and overnight transformed the fitness, attitude, motivation, team spirit (which had by then disappeared) and had the respect of the dressing room, something you had lost.

this time around, the players are still not as fit as they should be, the shape is worng again, the squad is totally unbalanced with no width, a complete lack of pace, no movement off the ball, poor passing, one dimesional direct tactics and yet again players performing well below their abilities - they cannot all be bad players, so you have to ask the question why is this happening. the common demoninator is you.

sadly, as much as you claim to love the club, you won't walk as your greed for your money combined with your ego will stop you from doing the right thing.

to get a top 3 finish, we need to win at elast 50% of our remaining games - something you have never achieved as a league manager, so why do you expect us to believe that will not suddenly happen?

last season you said judge you after ten games - we did, and you came out with excuse after excuse. now, you have run out of excuses. you set the team up, you choose the tactits and style of play, so you have to take the responsibility for us being unable to get even the basics right.

please, just go now while we still have a chance and time to improve things.

mr.chairman, peter taylor with steve butler to assist please.

03 Oct 2011 12:26 PM

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Gills fan since 1987 wrote:

Hessenthaler was the best Gills player I have ever seen. Please Hess just walk because you are no manager. We are the only league club that would go within a million miles of him

03 Oct 2011 10:13 AM

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Jay wrote:

Get Simon King back.

03 Oct 2011 9:37 AM

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Pete wrote:

well if anyone had done their homework on wimbledon (which they obviously didn't) they wouldn't have played frampton at left back. up against a quick tricky winger we play a centre back. it was crying out for danny jackman to play there. it was pointed out by some sections of the gills support, but the 2 clowns in charge for some reason couldn't see it. i am fed up of excuses hessenfailure, perhaps if you did your homework eh?

03 Oct 2011 9:21 AM

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