Gillingham manager Andy Hessenthaler felt his side had the chances to beat Southend United but failed to take them

Pete wrote:

Nige - "I am just as frustrated at present as to the lack of performance / passion at the moment as well as Hess' inability to see the problems, but i will still go week in week out even if we were to go down to the Kent League - that is called supporting!!!!! "

WRONG WRONG WRONG! We support GFC not Hess. If you will go week in week out and accept the dross that his team serves up the we are in trouble. I pity you.

15 Sep 2011 9:16 PM

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Nige wrote:

The performance v Southend was definitely an improvement on the rubbish v Acc, but still far from satisfactory.
Same old problems persist - still no forward arrived in time (although i see Nouble has literally just been signed on loan now so that is good) meaning Keds left to battle on his own for most of the game. All the people criticising Keds can go and do one - judge him when he is playing his correct role up front alongside another - his record tells you he will get goals. In the meantime he is working his socks off and gets my full support.
The goal was down to poor marking by Richards ( as i have said before a player that will be great for 89mins but always make some awful blunder at some point of which this was the latest). If he could maintain his concentration for the full match he would be great but as it is he is just a liability.
As for Payne & Oli when they came on, i thought Payne looked very impressive and but for their goalie would have got a couple of goals - shows what he could do given a chance. As for Oli i am lost for words about how lazy, inept, and freeloading that waste of oxygen actually is.
And finally, for those of you who say you are not coming again until things improve just don't ever bother coming again. The idea is to support the club through thick and thin and if you can't do that then just go away and support Maidstone (personally hate the Squatters far more than Dover).
I am just as frustrated at present as to the lack of performance / passion at the moment as well as Hess' inability to see the problems, but i will still go week in week out even if we were to go down to the Kent League - that is called supporting!!!!!
For the record some idiot managed to run into the back of my car and write it off en route to Southend on the A127 but i still managed to get to the game and support the Gills so if i can manage that then i am sure you lot can if you really care.

15 Sep 2011 6:06 PM

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Pete wrote:

to compare us to plymouth is ridiculous. hess apologist strikes again. he has had long enough. get rid of him now whilst we still have a chance in this league. leave it longer i guarantee you we will finish mid-table at best.

15 Sep 2011 4:52 PM

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Paul wrote:

I'm a bit surprised so many people are after the managers head allready.
A lot of the players lost it at Rotherham after a poor decision,and at the moment are not doing the basics.
The system we play means the midfield should support Kedwell,who is a good target man.This is not happening.
As for having a go at players for making a mistake,look at the Southend goal (who was marking the scorer) this was a shool boy error that cost us a point.
I'm not happy with results,but look at Plymouth and think it could be worse.

15 Sep 2011 3:34 PM

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Pete wrote:

yes lets all get behind hess like we have since he got here. which has had absolutley no effect on the team. keep singing his name, keep up the hero worship, all the while our team is sliding towards the bottom of league 2. or hadn't you noticed? i guess not, too busy worshipping hessenfailure.

he has had the chairmans backing, the fans backing. it has got us nowhere. look at the players body language - he is close to losing them too, which hopefully will result in him leaving.

wake up to reality we are a club in crisis.

what are you?
a hess fan or a gills fan?

15 Sep 2011 2:14 PM

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chump wrote:

@ Leave hess a lone_ DO ONE YOU CLOWN.

15 Sep 2011 11:58 AM

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Leave Hess A Lone wrote:

Enuff of this slagging off it wont help the team get results now will it

get behind the lads - hoping for aresult against herford.

15 Sep 2011 11:54 AM

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Jeff wrote:

GILLS FOLLOWER/ Now Now. The chairman is far to busy to concern himself with matters concerning Gillingham fc at the moment.By the time he checks in we will be in the bottom 4.

15 Sep 2011 11:11 AM

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GILLS FOLLOWER wrote:

Where is our Chairman while all this is going on?would be nice to hear a few comments on what he thinks about the issues at Gillingham at the moment,does he support Andy still?
You can keep slagging off your players Andy,these comments are not helpful at all,you are the Manager the buck stops with you.SORT IT.

15 Sep 2011 11:01 AM

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Colin wrote:

NEPOTISM ?

15 Sep 2011 10:12 AM

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aussiedownunder wrote:

Like our Adelaide footy club--different rules. At the beginning of the season the coach said "this is the best exiting team we have ever had.---Finished 4th from bottom!! Just like my ex team who I saw most home games between 1960-1970

15 Sep 2011 10:12 AM

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Pete wrote:

hess IS the problem (well ultimately it is of course scally).
5 in midfield. no width. enough said.
go hess take trigger & your brother-in-law with you.

15 Sep 2011 8:37 AM

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Mason Lodge wrote:

not only has Hessy bought half his family in , him And Scallywag and the non qualified inept singing clueless sponge man are apron wearing secret handshakers which explains jobs for the boys.Using our club as a nice little earner that's assuming your not a local supplier or business in which case you won't get paid

15 Sep 2011 12:52 AM

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GILLS on the Move wrote:

I know the answer to all our problems,all we have to do is just clone Dennis Oli 10 times and we have a whole team of Olis,Wow does that give you all confidence for the rest of the season.

14 Sep 2011 6:35 PM

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GILLS FOLLOWER wrote:

Re Pink Gills,If we wait until Birchall is fit,it will be far too late for starters,that wont be until Jan 2012 at the earliest,also by that time Kedwell will be well and truly burnt out,he cant keep going like he is at the moment,

14 Sep 2011 6:32 PM

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Di.Gress wrote:

What do you blame Tuesday's defeat on?

Lack of discipline and slack attitude towards real commitment with no forward thinking or strength of desire towards achievement or personal development on a professional basis with the minus of non-plus perception to embrace width,breadth of depth or vision which so often separates the bias and divides between failure and success.
The glass is neither half full nor half empty for Gillingham ,it is the glass itself, which is, unfortunately, simply to large.

14 Sep 2011 5:41 PM

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Frank wrote:

If Hess goes we're still left with the same team, his team. I'm not happy with the results recently, but that's how football is sometimes. I'm not going to jump ship this early in the season, and I don't expect Hess to either.

14 Sep 2011 5:41 PM

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Jim White wrote:

Pinkgills - Clearly one of the IQ-Challenged cretinous happy-clappy supporters who would sit there clapping and cheering and singing hessenthalers name even if we got relegated to non league.

Kedwell, Super? Have a day off. NO GOAL from open play, 1st crack at league football at age 27, I wonder why eh? Because he is a donkey, Gary Mulligan MK2.

"Wait til birchall gets back" - What you mean when we are about 30pts off the play-offs.

I really despair at the delusion of some of these "we are the best in the world and hessenthaler is god" types.

14 Sep 2011 5:18 PM

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elseyrocket wrote:

pinkgills-Naf* off you muppet, no one ,or rather not many believe your side of the argument anymore.The useless article that is Hessenthaler is living on borrowed time.

14 Sep 2011 5:10 PM

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pinkgills wrote:

FFS, WHY CAN'T YOU ALL JUYTS LEAVE HESS ALONE , HE IS WAITING FOR THE RIGHT MOMENT TO GET A STRIKER, YES I WILL AGREE THEY NEED ONE NOW, BUT YOU MUPPETS WOULDN'T BE HAPPY IF WE SIGNESD WAYNE ROONEY, YOU WAIT TILL BIRCHALL COMES BACK AND THEN SEE WHAT A FORMIDABLE PARTENSHIP GIM AND SUPER DANNY KEDWELL WILL HAVE. THINGS COULD BE WORSE WE COULD BE DOVER :p

14 Sep 2011 4:42 PM

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GILLS FOLLOWER GOOD NEWS wrote:

More good news for the Gills,the reserve team we put out today against Ipswich lost 8-1,close by the sounds of it,so we have a good back up squad as well,cant imagine many of them that played today would be in contention for Hereford.

14 Sep 2011 4:40 PM

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confused wrote:

Has anybody any idea what this is meant to mean???

'we wozn't that bad ppl. we lkd gd 2 score but there kpr woz gd 2.'

14 Sep 2011 4:39 PM

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Alan Wilkes's beard wrote:

At the start of the season everyone was saying that The Gills had the strongest midfield in the division, that seems to be a somewhat misplaced observation at the moment. These same players are not suddenly bad they need motivation and passion in their play and this needs to come from the management team, we've got Trigger living up to his name!, Boycie as the chairman and Del Boy at the helm, but don't worry 'cause this time next year.....!!!!! Lets get some hunger and start imposing ourselves on teams who have the idea that if they get a goal in front there's every chance of winning cause we can't score. Come on Del Boy stir these guy's into beleiving and Boycie hurry up and get the odd striker or 2 as we've got 2 very odd strikers to move ourselves!!.

14 Sep 2011 2:32 PM

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Eric Cartman wrote:

As a striker would you come and play for a manager who plays 4-5-1 and tells the wide players to tuck in and the players in the middle not to get forward to protect the defence? That is why we have no loan strikers at the club, simple as! Might as well go down Luton Wreck on Sunday morning and pick a forward.

14 Sep 2011 1:30 PM

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Andy Messenthaler wrote:

we wozn't that bad ppl. we lkd gd 2 score but there kpr woz gd 2.

14 Sep 2011 1:28 PM

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TommyT wrote:

Rainham End. What a load of Tosh! Things in 20 games will be no better centre forward or no centre forward.

Ask Danny Kedwell how many clear chances he's had created in 9 games. He can probably count them on one hand! Is that suddenly going to change??

We've scored 9 goals in 9 games, 3 of which have been penalties. so 6 in 9 games from open play. Impressive eh and really encourages any forward to want to come and play for a team that create nothing other than pot shots from outside the area.

14 Sep 2011 1:24 PM

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The rainham end wrote:

We need a goalscorer once we have one of them everything will be forgotten , i bet everyone on here slating hessy would soon forget everything in 20 games time if we were sitting in the top 3 ...give it time

(apologies for wrong name)

14 Sep 2011 1:02 PM

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KenPricesteeth wrote:

@ The rainham end- I have no idea who the next manager should be.That is the chairmans job not mine.However your point is ridiculous,you are an Hessy apologist.They always come back with the "we are a small club-who would wan't to manage us c*ap.The FACT is we need a new manager NOW ASAP.The one we have now is hopeless.

14 Sep 2011 12:55 PM

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The rainham end wrote:

'Kenpricesteeth' who exactly would you appoint then and im sure you will give me a brilliant list of managers that a club of our amazing calibre can attract ....... !
Yes ok we have been very poor so far this season however there is still plenty of time to correct it and making quick rash decisions wont change a thing ....fact !
For the record luke rooney p*** off !

14 Sep 2011 12:44 PM

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He Just Hess 2 Go wrote:

Rubbish totally rubbish. Southend were rubbish and we failed to capitalize. Go now Hess .......

14 Sep 2011 12:35 PM

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spot on wrote:

@ shakyshearer- yes it can happen when you have an inept manager.That's exactly what we have in Hessenthaler.

14 Sep 2011 12:20 PM

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zZiplex wrote:

Created nothing - you wern't watching the same game my boy Um. Just a few notes I made during last nights game.
"Rooney on 8 mins - shot well saved"
"Two good chances, both well saved, 2nd one well cleared"
"Gills good chance - Spiller, well saved"
"Oli on for Welpdale - s**t"
"Kedwell shot well saved"
"Payne shot well saved"
"Payne close again, could have done better - keeper keeping them in it"
"Christ they scored - they only had two shots"

14 Sep 2011 12:16 PM

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nilnildraw wrote:

LUKE FREEMAN

14 Sep 2011 12:12 PM

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Shakeyshearer wrote:

I don't think the chairman can gamble on Hess getting it right any longer.We are in a league where you are in danger of losing your league status if you fail.Believe me it can happen.Don't full into the trap by thinking it can't happen to us.IT CAN.

14 Sep 2011 12:11 PM

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TommyT wrote:

We finished last nights game against 10 men and with 4 players pushed forward yet created nothing. A new forward won't change anything as we don't create chances let alone look like scoring.

As for our manager saying we failed to take our chances, well if every 20 to 25 yard shot is a clear chance that can be taken then he is totally delusional. Not one chance in the 6 yard box was missed and i'd of been gutted if our keeper had let in any of the shots we had.

Time to go Hess, crowds are falling, football is abysmal, tactics zero and if you love this club like you say you do then don't waste its time anymore by kidding us you know what your doing. when you are clearly way short of whats required.

14 Sep 2011 11:52 AM

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Kenpricesteeth wrote:

The rainham end/ THE SIMPLE FACT IS WE NEED A NEW MANAGER.

14 Sep 2011 11:45 AM

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Pete wrote:

fellow gills fans..... continue to bury your heads in the sand. the facts are plain to see on the football pitch. some of you seem to love hess more than the club! if hess truly loves gfc he should walk. if scally has the clubs best interests at heart he should sack him and pay him up out of his over inflated salary.
the club is who we support, not hess, so wake up!!

14 Sep 2011 11:36 AM

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The rainham end wrote:

Simple fact is we need a quality striker to take the pressure of the rest of the squad , no team can do well without a goalscorer in the side. Defensively we seem to be fairly solid however if you cant score then it only takes one goal against you to lose the 3 points , scally needs to dig a little bit deeper and find us a decent loan signing to cover for birchalls injury now !

14 Sep 2011 11:21 AM

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Robin from Chatham wrote:

Excuses, Excuses....thats all i hear.Simply the current squad is not good enough for this division.The last two home games were pathetic.Some people say that we had such as good start.In my opinion beating, Cheltenham, Crewe and Plymouth is hardly a strong test of character.Hessy, you keep banging on about a new striker, but first you have to get the other 10( minus luke rooney) to play with some passion, commitment and install in all of them the desire to and be proud to put on a gills shirt.Against Stanley on Saturday it looked as if we were the away team.Its time for a major re-think in terms of players and management.

14 Sep 2011 11:14 AM

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Bailey wrote:

Homose**ual rights!

14 Sep 2011 11:02 AM

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Rob wrote:

It really is embarrassing to hear opposition supporter's calling our players donkeys. Even if in some cases they are justified.We really are a laughing stock.And will remain so until Hess leaves.Hopefully he will resign.

14 Sep 2011 10:56 AM

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Dover Fan wrote:

and some of your fans have said that Flitney is your best summer signing...?!? Worrying times ahead for you guys!

14 Sep 2011 10:52 AM

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Dover Fan wrote:

You should of listened to us Dover fans at Priestfield and sacked him in the morning after your FA Cup exit to little old Dover...! lol

14 Sep 2011 10:50 AM

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steve wrote:

Ron you chat S**T hess knows what he is doin and we didn't play badly

14 Sep 2011 10:44 AM

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WE WANT HESSY OUT , WE WANT STIMMO BACK wrote:

The dwarf has lost it, 'THE FANS, THE PLAYERS,. Time to go Mr Midget, when i witness in our last two home games, players ranting at him, Frampton & Lawrence against Rotheram, and Flitney against Accrington !!! Plus there were clearly a few players not interested last night (wont mention any names) or last Saturday !! We have the makings of a side who should be hovering around the top 4 all season, however The Dwarf will never never ever get anything out this squad (maybe a fiver for chicken & chips in a basket atthe 442)all the time he has the proverbial hole! I am going to say it for a lot of you muppets out there, we played much much better football under Stimson and looked much fitter !! Will we ever here the chant 'we want Hessy out, we want Hessy out' ? I dont think so, Stimmo got it for less, so come on lads lets go for it , nah didnt think so !! Still a massive split with the fans at Gillingham and all the time the BILLY NO LEGS is there, there always will be. HAD ENOUGH ALREADY AND ITS ONLY THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER, IT FEELS LIKE THE SHAMBOLIC END OF LAST SEASON !!! WWHO,WWHO NOW!!

14 Sep 2011 10:44 AM

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Bethany wrote:

i had to use a website not known to let out my lesbianism so i love you jasmine

14 Sep 2011 10:44 AM

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stephen wrote:

ron i love you.

14 Sep 2011 10:42 AM

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Chestfield Pete wrote:

Yet another pathetic loss to a really inferior team,who in truth looked better than they actually were because we were so predictable.
We didn't even take advantage of the extra man due to the policy of hoof it down the middle all the time.
I'm no tactician but the teams that win things actually play football to feet and into spaces where the other wingers/forwards are running into - oh sorry we don't have any wingers/forwards do we!!
This is pathetic football and the rot has to stop now or we are conference material.
Like last year,we have no plan
B just the big boot down the middle to the poor sod who has no support or anyone around him to help him out at least we had akinfenwa and macdonald last year who knew how to play the system to our advantage.
Time for a complete rethink - let's go 433 at Hereford with rooney and payne supporting kedwell and push up - we certainly can't do any worse than the dross we are watching now.
I have supported this team for 60 years but will not go to another gane at home until i see some radical changes to the squad,management,team set up and to how we are to play our football in the future because i refuse to spend my hard earned pension on petrol and tickets until i get value for money and at the moment i feel i should be getting a huge refund for what i have witnessed this year and the last few games at home last year.
It is obvious to one and all that Hess is out of his depth here and is totally unable to see what is wrong(Or i presume
he would have put it right) and
needs a straight talking number two,or maybe he could be that and we get a new number one,again we need to sort something out now before this gets too serious.
I was so optimistic this year and the dissappointment of what i am witnessing especially after our bright start is hard to take, we do not deserve to win because we are so poor and predictable in every game and have looked it in all home games so far this year and in most of our away games.
Come on fingers out time for serious change and stop blaming the players,you are the manager and should motivate,inspire and cajole them to get the best out of them - certainly Lee and Whelpdale are not the same players who helped us out last year - speak with them and find out what they feel needs to be done and please get another forward and winger tout suite.UTG

14 Sep 2011 10:36 AM

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Vinny wrote:

@ Jay,, Fans like you do the club no favours. Stop deluding yourself , stop trying to convince yourself that all you have to do is hope things will get better and they will.Hessenthaler is a disater waiting to happen.

14 Sep 2011 10:26 AM

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Get a grip wrote:

@Gaz

Calm down son .

I have actually sponsored quite a few Gills matches and do know a bit about it and to me its just a game.

Thats why all you monkeys need to get a grip and come up with some constructive critisism.

I am pretty sure our main weakness is at the the back and 70s throw back Matt Laurance has only two tricks. He hoofs up the pitch or hoofs it off side.

Frampton looks the part but the jury is still out. The infill players at the back and take your pick from Fuller Richards et al all all mediocre.

Flitney is the suprise of the season so far and has kept in the game on more than one occassion.

My player of the year so far.

Another madness was all the preseason matches that two years ago cost us Kingy who as i have noticed is not the same player and is hesitant going in to tackle now as did Paul Smith after he broke his leg.

Preseason this year cost us Birchall who wil not be the same after having such an injury.

At this moment in time we have to work with what we have got and all you lot with sticks need to grow carrots.

Not an Hessenthaler brown noser Gaz. I would not stoop that low !

Up the Gills

14 Sep 2011 10:25 AM

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Jay wrote:

You lot make me laugh! We're 8 games in !!!

I've been watching Gills for years now and whenever things get tough, you support your team through it, not call for the managers head when you lose a few games, we're not Man Utd!!

Get a grip and shut up!!

14 Sep 2011 10:19 AM

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Pete wrote:

there is no defence hess.
we are in exactly the same position we are when you left the last time.
no imagination.
no leadership.
no tactics.
no width.
no shape.
nothing.
GO NOW IF YOU REALLY LOVE GFC.

14 Sep 2011 10:17 AM

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Southend Blue wrote:

Thought it was smash and grab last night, a bore nil nil draw would have been the right score, but I cannot complain with pinching the 3 points. You had so many chances that you didn't take, lots of good saves by Morris our keeper but you had no one following up. You had one of our young players Matt Paterson on trial at the beginning of the season, he would have got a couple last night - your strikers looked, as already has been said, like donkey's. Best of luck for the rest of the season.

14 Sep 2011 10:15 AM

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A HessenFAILURE wrote:

Scally could provide this clown HessenFAILURE with 11 premier league players, and the club would still be in the 2nd div next season.The fact is he is just not good enough.

14 Sep 2011 10:03 AM

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Tony wrote:

Hessenthaler is a useless manager,however Scally is to blame- first for reappointing him and now for dithering.A useless manager is only here because of one man.P.SCALLY.

14 Sep 2011 9:51 AM

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Gills in Notts wrote:

Sorry Hess you were bad as a manager first time here to put it decently and it seems that things havent improved this time round. Legend as a player but please be remembered for that and not as the inept manager you have proven time and time again.

14 Sep 2011 9:46 AM

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Eric Cartman wrote:

Hessy says lack of belief in attack, wow what a statement with no strikers in the Squad through his chooosing and playing 5-4-1. Lets be honest, it was a poor match and we were out played by 10 men (stats confirm Southend had 6% more of the play). Things are not looking good, Hessy's tactics are too predictable, Again he starts 5-4-1 and then hits the panic button and throws three up front, whats the point when Frank Spencer is one of them! Its pretty clear to me Hessy's heart is in the right place but he needs a number two to do the technical stuff and guide him to the correct team selection and substitutions. Some of the better players confidence is almost zero, dropping Joe Martin for the Smurf a couple of weeks ago was a very poor decsion and i just dont see what he gives the team in the middle of the park or on the left you can only assume he is one of Hessy's mates. Charlie Lee and Whelpdale who are good technical players for league two are just not performing, lack of confidence or just fed up with playing with the non league dross of Barry Fuller and Denis Oli? For me the best players this season has been Flitney, Frampton and Lawrence which speaks volumes on the performances i have seen. Relegation favourties Hereford is a huge game for Hesy Saturday, they have conceded 9 goals already at home in just 4 league games. Clearly they are weak defensively, will Hessy stick with his falied 5-4-1 system and not take advantage of other teams weakness, most likely, thats why he needs a technical number two and yes i will volunteer myself to help the Gills going forward, lets be honest i could not do a worse job could i!

14 Sep 2011 9:35 AM

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Hess fall on your sword. wrote:

When a manager loses the fans confidence and support then there is no turning back.If a chairman ignores or turns a blind eye to growing unrest amoung supporters then he becomes their target.Time to go Hessenthaler.

14 Sep 2011 9:27 AM

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Mike wrote:

@get a grip

Sorry fella, but we have not played well in one game at all this season! Even the Plymouth game it took two pens to win against the worst team in the league! That in my eyes is 8 poor performances, 3 defeats in the last 4, with the draw against accrington being very fortunate! So if you take those 8 games, and the last 8 games of last season makes 16 rubbish performances which adds up to a quarter of the season, that's before you even include the start of last season! Where do you draw the line? There is far more negatives than positives with Hess! No strikers, no assistant manager, crowds dropping rapidly, players morale savagely dropping, it's too much, all these things add up, this is what scaly needs to look at, the next 3-4 games will shape the season, if we don't win them we could be roughly 20points behind the top 2, Hess and scaly were aiming for autos not playoffs! So can we get to the stage where we fall so far behind? No! The only thing Hess has done well is bring in frampton, Lee & whelpdale who are quality players but not playing to there potential yet, all in all if we don't win 3 out of our next 4 Hess will either walk or be pushed, there's no alternative!

14 Sep 2011 9:26 AM

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Howard School wrote:

Its interesting that a lot of people last year were asking what Ian Hendon actually added to the team. I remember the same question being asked about Richard Hill. And funnily enough when both of them went Hessy was left looking exposed and inept.

14 Sep 2011 9:16 AM

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ilovelucky63 wrote:

We are 8 games in idiots. Hardly time to panic yet. A new striker and a good runs of wins and you can all shut up. Go support man utd.

14 Sep 2011 9:14 AM

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thegraffitiwillreturn wrote:

@ Paul- The southend fan's are right our players are a bunch of donkeys.

14 Sep 2011 9:09 AM

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Gaz wrote:

Get a Grip= YOU ARE A PATHETIC LITTLE HESSY BROWNNOSER WHO KNOWS NOTHING AT ALL ABOUT FOOTBALL.DO ONE & TAKE MESSRS HESSENTHALER, SCALLY, OLI ECT WITH YOU. THEN THE CLUB WILL ACHIEVE SOMETHING.

14 Sep 2011 9:00 AM

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rainhamender25 wrote:

There are destabilising cleeks within this squad that need to be broken up.
AND FAST!
The team bonding nonsense that is now a part of the `ethos` is all very well, but every player has to buy into it and I know for a fact they don`t!
Tactically Hessenthaler is totally and utterly clueless and if he remains in charge for much longer the damage will become irreperable.
It would be comforting to think that he may do the honourable thing and resign but I very much doubt it.
That puts the chairman in the firing line, unfairly considering his financial commitment, but he has to act now.
I know the hoary old chestnut will be trotted out by some fans about it being all very well sacking a manager but who do you replace him with?
Dah!
In this instance Humpty Dumpty or Willie Wonka would be an improvement.
Whatever perceived shortcomings Mark Stimson may have had, we played much, much better football under him than we ever have under Hessenthaler and you`d have to be a one-eyed anti-Stimson bigot not to appreciate that fact!

14 Sep 2011 8:59 AM

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Get a grip wrote:

Well its not unexpected that mental patient Ron and is demented followers would be baying for Hessys blood.

I could not wait to get on my computer and read all the stuff that would be forth coming.

All predictable, all negataive and all nasty.

Have you monkeys not tghought that if the team and mnanagement read these pages all they would read is cr*p?

We need to turn results round quickly and rubbishing the manager is not the answer.

Players on the pitch score the goals and it would appear our stand playing for 85 or so minutes is what causes us problems.

We give the other teams space because the team is just not fit enough.

Akinfenwa was a puffing billy at the start of last season, he got fit and look at him now at Northampton. Different player. useless here but scoring goals up there.

Dont particularly rate Kedwell but hope he will come good but just looks to heavy and has no second gear.

He reminds me a bit of Fortune-West whoi used to loiter about and poke a goal in now and again.

Hessy will turn it round, keep the faith with him and at the player of the year awards next year all you monkeys will be trying to get your photo done with him.

Up the Gills

14 Sep 2011 8:50 AM

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ryan wrote:

This kretin of a manager will be kept in his job by a chairman to scared to act.If he did sack him it would mean many other members of Hessenthaler's close family also being shown the door.His son,brother in- law,brother in laws son and best friend.This muppet unfortunataly has a job for life as long as Scally is chairman.That situation should not be tolarated or accepted by anyone. Getting rid of these two is the only way the club can breath again.

14 Sep 2011 8:49 AM

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Fred wrote:

Are we missing Birchall? However we have all seen Kedwell struggle in League Two (I know he has had woeful service that hasnt helped), but he was scoring goals in a full time league last season. Birchall was playing in a part time league and having previously failed in League Two, we cannot take it for granted that he will be a success with us.

Going into a season signing two non-league players as your main goalscoring hope was always going to be dangerous - it has not worked so far.

Scally said this was the best squad we have ever had; does he still think that is the case?

14 Sep 2011 8:42 AM

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Jimmy Riddle wrote:

Interesting article because at the start of it, its blaming the attack but by the end of it its blaming the defence. Sounds like the whole team is underperforming.

14 Sep 2011 8:40 AM

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Paul wrote:

I was dissapointed with a Section of the Southend crowd that were calling our players a bunch of Donkeys, as I like Donkeys.

14 Sep 2011 8:38 AM

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hess has to go wrote:

hate to say this but hess u have to got to go. u have been given more than enough time to get us promoted how the hell u didn't get us up last season i will never know we in my opinion had the strongest squad in the league. i can't see why kedwell is criticized often as playing a 451 formation with matt lawrrence and garry richards just hoofing the ball up to him with no skill or accuracy. then every time we pick up a poor result hess always has an excuse like last night's result ' we missed our chances' well i wonder why with no goalscorer in the team. Hess' excuses just make me and msny others more and more angry. not good enough need a new manager in who will get the gills to play it on the floor.

14 Sep 2011 8:01 AM

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Had enough wrote:

The powers that be at Gillingham fc are just delaying the inevitible if they do not act now regards the manager.Gillingham fc is nothing without it's paying customers, so the chairman should stop taking our support for granted.We are not idiots, we know when a manager is making excuses and is not good enough.STOP TAKING US FANS FOR GRANTED.

14 Sep 2011 7:50 AM

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will wrote:

Chairman Scally, if there are any more funds please don't let this baffoon manager get his hands on it.Save it for the new manager who will hopefully be arriving very shortly.

14 Sep 2011 7:25 AM

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elseyrocket wrote:

Paul Scally has achieved something i thought was just about impossible. He has replaced Mark Stimson with someone who has turned out to be even worse.

14 Sep 2011 7:12 AM

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Jim White wrote:

People defending hess need to get real.

Yes he was a legend as a player, but that doesnt entitle him to get away with being a cretinous manager.

Unfortunately there are a lot of IQ-Challenged GFC supporters with nothing else in their lives who would gladly chap and cheer us into the ocnference and still insist we are great!

Signing a striker WILL NOT HELP

We have Kedwell, the messiah according to some, when in reality he is a slow non-league donkey, there is a reason why it has taken til the age of 27 for him to arrive in league football - he isnt good enough.

Singing a new striker wont stop our managers single tactic, HOOOOOOOOOOOOOF!!! and that is the extent of hessenthalers game-plan.

I said the minute Hess was appointed that we would be in for trouble.

Stimson did better than hess and we played better football. Stimson also had no money to spend, but people couldnt wait to jump on his back.

HESS OUT

14 Sep 2011 7:10 AM

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Sir Gill wrote:

Why is King at Plymouth? Our defending for the goal was shocking. We do not have a natural goalscorer - didn't we have a lad on trial from Southend who looked a good striker? think he's scoring goals up in Scotland now - why didn't we take a chance? We do not have goals in this team, Hess has had more than enough time to sort it out. So disappointed, Southend were utter rubbish and we lost to them.

14 Sep 2011 7:04 AM

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Ant wrote:

@ Super matty- What a *rat you are, how much did Hessenthaler pay you to post that article.People like you will be the only ones left going through the turnstiles soon.This hopeless,pathetic,useless excuse of a manager will ensure that one man and his dog will attend home games from now on.The only entertainment on offer at priestfield these days is the half time penalty shootout, where the kids show more ability than any of the Gills players.

14 Sep 2011 6:58 AM

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Super Matty Jarvis Fan for life wrote:

I'm sick of the fans that lack the decency to stick by the club in times when things aren't going are own way. Frampton and Payne are probably our to best players and they've been missing for the last two games. I blame Richards for his useless defending. The sooner King comes back from Plymouth the better

14 Sep 2011 6:38 AM

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Bob Woodman wrote:

I am sitting here writng this before i go to work still angry after witnessing another defeat.This manager is sickening me , his constant it's not me guv excuses are pathetic.Let me tell you something Hessenthaler YOU are the manager so the buck stops with you.It depresses me further to think that we are stuck with you because (1) you haven't got the decency to walk and (2) the chairman hasn't got the guts to sack you.Finally to the chairman, who likes to fleece every last penny from us, i will not set foot inside Priestfield again until this manager is gone.

14 Sep 2011 6:24 AM

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Mark Hatherley wrote:

Hessenthaler's time is well and truly up!

Gills were never going to get Grimes. He only wanted to go to Rochdale because his old youth team manager at Manchester City had become Rochdale manager!

14 Sep 2011 6:22 AM

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Reg wrote:

I totally agree Ron...Times up Hessie...F**k off back to Dover you couldnt run a bath...Im sure my brother Ron would agree !!

14 Sep 2011 6:09 AM

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DefinitionofX wrote:

HESS OUT!!!

YOU SHOULD HAVE SIGNED GRIMES!!!

14 Sep 2011 12:54 AM

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CompletelyAndUtterlyAnon wrote:

@Ron.

You must have been delighted when you found out the copy and paste short cut on your keyboard. Your points are getting tiresome now.

14 Sep 2011 12:03 AM

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Ron wrote:

Hessenthaler - When you've got to go, you've got to go. You've had more than enough time now in this position. You've failed, you aren't good enough, you'll never be good enough & you have to go now. You can no longer rely on past times as a decent lower league player, that won't bail you out anymore. You are a bad "manager" for this level.

We never had any chance of winning this match, it was already lost beforehand. This squad isn't good enough to go to Southend United & win a match. Southend are better than us & do play some football. Yet another game has just passed us by without us fielding a new striker or two. We need proper Football League strikers to score us goals. Danny Kedwell has had his chance now & proved that he isn't good enough. Hessenthaler & Kedwell may be Gillingham supporters but within their positions they aren't good enough & how ever hard that is to take its sadly the truth. We need a complete overhaul upfront & we need wingers to provide the attack. We need to see leadership out there on the pitch. And we do need a new manager.

I did tell you ALL that we would fail. I was correct to state before the Rotherham United match that we would now fall down the league & we have done just that. We'll never be within that top 7 again this season. You can shout that down all you like, but thats the truth. Hessenthaler blew it last season. There's only so much we can do this season due to a poor budget, half of last seasons. The budget won't allow us to challenge for promotion. Hessenthaler has to go because he wasted the BIG budget last season & didn't even make the Play Offs with it. This squad is no where near good enough for a top half finish let alone top 7. We only have a half built squad. None of those goalkeepers are up to league standard, we have no width, & no one upfront what so ever.

This squad will lose to Hereford United away on Saturday. Aldershot Town have gone & won there tonight, but we won't. We couldn't beat Hereford United in either match last season, we couldn't even score past them. We all want the best for the club, well 16th place is the best we can hope for this season & if you like it or not, its the truth. We aren't good enough to compete! Until we have the required points we are relegation candidates. We might be lucky in that Plymouth could go bust meaning that only 1 other side should go down. Hereford United should go down, so we should be safe. But a low finish won't please the fans, attendances are dropping fast.

Hessenthaler blew everything last season & should've been sacked in October 2010. It IS that which has lead us to what we have now, nothing. And yes it IS Scally's fault for keeping Hessenthaler in charge. These are the facts. We were never good enough for promotion & now you have ALL seen it at last.

Hessenthaler you are NEVER a Football League manager. You've wasted the clubs budgets. No one wins promotion without strikers fit for their league, without wingers & leaders. You've got to go now. We've given you the chances & you've let us down. At any other Football League club you'd of been sacked last season, but you wasn't here because the chairmans your best mate.

Hessenthaler - You've got to go NOW!

13 Sep 2011 11:49 PM

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Ian & Jan wrote:

Same old excuse week in week out we here you making excuse about the final 3rd don,t blame them you pick the formation so stop and look at yourself/ You just stand there with your hands in your pocket and trigger is a waste of time we,ve done nothing since hendon went so we say bring back PETER TAYLOR bye bye hess.+ how can you get paid playing that cr*p and formation you brought the players in its your team so your to blame no-one else time to go bye!bye!bye!bye!

13 Sep 2011 11:27 PM

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Go now hess wrote:

speaking of people doing their jobs properly, look at yourself hess......

13 Sep 2011 11:07 PM

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Jimbo and the Jet Set wrote:

Thought it sounded better tonight - their keeper man of the match, but if you don't score then it only needs one lapse to lose which is what happened.

13 Sep 2011 11:06 PM

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hmmmm wrote:

Same old rubbish......the players fault....never the managers

13 Sep 2011 11:02 PM

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