Gillingham manager Andy Hessenthaler says Gills deserved to lose to Shrewsbury

steve wrote:

@i bet he drinks carling_ your *umpty no2.

05 Sep 2011 1:13 PM

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ollieonion wrote:

Dave and Ron go and comment on your Dover forum oh I forgot no one does!

05 Sep 2011 9:58 AM

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CompletelyAndUtterlyAnon wrote:

@Ron

"None of your players would get into any other Football League side Hessenthaler!"

You truly are a world class idiot.

05 Sep 2011 9:55 AM

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I bet he drinks Carling wrote:

Thought the Gills were very unlucky. If Keds had tucked the penalty away we would of won 3 or 4 nil. Great to see Jackman back in the side, he looked great at left back. Oli was back to his old self with his box of tricks second half.
Charlie Lee was full of energy like Weston and the new keeper was awesome. Kedwell looked sharp and just a question of time before he scores a hatrick... Gills looking promotion favourites again

04 Sep 2011 9:01 PM

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Hummer wrote:

Zongo rules innit

04 Sep 2011 8:51 PM

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vinny wrote:

@realist- Are you kidding.Yes he will except failure.Scallys biggest fault is that he is to slow to act despite the warning signs remember the way he backed Stimson to the hilt.He claims he can be ruthless but i've yet to see any evidence of it.

04 Sep 2011 7:54 PM

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realist wrote:

Scally will not tolerate failure this season.

04 Sep 2011 7:19 PM

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cochranes lob wrote:

Mr Scally if you do have to act regards changing the manager PLEASE give consideration to bringing back the LEGEND THAT IS SIR KEITH PEACOCK.

04 Sep 2011 5:48 PM

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Dave wrote:

Saturdays dross was a direct result of a weeks training the dimwit Hessenthaler way i.e. fooling around.Who checks to see if he is actually doing anything at all during the week,it can't be the chairman he is never around.The so called football produced by the lazyones teams is awful to say the least.Hessenthaler should stop criticising his players and look at his own performance which is nothing other than a lazy incompetent failure.Scally should be watching Hessenthalers efforts extremly closely over the next few weeks because a season of this dross is not what anyone want's.

04 Sep 2011 5:42 PM

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Hessy apologists are pathetic wrote:

nilnildraw_ you are n*mpty no1.

04 Sep 2011 5:28 PM

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nilnildraw wrote:

RON or should that be Chocolate? Have you considered therapy? Or are you so far up your own backside that you don't realise how pathetically stupid and juvenile you sound. Hopefully after suitable treatment you will be able to man up and take defeat on the chin without losing control like a silly little girl. Yes the team haven't really performed well yet but they are still in touch. There are obviously sound reasons why a new forward won't sign until the loan window opens and there is cause for optimism when the likes of the exerienced Frampton is excited by what could be achieved.UTG.

04 Sep 2011 4:19 PM

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terry wrote:

I believe hess will do his best for the club and for the team. I am shocked that afc wimbledon bring in a striker from palace and was quality and we still have no one. I love to see benson sign or clarke now he had tiff at swindon. Lets keep the faith and hopfully we be looking at league 1

04 Sep 2011 2:08 PM

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Chestfield Pete wrote:

Shrewsbury deserved their win yestyerday because they came and attacked us with a lively front four.
This is the main difference between our current squad and the teams we are playing they come at us but we just sit back and take it.
Yesterday every time Wright or Ainsworth got the ball they caused us problems and if Shrewsbury had had a Cody Mcdonald up front they would have had a hatful - as it was i'm glad marvelous Marvin had an off day and forgot his shooting boots.
We need to get a nippy winger
Fabian Brandy or the like,another Cody Mc or the like and we should start to play
442 or 433 at home to get the crowd going - yesterday apart from the last ten minutes it was like a morgue - we have a good squad but Lee,Whelpdale
weston,Oli and a few others were off their game and were poor.
These players need to show they want to play for us and give it everything - was particularly
upset about Westonn who i rate very highly but his performances of late are not good enough and maybe he needs to go on loan elsewhere or get a kick up the bum by the manager
to get him motivated - that's what a manager has to do to those not performing.
Rooney until he got cramp was a danger going at them and should start up front - he causes defences problems and needs to be there by virtue of his enthusiasm and his greed for the ball.
Whatever, i want to forget this very poor game and hope that next week and beyond we change the format,get some lively wingers/forwards in and start to show what we are about.
I just want us out of this very poor division with the big boot brigade just a memory and to get back to playing real passing
football - like Brighton or Reading play.
The Gills are always MY team whatever the result - let's see some passion for winning the ball and stop the other team playing it about as they seem to do with ease against us.UTG

04 Sep 2011 1:41 PM

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Desiren wrote:

@Ron - you said

None of your players would get into any other Football League side Hessenthaler!

Now we know you are a joke.

Loosen your grip ijiot or it'll go purple. Onanist supreme.

04 Sep 2011 11:47 AM

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Ron's mate wrote:

Well said bruv innit!

04 Sep 2011 11:33 AM

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Ron wrote:

I said that we would be found out over the past 2 matches & I was 100% CORRECT!

How could anyone come out & back the manager after 2 shocking displays against teams that we're supposed to be competing with for automatic promotion? We were awful in these matches, we didn't even compete. We have shown that we are NOT good enough for promotion & we never have been. This squad IS the managers squad. Hessenthaler should've been sacked a Year ago, & then also after last seasons complete fail of not even to make the Play Offs. He HAS GOT TO GO NOW! Then we may have a small chance of doing something. You can NOT start a season with a Non League player upfront as your only real striker. THAT IS PATHETIC! BAD MANAGEMENT ALL ROUND! Hessenthaler has had 2 Months to sort the striker problems out & he's useless & must be told so!

None of your players would get into any other Football League side Hessenthaler!

And how can Scally come out the other Week & state that this is our best side ever? You are bloody joking Scally!

WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH HESSENTHALER OF YOUR EXCUSES, YOU FAILED BADLY LAST SEASON, YOU SHOULDN'T BE HERE THIS SEASON, YOU'VE ALREADY PROVED THIS SEASON THAT YOU ARE NOT UP TO THE JOB - SO GO!!!

04 Sep 2011 10:57 AM

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lenny wrote:

I'm new to Kent Online this season and read numerous negative comments from Ron and others regarding Hessy and the team.

Been a Gills fan since mid nineties and seen many great performances and plenty of poor performances. Like every fan, we are optimistic of promotion and will always support the Management and the Team but this season I'm beginning to have doubts (which is a continuation from the two 4-2 home defeats).

We are all aware that we need at least 2 strikers as Kedwell is running himself to the ground. Payne is still young and learning his trade and Oli is a mystery. I really do want him to prove the doubters wrong but every time he had the ball, he never outsmarted the defence and passed it back to a team-mate (often poorly) and never appeared to take a single shot on target.

The ball just kept coming back to the opposition far too often and we seemed to run out of ideas far too quick.

Someone commented that it was a poor game and should have been 0-0. I disagree completely, from my angle at the Rainham End, their guy Morgan really should have scored a hat-trick as he managed to get in the right areas and only his poor finishing prevented the goals.

This wasn't the only game that we have played poorly this season. I believe we should have been home and dry at Barnet early on but in the second half they dominated and deserved their point.

Plymouth didn't show much to worry our defence but it took a long time until we seriously challenged their goal.

My point being that it IS very early in the season and we are very close to the top of the table but we urgently need the adjustments to occur now before we lose our way.

Hessy needs an Assistant to bounce ideas/tactics off and I hope he manages to get the loan strikers in asap as the team seems stale and shattered after only a sprinkle of games.

UTG

04 Sep 2011 10:56 AM

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Ron wrote:

I said that we would be found out over the past 2 matches & I was 100% CORRECT!

How could anyone come out & back the manager after 2 shocking displays against teams that we're supposed to be competing with for automatic promotion? We were awful in these matches, we didn't even compete. We have shown that we are NOT good enough for promotion & we never have been. This squad IS the managers squad. Hessenthaler should've been sacked a Year ago, & then also after last seasons complete fail of not even to make the Play Offs. He HAS GOT TO GO NOW! Then we may have a small chance of doing something. You can NOT start a season with a Non League player upfront as your only real striker. THAT IS PATHETIC! BAD MANAGEMENT ALL ROUND! Hessenthaler has had 2 Months to sort the striker problems out & he's useless & must be told so!

WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH HESSENTHALER OF YOUR EXCUSES, YOU FAILED BADLY LAST SEASON, YOU SHOULDN'T BE HERE THIS SEASON, YOU'VE ALREADY PROVED THIS SEASON THAT YOU ARE NOT UP TO THE JOB - SO GO!!!

04 Sep 2011 10:54 AM

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get a grip wrote:

Ron go and move in with Ben Dover and his boyfrind Phil MaCrevice and have a threesome.

Not the best of results and the keeper kept us in the match with some brilliant saves.

We wil beat Stanley next week.
Keep the faith with Hessy.

Up the Gills.

04 Sep 2011 10:18 AM

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get a grip wrote:

Ron go and move in with Ben Dover and his boyfrind Phil MaCrevice and have a threesome.

Not the best of results and the keeper kept us in the match with some brilliant saves.

We wil beat Stanley next week.
Keep the faith with Hessy.

Up the Gills.

04 Sep 2011 10:17 AM

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Nige wrote:

I cannot believe the amount of negativity on here after the match. No it was not a good performance but nor was it a bad one, just very average. There was nothing to pick between the two sides and I think we were unlucky to lose - a goalless draw would have summed up the game perfectly.
Flitney pulled off two superb saves to keep us in it and although clumsy in giving away the penalty where was the defence?
As for the back line over the whole match I thought Lawrence was excellent and thoroughly deserved his man of the match award, Fuller also battled well, & Frampton was steady. However Jackman was shockingly poor & Martin has to be put straight back in v Accrington. I think Hessy only dropped Martin as a backlash to last week and that was a very poor decision as until Rotherham had been one of our best most consistent performers this season. Jackman frankly should be shipped out. And as for all the garbage on here last week about wanting Richards to start no thanks he is an accident waiting to happen. Give me Frampton & Lawrence every time.
The midfield was quiet today with only Rooney making a real impression, although to be fair to Lee he did okay considering not trained all week due to illness.
Up front considering Kedwell also been out all week like Lee felt he did the best he could. He was clearly shot after 30mins but never gave up, unlike Donkey Oli who did absolutely s*d all for the hour he was on the pitch (125 chances & counting - how many more?!).
Hessy has to prove himself this week by bringing in a quality loan striker when the window opens on Wed in time for next Sat - no more excuses now. Although I have heard a few names banded about (Benson, Kuffour, Clarke etc. what about Rory Fallon who is available (if we can forgive him for being WIBS)).
Let's see what happens & roll on next Sat v Acc.
UTG.

04 Sep 2011 2:21 AM

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The Gills PegLeg wrote:

Seriously guys you are getting old. Its only been two defeats and we are still in play off places. Ok we need to improve but shrewsbury are a good team and will be up there and there abouts.

The commitment of you "so called fans" is pitiful. you are more than happy to cheer when we are winning but after only two defeats you are calling for Hess out. Ron yes we got promoted under stimson but he also took us down from League One twice which doesn't prove to be that successful.

The loan market re-opens next week and will make it that much easier for Hess to bring a new striker in and we will get one.

Up The Gills!

03 Sep 2011 11:13 PM

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mark wrote:

HELLO RON HOWS YOU TONIGHT DOVER WON WHAT ARE YOU DOING ON HERE THEN SO YOU DONT LIKE HESS THEN NEVER MIND WHY DONT YOU COME DOWN TO GILLINGHAM AND TELL HESS WHAT YOU THINK OF HIM AND NOT COME ON HERE A THAT GOOD IDEAR A LOL

03 Sep 2011 10:42 PM

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Borat wrote:

I bet you've been writing that since 5pm Ron. Excellent work, great sleeping material there. Congratulations on your 3-2 away win at Chelmsford today.

03 Sep 2011 10:24 PM

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Ron wrote:

Hessenthaler OUT! Hessenthaler you ARE a gutless manager! Well what did I tell you ALL hey? I told you that we would lose BOTH of these two matches & yes we HAVE! We are NOT good enough to mount a serious promotion challenge, no where near good enough as these two matches have proved now to everyone. My pre season predictions have proved correct. We can beat pub, part time & bust teams but we can't play them every Week. When we come up against a decent side in our own league we can't match them in any department. This club WILL sink down this league now. I told you all to take a photograph when we were sitting 2nd in the league. We WILL finish 16th place this season. You can ALL shut up about promotion challenges now.

We are a club that is going BACKWARDS at a VERY fast rate. We have a "manager" thats just living on past times as a decent lower league player, that's all it is. Lets not joke ourselves, Hessenthaler will NEVER be a league manager. It was Pulis & Taylor that built the team that did us well in the Championship in what now seems many decades ago. We are a shadow of those former Days. Hessenthaler has proved that he is a man not up to the job. Adam Birchall was injured 2 Months ago, yet our "manager" can not & does not have the brains to replace him. Instead we are left with a one man band upfront. Hessenthaler you are NEVER going to mount any promotion challenge with 1 striker up front at home EVERY match. Your tactics are pathetic just like your transfer ideas.

The best thing you can do now Hessenthaler is GO! Go now before you ARE sacked in October. We as supporters have now HAD ENOUGH! It's you thats cost us. You had your BIG chance last season when the club had double its budget of this seasons, that was our BIG chance & you blew it. You couldn't even make the Play Offs last season, pathetic. Even Torquay United & Accrington Stanley finished above us last season & there is NO excuse for that. You were also beaten at home by Dover Athletic in the FA Cup in what should've been your last match. You've had long enough now to prove yourself. The past 2 matches were your test & you HAVE FAILED! You know you've failed, so GO!

You've needed an assistant manager to help you out & you've made that decision not to have one. You haven't got a clue what you are doing! You can not play one man upfront at home. That today v Shrewsbury Town was awful. We were out passed all over the pitch & totally out played. We have seen v Rotherham United & v Shrewsbury Town whats needed for promotion & we are NO WHERE near it. Those 2 ARE going up this season & we AREN'T! And YES its YOUR FAULT!

This is a manager who's team let in 7 goals at Accrington Stanley last season. We had 5 times the amount of budget last season that Accrington Stanley had. They made the Play Off's & we didn't. Accrington Stanley took us to the cleaners at their place last season. We ARE PATHETIC! Scally can stop his talk now about this being our best team for Years. THIS IS OUR WORST TEAM FOR YEARS WITH OUR WORST MANAGER FOR YEARS! Stimson got us promotion with our first season back in League Two. Hessenthaler you need to GO!

- WE AREN'T GOOD ENOUGH FOR PROMOTION & NEVER WAS!

- HESSENTHALER WILL BE GONE BY THE END OF OCTOBER!

- HESSENTHALER WILL BE BARNET MANAGER IN JANUARY 2012!

- WE'LL FINISH 16TH THIS SEASON!

- OUR SUPPORTERS NEED TO GET REAL, WE'RE STUCK WITH A RUBBISH SQUAD THANKS TO AN IDIOT OF A MANAGER!

03 Sep 2011 10:21 PM

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Coastal Gill wrote:

Rubbish Hessenthaler, 7-8 weeks now since Birchall got injured and yet we still get the same lame weekly excuses, sort it out and sign a decent striker Hess or you'll be gone before Xmas !!!

03 Sep 2011 9:52 PM

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sigh what now wrote:

cannot believe people are still raving about danny kedwell - work rate excellent, abaility bang average at best - zero pace, but as much chance as scoring from open play as my 86 year old housebound grandmother - £130k - afc wimbledon have had our pants down and some!

we need TWO strikers not one, and a manager hwo grasps the concept of fitenss and football - i seem to recall hessenthaler justifying the number of pre-season games by saying it gets the players fit -so far crewe, barnet and shrewsbury have all looked vastly more fit that us - explain that one mr hessenthaler.

no more excuses - these are your players, who you wanted, the buck stops with you.

personally, i think you will be back behind the bar of your naff club within a month.

03 Sep 2011 7:35 PM

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steve wrote:

A home defeat against stanley next week should see the end of this kretin of a manager.

03 Sep 2011 7:30 PM

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Jake wrote:

I was thinking that Eric, why do we keep playing the balls into the channels when we have a slow striker. Surely if you play Kedwell it has to be his feet. And yes i agree 4-4-2 is a must, even Payne upfront would be better than Oli, i think hopless Smurf would be a better name but i think he is a touch too tall...

03 Sep 2011 7:04 PM

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Eric Cartman wrote:

Is Hessy trying to get all the Smurfs in? What a joke to play Dozzy Smurf at left back, had a dreadful game (how times did he give the ball away today?) and then to add insult to injury he takes off Montrose to play in the middle of the park. As Hessy worked it out yet but the Gillingham players cant play 4-5-1 formation and we dont need two holding midfielders either, we cant score as it is. Frank Spencer's was hopless when he came on, could not even laugh at him today as he hardly touched the ball. We must be the only club who has a striker that cant score in open play and unlikely to either, he has no pace which showed today when he had a yard on the centre back when through on goal and lost by several yards. Flitney saved us from a trouncing however he undone all his hard work with a school boy error instead of standing his ground. Rooney was the only bright spark today with his youthful euthusiam, shame a few others could not follow.

03 Sep 2011 6:57 PM

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keith wrote:

Might only need another 30 points to avoid the drop into non-league football.
No money, no ambition, no ability at manegement or players level. Any player that shows any sort of talent is sold. What is the point of staying in the league.

03 Sep 2011 6:45 PM

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ken wrote:

Ive been more entertained and seen better players than Gillinghams on a sunday morning park.Pathetic comes to mind i feel ripped off.

03 Sep 2011 6:44 PM

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This club is a laughing stock wrote:

@ gillinpain_ AGREED.

03 Sep 2011 6:32 PM

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FREDDY wrote:

What do i make of Hessys assessment, he's right and he's to blame.YOUR OUT OF YOUR DEPTH.THE BUCK STOPS WITH YOU.

03 Sep 2011 6:29 PM

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gillinpain wrote:

Taxi for Mr Oli and Mr Hessenthaler! I'll pay. Destination as far away from Priestfield as I can afford.

03 Sep 2011 6:26 PM

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