Andy Hessenthaler felt sorry for his strikers after Gillingham's defeat to AFC Wimbledon
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by Luke Cawdell
Gillingham manager Andy
Hessenthaler says his strikers didn’t deserve to end up on the
losing side after Saturday’s defeat to AFC Wimbledon.
A home debut double by Gavin
Tomlin (pictured) and an impressive finish from the returning
Jo Kuffour were overshadowed by a poor defensive display as the
Gills went on to lose 4-3.
"I felt sorry for the front
three; they were outstanding and looked a threat all afternoon,"
said Hessenthaler.
Tomlin, without a goal in 22
appearances for Dagenham this season, took just five minutes to
open his Gills account on Saturday after making his first start for
the Blues.
Hessenthaler, who signed Tomlin
on loan for the remainder of the season, said: "A few people looked
at him at Dagenham and thought, ‘well, he has no goals’, but I
looked at him last year when he went to Torquay. He turned them
into a play-off team with the few goals he chipped in
with.
"He scored two and ended up
losing, there is nothing worse than that. He got the
man-of-the-match champagne and he could have been celebrating, but
unfortunately he had to come in training on Sunday and that’s the
harsh reality of football, because it’s a team game and we have to
sort it out."
Leading scorer Kedwell returned
to action against his former club, despite only recently recovering
from a cracked rib.
"He was terrific," added the
Gills boss. "It was a risk and it’s Murphy’s law that he will get a
kick or an elbow on it, or whatever. You are waiting for
that.
"He was devastated with the
result. When you play against your old club you want it to go well.
Unfortunately for Dan they have done the double over
us."
Tuesday, January 24 2012
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