Gillingham manager Andy Hessenthaler comes out fighting ahead of League 2 clash with Accrington Stanley
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by Luke Cawdell
Andy Hessenthaler has come out
fighting after hitting rock bottom last weekend.
The Gillingham manager admitted the
4-3 home defeat to AFC Wimbledon was the lowest point of the season
but is ready to bounce back at Accrington Stanley tomorrow.
"There are 20 wars to go, 60 points up
for grabs and it’s still all to play for," said Hessenthaler. "We
can’t be angry any more. We have to get on with it and have another
challenge now.
"It won’t be easy at Accrington and we
didn’t have a good experience there last season so we have to pick
the right team. It turned out to be the wrong team on Saturday
because we were beaten. We have to pick the right team to get a
result this weekend."
Hessenthaler (pictured) hauled
his players in for extra training on Sunday and forced them to
watch a DVD of the defeat to AFC Wimbledon, where they let slip a
3-1 lead to lose 4-3.
The Gills manager is set to make
changes to his defence this weekend against a side who beat them
7-4 last season. He wants no repeat of that and no repeat of last
week’s performance.
He said: "It just shows how things can
change around if you approach games the wrong way and if you make
the wrong decisions. That’s been the case and we have to stop that
now, nip it in the bud and get back to where we were.
"There’s a possibility we could make
changes. We need to get results and you can’t afford to have one
bad game."
Hessenthaler could have both Andy
Frampton (ankle) and Matt Fish (shin) back at his disposal while
Connor Essam is due to be recalled from a loan spell at
Dartford.
Thursday, January 26 2012
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