Gillingham striker Deon Burton hopes his experience can help the younger pros at Priestfield
by
Alex Hoad
Striker Deon Burton has
told Gillingham’s senior pros that they have a duty to guide their
less experienced teammates through tough times like the frantic
final 20 minutes at Accrington.
The 36-year-old (pictured
celebrating his goal at Morecambe), who played three games for
Jamaica at the 1998 World Cup and appeared more than 100 times for
Premier League Derby, is on a one-year contract at Priestfield
after a stint in Azerbaijan.
Burton revealed that when
things got tough at the Crown Ground on Saturday, it was time to
use his experience.
He said: "When the going gets
tough you have to have a word in their ear to make sure they stay
calm and keep doing the right things.
"To come here on a cold
winter’s night and grind out a point after going down to 10 men, I
think the boys did tremendous.
"When we went down to 10 men
the boys showed the determination and the spirit to make sure we
didn’t come away with nothing.
"We have to be happy with a
point after going down to 10, especially with 20 minutes to go in
bad conditions against a team who fight right to the death. We just
have to dig in, we are top of the league and we want to stay there.
You have to come to these places and grind out a result.
"At the end of the day we’ll
take the point but if we had kept 11 (on the pitch) we definitely
would have come away with all three."
Picture: Barry
Goodwin
27/11/12
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