Gillingham assistant manager John Schofield writes exclusively for the KM Group
There is always a fantastic atmosphere around this club – and
that’s when we’re not in FA Cup action.
So imagine what it’s been like this week, it’s been great. There
will be some disappointed players when we come to pick the team but
what is so special about this squad is that it’s not about
individuals.
Everyone mucks in together and the lads support each other,
whether they are in the team, on the bench, or not even in the
squad.
No matter who we pick against Preston, we will go there full of
belief that we are going to perform to the best of our ability.
The easiest thing to do when you’re not playing is to sit there
and sulk.
The manly thing to do is to look someone in the eye, shake hands
and say ‘all the best today, I am right behind you.’
It’s then important, if you’re not involved from the start to be
ready for that moment when you’re needed.
Then when you go on, you’re thinking ‘right, I’m back on, here
we go’.
You look at how many times we have won the game from the bench
this season. That’s brilliant for us because people are doing their
job from the start right to the finish. If someone has to come off
the bench to change a game, that’s what we have to do. That’s the
great strength we have got.
Read more from John Schofield in this Friday's
Medway Messenger newspaper.
29/11/12
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