Gillingham left the field to a chorus of boos on Saturday and boss Steve Lovell had no complaints.

Lovell was just as angry as the supporters after his side's 1-0 home defeat to AFC Wimbledon.

He agreed with the fans who vented their frustration at the final whistle.

Asked what happened when he spoke to a handful of supporters at the end of the game, he said: “They said it wasn’t very good, that we didn’t have the midfield, 'it was hopeless’ and I said, ‘yes, you are right’.

"I said, ‘you are frustrated, you are a supporter, Imagine how I feel? I am the manager’.

“I agreed with them and agreed with everyone who booed, because we deserved it.

“We take the accolades when we play well and I will take the negatives out of it when we don’t play well. We were hopeless, in a word. Everyone saw it.

“I will always be honest because otherwise you are pulling the wool over people’s eyes and not being respectful to those who actually see what happens, that is what I am.

“I have been at this club a long, long time. I know I am the manager but I love this club, I support this club and I am on the same mental plane as those supporters, they are so right.

“I just hope the players will realise, because I know it is only seven games gone, but I don’t want to get into a fight early on because we are too good when we have played (well) to be down fighting for things we shouldn’t be.

“I will lift them Monday, I have said some home truths, they know exactly how I am feeling.

"They should be feeling the same because my weekend was spoilt.”