Gills match thread - Page 2

Exile on Spencer St · 16-01-2021, 15:53

Worst referee for some time. Does he normally take rugby league games? Gills are bullying Stanley who are just standing and waiting for the ball to come them whilst the ref is allowing the Gills players to barge in, on or off their feet. Get stuck in lads.

andyd · 16-01-2021, 15:56

Well we have been poor can't understand playing Sykes at wing back when he as hardly trained GED Brannen,s words he is already blowing and on a yellow Butcher injury a blow but we are way below boar today just haven't got going time for a word Coley.

choirboy · 16-01-2021, 15:58

Referee Drysdale has been appalling!
He seems to have a distinct bias against Stanley. We have only been awarded two free kicks in the whole of the first half. He got the decision to award a foul against Sykes and then to give him a yellow card 100% wrong. Sykes touched the ball away and the Gills’ player dived. Stanley have been poor especially in midfield and are missing Butcher. Coley was giving the referee some stick as they walked off at half time.
Come on Stanley in the second half, we might have to outplay twelve men to get the win though!

cashman · 16-01-2021, 16:04

that ref is abysmal must be related or friends with kettle. ross,s was never a booking in 100 years he also has let gillingham away with quite a few rough tackles no wonder coley was raving, dont think we have played that poor the gills have been better in my view.

Twenty Eight · 16-01-2021, 16:14

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Originally Posted by cashman

that ref is abysmal must be related or friends with kettle. ross,s was never a booking in 100 years he also has let gillingham away with quite a few rough tackles no wonder coley was raving, dont think we have played that poor the gills have been better in my view.

He wasnt booked for the “foul” he was booked for booting the ball away in frustration.

yonmon · 16-01-2021, 16:17

Must play with some craft and imagination from midfield if anything is to be salvaged from this poor performance ... Hopeful punts in any direction are just not good enough !..

cashman · 16-01-2021, 16:21

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Originally Posted by Twenty Eight

He wasnt booked for the “foul” he was booked for booting the ball away in frustration.

well everyones frustrated with that prat

cashman · 16-01-2021, 16:57

the referee beat us today the piece of crap.

Kiwi John · 16-01-2021, 16:59

Grumpy Sunday has started at my place.

Exile on Spencer St · 16-01-2021, 17:00

Poor first half and all but last few minutes of the second. Lacklustre, slow to think and act, very predictable, either getting themselves in trouble trying to play out from the back or hoofing hopeful long balls up to isolated strikers. Reveals just how much Butcher offers the team. Back to the training ground on Monday.

choirboy · 16-01-2021, 17:06

Once again referee Drysdale has done Stanley out of being treated fairly.
If Ross was booked for kicking the ball away then virtually the whole team from Gillingham should have been booked. He chose to ‘miss’ seeing the clear push down on Hughes going for a diving header right at the end. Stanley did not play well today but Drysdale did not treat us fairly!
So many times this guy has ruined Stanley matches over recent seasons.
IMHO Drysdale is not good enough to referee matches at any level!

Crown Grounder · 16-01-2021, 17:09

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Originally Posted by cashman

the referee beat us today the piece of crap.

Ref not great today cashy, but we didn't play well. They carried a threat upfront with crosses into our box. Our midfield were poor. We were better when Cassidy came on for Sykes...but we were well under par today. And no luck in the box.....header against the bar and denied the Hughes penalty late on....Even McC's free kick at the end was poor.....

AccyMad · 16-01-2021, 17:12

My two penny worth, we didn't start well but came more into the game as first half wore on - big blow losing Butcher to a broken nose, Russell tried but to be honest wasn't an adequate substitute for Matt
We were much better in the second half but a combination of the Gills' physical tactics & Mr. Drysdale's apparent reluctance to penalise any of them (possibly afraid of the reaction from that nice Mr. Evans if he did so) culminated in in just not being our day. Colby could/should have done better with some of the corners put in by Sean & yes, I think we should definitely have had a penalty when Hughes was hauled down in the dyeng minutes but I'm not too despondent - of course I'm not happy that we lost but it grates more that it was against an Evans team who played exactly as you would expect them too & were allowed to get away with it by our friend Mr. Drysdale

andyd · 16-01-2021, 17:14

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Originally Posted by cashman

the referee beat us today the piece of crap.

Giveover the ref didn't make us lackluster nor did he make us lump aimless passes upfront, our midfield was poor today Russell might as well not have come on for Butcher Pritchard unusually quiet, think Coley dropped one putting Sykes at wing back showed by switching him second half.Ok the ref probably got the penalty wrong but today we were beaten by the better side on the day. We even playing so poor had some chances which is a positive when you're having a bad day but we managed to squirm those very tough game away at Hull Tuesday.

StanleyJosh · 16-01-2021, 17:21

Three clear penalties not given.

One game doesn’t define a season.