Gillingham v BWFC

Yes, disappointing that only Jack Hobbs signed today with O’Neil, Conway and Buckley indicating they were ready to sign. It should stiffen up the centre of defence but won’t help us up front or in the midfield where we most need it. I can only hope that the likes of Politic and Edwards are back because without them the team is much weaker. Maybe they are waiting to see who becomes available on Monday now that we know we can sign loans and frees, or even waiting to sign these three so that it just looks better. Anyway, Gillingham are the kind of team we need to get something from as they will probably be around the bottom in that mini league with us, so a point is the minimum we should be looking for. I must say though that as much as I like Jimmy he doesn’t fill me with enthusiasm so whether we’ll get anything I don’t know. It’s time to be positive though so I’ll go for a 1-1 draw.

No mate I had some surgery done on my hand and I can't drive for about six weeks Ali the wife says it's just a bit to far for her to drive but I will try and get to the closer ones until I can drive myself sometimes I will get the train hahahaha. Hope it's a great day out so looking forward to football again COYWM

JP said were limited to 12 players more this season. So im thinking positive that the reasons these havent signed is that theres better options. Especially for Will Not Buckley.

I was really hoping we might get a point today, Gillingham one of the poorer teams in Div 1 and someone we should be looking to pull back on. Reports from the game seem to suggest we are sitting deep again which disappoints me. With Politic back in the side and Hobbs, Lowe, Weir and Murphy in the defence along with Brockbank who should be almost considered a first teamer, you’d expect we could make a match of it and try to take the game to the Gills. We won’t score if we give the opposition too much respect and I fear that’s what we’re doing at the moment. Somebody needs to be enthusing these boys and hopefully the new manager when he comes in will do that. If you assume Politic, Brockbank and possibly Zouma at least will be first team regulars, it means only 3 of the team out there today can be considered kids so there’s no reason that we shouldn’t be doing better in my opinion. Positivity is needed, so come on Jimmy, pull your finger out.

Another hammering 4-0 and by a very average team so who ever comes in will need a miracle to change our fortunes or we will be down long before the end of the season sad but it's reality COYWM

It’s really difficult to know what to say after another absolute walloping. Lord knows how any of this is now going to help the development of our younger players. I fear that it will more likely set them back. They take the field fully expecting to ship a hatful. So, of course, they do.

Tactically, I’m afraid that the ghost of Parky lives on in the dug out... What looked like a very deep sitting 4-5-1 formation gifted so much possession and territory to what at the start looked a very ordinary Gillingham, that, by the end, after they’d enjoyed a huge confidence boost, they had also played themselves back more into form. Defensively, we were abysmal. Poor positioning, inaccurate passing, weak concentration levels, they were all there in abundance from more or less everybody. If that’s Jimmy Phillips’s idea of defensive organisation, then it’s time he went back to the Academy. I know that our expectations are rightly low at the moment, but, really, this was simply poor.

We have no leaders on the field, no organisation and absolutely no presence in the opposition half of the field. Hobbs’s header at the death notwithstanding, unless there is a huge injection of new blood ( and decent players too) I’m struggling to see where the next goal comes from, never mind the next point.

I really hope that this is as low as we sink and something can be done to make us at least more competitive.