[ 7 Mar 15 ] Gills v Doncaster Match Thread

[Garawa]

The Gills have beaten Doncaster more times in both home and away games. At Priestfield they lead the wins 19 to just 2 for Doncaster overall it is 31 to 12.

Doncaster have won more points on the road (27 compared with 22 at home) and have scored more goals as well (26 compared with 17).

The Gills won 4 of their last 5 at home scoring 12 and conceding 6. Rovers won 1 and lost 1 of their last 5 away scoring 11 and conceding 9.

Doncaster have lost 4 times on the road in the league this season and conceded 3 in each of them (3 of which ended as 3-0 defeats).

Doncaster won 4 and drew 5 away league games (ending with a 5-0 win at Crawley) before losing 3-0 at Port Vale. They then drew 2-2 at Preston on Tuesday.

Since our first league away win of the season at Doncaster the Gills have won 8 from 17 games (47.1%). Before that it was 8 from 26 (30.8%).

Before today, despite their 6th position, Doncaster had been behind in the league for 1,079 minutes. Only Yeovil had been behind for longer (33 more).

3:01
Kick-Off

3:18
Dack has effort cleared off the line.

3:41
GOAL! Gillingham 0-1 Doncaster.

3:45
GOAL! Gillingham 1-1 Doncaster: Marquis
No teams scored first in fewer league games than Doncaster or Yeovil (10) but Rovers only dropped 2 points from them, the best total in League 1.

3:48
Half-time: 1-1

4:51
Full-time: 1-1

[gillsfan1066]

OK little Buddy , when you like, finish changing the kids diapers, then for God sake man POST SOMETHING, I have got some serious thinking to do with regards to the UNLUCKY LEAGUE, or is this just another way of ensuring one of your TWO play mates wins the tourney and the MILLION BUCKS ??
Guess you have posted the info to them by e mail, but I am sure it will be on here 59 minutes before the game kicks off, too late for the rest of us to be able to use it in helping make our decisions.
That's OK, me and SIr Mr.Lidbit ( morning Mrs L, keeping well are we, lol, nod, nod , wink, wink, ) are going to post a NEW COMPETITION on here next year, find your way to the ground and for double points find your way home again ??
As a tease, here is question number one, .................. CAN YOU, find your way there ( and home, for double points ) to..........................OXFORD ?

[Kent_UckyFriedGills]

Tuesday`s great win at Swindon has set this game up perfectly.Doncaster are 4 points ahead of us in the last play-off place so a win for us will cut the gap.They`re a decent side and play good Football,so it could be an open game.The weather is set to be nicer so hopefully we get a better performance than two a week ago at Priestfield.

[Garawa]

Doncaster are 6th and a win would take us a point behind them. I'm still finding it a little hard to take in just how quickly things have changed. I also can't help but think about a couple of games we capitulated in. Firstly Scunthorpe under an awful run came away 3-0 winners at Priestfield, then Chesterfield won there having also been on a bad run and could barely field enough players to play the match. Then Crewe, who were conceding goals like water through a sieve won when we looked more likely to take the points. Taking 7 points from those and we would be 6th having been in the relegation zone a few weeks ago.

Of course we have won games we shouldn't have on paper and it all balances out but we just didn't compete in ways he had previously. I think we have created a bit of stability both in possession and defence so it would be interesting where the next 18 months takes us. For those who haven't seen the "Fact of the Day", we are second in the last 6 form table, second in the last 10 form table, have scored more goals in both of those tables than any other League 1 side and are 7th in the last 10 game form guide of ALL 72 Football League Clubs. Amazing.

[lidbid46]

It was ALDERSHOT!!!

[fan_of_mulligan]

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/sport/gills-ready-for-top-six-assault-32946/

Justin Edinburgh insists Gillingham are up for the challenge of making League 1’s top six.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmBCdo_snMU

Justin Edinburgh looks back on Gillingham's 3-0 away win against Swindon Town on Tuesday Night, and Justin Edinburgh speaks about Gillingham's up and coming match against Doncaster Rovers in the league tomorrow.

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/sport/mcdonald-up-against-a-familiar-32950/

Cody McDonald is hoping to have the last laugh when he meets a familiar face at Priestfield this weekend, The Gills striker will be looking to get the better of former loan goalkeeper Stephen Bywater on Saturday.

[Kent_UckyFriedGills]

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/sport/gills-ready-for-top-six-assault-32946/

Justin Edinburgh insists Gillingham are up for the challenge of making League 1’s top six.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmBCdo_snMU

Justin Edinburgh looks back on Gillingham's 3-0 away win against Swindon Town on Tuesday Night, and Justin Edinburgh speaks about Gillingham's up and coming match against Doncaster Rovers in the league tomorrow.

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/sport/mcdonald-up-against-a-familiar-32950/

Cody McDonald is hoping to have the last laugh when he meets a familiar face at Priestfield this weekend, The Gills striker will be looking to get the better of former loan goalkeeper Stephen Bywater on Saturday.

Hopefully Bywater can make a mistake so we can win tomorrow I`m sure he will get a good reception as Bywater`s loan spell for the most part was a successful one.

[fan_of_mulligan]

I think Gillingham will line up as follows.......................

----------------------------------Nelson--------------------------------------
Hoyte----------------Egan-------------------Ehmer-------------------Martin
---------------------------------Pritchard-------------------------------------
------------Hessenthaler-------------------------------Loft-------------------
-----------------------------------Dack----------------------------------------
--------------------McDonald--------------Marquis----------------------------

Subs: G.Morris (GK), Legge, A. Morris, Galbraith, McGlashan, Dickenson, Norris

I don't think there will be any changes from the team that started against Swindon Town on Tuesday Night, I just hope we don't see our performance levels drop because The Barnsley Game was defiantly Gillingham's poorest performance in the last ten matches, the way we got into Swindon and didn't allow them any time or space on the ball is precisely how Gillingham need to play against Doncaster Rovers tomorrow.

[gillsfan1066]

Easy killer, thats question number 3, don't give everything away before the season starts. Jaysus, bit touchy aren't we,your the one that got got lost not me, one more outburst like that and I won't let you put up the $10,000 prize.
I v'e got a list of people who want to put up the prize, old Boomerang Bob wanted to put up 400,000 acres of land in Western Australia, that's good for grazing 56 sheep at least ,then I found out he had stole the land deed from some poor guys cabinet when he was on the run last month, so for now your still the guy to put up the money, but trust me buddy, one more outburst like that, and .

[fan_of_mulligan]

https://twitter.com/Gids1980/status/574285753049612288


Paul Dickov's Post Match Press Conference.


https://twitter.com/footballheaven/status/574285279021899777


Stephen Bywater gives his thoughts on the 1-1 draw between Gillingham and Doncaster Rovers today.

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/sport/gills-v-doncaster-reaction-33044/

Justin Edinburgh felt both sides were hindered by the conditions on Saturday.

http://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/sport/gills-v-doncaster-player-33045/

John Marquis hopes Saturday’s point turns out to be a valuable one.

[Kent_UckyFriedGills]

I only saw the result but it looks a good result on paper.No change in the table from Tuesday night so onwards and upwards.Good to see Marquis score again.It`s a point and a point closer to safety/a play-off push.

[Garawa]

Probably a fair result. Another game we scored in and 4 points from Swindon away and Doncaster on an upward run can't be bad. Furthermore Swindon beat Notts County at home 3-0 today that result is even better. The wind controlled the match, the players couldn't really get going a lot and Peter Lloyd summed it up perfectly for me after the game saying he felt both sets of players had left a lot on the pitch from Tuesday.

There has been criticism from the manager about the playing surface at Priestfield. Last season I felt our pitch looked good considering so many had been turned to mud. We then replaced it in the summer and haven't had as much rain or gone as long yet is looking very threadbare. Considering what we paid for it that has to be a concern and I can't see why to be honest.

[Kent_UckyFriedGills]

Haven`t we also changed groundsman as well this season? The pitch definitely does not look as good as it did last season.

[gillsfan1066]

Marry juana, guys probably got one of them wacky tobacky farms growing alongside the real turf,got to make a pay day some how, lol.
Good result today I guess seeing as there a pretty good away side , some tricky games coming up this month, dam BC again, then Chestfld away, Colchstr at home and Crawley away, the last two games we should be able to pick up maximum points from, but my bet is we pick up the points from the first two games, we seem to rise to the occasion and fall flat on our asses against the lower teams in the division.
Think a top 12 finish is about the best we can see this year, so on wards and upwards next season.

[fan_of_mulligan]

I have voted for John Marquis as Gillingham's Man Of The Match as John Marquis scored Gillingham's equaliser before half time, Marquis work-rate, commitment and one touch layoffs are all very effective and I thought that everything good attacking wise went through John Marquis today.

I also thought that John Marquis was very unlucky not to have scored having created a attacking move all by himself with a double dummy, which completely tricked The Doncaster Rovers Defender, and John Marquis's shot across the face of goal was turned around the post by Stephen Bywater, the challenge Gillingham now face is making sure that John Marquis sign's for Gillingham on a permanent basis in the summer, which will prove to be even more difficult the more goals that John Marquis scores for Gillingham between now and the end of the season.