Hampshiregills
Vital Youth Team
Don't panic chaps. Win the next 8 games and we'll be in the play-offs !! Goodness me, did I say win 8 ........ ?? ........ 7 and a draw will do !!
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daveycrocket
Vital Squad Member
Err, we're 2 points off the play-offs, if anyone's dreaming it's you. Wake up and look at the league table. What did you expect tonight after being down to 10 men for so long!
londongills
Vital Reserves Team
You really think we’ll make them? I hope we do, but I can’t see it. We’re simply not consistent or clinical enough to win enough of the remaining matches.
Vambogills
Vital Football Hero
Game was over after the red card. The only out ball was a lump up to Hawkins. Once he was sacrificed we had to play a different way with creative attacking passing to feet. We struggled with that. Wimbledon didn't.
Tranmere beat Mansfield so maybe the point against them was a good one. Other draws mean it's now everyone down to mid table with a chance of a play off spot. Most have games in hand and all have better goal differences.
Clemence asked if we were 'a nearly team' a month or so back and on this showing we are still some way off that.
Need to play without fear for the rest of the season and pray Hurtado and Andrews can get fit before it's too late.
A convincing win against Grimsby (who also won tonight) will at least bring back a smile.
Tranmere beat Mansfield so maybe the point against them was a good one. Other draws mean it's now everyone down to mid table with a chance of a play off spot. Most have games in hand and all have better goal differences.
Clemence asked if we were 'a nearly team' a month or so back and on this showing we are still some way off that.
Need to play without fear for the rest of the season and pray Hurtado and Andrews can get fit before it's too late.
A convincing win against Grimsby (who also won tonight) will at least bring back a smile.
Everyone loves a bit of optimism but look at the general trend.
daveycrocket
Vital Squad Member
Keep the faith mate, only 2 points off the play offs
markinkent
Vital Football Hero
Thats the key point we just arent good enough and havent been all season
Solent Knight
Vital Squad Member
I love your optimism DC and only wish I could share it, but can you really say you honestly see us making the play-offs now. Hope I'm wrong but nothing will convince me that this team has it in them and in all honesty we dont deserve to have a crack at the play-offs. And this Saturdays lower crowd than normal would suggest many agree with me unfortunately.
Trev_GFC
Vital 1st Team Regular
When we went down we did it on 40 points. We can say it’s harsh as a goal against Rotherham for most of the match would’ve kept us up, but we went down on 40 fucking points.
This season we’re still clinging on to hope that we’ll reach the play-offs on 65 points or so, relying on everyone else being even more inconsistent than us.
The thing is this season will draw out like today’s game. Giving us false optimism until a final nail in the coffin a game or two before the end. Concede that third goal and do away it. It’s torture.
Cuxton Blues
Vital Youth Team
Been playing with a false 9 all season! And a false 10!Who went up top when Hawkins was subbed? Or did we play with a “false 9”
markinkent
Vital Football Hero
Just listened to his post match interview. Talks nonsense and ive reached the conclusion that hes not the man for next season.
Gills_in_Japs
Vital Youth Team
If we somehow managed to sneak a play off spot, and I mean somehow, I reckon we’d win it. And totally wouldn’t deserve it, losing 16 games and a -9 goal difference and still going up, would be an outrage
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Solent Knight
Vital Squad Member
I've reached the conclusion that he's not the man for this season either.
The degree he has in talking utter bollocks did somehow manage to convince the powers that be though.
EagerExile
Vital Squad Member
I agree that interview was not what we needed to hear. The thing is, is he saying that to protect the players or does he believe it?
jogills
Vital Football Hero
I agree with some of that but the Andrews injury was short term, he then acquired a separate injury playing for the B team. There was a strong element of bad luck considering that and Hurtado.o
We did fail to recruit the power and pace that nearly every poster called for. It certainly looked as if Bonne found us rather than vice versa
markinkent
Vital Football Hero
I think his only defence is that he has little choice but to pick the same team minus masterson on saturday so he cant publicly throw them under the bus.
As a supporter who made the incredibly easy trip to SW london I want to hear that the performance was unacceptable (again) and wholesale changes are going to be made for next season.
I accept he cant say that publicly.
Or he believes it and then we are in trouble.
Galinson stated Harris was sacked as we wanted a different direction......we wanted goals, exciting football and wins.........0/3 for me. Can Clemence chsnge that, clearly not with this squad. Will he be entrusted to assemble another ? I think not. Lets just hope a lot are out of contract.
The Surveyor
Vital Youth Team
Listening to the interview I was obviously at a different match last night. If he truly believes what he's said then it's the dictionary definition of deluded.
GillsBluenose
Vital Football Hero
Probably true but by the time he signed I assume Hawkins was already unfit so we would otherwise have been down to Nichols, Nads and probably Lewis Walker as our striking options until Christmas.
We needed someone at least until we knew Hawkins was fit to return and Bonne's previous record was pretty decent.
No way was he a target man though, so we did need an additional alternative for that. Did recruitment just report that there was no one available that fitted?
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