It was a solid win, and good to see the fight in the team to come from 1-0 down to get 3 points. Gillingham are a good side, they nearly got promoted last season, so it's a good result to go there and win away. They were set up strongly and had a lot of discipline. They didn't create that many decent chances, their only goal was a set piece, but they did defend well. It was a good quality football match, because we were doing 3 at the back and playing on the counter, there was plenty of push and pull in the game.
One thing about Gillingham's goal - It was entirely Moore's fault. The thing is, yes, OK it was a well placed free kick, but there wasn't a lot of pace on it, and the keeper nearly reached it. The reason he didn't was that he wasn't in the centre on the goal when the kick was taken. He needed to take a step or 2 to his right, and he would have reached it. End of the day, if you stand on one side, you're leaving the door open for the free kick to swing in uncontested on the other side. Also, it was the near side for Dack, which is easier as it takes a fraction of a second less to reach the goal, giving the keeper slightly less time to react. Surely you should be trying to get the shot to come across goal, therefore buying you more time and giving you the chance to reach it? It was disappointing to concede a goal right when we were on top in one of our best spells in the game.
I was quite happy with the way we won the ball consistently in midfield, something we've often failed to do in recent years. The players seem to be slowly getting their heads up and gaining confidence. I think we'll improve steadily. Wimbledon is the next game, they won yesterday but that's their only win this season. So we should be putting them away. 3 more points on Saturday would cancel out the poor start we had, and get us in the top half of the table.
