Match Discussion: Game 7 - The Gills (H)

[Robbie 𝕏 @Robbie_NCFC]

Update.

Notts 0 Gills 0

 

[Robbie 𝕏 @Robbie_NCFC]

Update

Notts 0 Gills 0

 

 

[Robbie 𝕏 @Robbie_NCFC]

Gillingham get the breakthrough.

Notts caught square.

Notts 0 Gills 1

 

[Robbie 𝕏 @Robbie_NCFC]

Half time

Notts have had their chances & not taken them & find themselves behind at half time.

Notts 0 Gills 1

 

[Robbie 𝕏 @Robbie_NCFC]

Back to it. No changes.

 

[Robbie 𝕏 @Robbie_NCFC]

Substitution for Notts.

 

[Robbie 𝕏 @Robbie_NCFC]

Two substitutions for Notts.

Notts 0 Gills 1

 

 

[Robbie 𝕏 @Robbie_NCFC]

Update.

 

[Robbie 𝕏 @Robbie_NCFC]

Update.

Notts score but it's ruled offside.

Very late flag 

 

[Robbie 𝕏 @Robbie_NCFC]

Substitution for Notts.

Not another injury?

Update.

 

[Robbie 𝕏 @Robbie_NCFC]

A first loss for Notts.

Notts 0 Gills 1

Lack of finishing has let Notts down today.

Gillingham have done a smash and grab on Notts.

I think Notts have missed Jatta big time today. He makes such a difference with his height and the outlet he gives us upfront. And he's a quality finisher in the box.

Jones  getting injured late on is a big concern.

[Dripsey3]

Gillingham know how to defend and they take their chance when they get it. Losses you can get over but not the loss of key players. Here's hoping for some good news later. 

[Robbie 𝕏 @Robbie_NCFC]

Regarding the Austin goal that was ruled offside, the flag went up so late.

 

[Morten Johansen]

To summarize:
- Jodi Jones injury. Looked like his ankle.
- Brown not awarded penalty - probably not the right decision.
- Late Austin goal ruled out for offside - flag up after 4-5 seconds.
- Missed 3-4 clear cut chances.

Overall better than Gillingham, both in play and in terms of chances created.

[Robbie 𝕏 @Robbie_NCFC]

Overall, Notts were not at there best today but they could easily have won 3:1.

If the chances had fallen to Jatta or McGoldrick, for example, they may have put those chances away, that fell to Tsaroulla & Abbott.

The Notts defence was pretty secure with Platt, Bedeau & Macari very secure, apart from the goal. 

The midfield wasn't fully on it but you have to give credit to Gillingham because they generally nullified the threat from Crowley & Jones.

Grant & Abbott weren't on it today either, & Palmer is not yet back to his best. 

McGoldrick was nullified too, although he did a lot of running today.

Gillingham are the best side we've faced & we could easily have gotten something from this game with more luck.

Lessons will be learned from the defeat. A draw would have been a fair result. Our best players today, Platt & Bedeau in my opinion.

[Wheelbarrow repair man]

Not yet being able to make it down the Lane, I have to rely on these reports and it seems the Magpies were a trifle unlucky and Tsaroulla had three good chances to put the ball in the back of the net. And as it's been stated had those chances fallen to Didzy Notts could still be sitting at the League 2 summit. However as I've said before it's a Marathon, Not a Sprint and Notts current position means Nothing now come the end of the season, is when it really Counts. Reading that Jodi hobbled off is a bit of a worry, due to the fact how important he is to the Magpies. But then again he may be able to be rested for the games against Burton and even Morecambe as I believe Notts have more than enough fire power to beat Morecambe. There's No point in trying to rush him back, should the injury prove to be more than a niggle.

[Robbie 𝕏 @Robbie_NCFC]

After today's results the League 2 table looks like this.

 

[Chris Website URL Visit Site 𝕏 fmcj10 Instagram fmcj10]

I thought it was a lively start by both teams, Gillingham did look like a good team but once we took control of the first half - Notts piled the pressure and did have chances to open the lead. I thought defensively we looked comfortable, we dealt with threats, but the counter from Gillingham was a concern.

Their goal came against the run of play, we had all the better chances but they either managed to score a perfectly timed goal, or it was offside. It happened so quickly, in person that I couldn't tell.

The camera angles of Sky Sports are poor, they barely keep up with it, and it looks hard to judge. Even with this, I felt frustrated by the officials as they missed many clear fouls. There were numerous instances of pushes and throw-ins awarded to them despite it being our possession, alongside countless questionable decisions that left the referee and his assistants in utter disarray.

I thought we would still get into the game, and we did have chances, we pretty much ran the show in the last 45th minutes. Sam Austin's goal didn't look offside to me, watching the footage, I found it hard to spot anything that would lead to it being so lately called.

Jonny Williams aggressive approach to the assistant is what changed and the reason for the late call for offside. He shouldn't have approached the assistant, but cowardly he flagged late.

Since, I have seen a picture which @ARLukomski showed me a still image, and I have listened to Stuart Maynard. I wasn't sure about the penalty call on Javani Brown, but I can say he wasn't offside or interfering with the play when Austin scored. It was very frustrating, but I am pleased by the Notts performance. Gillingham deserve credit, they made the game hard, but there are elements from their game which wasn't good to see.

Jodi Jones departure from the field of play raised significant concerns.

To expand on this:

[NiftyNick]

Frustrating game, poor officiating, and some very bad challenges. Did anyone see if it was Jodi Jones who was pushed off the ball and the referee gave a throw-in? Their goal was offside, ours wasn’t. Poor decisions cost us.

[liampie]

notts played well enough to get something out of the game and created chances which should have at least got us a point, i dont blame the missed chances because the decision to rule out sam austins goal seemed poor. it was day light robbery, he was clearly on side. when we appealed for theirs to be offside, the referee gave marching orders to our players and even gave verbal talkings to some. when they appealed, much after it seemed a restart would be happening. the decision quickly became offside, why were they allowed to speak to the linesman?

 i did think notts dominated for the most part and played the better football.

they might have done well on the counter but without the offside goal of theirs, they would have drawn. defensively they were not brilliant, just good.

[Piethagoram 𝕏 @piethagoram]

Nightmare journey home...lightning strikes crippling the rail network with flooding added in as an extra bonus

@Chris "Linesman bottled it" sums up this match

Recalling that Dagenham home match which we lost, justice just hasn't prevailed. 

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@Piethagoram Yikes! I'm sorry to hear that you were caught in a thunderstorm and had such a nightmarish journey home as a result. I was mostly home when the rain started, and fully back when my home windows were vibrating from the noise of the storm. I'm glad this didn't happen during the game, or am I?

It's a shame the game wasn't postponed, actually, oh well we move on.  

[Piethagoram 𝕏 @piethagoram]

 

[menzinho]

I think it’s more frustrating because Gillingham weren’t exactly world beaters, it does feel like points lost in a game we should’ve got something from. First half we should’ve scored and then second half at the at the end we had a couple of decent chances too.

I heard Stuart’s post-match interview on the radio on the way back, not sure I’d agree that we were excellent though and unfortunately I think the officials got both the penalty and offside call right. I’d need to double check the rules but even though Brown doesn’t head the ball, he does still go for it making him active which would then cause Austin to be offside - feel free to correct me here!

But we just started that second half a bit sluggishly, almost too calmly like "we've got 45 minutes to get a goal here, we don't need to rush!" And so we didn't really didn’t threaten Gillingham that much. I think that Macari shot was all we could muster for about 30 minutes until the later stages. It was all a bit samey lots of players coming short, no-one really making any runs in behind. And we really missed Jatta, we got into a lot of decent crossing positions but didn’t always deliver the ball and when we did we didn’t always have the presence to compete with their CBs.

But that said other than a few long-range efforts our defence was hardly under much pressure for a lot of that game, fine margins really and even though I wasn't overly impressed with them I'd still expect to see Gillingham in the top 7 come the end of the season.

[Piethagoram 𝕏 @piethagoram]