Gillingham (0) 0
Tranmere Rovers (1) 2 Greenacre 19 Davis 50
Att. 5,303
Entrance: Season ticket
Programme: £3
Mileage: 45/682
Match Report
Well, the spot varnish was good . . .
When two people employed in the print trade start discussing the merits of the spot varnishing on the programme cover it’s not hard to gather there is very little to entertain on the pitch.An afternoon that opened with fireworks and Land of Hope and Glory ended a damp squib, hope evaporating and certainly no glory. Gillingham were inept, three games in, still not a goal in sight and on today’s evidence we may be waiting some time.
Within seconds of the start, Chris Shuker opened up Gillingham’s left hand side, narrowly shot wide, but it was a foretaste of what was to come. Midway through the half the goal inevitably came from the same area, Shuker’s cross leaving Chris Greenacre with an easy header. How Gillingham got to half-time only one down probably even defeats Tranmere fans.
The second half failed to see any improvement and after Steve Davis crashed in a second it was game over. There were so few redeeming features of this performance, our so-called golden midfield is severely negated when everything is flung over their heads and defensively lack of pace is going to be our undoing time and again. David Graham is perhaps the one plus point to come from the afternoon.
An attendance of only 5,300 is a real disappointment, given reports that season ticket sales were up on last year and performances like this will not entice the casual watcher.
Elsewhere: Tonbridge opened their league campaign with a 2-2 home draw against Staines and the FA Cup hopes of Tunbridge Wells are ended in mid-August!!
No comments:
Post a Comment