Gillingham boss Mark Stimson baffled by players' poor performances
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By Luke Cawdell
Gillingham manager Mark Stimson
admits his players’ performances have left him baffled and he’s
demanding they start doing the business where it matters.
Stimson, pictured, has seen
quality in his squad on the training ground but on the main arena
they’ve continually failed to produce.
Saturday’s 2-0 reverse at Carlisle,
their 13th away league defeat of the season, left the Gills 18th in
League 1 - just two points above the relegation
places.
"Some of the players’ performances I
didn’t see coming," said Stimson.
"We had three good results and a
couple of good training sessions in the week and to go and play
like that, you think, ‘wow, where did that come from?’.
"It’s about players now having the
bottle to show what they can do on the training ground on the
pitch.
"It’s easy doing it on the training
ground when there is nothing on it, but we want them to play the
same way when there are a few people in the ground.
"It’s just that sometimes they do
strange things. That’s frustrating and it baffles me."
Stimson played Chris Dickson,
Simeon Jackson and Rene Howe up front on Saturday and
still the goals wouldn’t come, despite having a strike-force that
looks more than capable at League 1 level.
"You have to go and make it happen and
the three of them weren’t retaining the ball well enough," Stimson
said.
"I know they can but I’m sure with a
week of training and getting back to their home ground they’ll give
their best."
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Monday, March 01 2010
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