Gillingham boss Neil Harris admitted Northampton had the quality up top that his team continue to lack. The Gills are third bottom of League 2 and a paltry six goals have come from their opening 17 fixtures.
A 2-0 defeat to Northampton Town was another blow as his team failed to take the few chances that they did create. “They have got better players then us, simple as that,” said the beaten boss. “Sam Hoskins was the difference, a great first goal, we gave him a leg up, we passed the ball straight to him, but he sticks the ball into the top corner from 20 yards. “We miss from six yards at one end and they go down the other end and put it in the net, ultimately that is the difference, I have got no complaints. “We get punished for shooting ourselves in the foot, we are not clinical enough at the other end. “When you have better players they make the difference from those fine margins, we gave the ball away for the first goal and it ends up in the top corner, it is simple.
Did the lads try? Yeah, no lack of effort. “I looked back at the clips and nine times we got into their final third in the first half and didn’t make a chance, it’s just not good enough, that is where we are, what we’ve got. “We keep working with them but when we get into that final third we have got to be clever enough to play one versus one, two v two, three v two, make good runs, be better with the ball, better quality into the box.
Ultimately Northampton probably got into four good areas and scored two good goals, we got into 12-15 and didn’t score. “It is frustrating, but that doesn’t half sum it up really.