Fan’s Eye View: A ‘real’ Gillingham performance on Easter Monday has supporter Chris Duncan keen for more

By Chris Duncan

I’d be lying if I said I can’t wait for this season to be over, but the performance on Monday, particularly second half, has left me a little sad that we only have two games remaining.

To have taken four points from six over the Easter weekend, extending the unbeaten run since Gareth Ainsworth’s appointment, was more than I expected, to be honest.

I thought we’d get something against Cheltenham Town on Good Friday, but I believed AFC Wimbledon would’ve either played us or kicked us off the park on Monday afternoon.

That second half was a real Gills performance in my opinion, recognised by the atmosphere coming from all sides of the stadium.

It’s the first time in a long time I’ve heard Priestfield rocking like that. Chants of “Gareth Ainsworth’s blue and white army” ringing around the stadium was an indication that the feel-good factor is coming back.

I thought Wimbledon had the better of the first half. Yes, they were physical, but they played some good football too. Clearly something was said at half-time, because second half we matched them in both aspects, with Joe Gbode’s fantastic strike worthy of winning any match.

It wasn’t just the strike though, Remeao Hutton’s run down the right, Bradley Dack’s lay off, the celebration with Aaron Rowe, Joe and Shad, all of it was fantastic.

There seems a togetherness now within the team, a willingness to play and fight that hasn’t been there for large chunks of this season, and that in my opinion all comes from the passion and desire shown by our leader, Gareth Ainsworth.

I cannot tell you how pleasing it is to see a manager who “gets it”, who shows his passion on the touch line, who leads by example with his constant encouragement from the sidelines. I also