Fan’s Eye View: From podcast to positivity, it felt like we were getting our Gillingham side back against Crewe

By Matt Boosey

I think it’s fair to say that it’s been another interesting week for everyone - whether that’s directors, management, players or supporters - associated with Gillingham Football Club.

After the debacle (and that’s me being polite) at Barrow just over a week ago - where John Coleman announced that he didn’t think his players cared nor could they run through a cardboard wall, let alone a brick one - we got the announcement that owner Brad Galinson and managing director Joe Comper would be answering fan questions via a live Space on social media platform X hosted by the ME7 Podcast.

It felt like we needed to hear from at least some of the hierarchy at the club given that at the time our winless run was sat at nine games, but was hearing from them through a fan podcast (and I include my own channel in this) the right route to take?

Whatever your opinion that’s the route that was taken, and it felt like the entire fan base was tuned in at 7pm last Monday evening. Given Brad had essentially said ‘anything goes’, my own assessment of it was that although some questions were answered very honestly, it felt like lots were very much given the politicians’ treatment by both.

Fair play to them though for fronting up and at least trying to be transparent, it certainly caused a few rumblings on social media didn’t it, and not just amongst us fans.

The big question though, especially given Coleman’s comments after the Barrow shellacking, was would he get a reaction from his players when we travelled to leaders Walsall on the Tuesday evening?

I don’t want to talk for everyone, but I am not sure too many (either at the ground or watching on the television) were expecting too much from the game given the nature of our