'We need a win to ease the tension!' Walsall fans on Gillingham draw

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00:00What did you make of that?

00:02It's difficult, isn't it?

00:04They've hit a wonder goal to get them back into it

00:06but after that they

00:08looked like they handled the ball

00:10better than us after that

00:12and it was a bit worrying.

00:14You could see us ending up losing it

00:16but up till then

00:18I thought we were the better team.

00:22We recycled the ball

00:24better as the first half

00:26went on and we were

00:28pressing in the second half

00:30but we just couldn't

00:32get another goal and then we got hit by that

00:34wonder goal, didn't we?

00:36It's a bit twitchy at the moment, it feels like they're just on edge a little bit

00:38a bit nervous. Yeah, I mean they're going to feel the pressure a bit

00:40aren't they? Being that far ahead

00:42brings its own pressure

00:44and we've got a bunch of young lads

00:46in the main. I think he tended

00:48to try and put the older heads in today

00:50to try and settle that.

00:52What did you make of that?

00:54Disappointed.

00:56We were talking to the Gillingham fans in the locker

00:58weren't we earlier and they said we'll either beat you

01:001-0, smash and grab

01:02or you'll do us 6. That's the team

01:04we were up against tonight.

01:06That's all we could manage.

01:08They were hurting when the Gillingham obviously showed a bit of

01:10fire in that second half. It could have been a lot worse in the end.

01:12What did they say?

01:14It could have been a lot worse, couldn't it?

01:16To be fair, every time the ball went in our box

01:18I'm twitching

01:20I have a personal problem with Simke

01:22I'm Simke so I'm sorry

01:24I just don't think he's the answer

01:26and I think he's been

01:28coseted, is that the right word?

01:30Protected by how good

01:32our defenders were at the beginning

01:34of the season, first half of the season

01:36I think we're now finding out he's not quite

01:38the finished article. That's my view on it.

01:40TJ obviously had that great chance at the end as well

01:42and that was a big moment wasn't it?

01:44I don't blame him because he's

01:46getting his chance at the end

01:48and in my opinion he should have had more games

01:50than this. That's just my opinion.

01:52But to me, to be

01:54second, third behind some of the

01:56so-called strikers that

01:58have been in front of him, I'd be

02:00disappointed if I was him.

02:02You need to be able to deal with

02:04these sort of periods. There was a

02:06little bit of booing at the end which I thought was

02:08ridiculous given what this team's done.

02:10I think everyone needs to stick

02:12with the team. We go again

02:14on Saturday and try and get the win.

02:16Once that first win comes and we remind

02:18ourselves how we can

02:20win games, then I think we'll be fine.

02:22It's all about getting that win

02:24under the belt as quickly as possible.

02:26I think it's an eight-point gap between

02:28first and fourth now. Fourth is obviously

02:30what you've got to look at as well. Do you still

02:32feel very confident it'll go up this year?

02:34Yes.

02:36I'll back this team to do that.

02:38But we do need to get that first win

02:40as quickly as possible. It's not

02:42going to be the walk in the park that everyone

02:44thought it was.

02:46It very rarely is.

02:48The season I remember is

02:50when Forest Green had a

02:52similar lead

02:54right at the top, got dragged back into it

02:56and then ultimately went on to win the league.

02:58Only just.

03:00Maybe we'll do the same here.

03:02We do just need to turn it round.

03:04I think the guys need to relax a bit

03:06and it'll come.

03:08I really would. In essence

03:10he's gone for a couple

03:12of chances tonight which are outrageous.

03:14That's what it's going to take.

03:16No winning five.

03:18Starting to get a little bit nervous or are you still confident?

03:20It's definitely a confidence thing.

03:22I've just said to my pal here,

03:24that's on Sadler. You've got to get into their heads

03:26and get them back to where they were.

03:28We need the confidence back.

03:30Top man.

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