Terras in horror show
By Derek Bish
Wednesday 3rd February 2010
JERRY Gill reckons the Weymouth players saw a different
side of their new manager after last night’s 4-0 loss
at Eastleigh.
The horror show at the Silverlake Stadium saw the Terras
gift their hosts four sloppy goals.
The ex-Birmingham full-back was deeply upset with Weymouth’s
showing as his brief honeymoon period came to an end.
Gill said: “I said I wouldn’t get carried away
after Saturday and last night just showed me that we are well
short.
“I had no illusions and I knew it was going to come
to light over the next couple of weeks.
“It’s up to us to put it right and try to get some
new players in if we can.
“I could rant and rave but the lads have seen a different
side to me.
“Eastleigh haven’t really cut us open it was more
down to our mistakes.
“I put our set-pieces on the wall and was in there after
the game and ripped them down and said ‘what’s the
point of me doing it if you are not going to take it on board.’
“It was not a great performance and it is up to us to
get it right by the weekend.”
Braces from Richard Gillespie and Spit-fires’ captain
Tom Jordan condemned Wey-mouth to their heavy defeat but two
bright spots were that teenage strikers Luke Benbow and Lewis
Whitehead joined the Terras yesterday.
Benbow, 18, knows Gill from the Birmingham City academy while
17-year-old Whitehead has been playing in the Cambridgeshire
Kershaw Pre-mier League, the equivalent to the Dorset Premier
League, for Cambridge University Press.
Gill added: “Lewis has done us a favour because we lost
Austin Byfield with a burnt hand.
“Luke Benbow is with me at Birmingham and is a technically
good player. He came off the bench and showed flashes of what
he can do.”
Although Gill was unhappy with the display he hopes to put
it right before the Terras face Staines Town on Saturday.
Gill added: “I made my feelings known in the dressing
room but I have got to be careful because what I don’t
want to do is lose the lads.
“But things need changing and if it upsets people I’m
sorry but I am here to succeed as a manager.
