Gillingham first-team coach Nicky Southall writes exclusively for the KM Group
08:00, 23 December 2011
We travel to Crawley on Boxing Day, and although they are top of the league, we are chasing them hard.
They were favourites before a ball was kicked and it’s 1-0 to them at the end of the first half of the season, but you don’t win a season by playing half, there is a second half to go and that’s where it all counts.
Let’s hope we go there and take our good form into the game. They are unbeaten in 15 and we haven’t lost in eight. It’s going to be a good game and it’s only a 45-minute journey for our fans. We’ll give it a right good go.
The most important thing is not to lose. It’s going to be a difficult trip but we look at our squad and look at theirs and maybe our squad is stronger on paper.
There will be two good attacking teams and it’s going to be the game of the day in League 2.
The boys are certainly in confident mood after a fantastic game on Saturday, when we beat Bristol Rovers 4-1.
Lewis Montrose scored the opener and for the past few home games he’s been saying "get your money on me to score first".
We can’t bet on ourselves but when he scored he looked over and said "I told you, you should have had money on me!" He didn’t win me any money but I was delighted anyway.
It was fantastic to see the ground full on Saturday, and when myself and the manager looked around before kick-off the ground was buzzing.
It was really good to see, especially in the current climate. The players want to play in full grounds and it made for a great occasion.
We are so pleased the boys put in a performance in their final home game of the year.