Should have been ahead before Thompson's error gifted them the opener. We were a poor second best after the interval, and although they got lucky when the second goal went off the post onto their guy's shin and rebounded into the net, Gateshead deserved their win.
Lundstram didn't let us down, and could turn out to be a worthwhile loanee, but we missed having one of Williams or Richman out there. Wall put in a decent shift with some good balls played in. On the other hand I thought one of the major problems was at full back. Dens was a long way below his best, and White was barely better.
It was good to see Hannigan get through the full ninety minutes. Mullarkey was streets ahead of anybody else on the pitch.
I thought today's officials were the best we've had this season.
Gateshead are nothing special, as we saw at Moss Lane, but they're firmly in the playoff picture. That only goes to show that this league is of rather a poor standard right now. If we can't get a playoff spot something is badly wrong.