Whitney takes the point from drab draw

By Nick Bull

ONLY the 209 Walsall fans basking in the unseasonal Kent sunshine were the winners of this game; a tight, uneventful match that wasn’t helped by a poor Priestfield pitch.
Gillingham striker Tom Eaves hit both the bar and the post in a match that Steve Lovell’s in-form side dominated.
And while Walsall’s run without an away league victory is now seven games, Jon Whitney’s side moved to four unbeaten with this draw.
“When we came to set up we saw that the pitch was really lively, which I wasn’t expecting, so we had to adapt...

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