Gillingham manager Steve Evans felt Town and their boss Paul Lambert will have known they “had a battering” from the Gills during last night’s 1-0 Blues victory over his side, believing the “best team lost, by a distance”.

Teddy Bishop’s 87th-minute goal secured Town's win against the Kent side - the Blues having enjoyed 70 per cent possession over the 90 minutes - but Evans insisted the result was far from a fair reflection of the game and that Lambert - who missed the match having undergone a Covid-19 test - will have known that.

Relations between the pair broke down after comments Evans made after last year’s game between the teams at the Priestfield Stadium with Lambert refusing to acknowledge his fellow Glaswegian at subsequent fixtures between the clubs.

Evans also had a fallout with former Blues boss Mick McCarthy following a 2-1 Town victory over his Leeds side in 2016.

“Privately they knew they had a battering,” Evans told Kent Online. “But we will listen to the Lambert boy saying they were brilliant again. He said it on Saturday but I know a lot of Ipswich fans. I watched it as well. They were very poor. They weren’t so good tonight.

“I tell you what, he will have been having a beer [afterwards]. He might not say it but he will know.

“The best team lost, by some distance. Second half it was one-way traffic. They were playing on counter-attacks.

“They got a bit of help with some of the decisions. I am not questioning the integrity of the referee but it was a poor performance from him, it’s as bad as it gets.

“First half was a disciplined performance, we had a good organisation, good shape, one thing they have got is a huge budget and for that they get good players. They made one good chance that the boy [Jack Lankester] should probably score.

“We had to change the goalkeeper [after Jack Bonham got injured] and different things and we got to half time and we said, 'With more belief, let’s go and take them on, they are under pressure to get promoted.’

“Second half one team played all the football and made all the chances, one team deserved to win, one team got all of the decisions, but we have to just go again.”

The loss was Evans’s side’s fourth in a row and he is aware the knives will be out for him following such a run.

“The vultures will be about won’t they?” he added. “We have lost four games, but we were outstanding second half against Ipswich, probably the best Gillingham performance in a long time, including some big wins last season.

“Our open play, our general play, passing and moving, we got to the byline on 15-20 occasions, Jordan Graham was on fire, we were putting balls in, they were clearing it off the line and if there is a criticism it is that we are not taking our chances.

“When you play against clubs like Ipswich, with 20 times our budget, with the resources that allows them to bring better players in, you have to take chances when they come.

“We have been glaringly missing chances against Pompey, glaring against Fleetwood and even more so on Tuesday. In football they say if you are making chances, then you are on some sort of track that is heading in the right direction.”

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Europablue added 10:30 - Oct 28 If we hadn't have won last night we would have been kicking ourselves because they were there for the taking and if we are a team looking at automatic promotion, you'd expect us to beat them 3-0 or more.
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wychyblue added 10:31 - Oct 28 Hahahha. This guy has robbed aliving . Never managed to progress up the managerial ladder for reason . He really is a clown who has robbed a lining . How on earth does he get jobs . I know a player who played under him at Rotherham and he said he was hopeless. We weren't brilliant like PL normally comes out post match with but just look at the stats from last night's game I feel he might be trying to convince his Chairman more than anyone else

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warksonwater added 10:38 - Oct 28 Does this guy have a sideline in stand-up comedy?
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rugbytomc added 10:40 - Oct 28 He's either a complete plum, or he's tongue in cheek doing a Lambert! You have to giggle either way
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planetblue_2011 added 10:43 - Oct 28 Really fat man Evans who the hell do you think you are!! you didn't even have a shot in the first half, ok you hit the post & had about 3 other good chances 2nd half. We hit the bar, Dozzell's free kick was close & had plenty other good chances in the game with 3 or 4 decent chances 2nd half, Woolfy if he hits the target it's in. So how is that a battering? 1-0 to the town get over it you mug...

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TractorRoyNo1 added 10:45 - Oct 28 Mick Mills described their 1st half performance as the poorest of any away team at Portman Road in League 1. https://www.kentonline.co.uk/medway/sport/ipswich-1-gillingham-0-town-were-batte
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Icantbelieveyousaidt added 10:55 - Oct 28 May I suggest that most of you lot are in heart attack territory! Calm down. As for name calling Evans and getting personal like you planetblue 2011, how childlike. He was giving an interview to his local newspaper and is of course, like most of us biased towards his own team. It is very amazing how TWTD nowadays seems to attract scribes who are grumpy, vindictive and verbal bullies. As for my take on the game; it was our worst performance of the season so far, and we got three points - can't be bad.

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Michael101 added 10:56 - Oct 28 look at any newspaper they all say town 1 gills 0 end of.
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Orraman added 11:10 - Oct 28 He reckons the ref gave us all the decisions. What about the decision to disallow Freddie's goal in the first half when goalie and defender collided and ball ran free? What about decision not to give penalty when Gwinnett was wiped out almost on the goal line in second half. Ask Toto if he thought that should have been a penalty.
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MickMillsTash added 11:44 - Oct 28 Nice Bloke Nice and Fat
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Cakeman added 11:59 - Oct 28 BaddowBlue1, Outspoken that he can be there is a huge difference between Warnock and Evans, that being Warnock is a good manager.
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BaddowBlue1 added 12:07 - Oct 28 Cakeman, totally agree with you but at one stage Warnock liked to wind up the Town fans. Warnock is a good manager and gets teams up, don't think he was available at the time we picked up Lambert!
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midlandblue54 added 12:23 - Oct 28 They can both fight it out in the dole office queue in a couple of weeks time !
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LondonTractor added 12:38 - Oct 28 Hahaha - he is trying to wind Lambert up. There is no way he genuinely believes what he is saying. His side had 30% possession the WHOLE game and battered us?? In the first half Gillingham were the worst side at Portman Road this season by all accounts. Ipswich should have been 2 or 3 up in the first half. Second half the Gills were a bit better, but never looked better than Ipswich at any point. Anyway, we desperately need an out and out goalscorer!! We cannot rely on midfielders to score all our goals.

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JimmyP45 added 12:44 - Oct 28 This guy needs to consider his career if he thinks they were the better side. We weren't great but they had to be one of the worst teams I have ever seen us play.
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Icantbelieveyousaidt added 12:47 - Oct 28 Midlandblue54 - why would a manager whose team is third in the league with the only 100% home record be going to the dole office. Having looked at your posts, may I suggest you seek medical attention; your obsessiveness is taking a hold on your life.
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Steve_ITFC_Sweden added 13:13 - Oct 28 I can't believe Evans takes himself seriously, so we certainly shouldn't.
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runningout added 13:36 - Oct 28 Your on his level if Evans winds you up
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Pencilpete added 13:48 - Oct 28 Is this guy a stand up comedian ?
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hughgearse added 14:07 - Oct 28 I'd love to know how come his "better teams" keep losing when they come to Portman Rd?
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BeattiesBackPocket added 14:17 - Oct 28 Yes we weren't brilliant and fortunate in the end to win but the possession stats acknowledge that he is just an absolute whinging helmet!
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oldegold added 14:43 - Oct 28 mr rent a gob...possibly a visit to Specsavers is in order too
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dirtydingusmagee added 14:55 - Oct 28 we never had a battering, first half we should have put game to bed, HOWEVER, we were crap second half and saved by Bishops goal ,
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mib added 15:36 - Oct 28 will someone explain to me how the best team lost . If they were the best team they surely would have won. What a d**k head.
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SpiritOfJohn added 16:13 - Oct 28 Amazing that football's version of Bernard Manning was in charge of Leeds United as recently as 2016. The usual bitter and twisted comments from the gas giant.
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