Aiden O’Brien’s first start for Gillingham last Saturday was a positive one - and there’s more to come. The former Millwall, Sunderland and Portsmouth striker is looking to get back to top form with the Gills after a first half of the season at Shrewsbury blighted by injury.
Following three appearances off the bench, he replaced Tom Nichols in the Gills starting line-up at Rochdale and didn’t disappoint.
Manager Neil Harris worked with the front-man at Millwall and knows just what he can do. He said: “[The fans] would have seen his quality without the ball, where he is excellent at pressing, and with the ball he didn’t give it away in 65 minutes (before being replaced by Nichols).
That is what he does. “What they didn’t see is the forward running. A couple of times he got off the big man (Oli Hawkins) but didn’t quite have that moment at the end and that is just half a yard, half a yard fitness and that will come.