Gillingham manager Neil Harris has demanded his players up their standards for the weekend trip to Harrogate. A deflating 2-0 home defeat against Bradford City leaves the Gills one place above Saturday’s hosts and a couple of points better off.
Crucially, they are seven points above the bottom two. Harris said: “The biggest thing for me now is that off the back of a home defeat is that we react on Saturday and that is all I am interested in. “I asked for a reaction after Mansfield (Gills’ previous defeat) and I got it with back-to-back wins. “I am going to be demanding even more than ever a response from that performance (against Bradford), that lack of quality in the opponent’s half.
I want a better performance than that on Saturday against Harrogate. “I was quite cutting with the players, I have to be honest.
I did have a few choice words with them after the game. “We have set better standards than we have shown (on Tuesday) with and without the ball.