Aiden O'Brien has more to give says Gillingham manager Neil Harris following his first start for the League 2 side

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. People are still only seeing an 80% Aiden O’Brien. They will be excited to know there is a lot more to come from him.

“I went with Aiden (on Saturday) because I thought the distance Nico had covered in three games around Hawks had been immense. I just didn’t want to take that risk of pushing him again, so I left him out for legs purposes and was delighted with how good he was when he came on.

“When you have got options it is great to be able to do that.”

It was a goal from George Lapslie that sealed last week's 2-0 win at Rochdale - his second in two starts for the former Mansfield midfielder.

Harris said: “George had to be patient, we had 10 points from four games when he came in and he had to wait, he has scored two in two, important goals as well and I am really pleased with him.

“We adjusted his position