Gillingham captain Stuart O'Keefe and Lincoln City loan man Hakeeb Adelakun expected to play in a practice match on Tuesday

Gillingham’s fringe players will get a run-out this week as manager Neil Harris looks to keep those on the outside active.

Club captain Stuart O’Keefe is among those who can’t get a look-in at the Gills since the influx of new talent but he’s not been forgotten and a behind closed doors match has been arranged to keep those in reserve on their toes.

Harris said: “Stuart O’Keefe was possibly the best player on the training pitch last week, showing a real hunger and desire to want to be involved. He is my club captain and I don’t like leaving him out, I have to be honest, but at the moment he is not in the group and the lads are playing well.

“Hakeeb Adelakun (on loan from Lincoln City) has so much potential and we see it all the time but at the moment I have got reliability on the pitch and we are scoring goals.

“Hakeeb is desperate to be involved, he came here on loan this season to be close to home but to play regular football and for 35 games he started nearly every game, just at the moment I have changed tact a little in how we play and that’s six games, 12 goals, at the moment at the top end of the pitch we’re doing well.”

Harris has a number of younger players out on loan too and could choose to involve them. Ronald Sithole is at Faversham, Matty MacArthur is with Margate, while Alex Giles and Sam Gale are enjoying the experience at Sheppey.

Josh Chambers has had plenty of action at Worthing while Bailey Akehurst is over his injury that held him back earlier this season and is playing on loan at Worthing alongside fellow Gills youngster Freddie Carter. Julian Kuhr is at Lordswood while Elliott Moore has joined fellow Southern Counties East side Kennington for a month.

Youth striker Joe Gbode has been with the first