Gillingham chairman Brad Galinson tells fans they are working on the goalscoring problems as the US family are a year into their ownership of the League 2 club

Gillingham’s owners have told supporters that the goalscoring issues are a problem they’re looking to fix – a year on from their takeover of the club.

The transfer window is opening at the start of January and the Gills are almost certain to be looking to make additions in a bid to end an ongoing issue.

It’s a year since Brad and Shannon Galinson took on a majority ownership of the club, leaving long-term chairman and owner Paul Scally with a minority stake and a place on the club’s footballing board.

The Galinsons sanctioned the sacking of manager Neil Harris in early October in a bid to get the team playing a more possession-based brand of football with a lot more goals. Possession has gone up but the goals haven’t and the Gills have slid backwards in the league table.

A goalless draw at Forest Green Rovers on Friday night leaves the Gills heading into their Boxing Day clash with Crawley Town 11th in the table, three points off the play-off places and 11 off the automatic positions.

With just 19 goals from 22 games, they are the lowest scorers in the division.

Average goals scored have gone up slightly since Harris departed but goals against have risen sharply. Crowds are also down as the pre-season optimism has faded.

Addressing the lack of goals in a message to supporters, Mr Galinson said: “Like any family, things are not perfect, our heads are not in the sand, we are not scoring enough goals, everybody knows it.

“Kenny (Jackett, the director of football) knows it, Hessy (Andy Hessenthaler, head of recruitment) knows it, Stephen (Clemence, head coach) knows it, Robbie (Stockdale, assistant coach) knows it, every single player knows it. We are trying to deal with it, we will get there.

“Nobody likes winning more than