Gillingham defender Max Ehmer on clean sheets and their lack of goals at the other end of the pitch

Gillingham defender Max Ehmer isn’t bothered that their defensive record isn’t getting the recognition it deserves.

The Gills have kept three clean sheets in their last four games - taking their season tally to 10 in all competitions - but it’s their lack of goals at the other end that have dominated the season.

They might have the worst goalscoring record in League 2 but only four clubs can boast a better defensive record in the first half of the campaign.

“At the end of the day keeping clean sheets and defending well is what we get paid to do,” responded Ehmer, following Friday night’s goalless draw at Forest Green.

“We just concentrate on our job and when the boys are up there attacking, we’re making sure we’re defensively sound at the back and we don’t get a counter-attack (on us).

“Obviously, we’d like to score more goals but we’ve kept a good number of clean sheets so it’s still points along the way.

“It’s important that we pick up points on the road. We kept a clean sheet and as a defender, and from a defensive mindset throughout the team, if you don’t score then you don’t concede and we did that.”

As for failing to take their own chances, Ehmer insisted that it isn’t down to a lack of work on the training ground.

“We’ve been working hard with the gaffer every day on the training ground to make sure we get in the right areas to create goals,” he stated. “Sooner or later, it will come.

“We were confident coming into the game and on another day it could have been two or three-nil in that second half. Jake Turner has made one or two saves really, we kept them quiet, Tim Dieng headed one straight at the goalie and Connor Mahoney had the shot.

“It’s not falling for us at the moment but we’re working hard on the