Gillingham head coach Stephen Clemence believes he can sort out the goalscoring problems in the summer with the backing of chairman Brad Galinson

Stephen Clemence is confident he’ll have the backing of the Gillingham chairman in the summer to solve their goalscoring problem.

The Gills head coach has admitted targets they chased in January didn’t come off, and with injuries to those strikers they did capture, he’s been left facing an uphill battle.

Clemence is looking forward to a summer where he can get things sorted.

He said: “A lot of these managers that are challenging at the top (of League 2) have had quite a bit of time to get their team in place.

“Look at the top seven teams at the moment, six of those managers have probably had three of four transfer windows, some have had six or seven. The only one who hasn’t [Mike Williamson at MK Dons] has inherited a team that has come down from League 1 and he has got players back on loan from very good clubs in January that really helped him kick on, and that person has done a very good job and fair play.

“But you do need time to build a team, and really the only person I have brought in to help us so far has been Remeao Hutton, who I think has made a good impact and given us that pace and athleticism.

“I have got some good players I want to keep working with at the football club, but of course I would love to add to it to help those players and also help myself and produce a better team for Gillingham football club.

“January didn’t turn out for me exactly as I thought it would, but we have to make sure we have a better window in the summer.

“When you don’t score goals on a regular basis you are going to get a team that’s inconsistent.

“The boys are working really hard on the training ground and the staff, players and myself are trying to find solutions in the short term to try and help us score more goals. In the