Gillingham head coach Stephen Clemence will do whatever it takes to get the team winning in League 2

Head coach Stephen Clemence is hoping to bring an entertaining style of football to Gillingham but isn’t afraid to ‘win ugly’ if that’s what’s needed.

Clemence wants the Gills to keep the ball more often than they have been doing but accepts they will have to mix their styles to get results in League 2.

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He’s had a full week to try and get some of his ideas over to the squad this week, his first without a midweek game.

“I have seen real enthusiasm on the training ground,” he said.

“I think they are enjoying how we are trying to do things, there has been a good intensity from them and when we are doing our tactical thing they are trying to take it onboard and they are listening and asking questions.

“They seem to have a good understanding of it and we follow that up with video work. We are trying to get as much into them as possible, but you also can’t overload people, you give them too much and they will forget everything, you have to build slowly and make steps every week.

“A lot of people are saying about a possession-based style, yes we want to have more of the ball and we want to pass the ball to each other, we want to make sure they are making good angles for their team-mates and they are looking to get on the ball, they aren’t all running away from it, but let’s not get away from that we need to get results and that is the most important thing.

“I have said before, I am about winning football matches and there are different ways to win, different ways to score goals and collectively we all have to get better at that, whether that’s from set-plays, crosses into the box, individual brilliance, whatever it is.

“There are lots of ways to score, we want to have more of the ball but