Gillingham head to Barrow this Saturday in League 2 hoping for a turnaround in form and their attacking play

Gillingham’s youth players will be called upon by the manager if he doesn’t get the right response from his senior professionals.

John Coleman’s determined to turn Gillingham’s form around and hopes a few new faces in the January transfer window will help.

Goalscoring remains the main problem for the Gills but Coleman doesn’t think the team lack the quality. It’s the mindset that’s got to change.

He said: “I get that the fans will think, ‘Oh, we haven't been scoring enough goals and we haven't signed a striker’.

“We have signed two attacking players in the window in Asher (Agbinone) and Jimmy-Jay Morgan. Also, Dominic Corness is an attack-minded player, although he can play defensive midfielder as well, as is Nelson (Khumbeni).

“I don't think our problem with scoring goals is down to personnel. I think our problem with scoring goals is the philosophy we've got at the moment, the identity we've got at the moment, and the over-reliance on going backwards rather than going forwards.

“I've been trying to change that since I came here. I thought I'd be able to change it quicker than I have, so I'm not going to give anybody any toffee that I'm this and I'm that, I've been trying as hard as I can.

“The fact of the matter is that if we don't start playing the type of football I want to play, there has to be drastic changes and we've got enough of a squad to make drastic changes.

“If we make those drastic changes and that still doesn't work, then we'll bring in the youth players.

“Gillingham Football Club and Gillingham fans deserve a team, certainly at home, who attacks teams, that gets forward, not just once or twice.

“Don't get me wrong, it's not all backward, but the feeling for me is we're not dominating games, we're not