Gillingham manager Gareth Ainsworth on making changes in the January transfer window after a tough run of results in League 2

Gillingham manager Gareth Ainsworth admits he can only give people so many chances.

The Gills are falling away from the League 2 promotion race and haven’t won a game in almost two months. A nine-game winless run leaves them 16th in the table ahead of a trip to Notts County on Sunday.

With the transfer window open, Ainsworth now has the chance to make changes, although making deals happen won’t be easy.

He said: “You give chances to people, chances appear, and you have to take those chances, that's football.

“You have to be at the top of your game every single time you go out on a pitch, every single moment you pass a ball, make a tackle, win a header, have a shot, defend a shot, you've got to do it as good as anything, because there's always someone willing to come in and do it and say ‘I'll have a go, I'll take your place’.

“That's what football is, and unfortunately, we're not taking our chances at the moment.

“I feel for the boys, I know they're giving everything, it's just not going in, but there's only so long I can tolerate that.

“I have to make changes because people will demand changes, people will start demanding results, and I'm employed to get results.”

Manager Gareth Ainsworth is looking to sign a striker and believes he will be backed if the right player becomes available this month.

He said: “We've got the backing of (owners) the Galinsons, but I think that over the last two or three years they've collected players that haven't been right and they're trying to solve gaps and patch things up.

“We can't make mistakes with players, otherwise we're just going to add another couple of years onto this cycle and you can't do that here, you have to change it all so we get the right ones in, the ones who will make