Gillingham manager Mark Bonner could start to make changes after three straight League 2 defeats

“Change, or we’ll change you,” was the warning from an increasingly frustrated Gillingham manager after a third straight league defeat last Saturday.

The Gills head to Bradford City this weekend - a team that have won their last two fixtures - hoping to put an end to their lousy start to October.

Mark Bonner’s men were beaten 2-1 by Accrington Stanley at Priestfield - a team who’d only previously won once in the league. That followed a 2-0 defeat at Crewe and a 1-0 reverse at home to Grimsby Town.

A usually-reliable defence have been conceding more regularly and at the top end of the pitch the goals have been hard to come by. It’s a testing time for Bonner after what had been a terrific first two months.

Directing his frustration at the players, he said: “We’re in a situation where there’s a real good togetherness in this team, there’s a real nice environment that I like, that I’ve walked into, but there’s a soft underbelly and an easiness to settle in a game.

“Settling doesn’t get you any success. That’s why it was a 12th-place finish last year.

“If we want it again, carry on as you are. If you don’t, change, or we’ll change you. Simple as that.

“I don’t want to settle. I just want to keep pushing. I want them to do better. I want them to come with us and step on. They either will or they won’t, and we will or we won’t, but while I’m here, that’s my job, to try and keep pushing it and try and encourage them.”

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