Gillingham manager Mark Bonner hopes to have midfielder Armani Little back for next week’s League 2 match at Bromley

Gillingham expect to have a key midfield player back when they return to action this time next week.

The Gills have another Saturday off due to it being FA Cup second round weekend and they don’t play again until making the short trip to face South London side Bromley next Wednesday night (December 4).

When they do return to action, manager Mark Bonner expects to have vice captain Armani Little back.

Bonner spoke on Saturday, after a 2-1 home loss to Harrogate, about his team lacking personality and athleticism on the pitch. Little’s the kind of player who brings both of those characteristics to the team.

“Hopefully (he will be) back for Bromley,” said Bonner, who was looking to see the midfielder building up his training this week after limping out of the game against Port Vale and then missing the Harrogate match.

Bonner’s team faltered again at the weekend but the manager’s been boosted by having extra faces around the squad to choose from.

Elliott Nevitt was back involved after around a month out injured - starting the match on Saturday.

Robbie McKenzie and George Lapslie made appearances off the bench and winger Aaron Rowe isn’t far behind. He hasn’t played since the end of August.

Josh Andrews has yet to start a league game because of injuries but got more minutes as a substitute.

Bonner said: “Robbie had only trained a week (prior to Saturday), having been out for six weeks. He's not quite up to speed yet.

“Lapo’s fine, back and available and training.

“Aaron Rowe’s trained but isn't quite available yet to play.

“Josh Andrews is obviously chipping away.

“Nev's trained for a week or so so that helped (on Saturday) to just get him going again but he's going to take a bit of time.

“That's the pattern where we've been