Gillingham manager Mark Bonner says points are the most important statistic not possession or clean sheets in League 2 this season

Gillingham boss Mark Bonner says it isn’t all about possession or clean sheets - he only has one thing in his mind.

The Gills had just 34 per cent possession at Fleetwood last Saturday but still emerged with a creditable point from a goalless draw.

They’re a work in progress under Bonner despite sitting top of League 2 after just three games.

But the Gills boss isn’t going to complain - as long as they keep picking up points.

“We’ll get better as well,” said Bonner. “We don’t have to be the most dominant team in the league in terms of possession stats. If we are, great. We want to be better with the ball, fine.

“But points win prizes, that’s what matters most. We didn’t have enough threat in our game, I thought it got better as it went on.

“We just want to be a bit better but we’re actually really happy with what we’ve done so far.

“To get good results when we know there’s huge improvements left is quite encouraging, I think.

“The statistics might say they had a few more chances than we can remember but I would just say clear-cut ones maybe (they didn’t have many).

“We defended for too long, we were under pressure too often and the ball came in our box too often. They did have some good moments and I think we could have controlled larger moments of the game.

“Of course, the more we can stop that from happening the better. We don’t want to be a team that just goes and nicks points. We want to be a team that is the dominant side.”

It was a second clean sheet in as many away games for keeper Jake Turner, who has impressed at the start of the season.

But that’s not a statistic that the Gills boss is too worried about, he wants more at the other end of the pitch.

“It’s not something we’ve spoken about or necessarily gone