Gillingham midfielder James Brophy puts perspective on 3-0 home defeat by Walsall in League 2

Gillingham’s James Brophy won’t get too deflated by their opening-day defeat.

The Gills shipped three late goals to lose 3-0 at home to Walsall on Saturday - despite being the better side for long spells of the game.

It was a harsh scoreline and not the debut Brophy wanted, despite another positive display from the former Cambridge United midfielder.

“It's only one game,” stated Brophy. “I think it's more disappointing because for such a large part of the game, you play well.

“I think it would be easier if you just had a bad performance. But it's more disappointing when you're in the game and when really you feel like from the first hour you should probably win that game.

“It's definitely important not to get too down. That's one game out of 46. There's more positives to take from that game than negatives.

“It's about taking them and ensuring we can provide them across a whole game rather than just parts of it.”

There appeared to be only one team likely to score in the second half, with the Gills kicking towards The Rainham End.

But they lacked a clinical touch in front of goal and visiting keeper Jed Ward proved unbeatable on the day.

“Sometimes it can feel across an hour where you've had numerous chances that maybe today's not your day,” said Brophy/

“I think that's a mindset thing. You need to really look at it a different way. You're deciding the momentum.

“You'd rather have too many chances than not enough chances, and I think that's the case.

“From half-time coming out to the second half the message was to carry on going and to push even more.

“We started the second half well and we felt like we were deciding the momentum.

“We were really looking to take the three points and then the first goal was just