Gillingham striker Tom Nichols reacts to Mansfield defeat and looks forward to Grimsby Town at Priestfield

Confidence remains high in the Gillingham camp despite their weekend loss at Mansfield.

The promotion-chasing Stags were too good for the Gills on the day but striker Tom Nichols insists the changing room vibes remain in good shape having picked up plenty of points in the past few weeks.

Gillingham are back in action tomorrow (Tuesday) at home to Grimsby Town.

Nichols said: “We will be going into it with a load of confidence even though we haven’t had the right result on Saturday, confidence is still high in the camp.

“It is really nice to have a home game and I am sure there will be a good atmosphere. We just have to play as we have been, we can’t let the (defeat to Mansfield) effect us too much, we have to get back on the horse and put in the performances that we have done and I am sure we will keep getting results.

“We have been on a really good run lately. We are never going to win every single game and stay undefeated until the end of the season, we have a big game Tuesday to put it right, we are not too disappointed.

“We weren’t a million miles away (from Mansfield). They got to Wembley last year and they are a very good side in this division, we had some good spells in the game and it’s the fine margins, we came out on the wrong end of those fine margins. 2-0 was a disappointing scoreline but it wasn’t a terrible performance at all.

“The first (goal) was a deflection, he struck it alright but it deflected in off the post, not anything the goalkeeper could do. It was one of those things after we had started really well.

“It was a soft penalty (for 2-0) and it swings the game in their favour. Second half we did pretty well, they obviously had chances on the break towards the end.

“We won’t brush it aside, there are