Gillingham v Notts County preview and team news | Interim manager Keith Millen looks ahead to League 2 clash at Priestfield

Possession football could be the way forward for Gillingham and weekend visitors Notts County do it best in League 2.

Gillingham’s new way forward could look to replicate that of the Magpies, who top the division in terms of possession, with an average of 60% time on the ball. Until last weekend they topped the table too.

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Chairman Brad Galinson, who is heading back to England next week to speak with managerial candidates, pointed to his own team’s possession and pass accuracy at Walsall, stating that “We’re doing the things we need to do. We’ll get there.”

Interim manager Keith Millen has been keen to see the team adopt a more possession-based approach but as his men found out last weekend, it doesn’t always bring results. Both the Gills and Notts County lost their respective games 4-1.

Millen said: “I get what the chairman is saying, as in the trend going forward. It might not be perfect straight away but can we get that trend going, maybe more possession? A higher xG? Over a longer period that wins you football matches.

“I have probably tweaked it a little bit. I have got to be careful I don’t dismantle all of the good stuff that they have already done (under previous manager Neil Harris) because there is a lot of good stuff.

“I want us to remain hard to beat, defensively solid, that is what the basis of the success has been so far, and my take on the possession side is, you look at the opposition and try and work out the best way of hurting them. My job is to look at them and say what I want us to do.

“There is not a right or wrong, just the best style to beat the opposition. My job is to get the balance right between the two.”

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