Gillingham manager Andy Hessenthaler believes he has no reason to worry about the rest of League 2 if his team continue where they left off on Saturday.

The Gills brushed aside promotion-chasing Cheltenham 3-0 to maintain their push towards the end-of-season play-offs.

With 10 games left they are one point away from the all-important seventh place.

Hessenthaler (pictured) said: "We can’t be worrying about what’s going on above us. We know what we have to try and do. We have to get into that top seven in 10 games’ time.

"We have to be in there at the end of the season and if we show the same level of performance that we did on Saturday and the crowd keep getting behind us, like they did on Saturday, then we can achieve our goal.

"We have 10 cup finals left and we have to take massive encouragement from that performance.

"On Tuesday we face a tough side in Crawley. If we can continue the performance that we put in then hopefully we will get where we want to be."

Hessenthaler’s side have won five of their last six outings and that has coincided with an injection of youth into his side. And for the Gills boss, the youth are there to stay.

"There is every chance they will stay in," he said. "Connor Essam looked comfortable on Saturday. He is aggressive, good in the air and he gets across the ground. He is the quickest centre-half we have.

"The kids will be in there for the duration because they have given us that fighting spirit we need and everything that goes with a game of football. Long may that continue."

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