Gillingham boss Mark Stimson has threatened to teach his under-performing players a lesson when he selects a team to face Premiership Blackburn on Tuesday night.

The Gills head into their Carling Cup second round clash having lost three League 1 games on the spin and Stimson was less than impressed with his side's display in Saturday’s 1-0 home defeat by Hartlepool.

Stimson (pictured) is now ready to act after witnessing a performance that he wasn’t prepared to tolerate.

"After Saturday’s performance there might be more changes than I first thought about," said Stimson.

"It’s all up for grabs. The team has just lost three games on the trot and you can’t get away from that."

Gillingham beat Plymouth in the first round to earn themselves the right to face Sam Allardyce’s Blackburn.

Stimson said: "Even if they sent their reserve team here they are going to be good players. It’s going to be a test and if we perform like we did on Saturday it will be over by half-time."