FRUSTRATED striker Guy Ipoua has spoken about the uncertainty over his Gillingham future.

The Cameroon-born player's contract is up in the summer and this week he admitted he wanted to get his future resolved sooner rather than later.

Speaking after coming on as a sub and scoring in Gills’ FA Cup 4th round replay defeat at Elland Road on Tuesday night, the 27-year-old said: “It’s disappointing because you see other players around you renewing contracts and talking about contracts and things like that. If Gillingham don’t think what I’m doing is good enough then the best thing I can do is score more goals.

“My contract is up in the summer and the only way I can make sure people are going to remember me come May is to score goals.

“Hopefully other clubs will be looking, but I’m a Gillingham player until June and I will do my best until my contract expires. Until then, I hope to keep playing if the manager thinks I can do the job. If not I will still try and score goals, play well and hopefully somebody somewhere will think I'm worth taking.”

Ipoua wasd snapped up for £25,000 in March 2001 from Scunthorpe where he averaged a goal every other game. He has made 19 appearances this season for Gillingham, six from the bench.

Ipoua scored a well-taken goal in the 85th minute - his eighth of the season - but he missed a sitter moments after coming off the bench 15 minutes earlier.

He said: “I wish I could have changed the game more than I did but it wasn’t to be.

“I'm really disappointed with my first touch for the first chance because there’s no excuse from three yards out.

“I should have struck the ball better even though it was on my left foot. I should be able to score with both feet.”

Referring to the decision to start him on the bench, he said “I didn't have my best game against Preston and I was worried I was being made the scapegoat.

“When your team has lost so badly and you find yourself on the bench next game it looks bad on you.”

Talking about his goal that almost sparked an unlikely comeback, he added: “It was a good ball from the gaffer.

“The keeper coming out made my mind up because if he had stayed it would have been harder for me.

“I'm glad I scored and showed what I can do as I was disappointed to start on the bench.”