Gillingham defender Max Ehmer can see things are on the right path for the team this season.

The performance at MK Dons on Saturday showed what they are capable of against a decent team - but the matchday captain wasn’t hiding from their inability to score goals. It cost them at the weekend, losing 2-1.

Ehmer said: “We know where we can get to, but it is not about us keep saying it, it is about doing it.

“We have shown in that game we are right up there with the best teams in the league but we lost the game at the end of the day.

“We will keep working and I am sure if we keep creating that many chances sooner or later we will score, and that comes on all of us to do that, not just the strikers.

“I feel that we are creating a lot more chances than what we have done and I can see the positive side.

“I know how well we played. If we had played badly and the result was a loss I think you accept it more but when you’ve played well and you lose it is a lot more gut-wrenching.

“I will forget about it and move on because in football you can’t dwell on these things, there’s no point, the game is gone, you might as well move on to the next game.

“On Monday (today) everyone will be back in, they will be nice and bubbly and go for another game at home to Walsall and knowing the pressure we put on ourselves we should be winning it.

“At the moment, it feels like the width of the bar is what is stopping us from goals going in. We need to keep working and staying positive and goals will flood in.

“If you don’t create you aren’t going to score, that’s the first step, now the second part of that is putting them in the net, we will keep working.”

Despite Saturday’s defeat – Gills’ 12th loss in 28 league games – they remain just on the fringe of the play-offs, two points adrift, although that might as well be three when considering their poor goal difference.

Ehmer knows another little run will put them right back in the mix.

He said: “Before Forest Green Rovers (a fortnight ago) we had three back-to-backs wins and you shoot up the league.

“There is a great opportunity coming on Saturday against Walsall, win that and we look forward to the next game, we will keep working hard and see where it takes us.”