Manager Neil Harris is heading into the weekend in a unique position - with selection problems of a positive kind.

Since Harris took over at Gillingham there haven’t been too many options at his disposal but with Ben Reeves and Mustapha Carayol now back from injury, two young loan strikers eager to get some minutes and a Swedish international goalkeeper not getting games, there is finally competition for places.

Harris said: “Probably for the first time since I have been here I am having team selection (decisions to make).

“We’ve got two young strikers (Charlie Kelman and Tom Dickson-Peters) who we feel can make an impact from the bench and we have Pontus Dahlberg who is a full international for Sweden. He has been really unlucky not to play.

“We feel that is our group now, we have nobody else coming back from injury, let’s keep everyone fit and have options to change in game or prior to the game.”

Carayol was back on the bench for the weekend trip to Lincoln but with only 35 minutes of training on the Friday he wasn’t ready to play many minutes.

The decision was made to keep him back ahead of a full week of training. Next up at Priestfield this Saturday is the visit of Bolton Wanderers. They spent big in January, signing the likes of Gills captain Kyle Dempsey.

They lost 2-0 to MK Dons last weekend but prior to that enjoyed plenty of success as they make a late charge for the play-offs.

Looking ahead, Harris said: “Bolton have done really well. I saw them against Wimbledon and Lincoln, they are a good side, a really good, technical football team, spent heavily in January on transfer fees and also on wages as well.

“It’s another team with a big infrastructure, a big football club at this level and the funds to back it up as well by name and bank balance.”

Despite their stature and form, the Gills won’t be fearful.

Harris said: “They are coming to Priestfield, it is our home and we have seven points in four games (at home) and we look forward to the challenge.

“I have absolutely loved it at Priestfield, the lads have loved it, what you are going to see from my team is absolutely everything, desire and attitude and a will to want to win, that goes without saying.

“Hopefully we have 5,000 or more turn up. They will see a team they can believe in and they know what they will get when they turn up. Win, lose or draw, they know what they are going to get from their players.”

It’s a team that under Harris have slowly chipped away at the gap to safety, from 10 points to three. Harris is taking it game by game, but admits he can’t get away from seeing how the table is looking.

“It is hard not to see the table when you have Sky Sports on every day and my wife is telling me to turn it off when I am at home,” joked Harris.

“Of course, I can talk about not seeing the results and focusing on the next game, but I would be lying if I said I didn’t look at the league table and the fixtures, and who is playing who, of course I do. I am a football man and passionate about my job.”