Gillingham manager Mark Bonner was as frustrated as anyone after his team’s loss to Bromley on Wednesday night.

The Gills were looking to reinvigorate their promotion push at Bromley, after being booed off the pitch following a 2-1 home defeat to Harrogate 11 days earlier, but another defeat against another lowly opponent left the mood at rock bottom.

“I’m probably sick of seeing and saying the same things really,” said a visibly down manager.

“It’s similar to everybody else who's watching us at the moment. It's a bit rinse repeat and that's us after ten days of grafting and trying to put ourselves in a position to be better than that.

“It's just so far away from the team we should be, or people think we can be or are in so many areas.”

The Gills managed just two efforts on target in the match, scoring one through Robbie McKenzie, his goal quickly cancelling out an opener from Cameron Congreve.

Bonner’s men were unable to build on that high, however, as Jude Arthurs smashed in a winner.

“I thought we started the match quite well,” said the Gills boss, who had made three changes to the team that started against Harrogate.

“We had a good threat, certainly down the left-hand side. Jayden (Clarke) caused them a lot of problems in the first half. Nevitt had a good chance, one-on-one.

“Jayden's had a good chance at the back post (in the) second half. Wakeling’s had a bit of a chance towards the end at the back post.

“The first goal (conceded) was a gift, an absolute gift, just giving the ball back with a slow pass. There wasn't enough tempo in our game too often, or risk.

“We get back in the game (with the equaliser) because Nev works his space quite well. Robbie just injects a bit of tempo and runs and it's unbelievable what can happen when you do that.”

It’s now seven defeats from the last nine in the league for the Gills, who sit mid-table.

“I'm probably as frustrated, or angry, as everybody,” Bonner said.

“That's not a team we want to see. We are bang average at the moment, at best.

“The run of results is completely unacceptable, some of the performances completely unacceptable.

“We say we've got a really good squad and we spend a fortune, and that's what we've got to show for it. It's just absolutely miles away from what good looks like at the minute.”

The Gills had sold out their away allocation for the match but Bonner accepted it was a tough watch at times.

He said: “Jack (Nolan) had a few threatening moments in the first half and Jayden was a really good threat in the first half and not so much second half. They took him out the game, we didn't find him so often.

“We didn't bring anywhere near enough quality in so many moments. You think about times we kicked the ball off the pitch or crossed it into the goalkeeper's hands or served it to big Sowunmi’s head.

“You just think, ‘come on, you're be better than that, miles better than that’.

“We didn't deserve to win the game. We didn't deserve a point from the game. We have three chances to clear the second goal and don't.

“It's just soft goals. In the second half they didn't really do anything. They didn't really threaten us, just a couple of set plays.

“But the two goals, in my view, are just moments that we shouldn't give up. We don't do anywhere near enough to be a threatening team in the game.

“I said at half-time, ‘we've got to play faster, we've got to play with more risk and we have to inject tempo and atmosphere and intensity in the game because there was none’.

“It was the quietest, slowest game for a derby and we didn't bring it to life at all in enough moments throughout the game. We've just got to be so much better than that.”

Gillingham’s form since October