Gillingham manager Neil Harris believes repetition is key as his team work on getting the goals flowing.

He’s had extra time on the training ground to try and get his team firing infront of goal - after their weekend game was postponed - and has every confidence that their scoring form will change.

With no goals scored from their last seven outings in all competitions, Harris said: “It is tough because expected goals and things like that, creative play and the way we move the ball, areas we get into, we are right up there, it is not an issue with that.

“First contact from set-plays we are really high in the league but without scoring one. We are doing a lot right but ultimately a lot right and stats are brilliant in painting one picture but it is about scoring goals and winning games and that is the bottom line of it. I tend to work on facts.

“What do we do to change it? You either completely change personnel, an option we don’t have, and I don’t want to do that to be honest, or you keep working with what you have got and try and find ways to galvanise and improve and give confidence in the players we have got, that is what we are doing at the moment.

“I see no striker or attacking player shying away, what I will say is that we defend as a team and we attack as a team. I would like to see my centre-halves get on the scoresheet on set-plays, to take the pressure off my attacking players.

“The attacking players put in one hell of a shift defensively (in their last game, against Swindon Town) and they helped to get a clean sheet. That needs to be reciprocated at the top end of the pitch as well, it is a team mentality to score.

“My job is to keep working with the guys, keep showing them, keep putting on drills for them and being patient as well, just being patient. I had spells myself as a striker, I have been in their shoes, they want to score goals, ultimately they want to do their job.

“Repetition was important for me, making sure I got into the right positions. I had a habit of hitting the back of the net, whether that was five-a-side, 11 versus 11 in training, drills, repetition was key. Sticking to making sure your all-round game is good but then it is having the right mentality.”

Gillingham’s weekend game with Crawley Town was called off following the death of the Queen but matches in the Football League will resume this week. The Gills play Grimsby Town away on Tuesday night.

An EFL statement said: "The EFL fixture programme will return as scheduled from Tuesday 13 September, with tributes to be paid to Her late Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II at grounds around the country.

"A minute’s silence will be held before matches, with black armbands to be worn by participants, flags to be flown at half-mast and the National Anthem to be played in stadiums.

"With a national policing plan now in operation, the league and clubs will continue to work with forces in respect of any challenges that may emerge regarding policing of specific fixtures.

"Consideration to individual circumstances will be made on a case-by-case basis, in line with standard match Safety Advisory Group (SAG) protocols."