Justin Edinburgh believes Gillingham's draw against Walsall has done his players no end of good.

Gills went into Tuesday night's game on a run of four defeats and while they didn't get the win they craved, they at least halted the slide with a 1-1 draw.

Edinburgh said: "We all get nervous. It doesn't matter what profession you're in, or where you are, you're always going to get nervous.

"We're not on a great run - I understand that - but we've stopped a bad run and hopefully we've given ourselves the foundation to build on that.

"We wanted to win - we've wanted to win every game since we had our first defeat - but I thought it's given us an opportunity.

"You don't want to keep losing, you want to keep winning.

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"I want to put smiles on people's faces, I want us to feel good.

"That has helped us no end, that really has.

"It's a mental thing sometimes and it's easy to say we didn't do this, do that, why are you dropping off?

"But I think tonight will stand us in good stead going forward."

Gills led through Cody McDonald but conceded a second-half equaliser after on-loan keeper Jonathan Bond fumbled Erhun Oztumer's shot into the path of Franck Moussa.

Edinburgh said: "I thought we were good first half. I thought we were worthy of the lead.

"I thought it was a tentative start - I understand the reasons why - but I thought we grew into the game, started to win a lot of first and second contacts and I thought we looked threatening.

"To go in at 1-0 I was pleased with that and it gave us an opportunity to build on that first half.

"Naturally we were looking for the second goal but the instincts of a team that are on a not-so-good run is to defend and look to hold on to something.

"Walsall, obviously words were said to them at half-time, I thought they came out and put us on the back foot.

"I thought we weathered that and looked like we were going to go and win the game but unfortunately it wasn't to be."

Edinburgh was disappointed with the Walsall equaliser but praised his side for staying in the game as the visitors threatened a second.

He said: "I thought it was a shot that Bondy would think on another nine times out of 10 he'd comfortably save it or push it into an area where it would go away from danger.

"When you're on the run you are, you tend to find that things don't go for you.

"I think we showed character in abundance tonight to make sure we didn't go under and lose the game."