Gillingham v Morecambe preview and team news ahead of League 2 match at Priestfield; Oli Hawkins and Lewis Walker in training, Tom Nichols a doubt, Ethan Coleman back from suspension
Gillingham manager Neil Harris and his squad have made the most of their free midweek.
An energy-sapping afternoon in the sun last Saturday was the team’s 10th game in five weeks and it was a welcome chance to rest and recover. They go again tomorrow when they welcome Morecambe to Priestfield.
“There was a severe lack of energy in the camp when we came back in (on Monday),” admitted the Gills boss. “I had not seen a dressing room like that after a game for a long time, a real pre-season feel to it.
“The lads are fit, we had just won with a late goal and the place was rocking as we left, it was a brilliant feeling at the end but the heat, exhaustion, dry pitch, blisters, the lads and the staff were out on their feet.
We had to be careful at the start of the week, but it’s been brilliant, it’s given us a real opportunity to get some rest into some players, treatment into others and an opportunity to train a bit harder with some of the lads who needed more time on the grass.
“It has enabled us to work on some play with the football, and in the final third, just to give ideas and encouragement to be a bit more productive at the top end of the pitch, really a chance to recharge the batteries on the back of 10 games and a pre-season schedule that was intense, ahead of this weekend.”
