Gillingham head coach Stephen Clemence has demanded a reaction from his team at Bradford City this Saturday after the shambles at Harrogate Town
Gillingham head coach Stephen Clemence has warned that futures are on the line after witnessing an unacceptable Easter Monday performance.
The Gills went from 1-0 up in the first half at Harrogate to losing 5-1 and seeing the club’s promotion hopes for the season all but extinguished.
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Clemence – who scrapped a planned two-day break after Monday’s defeat – accepts they probably have to win their last four games to stand any chance of making the League 2 play-offs.
His side have won just one of their previous seven and head to Bradford City this Saturday knowing it’s now win or bust for the remaining games.
“I need to see a reaction from them,” said Clemence.
“I will get ready for the next game but also I have got one eye on the future as well.
“I need to see how the boys react because one thing is for sure, I want to be successful at this football club and performances like that are not what I want to be a part of.
“They need to produce a lot better than that under my watch.
“Players are always under pressure to perform, there is always someone watching and you have to perform for your future, of course you do.
“It’s the first time since I have been here where I have seen a bit of weakness and they’ve dipped under the pressure, whatever you want to call it, [and] made individual mistakes.
“We can’t have any more days like that again. If we do, we have to make changes don’t we?”
Clemence said: “We are going to have to win every game and what I knew [before Monday] was that if we went there and won we would still be in the top seven with four games to go.
“I think the players would have taken that at the start of the season had you asked
