Gillingham boss Steve Evans has lamented his side’s inability to convert their chances as they were held to a 0-0 draw at home to Accrington Stanley.

The Gills conceded two late goals at Bolton Wanderers last weekend and again had to settle for a draw, although both sides ended the game unbeaten in their last three Sky Bet League One fixtures.

Evans said: “Today (Saturday) is the same as why we only scored two at Bolton last week – it’s about missed chances.”

“You can play the tape recording from last week; the only difference is that we defended properly today when Accrington had the odd counter-attack.”

“We’ve had total dominance and you can count seven, eight or even nine chances where we should score but we have not, so it’s hard to take.”

“John [Coleman] will know that his goalkeeper and our inability to take our chances has got his side a point today.”

Meanwhile, Evans revealed the extent of his side’s injury crisis at full-time, explaining that Olly Lee will miss the next six weeks with a broken toe and Stuart O’Keefe will no doubt be missing for some time after coming off after 62 minutes with a hamstring injury, saying: “We’ve got a horrendous situation here. We’ve already got three kids on the bench.”

“We’ve had no luck with injuries and more players are getting injured because we’re having to play them Saturday-Tuesday-Saturday.”

“That’s taking its toll. It’s frustrating, especially as the lads know that if we’d have scored one today, we’d have got three or four, but we have to take the positives.”

Accrington manager John Coleman was satisfied with what he saw as a well-deserved point and clean sheet after a nightmare journey down to Kent.

He said: “On the balance of play you’d say 0-0 was a fair result. I’m delighted to get the clean sheet – it’s been a while since we had one of them and we’ve worked hard at being resilient. We wanted to be better on the ball, but we weren’t.

“I wasn’t happy with the way we played in the first half. Gillingham will always make chances and our goalkeeper kept us in it with a couple of great saves.

“We fluffed our lines a little bit in the first half. We didn’t pass it well, we didn’t retain possession as well as I’d have liked us to, and we didn’t probe or rotate the ball quickly.

“I thought we got stronger in the game as it went on. We were a lot better in the second half and we had a 15-minute spell where we should have scored.

“We had a nightmare trip yesterday – the coach broke down before we left, and then we caught traffic, so we only got here at 10.15pm. But I told the players that they shouldn’t use that as an excuse. If you’re using an excuse before you’ve started it’s a sign of weakness.”

The point gained sees Gillingham climb one place to 18th in the League One table, but they sit just a point above the relegation zone.

With just 3,609 given as the attendance for the weekend’s game against Accrington Stanley, the club will now turn its’ attention to the FA Cup 1st Round clash against Cheltenham Town at Priestfield on Saturday.

Offering adults admission for just £10, concessions only £5 and under 12s going free, Gillingham will be hoping some fans that have stayed away in recent weeks, months or even years, will be tempted to come back to Priestfield.

However, there appears to be a growing division in those that will still attend and those that are voting with their feet.

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