Gillingham manager Steve Evans isn’t worried about his side’s failure to pick up a win so far this season.

The Gills have put in some impressive attacking performances this campaign, but are yet to pick up their first three points in the league, whilst they also lost in the first round of the League Cup against Newport.

“It’s important that performances are right, and the results take care of themselves” said Evans.

“It’s a new group and there will always be a little bit of time taken to gel, but I had a number of Gillingham fans tell me afterwards that Tuesday (Gillingham’s 2-2 draw with Blackpool) was one of the best performances they’ve seen in a long time from their team. The ball just wouldn’t go in the net for us. There was a lot of good play and a lot of things to build on.

“We’re working hard to improve; Blackpool are the benchmark – they’re top of the league table at this minute in time. Speaking to Simon [Grayson, Blackpool manager], he felt a bit fortunate to have beaten Oxford the week before and, in his words, other games they’ve deserved to win and they’ve not.

“They’ve not had as much of a hiding as that in a long time as a management team. We’re doing a lot right but we’re not the finished article, but we’re trying to help and add to the group, get some players some more confidence and just get us that first win and then we’ll be off and running.

“Performances bring wins” added the Scotsman.

“If you’re poor and you’re sitting there as a manager, coach, chairman, or supporter, and you see a win, you still have great concerns because you know that doesn’t continue. If you see good performances and you’re not quite getting there, you know that turns.

“I think we’ve been stunning. Tuesday against Blackpool, apart from 5 minutes, (it was) absolutely stunning – it was just two individual defensive lapses that cost the goals.

“I think we were very, very good at Doncaster away and we were brilliant against Newport.

“They’re strong words when you aren’t winning, but that was the level of performance. Some people may say if you’re playing like that and not winning it’s a problem, but performances bring results in the long run.”

Evans has been serving a four game touchline ban, carried over from his previous job at Peterborough, and he’s been accompanied by chairman Paul Scally in the stands.

Scally, according to Evans, is happy with what he’s seen so far.

“His ear is on ice cubes!” joked Evans. “He has to sit there with me talking through every game!

“The chairman is an informed man about football, he knows his players and his systems. It’s very easy to sit there and go through that dialogue with him.

“We see a lot of the same things. He’ll perhaps not see the things that we work on on the training ground that either come off or don’t come off because he’s not there, but no problems. We see the same things.”