Neil Harris slammed a “massive lack of quality” as his Gillingham side stayed bottom of the League Two table following a 1-0 home defeat against fellow strugglers Colchester United.

The under pressure Gills boss was scathing about his side after they made it yet another game without a league goal, having now scored only six goals in 21 outings.

Junior Tchamadeu’s well-taken 26th-minute strike settled the outcome at Priestfield as the visitors won on the road for the first time in the league this season.

Harris’ side came close to levelling late on but Elkan Baggott’s header flashed wide, stretching the Gills’ winless league run to 10 matches – the last seven of which they have not scored in.

“There was nothing in the game,” said Gills boss Harris. “There was a massive lack of quality. Tension, nerves, composure – it lacked all of it. The players are better than that.

“They’re a great group of lads, a nice, good group of lads but in terms of winning football matches, horrific.

“To concede like that is a joke and I can’t be any more disappointed, as you can tell.

“I pick the team, I pick from the players in the building who are fit and that’s all I can do until January.”

The former Millwall boss does not have long to pick his players up, with trips to Sutton and high-flying Stevenage to come either side of the new year.

“We play again on Thursday so I’ll have to look and take stock of that and look at some players who played well individually – I thought Dom Jefferies was excellent – and then look at some players who didn’t do so well,” he added.

“Did Colchester deserve to win the game? No. Did we? Probably not. It was a scrappy game.”

Whether Harris will remain in charge at Priestfield for the January transfer window remains to be seen.

New owner Brad Galinson is expected to look at the entire management structure at Priestfield and whether Harris is part of his long term plans is yet to be decided.