MARK STIMSON has completed his backroom set-up with the arrival of fitness coach Danny Ellis.

Stimson believes fitness and diet will be vital to turning Gillingham’s fortunes around but he will be easing the players into his way of thinking.

Stimson said: “We have to be careful because fitness levels are nowhere near what they should be.

“You can’t jump in and go crazy for a week or two because or we’ll get is injuries and we’ll get senior players being clever who maybe will find injuries.

“We’ve got to be slowly and surely, but believe me, in two or three months you’ll see the benefit and the players will be doing things that they haven’t done before.”