Gillingham in good position, says Brophy
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Gillingham midfielder James Brophy believes his side have put themselves into a good position in League Two after a decent start to the season.
The Gills are currently 10th in the table, taking 13 points from their opening nine matches.
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In 2025-26, they sat top of the division after nine matches with six wins but later fell away to end up 17th.
Brophy arrived in the summer after helping Cambridge United achieve automatic promotion back to League One last season.
The 32-year-old told BBC Radio Kent it is a key period: "We've been hit with a number of injuries so sometimes it's been hard to find our rhythm.
"Generally as a team the patterns and the gelling has come together a lot more and we're starting to understand what 'good' looks like for us and trying to find consistency.
"We've got a real opportunity over this busy period in the next few weeks to try and make a good dent in the league and push ourselves as high up as we can."
Brophy has already scored three goals in this campaign, including two in their 4-1 win at Rochdale.
"Three goals in a month is very good number for me, but most importantly as a team we had a good month and put ourselves in a position where we can really attack the next set of games," he said.
Gillingham play five league games in the next 21 days and Brophy says he's enjoying drawing on his experience having notched up over 400 EFL appearances at Cambrige, Leyton Orient and Swindon.
"I like to think I'm one the youngest of the older ones," he added. "It's nice to be able to pass things on, being one of the more experienced ones.
"We've got a good leadership group in the changing-room so I don't have to be the most vocal one.
"We have a lot of younger players who have a really high ceiling, a lot of individual ability and it's just for us to try and get them to consistently show that, become better players and reach their potential."
The Gills visit Rotherham on Saturday (15:00).