Gills boss says his side need to focus on what they do rather than what Forest Green will offer following recent changes at the Bolt New Lawn.
Friday's opponents Forest Green have installed legendary ex-Premier League striker Troy Deeney as their manager, but Stephen Clemence insists that his focus will be on his own men.
Deeney's appointment means that it will be a lot harder for Clemence to predict the tactics and formation that Rovers will go with. The Gills boss, however, says that if his players play their own game then he has every confidence that they will leave The Bolt New Lawn with a point or three.
"They will have issues dealing with us," predicted Clemence. "My squad is very capable of giving anyone a game in this division. No matter what Forest Green do, I would like to think we would give them a game.
"You are obviously disappointed for David (Horseman) first and foremost, I did my pro-licence with him a number of years ago and I am disappointed for him.
"Troy has come in and he is going to get his chance now. Troy has had a great career and he has moved into the coaching world and he will try and get his boys fired up.
"I first saw Troy when I was working at Hull. He was doing really well for Watford then. He has had a wonderful career, he has been at Forest Green all season and he has been involved with the squad. It is not something I can focus on, we have to control what we are doing at our football club.
"It doesn't affect our plans too much, we have to go about doing what we have to do. We won't know until Friday how Troy is going to set up but we know what their squad is and what players they have got.
"It is about what we do and we have to take our game to them. We have to go there and try and get a result. It's our job to go to Forest Green and try and get a result and that is all I am going to focus on. We have to play well and make it a fast game and get after them so they don't get too much time on the ball.
"We have a large number of Gillingham fans going to Forest Green so I am hoping we can give them something to cheer about."