“How many managers are going to be happy at the end of the season? There are only going to be three or four that are happy.

“There will be the ones at the bottom absolutely sick and the ones near the bottom who will be thinking they got away with one and there will be ones in the middle who think maybe we can do better next season.

“There will only ever be three or four managers happy at the end of the season and unfortunately I am not one of them but I want to be next year.

“I will be working my socks off to make this club successful. I believe we have made some good strides, yes we haven’t got to where we want to get to and it doesn’t look like we will get there but that doesn’t mean I am going to give up. I am going to keep fighting and I will make sure that I make this team as good as I can.

“Have I failed? I am part of the team, so I am part of every result of course, but in some parts I have seen big improvements. But going cold in the box and putting the ball in the corner (of the goal) rather than straight at the goalkeeper, we haven’t done that well enough. I can’t do that for them.

“They have to go cold in the box - everything has to slow down around you, you need to pick your spot and take that responsibility.”

Goalscoring has continued to be a problem for the Gills despite welcome investment from the Galinsons, spending money on fresh faces in the last three transfer windows.

Chairman Brad Galinson said this week on social media that the club “need change to best arm ourselves for something more exciting, ruthless, and worthy. Off the pitch things are better but the football is not.”

What that change will be remains to be seen.

Clemence says he’s already working on additions for next season to try and improve the one big issue that has been letting them down.

He said: “A lot of the boys who are here will be trying to put things right for next season, there are a lot of boys I am really happy with, but like every club we will be trying to make improvements to the squad in the summer.

“There is a lot of work to be done at this football club and we have got to get better at it. It has been like it for a couple of years I believe. We will work hard and we will make sure we do our business right to get us better.

“If we all stick together and make some improvements I really think this club has a great chance of being successful again. We would love to see it back to being where it was in the past. I promise I will be doing my absolute best to do that.

“I see a bunch of lads that are having a go and they are trying their best but it must be demoralising for them as well when they are getting opportunities and the ball isn’t going in the back of the net.”