The midfielder was speaking to the local press ahead of Saturday’s Emirates FA Cup trip to Fleetwood Town, and he says the players need to step up.
“It’s tough at the minute,” commented Gilmour.
“We know the situation that we’re in. I think it’s down to us as players to get us out of that rut. There’s always going to be times like this in a season, but if we stick to what we’re trying to achieve, I think we’ll be okay.
“Being newly promoted, with what we did last year, I think the fans were confident in what we’re going to do, and so are we.
“But you go through tough times when you might have to strip it back and try to grind out results. I think we did that very well after the first few games of the season, building on it after the Walsall game.
“Our levels have just dropped individually and as a collective, and we need to bounce back quickly.
“We’ve still got a lot of young lads in our team. But if you bring in the likes of Flinty [Aden Flint] and Jamie Paterson to the group, it’s always going to be good. We need to learn to connect more and be on the same wavelength. But I think we’ve got more than enough.
“The gaffer has been big on keeping the group together as much as he can, on and off the pitch. It’s down to us as players, really, to keep that morale up. The gaffer can do so much, but we’re the ones on the pitch that have to perform, and we need to step it up a lot, and quickly.”
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