Young guns go for it: Gills 365’s Gillingham starting XI for Luton Town
07.08.26, 00:10 Updated 07.08.26, 00:10
Simon Head
Sometimes teams just pick themselves, while others are a real head-scratcher. Ahead of the first competitive game of the 2026/27 season, trying to second-guess Gillingham’s first starting XI seems like a fool’s errand, simply because there’s so much we don’t know yet.
One thing we do know is Gareth Ainsworth’s reshaped, revitalised squad certainly seems to offer him more flexibility in terms of formation, and more options across various areas of the pitch. But what we don’t know yet is where these players sit in the overall pecking order in each of their respective roles.
We looked at some of the key questions we hope we’ll get answers to this weekend in our pre-match primer. That piece asked the questions, but what if we were the ones charged with providing the answers? What starting XI would I select for the EFL Cup clash with Luton Town?
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Simon Head is the founding editor of Gills 365. A veteran sports journalist and editor with more than 25 years in the industry, he has written for major news outlets, broadcasters and sports organisations around the world. Simon is a longtime Gillingham season ticket holder, and has been a regular at Priestfield since the mid-1990s.