Andy Hessenthaler believes his side have what it takes to bounce back after three successive league defeats.
Gillingham have been beaten by Shrewsbury, AFC Wimbledon and Accrington Stanley in the last few weeks to hit their bid for promotion.
However after a long week the manager knows what to expect from Hereford on Saturday, and the players are fully prepared for the challenge they will pose.
He said: "We've been on the training ground all week, we've spoken about things and we want to change things around. You don't become bad players overnight as far as I'm concerned.
"We've had some really good games this season but over the last few weeks we've dropped our standards.
"We know what we have to do; we'll pull together and go again."
The Gills beat Hereford 6-1 at Edgar Street earlier in the season, but Hessenthaler says that game means nothing now and the players must concentrate throughout.
He said: "I'll take 1-0 I have to say but we can't read anything into that. Everything went well for us on the day, everything we struck went in and it was just a tough day for them and a good one for us.
"They obviously travel very well and that won't make things any easier for us - they'll try and capitalize on our poor run of results aswell as bounce back from their defeat at home.
"Let's hope we can stand up and handle the situation.
"Their away form is better than at home and that might be the pressure factor. They'll come here and make it difficult for us. They'll work their socks off and we need to match that.
"For 45 minutes against Accrington we didn't concentrate at all and got punished. Similar to the second half against Wimbledon so we need to make sure we don't do that Saturday."
Hess said he felt 'physically sick' when his side went 4-1 down at the Crown Ground last week and admitted the team didn't deserve anything from the game.
He said: "We were devastated and our first-half performance wasn't acceptable. They had a right go in the second half to be fair and if the game had gone on a bit longer we might have got something out of it.
"Overall we didn't deserve to though because of the way we played in the first half. We can't dwell on it, it's over with and we have to get on with things."
A few players are struggling with knocks and illnesses ahead of this weekend's game, but the manager hopes a couple recover in time to be named in the squad.
He said: "Simon King won't be available. We've had to look after him this week; he needs two injections in his bad ankle which he needs to be able to carry on for the rest of the season.
"Jack Payne's a doubt due to the kick he got in the first half last week which is why he came off. Charlie Lee and a couple of others are feeling a bit under the weather but they should be OK.
"Chris [Whelpdale] got the all clear on his knee and is taking anti-inflammatory tablets. Matty [Lawrence] is fresh after resting him so he comes back into contention.
"He's played a lot of games, he's 37 years old and he'll keep going because he's a fit lad.
"Matt Fish won't be available for another four weeks due to the ankle problem he got in a behind-closed-doors friendly so he's a month away.
"Spills [Danny Spiller] is doing some work on the training ground and he's getting closer to joining us and that's good news. We need everybody back, it's all hands to the pump with 19 games left and we need everyone to contribute.
"Let's hope we can get those three points and go on an unbeaten run. The focus is getting back in the top seven and see where we go from there."
