Manager Jake Leberl concedes he has to change Dover’s mentality if they are to stand any chance of avoiding relegation this season.
Basement boys Whites started 2024 with a 2-0 defeat at home to Truro City, as the in-form visitors scored twice inside five second-half minutes last weekend.
Dover had collected five points from Leberl’s first three National League South matches in charge - but, after ending last year with a last-gasp 2-1 loss at Aveley, back-to-back defeats have now left them 12 points adrift. “I’ve got to change the mentality,” said Leberl, trying to save the club from a second relegation in three seasons. “We cannot go a goal down and then throw in the towel. “That’s the way I felt it went - and that’s the first time since I’ve been here that I’ve seen that.
It’s just not acceptable. “You’ve got to have belief. I know it’s hard, I know we’re down there, and I know the club has been losing for a few seasons - but someone has got to change it. “I’ve said to the boys that you just have to stick together and be a team.