George Elokobi apologised and vowed to put things right after Maidstone were thrashed 5-1 at home by winless Chelmsford on Tuesday night.
The Stones sit just a point outside the National League South relegation zone after seven games of the season. They led the Clarets inside a minute with Aaron Blair scoring his first goal for the club following a Ben Brookes long throw.
But the visitors were 2-1 up by half-time and clinched their first win of the campaign with three goals in the final seven minutes as Maidstone unravelled. “Firstly, a massive, massive apology to our supporters,” boss Elokobi told the club’s media team. “We’ve been well beaten.
Is this the low of the low? I think so. “However, we will regroup and we will go again because we have to. “Confidence is low in there and it’s my job, and the management team’s job, to pick our players up and we go again.” Maidstone are without a win since the opening day and Elokobi needs his players to stand up and be counted.