Ebbsfleet United boss Danny Searle’s man-management making a huge difference on and off the pitch

Ebbsfleet boss Danny Searle insists building relationships with his players is vital to their success.

Searle has only been at Stonebridge Road for little more than a fortnight but he’s having a huge impact on and off the field.

Two wins and two draws have seen the Fleet move out of the National League relegation zone and the manager believes the bond he’s developing with his squad is already proving beneficial.

“One of my big things is I speak to the players every day,” revealed Searle. “I try and have personal contact with them every day on an individual basis.

“I’m much better at it than I was five years ago and I’m sure I’ll be much better at it in five years’ time.

“You have to build, I like to think I’m a people’s person anyway, I get on with people, I like to give them time and I like to speak to people.

“I don’t think you can treat the players any different as they need to know you care because when the going does get tough that’s when they need to know that you’ve got their backs - and I have.

“In the short period of time I’ve been in the club, we’ve built quite a strong bond already. I’m looking forward to how that grows. It’s not always going to be four unbeaten - there will be times when we get beat and we have to roll our sleeves up and go again.

“I want to know how they are. They’ve got lives outside of football and sometimes it’s not great, things go wrong, and sometimes they’re really happy.

“Look at Myles Kenlock, he’s had his first baby and we’re really buzzing for him. We made sure that was at the forefront of our team talk on Friday. We needed to get around him because what a lovely experience that is for him.”

Asked if he had spoken to Dominic Poleon about his lack of goals after a six-game barren