Ebbsfleet United boss Danny Searle says his players deserved to get booed off after 3-0 home National League defeat against Woking
Manager Danny Searle conceded Ebbsfleet’s players deserved to get booed off after their home defeat against Woking on Saturday.
It’s four losses on the spin for the early National League basement boys after they went down 3-0 at Stonebridge Road.
Some of the home contingent within the crowd of 1,575 made their feelings clear at the full-time whistle. Searle had no complaints.
“We deserved to get booed today,” he said. “We cannot be unhappy that the fans booed us - we deserved it.
“For me, you always get back from the fans what you give. If you give them enough over a period of time, you get some credit so, when things are a bit rough, they’ll give you some support.
“But we have given nothing, bar 30 minutes at Yeovil (in a 3-2 loss). The fans on Tuesday were brilliant. They deserved so much better.
“Again, the fans have turned up today and we have given them absolutely nothing. What do they expect?
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“We talk about relationships all the time. Relationships are, I give 100 percent, you give 100 percent. If the fans are giving 100 percent and we’re only giving 70, that’s going to end at some point with that relationship, isn’t it?
“You can probably hear in my voice that I’m just so disappointed. Of all the teams that I have ever managed, one thing we have always had is fighters. We have always had a fight.
“We might not be as good as someone else, we might have bad days - but we always fight. Today, I was looking at it and thinking ‘Where is that?’.
“I’m the most vocal person and I’m standing on the sidelines. I can’t affect it. Where’s my fighters?
“Against Braintree on Monday, we’ll put fighters out.
“Regardless of what the result is, I’ll make sure whoever is on the pitch fights for the