Ebbsfleet United manager Dennis Kutrieb on Rakish Bingham and Dominic Poleon after 4-1 National League South win over Weymouth

Ebbsfleet manager Dennis Kutrieb saw his faith in strikers Rakish Bingham and Dominic Poleon rewarded in style on Saturday.

The Fleet boss could have easily axed either of the duo after a couple of below-par displays in the two festive period derby defeats to Dartford. But he resisted the temptation to bring Elliott Romain straight back into the starting line-up after his loan spell at Hemel Hempstead.

Poleon bagged a hat-trick and Bingham - playing in a deeper role at times - also netted in Ebbsfleet’s 4-1 win over Weymouth at Stonebridge Road, meaning the duo now have 29 goals between them this season.

“Dominic is a human being, he’s a good character who will always try hard,” explained Kutrieb.

“I’ve stuck with him, I could have easily made a change for Elliott Romain as he was outstanding during his loan spell. My thoughts were ‘no, stick with Raks and Dom’ because they deserve it a bit, they’ve done enough for our club so far.

“I can’t just pull them out as they’ve had two bad games. Apart from the last two matches, the ones before that we were more unlucky than bad so I wouldn’t pull them out just because they’ve had bad games. Sometimes you need to stick to your guns and that’s what I did because they’re great players and they showed that once more.”

It was a massive three points for Ebbsfleet, ending a run of four straight defeats in the league - a record that has seen them drop from top spot to third place.

According to Kutrieb, it was relief when Poleon put them ahead in the first half and then when Bingham made it 2-0, the Fleet’s confidence came flooding back.

“You could see after we scored our first goal that there was relief to get that first goal in the game,” stated the Fleet boss.

“We had a few