Ebbsfleet United manager Harry Watling says players owe fans after 6-0 National League thrashing by Solihull Moors and expects instant improvement at AFC Fylde

Ebbsfleet boss Harry Watling is expecting a massive response from his players after their miserable season reached a new low on Saturday.

It’s now nine games without a National League win for the Fleet, who sit 10 points adrift of safety after shipping six second-half goals at home to Solihull Moors. It was the club’s biggest home league defeat since 1991.

Fleet travel to AFC Fylde this Saturday and then host Eastleigh on Wednesday (kick-off 7.45pm).

“We got walloped and I can’t wait for the next game as I want to put it right,” said Watling.

“That’s the thing with football, we want to be able to put it right and improve on what we’ve been doing. We’ve got to make a massive statement over the next couple of weeks in terms of what our football looks like.

“I won’t walk away from it. The personal stuff when they’re shouting at you, for me I’ve got skin like a rhinoceros. I’ve had worse, I’ve been in front of 52,000 every week at Ibrox so it’s one of them things.

“I get their frustrations, I totally get it. It’s part and parcel of the job. I’m sure when we won our first game against Hartlepool everyone was saying it’s the Harry Watling Show, so it’s still got to be the Harry Watling Show.

“If you take the credit you’ve got to take the other bits with it. It’s up to them what they say, some of it is over the mark, that’s down to them individuals. I’ll just keep trying to do my job.”

It’s Watling’s first managerial role in this country after coaching stints at QPR and Glasgow Rangers.

He’ll turn 35 next week and has been given a baptism of fire in the hotseat at Stonebridge Road, despite recording back-to-back league draws prior to the weekend.

“It’s a test, absolutely a test,” added Watling, who never shirked away from any