Ebbsfleet United's 45-goal partnership of Dominic Poleon and Rakish Bingham can set even higher standards, says boss Dennis Kutrieb

Manager Dennis Kutrieb insists Ebbsfleet strikers Dominic Poleon and Rakish Bingham will get even better.

The duo have 45 goals between them this campaign, already a significant upturn on the combined tally of 34 from last season, but the Fleet boss believes there’s more to come.

“There’s still a lot of room to improve,” said Kutrieb. “I’m not sitting here saying ‘yeah, they are done, they are fine and what they’re doing is perfect’.

“They can improve - and they know it. That’s the most important thing. If I tell them, that’s one thing. But if I tell them and they realise ‘yeah it’s right’, that’s what needs to happen.

“They need to understand it. If they don’t understand they’ll think we’ll let the gaffer talk and just do our stuff on the pitch, then it’s a different story.

“But everyone in this squad understands when we try to tell them why we want to improve them and where we want to improve them. We tell them exactly why and what we want to see, then they have a chance to improve.

“Some players listen, some players don’t listen. But in this squad every single player tries to listen and improve.

“We work hard every week in training, we drum it into the boys and then it looks almost easy when they score goals. It’s not easy, by far, but you get the rewards if you work hard and first and foremost they are hard-working this season.”

It’s not just goals that have stood out for the Fleet boss. Bingham’s winning more headers than before, Poleon’s retaining possession better.

It’s the small margins that are adding up to bigger gains for the National League South leaders from their frontmen.

“Massive improvement from the start of the season until now - massive,” stated Kutrieb.

“The stats can show you not just the obvious