Herne Bay boss Steve Lovell pledges to stand by squad’s current crop as they return to action at Ramsgate this weekend after break following one win in last seven matches

Steve Lovell has pledged to stand by the personnel in Herne Bay’s squad as they aim to turn their league form around.

Bay, who saw Tuesday night's scheduled Isthmian South East trip to Broadbridge Heath called off due to an unplayable pitch, have had an 11-day break from action.

It has been a period which has allowed them to take stock, having won just once in their last seven matches in all competitions ahead of Saturday’s trip to leaders Ramsgate.

Ironically, Ben Smith’s side had been Herne Bay’s last opposition, losing 2-1 to them last Tuesday at Winch’s Field, as teenage Gillingham loanee Harry Bridle came off the substitutes’ bench to score a debut goal.

But Bay boss Lovell doesn’t want to tinker with his misfiring side too much.

The Welshman said: “Harry’s come in and it was the first time that he had met most of them before the game. He came on and scored, and he did a good job for us.

“Mike Salako, who scored loads of goals for us last year, has been going through one of those periods where strikers don’t score a little bit. But we all do it, I did it as a player and came out the other side.

“There’s no harm in taking a step back. It’s something that happens to all strikers, unless you’re Joe Taylor, of course, who does seem to get at least one goal every game!

“I’m sure Mike will start scoring again for us. But it’s why you cannot rely on one player to get the goals.

“If Mike is not scoring, the others need to step up and start scoring.

“The midfielders were scoring at the start of the season and defenders were helping us get clean sheets.

“It’s something we will work hard on and get right.

“That’s not through changing the personnel, that’s through working with what we have got, because we have got some great