Maidstone United manager George Elokobi tells how he's growing into the role

Maidstone boss George Elokobi says he’s growing into management with every passing day.

Elokobi makes no secret of the fact he’s learning on the job after succeeding Hakan Hayrettin.

It’s his first managerial role and, with the help of those around him, he’s determined to justify the board’s faith.

United are still to win in 16 league games under Elokobi and will be playing in National League South next season.

But with a clean slate and a summer to implement his ideas, it’s hoped better times lie ahead as the 37-year-old gets his feet under the table.

“I’m growing day by day as a manager,” said Elokobi.

“Every single day there’s a different challenge that you have to deal with.

“Good challenges and also some not-so-good challenges but I believe in my philosophy.

“I’ve got a great management team behind myself to ensure that whatever I don’t quite get my head around, I speak to them and we all come up with a solution.

“It’s not just me, there’s the management team but also the board.

“They’ve been incredible as well in terms of assisting me in areas I’m not so strong at and they’ve been ever so supportive to ensure they’re carving a very good and competent manager in myself.

“Nobody’s perfect and that’s the most important thing.

“Even the best managers in the world, even the Pep Guardiolas, they keep learning day by day.

“They learn as the games come along. You learn about your group, you learn about the football club.

“There’s always something you take as a manager and as a management team we are learning, we are growing and it’s important we learn as much as we can.

“We’re going to go into next season much stronger as a management team and much more competent in how we want to set up, embedding a lot of our