Daish's side have managed just one victory this season

Ebbsfleet chairman Duncan Holt insists he is not considering sacking manager Liam Daish, even though the club remains deep in relegation trouble.

The 3-0 defeat by AFC Wimbledon on Tuesday was their seventh in a row and leaves them second bottom of the Blue Square Premier table on nine points.

"We made that bed for Liam in terms of the start he had this season with the budget cut," Holt told BBC Radio Kent.

"It's certainly a long way away before we have that conversation I think."

Having not scored a goal in more than 12 hours of play, Holt says the club's main priority is to bring in a new striker. But time is running out with the loan window closing on Friday.

"It wouldn't cure all our issues but it would certainly make it a lot brighter," Holt said.

"We've had the money to get a striker in for the last two weeks but the issue we've also had is we're struggling to get what we want.

"What we don't need is a reserve-team striker from a league club, what we need is an experienced striker and we're really struggling to get that.

"We're at the mercy of other clubs in terms of the three players we're looking at. We need other things to work for us to get those players in.

"The league clubs need to work to get them away. They've got to do their deals to get people in that they want to get in, and then we can have one of their strikers."

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