Daish has been Ebbsfleet United boss since 2005

Ebbsfleet United manager Liam Daish will discuss his future with chairman Duncan Holt this week.

The club's eight-year stay in the Blue Square Premier ended on Saturday despite a 4-3 win at Tamworth.

Holt told BBC Radio Kent: "I will sit down with Liam this week and discuss the future.

"It is not his fault that this club has been relegated. Now we have a lot of stuff to sort out and we're not going to waste time."

Daish, who took charge in February 2005 and took Fleet to FA Trophy final success at Wembley in 2008, declined to discuss his future.

Even in the best case scenario, had we had stayed up, I don't believe I would have been able to keep the squad together Liam Daish

He said: "At the moment all I'm concerned with is the players and how hard they've worked to keep this club in the Blue Square Premier.

"I just wish the players had been rewarded for so much hard work.

"Had we been able to keep the points we won at Chester then I believe we would have survived.

"If we could have started the season with this squad, then I believe we would have stayed up. We had eight points in December and ended with 44.

"The biggest problem was starting with a very small budget. Too many wrong decisions were made at the start of the season."

Asked about the prospects of keeping the squad together, Daish said: "Even in the best case scenario, had we had stayed up, I don't believe I would have been able to keep them together."

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