Liam Daish praises Ebbsfleet United striker Moses Ashikodi
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by Alex Hoad
Ebbsfleet manager Liam Daish has
hailed the impact of striker Moses Ashikodi saying he was "worth
the wait."
Daish swooped for the 22-year-old former Millwall and Gillingham
striker on a deal until the end of the season in mid-January and
the striker repaid the faith by scoring against former club
Kettering the same day.
He has gone on to score six more
goals in a further nine appearances – and has five in his last five
games after netting the leveller at Wrexham last Saturday.
Daish said: "Moses is doing what we
brought him here for. I was patient and didn’t rush to sign just
anyone – I wanted the right person.
"Hopefully his form and goals
continue. He has done well and settled quickly."
The point at Wrexham extended the
Fleet’s unbeaten away run to six games, stretching back to
December, but they were dragged back towards the relegation zone on
Monday night when the league expunged Chester’s record this
season.
Fleet lost the three points they
gained from the 2-1 win at Chester on February 6 – which turned out
to be City’s final match.
Although just three teams will now
face the drop, relegation rivals Gateshead, who lost twice to
Chester this season, and Barrow, who did not face City at all, did
not lose any points.
Fleet actually moved up two places
to 16th but third-bottom Barrow lie just four points behind them,
with seven games in hand.
Daish said: "It has been dealt with
in a crazy way. I just hope we are not punished because of the
mis-administration or mismanagement of another club. It would
really leave a bitter taste in my mouth. Hopefully it won’t come to
that."
Fleet take their unbeaten away
record to Crawley this Saturday.
"Every manager is fighting and
scrapping," added Daish. "We are hanging in there, but Crawley will
be another tough game and we have to produce the same form we have
been doing."
Wednesday, March 10 2010
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