Alex Flisher agreed with manager Jay Saunders’ criticism of Maidstone players.

The Stones boss spoke out after the 3-0 defeat by Woking last weekend.

Flisher and his team-mates were determined to put things right against Dagenham on Tuesday night and played far better.

They lost 1-0 but Flisher expects Maidstone to build on the performance.

He said: “Saturday was terrible. We all know we weren’t good enough. The workrate wasn’t there, the energy wasn’t there, the enthusiasm wasn’t there.

“It’s difficult to say why. You could say we had a long week but that’s not an excuse because from when we played Rochdale, you’ve still got four or five days to recover.

“You could tell the reaction Jay got. The workrate was different gear, we kept going right to the end.

“We had to put that right and credit to us, we worked hard and were just unlucky we didn’t get a clear-cut chance to get a goal.

"We had opportunities, I wasted one that I took way too early and put in the car park but it’ll come."

Flisher is suspended for the trip to Lincoln on Saturday but returns for the home game against Eastleigh on Tuesday night.

Both sides are fighting for promotion but Flisher takes encouragement from the Dagenham display.

Stones are 18th in the National League, five points clear of the relegation zone.

Flisher said: “I haven’t actually looked at the table for a long time. I know we’re down there and we’ve got to start getting results to push us away from the bottom four but it’ll come.

“We’ve got a difficult couple of games but after the way we played against Dagenham, we’ve got a chance of getting some points from these next two.”

Read the full interview in this week's Kent Messenger.