The
club have placed on record its thanks to him for his time with the club and are
disappointed he has decided to go.
Lynch
told http://www.kentmcl.co.uk:
“After a lot of consideration, and with a heavy heart I have made the decision
over night to step down from my role as manager of this great club with
immediate effect.
“Ultimately,
it’s a results business. The last eleven games have not been good enough and
something has to change. I am the manager and as such I take full
responsibility. As custodians of clubs we are faced with many difficult
decisions on a daily basis. Some may be popular while others not so, however,
one thing is for certain, myself, the chairman and the Board all make decisions
based solely around what we feel is right to safeguard the future longevity of
this club.
“My
brief, when I was first appointed back in January 2019, was to simply keep us
in the league; we achieved that. We needed to make significant changes to the
squad. Seven first team players had left prior to my appointment and we were
dead certs for relegation with 17 points all season up until that point. We
brought belief back to the club. In the last two and a half months of season
2018/19 we managed to double that tally, with a magnificent run of six
consecutive winning games, which saved us from a certain relegation.
“We
began this season with high hopes and went out and recruited on a large scale.
I brought in players from pro club backgrounds, players which would maybe not
have been here previously. We attracted players from the likes of the Arsenal
development squad, Millwall, Dover, Gillingham and more. We set up a philosophy
of being hard to beat at the back, Which we achieved all season having the fifth
best defensive record in the league and I brought in the likes of Shaun Brown,
Roman Campbell and Sid Sollis to boost our front lines, along with many other
top young up and coming players.
“I
leave at a time now where we are safe from relegation, barring a complete transformation
by East Grinstead, Three Bridges and Ramsgate we are already safe. But the team
need to pick themselves up, dust themselves down and get back out there playing
for pride. At the end of the season the club can re-evaluate”. |
