THE manager of non-league Leyton had no choice but to eject players from his all-new squad, he insisted.

Gordon Boateng has already given four players their marching orders from the Ryman one north strugglers.

New man Boateng moved fast ahead of next Monday’s crunch bottom-of-the-table clash with Redbridge.

The purge was sparked by the recent painful, if predictable, 8-0 defeat to high-flying Needham Market.

Boateng branded “fair” the early dismissals.

Now next Monday cannot come soon enough for him.

The Market match has been the one fixture of his tenure not wiped out by freezing conditions.

“It’s frustrating for me,” Boateng admitted.

“I need the chance to look at players, but here’s nothing we do can in the current weather.

“We cannot move forward. We’ve had training on the pitch and it was a nightmare.

“I spoke to the board about the Market result and they were realistic about it,” he said.

“They do not expect miracles when the club has won just one game all season.

“There were some players who did not do the jobs I asked of them, so they have left the club.

“It’s harsh but fair, you could say,” Boateng added.

The manager is now in the market for a midfield general figure and also a centre-back.